Zollow, despite appearing much later than his living counterpart, has less health and damage than him while also being slower and only having one knockback as well. But don't treat this enemy lightly, as he has the Toxic ability and a nasty Omni Strike attack to compensate. Thanks to his combination of abilities, he can break through meatshield lines and damage your attackers easily. Zollow revives once, but, unlike most Zombies, does not burrow past cats.
His Toxic ability takes off 80% of a cat's maximum health on top of the 10,000 base damage from his attack, instantly killing most units that have under 50,000 health. Anything that isn't immune or resistant to Toxic will be taken out by the second hit.
His ability to revive once after death can easily mess up the player's backliners if they advance; therefore, Zombie Killers should be brought to deal with him for good. Housewife Cat is an excellent choice, as she has Long Distance and can kill him in one hit. Again, Wave Attackers work wonders, as a decent stack of them can cause a Wave right when Zollow revives, killing him just before he deals any damage.
A bird so ripped that it can swim across the River Styx whenever it wants to. Upset that he can't stop the the mass he worked so hard to cultivate from rotting away.
Every year during the Obon festival, this tough migratory bird crosses the Sanzu River and comes back to his hometown. He returns home with acidic tears in his eyes from the pain of having his whole body stripped of flesh on a steep road.
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Zollow's spritesheet
Zollow's attack animation
Zollow's moving animation
Zollow standing upright
Zollow's remains after attacking
Trivia[]
His Japanese name, Tebamurasaki Hone Tsubame, is a pun on tebasaki, a chicken wing dish whose name literally means "wingtips", and murasaki, meaning "purple"; the Hone Tsubame part of the name means "bone swallow", with swallow being the species of bird he's based off of.
His head and, to a lesser extent, his overall body shape when standing upright, are reminiscent of the Seventh Angel in Rebuild of Evangelion, often called Clockiel by fans.
His collapsing and reassembling animations are reminiscent of the Dry Bones enemies from the Mario series. Furthermore, the first stage he appears in is called Sodden Bones, and sodden is an antonym of dry.
In Greek mythology, the River Styx is a river of misery which draws the line between the underworld and the rest of the world.
Instead of the River Styx, Zollow's Japanese description mentions the Sanzu River: a river in Japanese Buddhist tradition which the souls of the deceased must cross before they can reach the afterlife.
His Japanese description mentions the Obon festival, a Japanese annual holiday wherein families return to their hometowns to honor their deceased ancestors. In the Korean version, it was localized to Chuseok, an Autumn harvest festival also known as "Korean Thanksgiving"; in the English version, no festival is mentioned at all.
His English description has a typo. It says, "Upset that he can't stop the the mass," when it should be, "can't stop the mass."