Tiger Grass

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This item is only obtainable during certain events. However, it can still be used if you have already obtained it. It is currently available.

Tiger Grass
Tiger Grass spawns a grass tiger who leaps out to attack nearby zombies.
Statistics
Sun Cost	150
Recharge	7 seconds
Damage	40 damage
Plant Food Power	40%
Growth Speed	25 seconds
Tiger Health	525 damage
Family	Enforce-mint
Plant Food effect	Spawn [sic] a fully grown grass tiger that deals a large amount of damage to a zombie.
Special	Grass tiger grows over time
In-game statistics
Unlocked	250 seed packets
Tiger Grass is waiting. The grass tiger waits within. Soon their time will come. And then... the slashes! THE FURY!!

“	Plant Tiger Grass to spawn aggressive grass tigers.	”
—Penny

Tiger Grass is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 first introduced in the 9.4.1 update. They create a grass tiger that leaps out and claws the first zombie that approaches the fourth tile in front of it (dealing 3x damage one time), which will then jump back into Tiger Grass once the zombie is defeated.

If the grass tiger is attacked enough, it will be defeated itself, and Tiger Grass will need 6 seconds to create another grass tiger to send out. Over time, the grass tiger within Tiger Grass will grow, dealing 1.75x damage and gaining 1.75x health.

Origins

Thysanolaena latifolia and Panthera tigris

Tiger Grass is based on the plant of the same name (Thysanolaena latifolia), the only species of the genus Thysanolaena, which is the only genus in the tribe Thysanolaeneae in the grass family; as well as a tiger (Panthera tigris), the largest living cat species and a member of the genus Panthera.

Their name is a play on the tiger grass' name, being a tall patch of grass that houses tigers.

Almanac entry

Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Tiger Grass
	SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 7 DAMAGE 40 PLANT FOOD POWER 10% Special Growth Speed Special Tiger Health Enforce-mint Plant Food: Spawn [sic] a fully grown grass tiger that deals a large amount of damage to a zombie. Tiger Grass spawns a tiger who leaps out to attack nearby zombies. Tiger Grass is waiting. The grass tiger waits within. Soon their time will come. And then... the slashes! THE FURY!!

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Tiger Grass' Plant Food effect, named Ultimate Tiger in the almanac, spawns a fully grown grass tiger which deals a large amount of damage to the first zombie it encounters. Similar to Cactus, Plant Food cannot be given again to a Tiger Grass that has already been given one.

Enforce-mint effect

When boosted by Enforce-mint, Tiger Grass's grass tigers deal an additional 130 damage, and its ultimate tigers deal an additional 397 damage.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Toughness^	Grass Tiger^		Plant Food Power (Ultimate Tiger)		Grass Tiger Regen		Special (Growth Speed)*
						Health	Damage	Health	Damage	Value^†#	Interval&
1	0	0	150	7 seconds	300 damage	525 damage	40 damage	1606 damage	122 damage	70 damage	6 seconds	25 seconds
2	50		125	6.5 seconds	350 damage	550 damage	50 damage	1683 damage	152 damage	85 damage	5 seconds	23 seconds
3	100			6 seconds	400 damage	575 damage	60 damage	1760 damage	183 damage	100 damage		22 seconds
4	200			5.5 seconds	450 damage	600 damage	70 damage	1873 damage	213 damage	115 damage		21 seconds
5	300		100	5 seconds	550 damage	625 damage	80 damage	1912 damage	245 damage	135 damage		20 seconds
6	400			4.5 seconds	600 damage	650 damage	90 damage	1989 damage	274 damage	155 damage	4 seconds	19 seconds
7	500			4 seconds	650 damage	675 damage	100 damage	2066 damage	306 damage	180 damage		18 seconds
8	600		75	3.5 seconds	700 damage	700 damage	110 damage	2143 damage	336 damage	205 damage		17 seconds
9	800			3 seconds	800 damage	725 damage	120 damage	2219 damage	367 damage	235 damage		16 seconds
10	1,000			2.5 seconds	900 damage	750 damage	130 damage	2296 damage	397 damage	265 damage	3 seconds	15 seconds

*After finishing growing, many statistics of Tiger Grass will be increased to 1.75 times as much as before.
^Affected by growth.
†Applies to both normal and Plant Food states.
#Per second.
&Time required for Tiger Grass to create a new tiger.

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Strategies

Just like Turkey-pult, Tiger Grass serves as a perfect counter against any zombie that has some kind of countermeasure against certain plants, such as: Jester Zombie, as he will stop to eat the tiger rather than reflect it back due to the grass tiger being able to stop just inches from the jester and claw him to pieces; MC Zom-B, who will also stop to eat the tiger rather than swing his microphone during his jam; Excavator Zombie, who will stop to hit the grass tiger with his shovel; and Explorer Zombie and veteran counterpart, both of whom will be incapable of continuing to advance with a grass tiger blocking the way. However, the regeneration of a new tiger takes a while, and so you will need to stack multiple tigers to significantly stop zombies. This means it cannot fully deal with a Gargantuar by itself.

Tiger Grass also works well with slowing/stun plants such as Snow Pea and Sap-fling, as they make the zombies deal less or no damage against the tiger while frozen, stunned or slowed. Planting defensive plants such as Wall-nut in front of it or Pumpkin on top of it is also recommended. As long as the Tiger Grass is not destroyed, it will keep spawning grass tigers. This also solves the problem of its long regeneration while the zombies are attacking the defensive plants. Combining it with Gumnut can also be very helpful.

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Tiger Grass
French	Herbe-tigre
German	Tigergras
Italian	Erba tigre
Japanese	タイガーグラス
Brazilian Portuguese	Grama-tigre
Russian	Тигровая трава
Spanish	Hierba tigre

Trivia

• Tiger Grass, Shadow Peashooter and Boom Balloon Flower are the only non-Plants vs. Zombies 3 plants that have officially named Plant Food effects.
• Their Seed packet texture is an image of the grass tiger, rather than the actual grass from which the tiger leaps.
• Not counting Snap Pea, Tiger Grass has the longest melee attack distance in the Enforce-mint family of plants.
• In the notifications, Tiger Grass is referred to with female pronouns.
• Tiger Grass has the same triggering range as Fume-shroom.
• If Tiger Grass is planted on a Minecart, after the grass tiger leaps out of the grass, the cart can be pulled to a different lane before the tiger can retreat to it, resulting in the grass tiger flying towards the house.
• Grass tigers are actually internally classified as zombies, having the codename tigergrass_tiger.

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