Why Zombies are not OP
I feel all the hate thrown out by all you garden lovers is slightly exaggerated as recently I have witnessed plants conquering over the Turf Takeover and more often then not team death matches... Now...
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Good post, especally the Citron vs Scientist part, which is exactly what @FrozenChromelta and me have been saying since weeks, but here's the thing. Plants, especually Citron, Rose, bite Chompers and Cactu have a high skill gap, while most Zombies don't have it, or it has been watered down, which is why peopke get the illusion of the Zombie team being stronger. Scientists in GW1 required map knowlage and positioning skills because he had to travel a long way to the objective with a weak ranged attack. Now, at least on Herbal Assault, the Plants come to him and the maps are clustered with cover, so he can really us hit-and-run tactics to shine. Another point is that casuals use characters that aren't limited by a skill gap. Take for example the Zoologist. Every idiot can warp in and get kills, but they don't develop advanced skills and are usually easy pray for any decent Plant. The Physicist on the other hand is severly underrated, but a good Scientist that knows all the more advanced tricks and uses his character tactically can demolish everybody with him. The same thing applies to mist Peashooters and Corns in general (and the old Rose) which is why a lot of players don't build up any skills and just complain when better players kill them.
Zombies are just better...
football zombies have the charge to damn near kill you, and to instantly get away from bombs and all that(chompers)
also has the imp punt which explodes quicker than the chili bombs, you have a hard time as a plant geting away from the punts, meanwhile the chilis last long enough and have * range you can get away from those.
super brainz.... melee oriented.. AND ranged with his beams, has the spin which will kill ya, AND reduces dmg.. ive unloaded many clips from different plants while he spins, nothing else in game reduces dmg like that. if swallowed by a chomper he still spins during the chomp which can kill ya. has a jump to avoid chompers. has a big jump to avoid chompers
scientists are in a pretty sweet spot now id say
soldiers arent ina bad spot either iirc
imps... the grav bomb draws ya in, his impkata spin hits you on ANY plane, you cant jump over it for instance.. the mechs are strong as hell too, cant jump over the fire mechs breath i have noticed.. also has a dash to avoid explosives too. imps double jumps lets him evade chompers
engineer is pretty good too, he has 2 ways to avoid chompers
pirate is pretty good too, has 2 ways to avoid chompers as well... im noticing a trend
zombies are jsut better balanced imo and have far more varied skills to help them take out plants
meanwhile...
peashooter his chili beans take too long to go off, im comparing strictly to the imp punts, they are ranged explosives too and much harder to avoid, ive seen em kciked and damn near go off then, couldnt evade.
chompers are the closest to a melee plant we have, and hes not.. some variants can heal and speed up after swallowing a plant, but its always risky and sometimes you miss due to all the evasion techniques zombies have+lag. goops a very nice tool to help, but i think attacks like impkata and super spin should stop once hes in the swallowing animation.
cactus arent too bad, ive noticed the damn potato mines dont always go off, or have a set timer after you drop them, kind of bothersome.
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