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Plugs in M&L Brothership

Battle Plugs are powerful combat accessories used by the Mario Bros. and certain enemies in Mario & Luigi: Brothership. They are crafted with Spark Balls from Sprite Balls. Upon being plugged into Power Taps, their effects manifest at the cost of consuming their individual charges. Some Battle Plugs can enhance the effects of others when used together. This system is comparable to the badges and Battle Cards in previous installments of the series.

List of Battle Plugs

Name Icon Effect Craft cost (Spark Balls) Number of charges Recharge turns Unlock Note
Kaboom Attack   Get an EXCELLENT rating with a Jump or Hammer attack to also damage nearby targets. 10 30 From the start After an EXCELLENT rating, it starts a slow motion as an impact wave gets generated to damage nearby enemies, dealing ?% of the original damage.
Two copies are available.
Surprise Iron Ball File:SupriseIronBall.png When you get an EXCELLENT rating with a Jump or Hammer attack, an iron ball drops on the target to deal more damage. 20 10 30 After an EXCELLENT rating, it drops an iron ball at the enemies, dealing ?% of the original damage.
Iron balls deal Buster Critical damage to frozen enemies.[1]
Two copies are available.
Dizzifying Attack   Increases the damage you deal with Jump and Hammer attacks by 15%. Also, an EXCELLENT rating can make a target dizzy. 20 15 20 When Jumping or Hammering, Mario and Luigi spin fast enough to have motion blur. An attack with EXCELLENT rating has a ?% chance of causing Dizzy. It can still be performed when the other brother is incapacitated.
Fiery Attack[2]   Increase the damage you deal with Jump and Hammer attacks by 15%. Also, if you get an EXCELLENT, your target may become burned. 15 20 When Jumping or Hammering, the attacks have a flame trail. An attack with EXCELLENT rating has a ?% chance of causing Burn.
Icy Attack[1]   Increase the damage you deal with Jump and Hammer attacks by 15%. Also, if you get an EXCELLENT, your target may become iced. 15 20 When Jumping or Hammering, the attacks have a cold air trail with snowflakes, cold puffs, and shining particles. An attack with EXCELLENT rating has a ?% chance of causing Ice.[3]
Attack Boost[2]   Grants you one additional Jump or Hammer attack. 10 30 An extra solo part of the attack is added to the normal attack combo, doing ?% of the damage. Mario or Luigi will cheer the other one on the first jump when doing the Jump attack.
Anti-Flying Specialist[3]   Jump attacks against flying enemies are guaranteed critical hits. 30 10 30 Create 4 Battle Plugs. Buster Critical deal ?% more damage.
Anti-Spike Specialist[3]   Hammer attacks against spiky enemies are guaranteed critical hits. 30 10 30 Create 4 Battle Plugs. Buster Critical deal ?% more damage.
Anti-Zokket Specialist   Jump and Hammer attacks against Zok Troops are guaranteed critical hits. 10 30 Buster Critical deal ?% more damage.
Anti-Army Specialist   Jump and Hammer attacks against Bowser's army are guaranteed critical hits. 10 30 Buster Critical deal ?% more damage.
Anti-Glohm Specialist   Jump and Hammer attacks against Glohmed enemies are guaranteed critical hits. 10 30 Buster Critical deal ?% more damage.
Seedle-ize When you get an EXCELLENT rating on a Jump or Hammer attack, sometimes turns your target into a Seedle. 10 20 Buster Critical deal ?% more damage.
Bros. Boost Boosts damage dealt by Bros. Attacks by 20% but also increases BP spent by 100%. 5 30
Performance Bonus[4] Restores 50% of BP used on a Bros. Attack that earns an EXCELLENT rating. 3 20
Auto EXCELLENT Automatically gives Jump, Hammer, and Bros. attacks an EXCELLENT rating. 5 20
Easy-Peasy Counters   Holding the button makes counters easier, enabling you to float in midair when you jump and enlarging your hammer for those counters. 10 20 From the start
Empower Counters[5] Turns jump counters into ground pounds, and charges up hammer counters to do an extra 30% damage. 30 10 20 Create 4 Battle Plugs.
Damage Shield Reduces damage received from enemies by 20%. 10 30
Protectus Reduces the damage you suffer from enemies to 0. 3 40
Notdroppin[2] When you have at least 2 HP and you take enough damage to become KO'd, preserves you at 1 HP instead. 5 30
Surefooted Guard Prevents the effects of Trip and Dizzy. 15 5 20
Temperature Guard [2] Prevents the effects of Burn and Ice. 5 20
Glohm Guard [2] Prevents the effects of Glohm. 5 20
Back-Atcha Attack When you take damage, sometimes triggers an extra Jump or Hammer attack back at the attacker. 3 20 Mario or Luigi do a solo Jump or Hammer attack to counter instead of the combo.
Ouch Charge Causes damage to charge you up. Once full, your next attack deals +100% damage. 1 5
Auto Mushroom When your HP becomes low, will automatically use a Mushroom. 20 5 20
Auto Syrup Jar[6] When your BP becomes low, will automatically use a Syrup Jar. 20 5 20
Auto Herb When you gain a status effect, will automatically use a Refreshing Herb. 15 5 20
Auto 1-Up[3] When one of the brothers is KO'd, automatically uses a 1-Up Mushroom. 30 3 20 Create 4 Battle Plugs.
Auto Ampberry When you are afflicted with Glohm, will automatically use an Ampberry. 5 20
Deluxe Auto The Auto series of Battle Plugs will automatically select the most efficient recovery item for your current state. 15 15
Spirited Item Using an item can boost various stats. 5 20
Item Share Using an item will affect the other bro. as well, while only consuming the one item. 3 30
Second Helping When using an item, uses two identical items out of your inventory to give the benefit for both. 5 30
Boomerang Items[2] Items you use return to your inventory. 5 30
Countdown to Crush The number of charges decreases at the end of every turn. When the number reaches zero, a bomb deals heavy damage to all enemies. 15 15
Countdown to Cure The number of charges decreases at the end of every turn. When the number reaches zero, HP and BP are 100% restored. 15 15
Countdown to Charge The number of charges decreases at the end of every turn. When the number reaches zero, all other equipped plugs are recharged to 50%. 15 15
Charge Bank When another equipped plug would lose charges, this plug's charges decrease instead. 3 20
Speedy Recharge When another equipped plug reaches zero charges, its recharge time is shortened by 50% turns. 5 20
Coinpiler Causes enemies to drop coins each time you damage them in proportion to damage dealt. 20 20
Loot Booster[4] Makes it more likely that defeated enemies will drop items. 30 10[7] 20 Create 4 Battle Plugs.
Auto Luigi   At the end of his turns, Luigi will sometimes take a bonus attack or search the area for an item. 5 20 Defeat the Great Conductor
Waitaminnit When your regular turn ends, grants you one extra turn. 120 3 40

Combos

“Some combinations of Battle Plugs have unique and powerful effects. There are lots of these combinations, so experiment away!”
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Name Battle Plug 1 Battle Plug 2 Effect
Iron Ka-Ball Kaboom Attack   Surprise Iron Ball File:SupriseIronBall.png Pair Kaboom Attack and Surprise Iron Ball plugs together to make iron balls fall on all enemies hit by the impact wave.
Statusplosion Kaboom Attack   Dizzifying Attack  
Fiery Attack  
Icy Attack  
If you use Kaboom Attack and a plug that causes status ailments together, the status ailment will spread to all the enemies hit by the impact wave.
Ka-Specialist[8] Kaboom Attack   Anti-Flying Specialist  
Anti-Spike Specialist  
Anti-Zokket Specialist  
Anti-Army Specialist  
If you use Kaboom Attack and a Specialist-type Battle Plug together, the critical effect will spread to all enemies hit by the impact wave, as long as the Specialist type affects them.
[2] Attack Boost   Surprise Iron Ball File:SupriseIronBall.png Makes one more iron ball fall.
[2] Surprise Iron Ball File:SupriseIronBall.png Surprise Iron Ball File:SupriseIronBall.png Makes a bigger golden ball fall, dealing more damage.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Italian Spina sinergica[9] Synergic plug

References

  1. ^ a b Mario & Luigi : L'épopée fraternelle – Une grande aventure maritime ! (Nintendo Switch)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Nintendo 公式チャンネル (October 10, 2024). Mario & Luigi RPG Brotherhood!: BATTLE Combinations in sync.
  3. ^ a b c d PhillyBeatsU (October 10, 2024). I Played Mario & Luigi Brothership EARLY (Hands-on Preview). YouTube (English). Retrieved October 10, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Kevin Lee (October 11, 2024). Mario & Luigi: Brothership hands-on: the fun, whimsical, and tactical Nintendo Switch RPG I’ve been waiting for. The Shortcut (English). Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  5. ^ ZakPak
  6. ^ PaulWeber
  7. ^ Antistar
  8. ^ RPG Site
  9. ^ NintendoItalia (October 10, 2024). Mario & Luigi: Fraternauti alla carica – L'Elettria ti aspetta! (Nintendo Switch). YouTube. Retrieved November 14, 2024.