Plants vs. Zombies 2: Big Wave Beach Part 2 Quick Walkthrough and Strategy Guide


Here's the 2nd part of the quick walkthrough and strategy guide for the "Big Wave Beach" stages in the action and arcade defense game - Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time! Take a trip back to the 60's and hang ten on the ocean waves! Tides are changing and those gnarly zombies make it not-so-safe to back in the water!
   - Play Big Wave Beach Quick Walkthrough and Strategy Guide first before this guide!

Lily Pads
   - Always place Lily Pads beyond the tide line before or after placing your plants to protect them from waves. All Green colored plants below are placed on top of Lily Pads.
   - Use Shovel and sell unused Lily Pads.

Guacodile
   - Can be planted on water tiles.
   - Place it on a Lily Pad or ground to attack zombies with seeds. When attacked, they will rush off the lawn biting all zombies they encounter (plant is lost after rushing).

Banana Launchers
   - Tap+ Hold then drag to your target.

Homing Thistle
   - Not free, but can be played on certain stages.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS!
   - Snapdragons: After placing 2 Sunflowers, place the first 2 Snapdragons on the 2nd and 4th row first, next on 3rd, then 1st and 5th rows last. If the formation below requires 2 columns of Snapdragons, start by placing 4 of them on the the 2nd and 4th row, and so on.
   - Note: Use Wall-Nuts or Tall-Nuts if needed to defend your Snapdragons.

   - You can instantly repair defensive plants like Wall-Nuts and Talls-Nuts by planting the same plant on top of them.
   - You can use Plant Food on any seed packet to instantly refresh their cool down.
   - You can manually launch one mower by tapping and holding!
   - After you complete the formation below, slowly replace your Sun producing plants with offensive plants.
   - If you are having difficulty, you may use Power Ups or buy PFs if you like.

How to Plant Guide:
   - | Sunflower | Peashooter | Peashooter | Wall |
   - This means: Plant Sunflowers in the 1st column from the left, Peashooters in the 2nd and 3rd columns, then Wall-Nuts in the 4th column.
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- World: Big Wave Beach Day 17 to 32 -

Big Wave Beach - Day 17

   - | Sunflower | Snapdragon | Snapdragon | Wall |
   - PF: Any
   - Shovel: Sell all 4 Lily Pads.
   - Cherry Bomb and Tangle Kelp vs. tough zombies or Octo Zombies.
   - Just let your Snapdragons take care of those binding Octopis.

Big Wave Beach - Day 18 (Mini Game)

   - | Guacodile | Guacodile | Magnet-shroom and Lily Pads |
   - PF: Guacodile vs. Octo Zombies and to get rid of those binding Octopis. Once the Deep Sea Gargantuar shows up, barrage with PFs or spam Guacodiles.
   - Tangle Kelp vs. Octo zombies and Surfer zombies.
   - Note: Guacodile can attack normally if placed on a Lily Pad or ground.
   - Just continue and replace fallen Guacodiles.

Big Wave Beach - Day 19 (Survive the Battle!)

   - | Sun-shroom | Snapdragon | Guacodile | Guacodile or Iceberg |
   - PF: Snapdragon vs. Octo Zombies or group of tough zombies.
   - Just keep on spamming Guacodiles and Icebergs.

Big Wave Beach - Day 20

   - | Sunflower | Snapdragon | Snapdragon | Infi-Nut (4th column any row) |
   - PF: Infi-Nut (recharge before it fades out.), then Snapdragons vs. Deep Sea Gargantuar.
   - Shovel: Sell the 4 Lily Pads nearest to the zombie spawn line.

   - Quickly set up 2 Snapdragons, use Tangle Kelp on the first few Conehead and Bucket zombies until you have Infi-Nut.
   - Tangle Kelp and Cherry Bomb: vs. Octo Zombies (wait for it to enter the 1st tile first), group of Surfer Zombies, or Deep Sea Gargantuar (Cherry Bomb only).

Big Wave Beach - Day 21 (Mini Game)

   - | Homing Thistle | Homing Thistle (one only) | Iceberg | Iceberg
   - PF: Homing Thistle or Iceberg Lettuce vs. group of Surfer Zombies.

Big Wave Beach - Day 22

   - | Sunflower | Snapdragon | Snapdragon | Infi-Nut (4th column any row) |
   - Shovel: Sell all Lily Pads.
   - Strategy similar to Big Wave Beach Day 20 above.
   - Tangle Kelp vs. Fisherman zombies too. Keep your Infi-Nut's shield up to protect your plants from this zombie.

Big Wave Beach - Day 23 (Survive and Protect)

   - | Sunflower | Snapdragon | Snapdragon | Infi-Nut (4th column any row) |
   - PF: Infi-Nut (recharge before it fades out.), then Banana Launcher vs. Deep Sea Gargantuar.
   - Shovel: Sell all Lily Pads.
   - Note: Start planting Sunflowers from the 1st column 2nd row.
   - Strategy similar to Big Wave Beach Day 20 above. Use your Banana Launchers too to target those first few zombies until you have Infi-Nut. Great vs. Fisherman zombies.
   - After the formation, earn more Sun and slowly replace Sunflowers with Snapdragons, just in-case those nasty Octopis reached your first line of Snapdragons.

Big Wave Beach - Day 24 (Mini Game)

   - Just keep on firing balls, best if you wait until some zombies crosses the tide line to get more targets.
   - Reserve "lightning balls" for tough zombies, Surfer zombies, or Deep Sea Gargantuar.
   - Tap and Hold 1 mower to greatly damage the Deep Sea Gargantuar.

Big Wave Beach - Day 25 (Spend no more than 3000 sun / defeat 10 zombies in 5 seconds)

   - | Sunflower | Snapdragon | Snapdragon | Infi-Nut (4th column any row) |
   - PF: Infi-Nut (recharge before it fades out.), then Snapdragons vs. Deep Sea Gargantuar.
   - Shovel: Sell all Lily Pads.
   - Start with 2 Snapdragons then 1 Infi-Nut, use Tangle Kelp vs, the 1st Snorkel zombie.
   - Once the green Snorkel zombie shows up, quickly eliminate using Tangle Kelp to get the 1st PF. Next, use PF on Infi-Nut before the 1st Fisherman throws it's hook.
   - Tangle Kelp: vs. Fisherman zombies or Octo Zombies.

   - How to Defeat 10 zombies in 5 seconds:
   - Get the 2nd PF from the Surfer Zombie first using Tangle Kelp and make sure you have enough Sun for Cherry Bomb.
   - During the 1st "Low Tide" (between the map bar's 1st 2 red flags), where lots of zombies pops out, use your PF on your 3rd column 4th row Snapdragon, then quickly use Cherry bomb on the 6th column 2nd row.

   - Release 1 mower to greatly damage the Deep Sea Gargantuar, use this if you don't have PF.
   - Cherry Bombs and Tangle Kelp vs. Fisherman zombies, Octo zombies, or group of tough zombies. Watch out your available Sun count though, never go below "0 Left".
   - Note: Don't worry if there are some Fisherman zombies left.

Big Wave Beach - Day 26 (Mini Game)

   - Banana Launcher | Banana Launcher | Wall | Wall |
   - PF: Banana Launchers vs. group of Surfer zombies or tough zombies.
   - Tip: Surfer zombies moves faster so target somewhere in-front of them.

Big Wave Beach - Day 27 (Survive the Battle!)

   - Refer below screenshot for the formation.
   - PF: Infi-Nut (recharge before it fades out.).
   - Start with 1 Twin Sunflower then quickly setup 4 Snapdragons on the 2nd column, if the Conehead zombies managed to destroy one of them, just replace another one.
   - Setup your Inf-Nut before the 1st Bucket zombie reaches your Snapdragons.
   - Banana Launchers vs. Octo zombies, Fisherman zombies, or group of tough zombies.
   - After you complete the formation, replace Twin Sunflowers with more Banana Launchers.

Big Wave Beach - Day 28 (Don't lose more than 5 plants!) 

   - | Sunflower | Snapdragon | Snapdragon | Infi-Nut (4th column any row) |
   - PF: Infi-Nut (recharge before it fades out.), then Snapdragons vs. Deep Sea Gargantuar.
   - Shovel: Sell the 2 Lily Pads nearest to the zombie spawn line, they'll get eaten anyway so it's better to make them as additional Sun.

   - Quickly setup your Sunflowers and Snapdragons, support each other so that they can take on Conehead zombies early on, until you have Infi-Nut.

   - After the formation, replace Sunflowers with Banana Launchers, probably around 2 only.
   - Banana Launchers vs. Octo, Fisherman, Surfer (protect your Infi-Nut), and Deep Sea Gargantuar.
   - Use 1 Lawn Mower vs. Deap Sea Gargantuar if you don't have PF.

Big Wave Beach - Day 29 (Plan Your Defense!)

   - Refer below screenshot for the formation.
   - PF: Infi-Nut (conserve your PFs, recharge before it fades out.).
   - Tangle Kelp: Protect your Infi-Nut from surfer zombies, and to quickly eliminate Octo zombies.
   - Use 1 Lawn Mower vs. Deap Sea Gargantuar.
   - During the last wave, you can use your shovel and sell some Bowling Bulbs to get Sun for another Cherry Bomb, use it to finish off remaining zombies.

Big Wave Beach - Day 30 (Survive and Protect)

   - | Guacodile | Sunflower | Snapdragon | Infi-Nut (4th column any row) |
   - PF: Once you get your first PF, quickly setup your Infi-Nut, recharge before it fades out. Save 1 PF for Sanpdragon vs. Deap Sea Gargantuar.
   - Shovel: Sell all Lily Pads.
   - Start with Sunflowers and 2 Snapdagons as usual.
   - Tangle Kelp: vs. Fisherman zombies or Surfer zombies that tries to attack Infi-Nut.
   - Cherry Bomb: vs. any you like.
   - After the formation replace some Sunflowers with Banana Launchers. Use them vs. Octo, Surfer zombies that tries to attack Infi-Nut, or Deap Sea Gargantuar.
   - Use 1 Lawn Mower vs. Deap Sea Gargantuar if you don't have PF.

Big Wave Beach - Day 31 (Survive the Battle!)

   - | Homing Thistle |
   - Shovel: Sell all Lily Pads, except the one nearest to the tide line.
   - Use Sun Bean early stage to get some extra Sun, this is optional though.
   - Tangle Kelp: vs. Fisherman, Surfer, or Octo zombies.
   - PF: To keep your Homing Thistles alive from Octo and Fisherman attacks, use your PF right before their Octopi or Hook reaches one of your Homing Thistles, time it well.

Big Wave Beach - Day 32 (Mini Game - Dr. Zomboss)

   - Refer below for formation:
   - Before the Tide Line: Homing Thistle, Banana Launcher, and Bowling Bulb.
   - Beyond the Tide Line: Lily Pads, Guacodile, and Tangle Kelp.

   - Just Spam all of them Lol!
   - PF: Banana Launcher vs. Dr. Zomboss, Deap Sea Gargantuar, or heavily grouped zombies.
   - Banana Launcher vs. Dr. Zomboss, or group of tough zombies near the Tide Line. Use this also to destroy surf boards planted on your ground.
   - Tangle Kelp: Place it in front of Dr. Zomboss, or place before he starts to suck your plants (observe animation to time it well). Tangle Kelp will stun his mechanical shark!
   - Use 1 Lawn Mower vs. Deap Sea Gargantuar.

   - Last Wave: Use Guacodiles, Banana Launchers (with PF if you have extra), Tangle Kelp, or 1 Mower to defeat all Octo zombies.
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