Garden Ops

Garden Ops is the flagship mode for Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. In Garden Ops, teams composed of 1-4 players face down ten waves of zombies while defending their garden from the incoming horde.

Starting in Garden Ops
At the beginning of Garden Ops, the team chooses their plant classes, and then chooses three spots to plant their garden. There is a small chance during this section that a Golden Garden, a special garden which grants bonuses when successfully defended, will be planted. Once the garden is ready and the timer sets down to 0:00, the round starts. Plant Pots can be found near the garden, allowing for the planting of Potted Plants, which can augment your defensive abilities.

Garden Ops Exclusive Zombies

 * Backup Dancer
 * Buckethead Pirate
 * Conehead Pirate
 * Disco Zombie
 * Gargantuar
 * Giga Football Zombie
 * Giga Gargantuar
 * Giga Imp
 * Pirate Zombie
 * Yeti Zombie
 * Zombomb
 * Heal Zombie
 * Vampire Zombie

Special Waves
There are several special waves that can descend in Garden Ops mode.
 * Ambush - an unannounced wave which forgoes the break time between waves. It is composed of the zombies which would naturally appear in the next wave.
 * Brainless Brigade - a large brigade of Flag Zombies and various varieties of the Foot Soldier Zombie.
 * Fan Frenzy - is comprised entirely of Exploding Imps.
 * Flame Retardant - is comprised entirely of Welders.
 * For Science - is made up of varieties of the Scientist Zombie.
 * Grumps - a wave made up of Newspaper Zombies.
 * Improvised Armor - a wave made of armored zombies like the Screen Door Zombie, Coffin Zombies, and Outhouse Zombie.
 * Marathon - is comprised entirely of Flag Zombies.
 * Sneak Attack - consists entirely of Browncoats and Camo Rangers.
 * Tackle Dummies - is made of only Giga Football Zombies.
 * The Z Team - is comprised of Foot Soldier Zombies, Engineer Zombies, Scientist Zombies, and All-Star Zombies.
 * Toilet Troubles - consists entirely of Plumber Zombies, Outhouse Zombies, and Newspaper Zombies.

Bonus Gardens
Keep on the lookout for Bonus Gardens to defend in Garden Ops, they now drop treasure after every wave!

Bonus Objectives
From time to time Crazy Dave will give you a bonus objective during a wave. He may tell the team to avoid getting knocked out during the wave, prevent zombies from damaging the garden, eliminate a certain zombie within a time limit, or something completely different. Complete these objectives to earn extra PvZ Coins.

Treasure Yeti
Can you take down the crafty Treasure Yeti and steal his bag of diamonds? Can you avoid the Yeti Imp’s icy blast? So many questions!

Vasebreaker
Break the vases and collect loot before time runs out. But watch out, something else may be lurking inside those vases…

Minigardens
Protect the wee gardens from hungry Zombies!



Boss Waves
Every few waves Dr. Zomboss will deploy the Zomboss Slots. Three reels will start rolling at the center part of the screen to determine what the team gets during the next wave. Options include:


 * Gargantuar
 * Giga Gargantuar
 * Disco Zombie
 * Yeti
 * Baron Von Bats
 * Various Zombies
 * A Tombstone (Zombie Spawn Point that can be destroyed)
 * Extra PvZ Coins

If you get three of a kind you will trigger a "Super Boss Wave"



Revives and Retries
If the zombies knock out one of the players on the team, teammates have 20 seconds to get to and revive them. The downed player can also use a Self Revive consumable they may have received from a pack in the Sticker Shop. Only three Self Revives can be used per game. All knocked out players will be automatically revived at the start of the next wave.



If all players are downed, it's game over unless on player uses a Team Retry consumable they may have received from a pack in the Sticker Shop. Only three Team Retries can be used per game. That's a total of three, not three per player.



Gameplay Tips
Your best shot at beating this is with a full team containing at least one of each character. Each character has a role to play:


 * Use the Peashooter's Hyper mode to sit at unreachable areas while lying waste to the zombies.
 * Use the Sunflower to heal and revive teammates. They can revive much faster than the other character, and they have two abilities to heal teammates.
 * Use theChomper's Chomp attack and Spikeweed to instantly take out some of the tougher zombie's defenses, like the outhouse and coffin zombies. One bite from behind, or one spikeweed, will instantly eliminate their defenses and leave the zombie vulnerable to attack.
 * Use the Cactus to plant Potato Mines and Tallnut Battlements around the Garden. Their Garlic Drone's Corn Strike can also be devastating to groups of zombies.

NEVER use a character with ice attacks, and do not use spawnable ice plants during Boss Waves. the Gargantuar, Giga Gargantuar, and Yeti are all immune to ice attacks.

Make sure everyone has a number of Plants they can plant in pots, some Self Revives, and some Team Retrys. These can be obtained from the Reinforcement Packs in the Sticker Shop. Try to survive as long as possible until the end of the eleventh wave when the team must reach the landing zone.