Template:HeropicEnergy Drink Zombie is an eventzombiecard in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, and a member of the Beastly class. He costs 2 to play, and has 1/1. He has the Frenzy trait, and his abilities move him onto another random lane, and give him +1/+1 at the start of every zombie tricks phase.
He was added in the 2016 Feastivus event, but was not obtainable until the Energized Week event. He was available from January 17, 2017 to January 24, 2017.
Abilities:Start of tricks: This gets +1/+1 and moves to a random lane.
Set: Event
Card description
He can quit any time he wants.
Update history
Update 1.10.14
Added to the game.
Update 1.12.6
Card design change.
Became craftable.
Strategies
With
Energy Drink Zombie is best played in the early game. He is similar to Template:PvZHLink, but he moves to a random lane after the plant hero ends their turn. If you manage to keep him alive, he can get +1/+1 every time the round enters the Zombie Tricks phase, which makes him powerful enough to destroy most plants and do heavy damage to your opponent, thanks to Frenzy. To make Energy Drink Zombie last longer, try to bring Vitamin Z or other boosting cards to assure that he destroys something on the lane he moves to.
Take note that he is also a sports zombie, so if you play as The Smash, playing zombies like Team Mascot and Zombie Coach can help boost him even further or protect him. In addition, when playing as The Smash, unless you need to protect this, avoid using Possessed on him, as he already has the Frenzy trait, and there are other health-boosting tricks like Camel Crossing that are more efficient.
Against
This zombie is easier to deal with in the early game before he gets boosted too much for the opponent to handle. The player should always have instant-kill cards at disposal, such as Template:PvZHLink, which can destroy him during turn 3 when he isn't very dangerous. The best choice for decks, however, is to have as many low-cost high-damage plants, such as Wild Berry, that can destroy him during turn 2, but the player should not forget the randomness of both this zombie and Wild Berry. Having many Template:PvZHLinks can be a good idea to stall him until the player gets tricks to destroy him. You can also use stat-reducing cards like Weed Whack, which can also destroy him if used right after he is played. If this zombie gets out of hand, resort to Bouncing, destroying him with something like Template:PvZH Link or Shamrocket, or transforming it with Template:PvZH Link.
Gallery
Energy Drink Zombie's statistics
Energy Drink Zombie's card
Energy Drink Zombie's grayed out card
Energy Drink Zombie on the field, note that his arm is invisible due to a glitch
Energy Drink Zombie activating its ability. Note that the Overstuffed Zombie that is along with Energy Drink Zombie is tinted grey due to a glitch.
Coincidentally, both are gourmet cards, both have the Frenzy trait and gain +1/+1 at some point when they are on the field.
Ironically, his description is actually the exact opposite of Coffee Zombie's, with Coffee Zombie's being "He's been trying to cut back", while Energy Drink Zombie's says that he can quit anytime he wants.
He is the only sports zombie in the Beastly class.
This is based on the fact that he looks like some sort of skier, because of the skiing goggles on his head.
He is the cheapest Frenzy zombie in the game, costing 2 brains.
He is also the Frenzy zombie with the lowest stats in the game, starting with only 1/1.
If the player pays close attention, they can see that this zombie's arm clips through the dirt surrounding him.
There is an odd bug that occurs when there is more than 1 Energy Drink Zombie on the field at a time. Only one moves during the Zombie Tricks phase, while the others stay stationary. It is unknown what causes it.
If the player looks closely, the skiing goggles of this zombie has a huge crack to its left.