Torchlight Zombie is one of the zombies encountered in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He is a veteran variant of Explorer Zombie, who is faster and tougher in ability. He is regarded to be one of the most base-breaking zombies of the game.
What Makes Him a Base Breaking Character?[]
Why do people like him?[]
- His almanac entry, showing that zombies are incapable of fear, gives some badass vibes.
- He is sometimes praised for his ability, as he forces players to use Ice Plants, unlike Explorer Zombie, and if not, he might overwhelm us with his fire. Even Creeps20 acknowledged this.
- While his design is lacking, people use him in mods to compensate Ancient Egypt as lackluster for threatening zombies.
- He is also associated with Absolutionist due to his memetic status.
Why do people hate him?[]
- For starters, Torchlight Zombie's design is reused from Explorer Zombie with few details (bigger torch and some fire on his outfit). It's not helping when his extinguished appearance is no different than Explorer Zombie aside from speed, making him a bit of a lazy veteran zombie compared to those like Sunday Edition, where they at least have a design overhaul.
- As such, this caused a lot of mods to redesign this zombie.
- His ability is a mixed bag. On the detractors' hands, he's boring due to only being a faster and healthier veteran zombie, being on-parr with Pelican Zombie.
- His top text is a bit misleading because he cannot create scorched tiles, which Rockpuncher Zombie can.