Bushy

Character overview

Bushy rewards keeping enemies on a useful trap route. Trap Seeds root targets and provide critical support against rooted enemies; the Rifle still needs enough attack and reload support to clear those approaches.

• Trap Seeds
• Rooting
• Critical support

Starting equipment

Rifle and Trap Seed.

Unlock

Sharp-Shooter: kill 1,000 zombies with Rifle.

Signature interaction

Trap Seeds root enemies and provide a critical-chance benefit against rooted targets.

1.0 change

The standing-still delay for the seed ability is shorter in 1.0.

Strengths

• Rooting can hold enemies on an approach while the weapon attacks.
• Rooted enemies receive the critical-chance benefit.
• Rifle and rooting traps give the opening a clear ranged build direction.

Weaknesses

• Traps help only where enemies encounter them.
• A single-shot Rifle can still leave dangerous firing or reload gaps.
• A useful trap area may be behind you when fuel or loot requires moving elsewhere.

Choose this character when

Choose Bushy for a trap-and-weapon style that keeps enemies in prepared approaches.

Choose another character when

Avoid relying on traps alone when the route forces repeated movement away from their coverage.

Priorities

1. Place the trap route along incoming enemies rather than distant empty space.
2. Address the Rifle’s actual firing and reload gaps.
3. Keep an alternative weapon if the Rifle cannot clear the next approach.

Builds and equipment

PistolA simpler gun option if the Rifle start is not clearing safely.Character unlocksSharp-Shooter and other character objectives.Bushy Rifle and rooted-target crit buildDevelop Trap Seed and Rifle without standing inside the next crowd.

Complete Sharp-Shooter by killing 1,000 zombies with Rifle to unlock Bushy. Bushy starts with Rifle and Trap Seeds. The seeds root enemies and provide a critical-chance benefit against rooted targets.

Place traps along enemy approaches. Dashing and standing still can produce seeds. Move through a useful route so incoming enemies meet traps, before enemies crowd you.

If the Rifle cannot clear an approach, keep an alternative weapon. The notebook author found single-shot ranged starts harder to support; attack and reload improvements should reduce the gaps you are actually experiencing.

The release reduces the standing-still time for the seed ability and calls the character The Bush. Older timing values should not be copied into a current setup.

If the starting rifle leaves long gaps between attacks, use a faster working weapon while assembling rifle support. Bushy’s standing-still requirement is a reason to prepare a safe firing position, not to stop inside an approaching crowd. Switch back to movement before that space collapses.