The Tiger Shark, like the name implies, is a variegated latex hybrid between a Tiger and a Shark, possibly being based off of a real life Tiger Shark, that appears in the Aquatic Area of Changed as a boss-type enemy.
Appearance[]
The Tiger Shark is a tall, thin latex creature with a grey body, long shark tail, white hair, and a white underbelly. He has a pair of blue eyes, and what looks like a pair of cat-like ear-fins on his head and has black stripes all over his body.
Personality[]
In the Special Edition, it is possible the player might notice he stalks Colin as soon as he enters the first room with walkable water. The Squid Dog is also enamored with the Tiger Shark. He also appears to have more company in the Special Edition, as he has a few friends lurking around the aquatic area. He still desires to have Colin as another friend however. In the Special Edition, If Colin and Puro have high friendship levels, the Tiger Shark and the Squid Dog boss seen are waving goodbye to him, no longer hunting him down.
Strategy[]
The Tiger Shark can be a challenge on low-end computers due to the amount of entities that spawn and the lag that they cause. The first attack he makes is simply to start swimming after you, shown by his marked fin in the water, which is faster than the other sharks and has a stronger occasional boost. After avoiding that, he calls on two lines from the left and right of sharks, where one side can pass through the other side without touching, being in the middle will most certainly get you transfurred. During that attack, they spawn a shark which roughly homes in on Colin. They repeat the swoop and lines of sharks, summoning another shark. After the third swoop, the two sharks blocking the exit leave their positions to join in on the final pursuit, and the Tiger Shark himself will slow down, allowing you to escape.
He is easy to kite from the center to one of the bottom corners on the first wave, then later you will have to adjust the kiting pattern when sharks join in the pool.
Thankfully, he is infinitely more formidable in the Special Edition. Even though Colin can dodge the first-wave of his attacks by staying in the bottom-right corner of the room, the monster begins to learn your tricks, and appear right where you’re going. To outlast this you must not change the direction you're wading towards, until you get the second visual splash cue. Time it poorly, and Tigershark will catch you instantly.
Another change in the Special Edition is that there are gas canisters around the aquatic area, that the player can use to their advantage, tricking the sharks into crashing into the canisters. However, if the player bumps into them, they will despawn, so you will need to be careful in directing the sharks to the gas canisters.
You can also get Tiger Shark temporarily stuck in the garbage around the aquatic area. This is not recommended during his final phase however.
Trivia[]
- The Tiger Shark's fin doesn't travel at a constant pace, however, more of short bursts of speed before slowing down slightly, then regaining that short burst of speed. (Even if it is still just slightly slower than the player.)
- After its battle, staying in the room by the door instead of leaving will result in a transfur, in which a minor latex shark flies at Colin. It is possible that the Tiger Shark had picked it up and lobbed the entire shark at him.
- It is possible to completely skip the Tiger Shark by managing to slip by the shark blocking the exit. It is doable, and has been utilized by some speedrunners.
- DragonSnow once sold 2 types of dolls, they were Puro dolls and Tiger Shark dolls
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