Mighty Yam

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Mighty Yam is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2. It is a seasonal plant, tied to Mighty Yam's Meditative Season in . Mighty Yam is a wise melee plant who attacks with powerful punches (first after 0.3 seconds, second after 0.7 seconds, and third after 1 second) with each punch dealing 80 damage. The punches only have 0.75 tiles of range, so it can be difficult for him to target zombies that are being stalled farther away as he is unable to reach zombies that are eating the plant in front of him.
He attacks in three-punch combos which each take a total of 2 seconds to complete before resting for 1.3 seconds after each combo. The third punch in every combo is a special final blow that deals damage and pushes zombies back 2 tiles. Every third final blow attack deals damage instead and knocks zombies back 6 tiles instead!
Both types of final blow will immediately destroy grid items, regardless of their durability.
==Origins==
	Mighty Yam is visually inspired by , which in turn is based on a mushroom of some description.
	Mighty Yam is personally based off a yam, which is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea that form edible tubers. Yams are perennial herbaceous vines cultivated for the consumption of their starchy tubers in many temperate and tropical regions, especially in West Africa, South America and the Caribbean, Asia, and Oceania.
==Almanac Entry==
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food Effect===
When fed Plant Food, Mighty Yam punches wildly in a 3x2 area in front of himself, punching a total of 10 times over 3 seconds. Each punch deals 120 damage to zombies and pushes them back 0.125 tiles. After punching 10 times, he unleashes a hypercharged final blow in a 3x3 area in front himself which deals 900 damage and pushes zombies back 4 tiles.
===Enforce-mint Effect===
When boosted with , Mighty Yam's hit rate is decreased by 50%, his resting time is decreased by 80%, and his damage is increased by 25% for the duration of the mint.
==Upgrade Levels==
Level	Seed packets	Coins 	Upgrades	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades	Upgrades	Upgrades
Level	Seed packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge	Toughness	Damage 	Final Blow Damage	Super Final Blow Damage	Pushback	Super Pushback	Combo Time	Resting Time	 	 	
1 	0 	0 	300 	5 sec 	300 	80 	 	 	2 	6 	2 sec 	1.3 sec 	 	 	
2 	10 	1,000 	300 	5 sec 	350 	85 	 	 	2 	6 	2 sec 	1.3 sec 	 	 	
3 	100 	5,000 	275 	5 sec 	400 	90 	 	 	2 	6 	2 sec 	1.1 sec 	 	 	
4 	200 	10,000	275 	5 sec 	450 	100 	 	 	2.5 	7 	2 sec 	1.1 sec 	 	 	
5 	400 	20,000	250 	5 sec 	550 	110 	 	 	2.5 	7 	1.7 sec 	0.9 sec 	 	 	
6 	750 	30,000	250 	5 sec 	600 	120 	 	 	2.5 	7 	1.7 sec 	0.9 sec 	 	 	
7 	1,000 	40,000	225 	5 sec 	650 	130 	 	 	3 	8 	1.7 sec 	0.7 sec 	 	 	
8 	1,250 	50,000	225 	5 sec 	700 	150 	 	 	3 	8 	1.4 sec 	0.7 sec 	 	 	
9 	1,500 	60,000	200 	5 sec 	800 	170 	 	 	3 	8 	1.4 sec 	0.5 sec 	 	 	
10 	2,000 	75,000	200 	5 sec 	900 	190 	 	 	3 	8 	1.4 sec 	0.5 sec 	 	 	
===Mastery upgrades===
* Chance to Boost 
*Damage Pierce
==History==
===December 8th, 2023===
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==Strategies==
Mighty Yam is a powerful melee fighter who can deal with even the most armored threats with ease. A single combo is enough to get rid of , and the knockback on the final blow is enough to allow Mighty Yam to indefinitely stall and eventually take out any single zombie. Mighty Yam attacks quickly enough to indefinitely stall up to two zombies before things start to get hairy, in fact, making him an excellent defensive plant. Don't let the pushback fool you - this plant hits HARD. Great for dealing with . It only takes a grand total of 12 hits (including the combo mechanics), or 13.2 seconds, to take one down. Mighty Yam also obliterates grid items.
Mighty Yam has very limited range, so if you plant something like a in front of him he won't be able to hit zombies eating it. Instead, try a member of the extensive vine family! adds some ranged support fire, can help with groups of zombies that Mighty Yam would otherwise struggle against, and basically brings the to Mighty Yam. It can be difficult to work other plants into Mighty Yam strategies due to the short range, but they're pretty good at protecting themselves so you could just throw them up front as an extra line of defense.
==Demonstration==
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==Costumes==
==Gallery==
MightyYamHD.png|Mighty Yam HD
MightyYamCostume.png|Mighty Yam's costume
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