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Mario & Luigi: Brothership

How to Beat Glohm Bowser

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Brothership How to Beat Glohm Bowser

Glohm Bowser is the boss of the Fortress Zokket in Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Read on to know more about Glohm Bowser, its location, attack patterns, rewards, as well as a detailed strategy on how to beat Glohm Bowser.

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Glohm Bowser Information

Boss Information
Glohm BowserGlohm Bowser
Location Fortress Zokket
Level 36
Best Option to Attack With Either Hammer or Jump Attacks

Encountered in the Fortress Zokket

Glohm Bowser is a boss encountered at the top floor of Fortress Zokket.

How to Beat Glohm Bowser

Glohm Bowser Strategy


Don't Let the Glohm Field Reach You

Glohm field expanded to its limit

The Glohm field that Glohm Bowser summons at the start of the fight will continuously expand until it reaches your side of the arena. While standing on its area of effect, Mario and Luigi will take damage per turn.

Finish this fight fast by spamming Bros. Attacks and making sure your counters hit!

Use Luigi Logic While Bowser is Stunned

Luigi

A ship piloted by Shy Guys will eventually appear and shoot cannonballs at Mario and Luigi. Some of these cannonballs will fly directly to its target while some will bounce off the ground first.

Afterwards, Luigi will unlock the Luigi Logic command block that is a key point of this fight. Glohm Bowser must be stunned first (by dealing enough damage) before using Luigi Logic. Otherwise, he will bring the ship down instantly and you would have to wait for another to come.

Shy Guy Ship Tip

You can tell if the cannonball will bounce first if the ship aims on the ground. If it aims directly on a Bro, the cannonball will fly straight. It will also completely miss most of its shots. Time your Hammer swings right to send the cannonballs to Bowser.

Shoot Glohm Bowser and Survive for as Long as You Can

Shy Guy ship shooter scenario

After successfully boarding the Shy Guy ship, you will enter a shooter scenario where you can just spam cannonballs at Glohm Bowser while avoiding his attacks.

Try surviving for as long as you can (just a single hit will destroy the ship) while chipping Glohm Bowser's health until the ship goes down by itself, indicating that the boss is on low health.

Glohm Bowser Attack Patterns

Glohm Bowser Attack Patterns


Glohm Shell

How to Dodge This cannot be dodged.
How to Counter Bowser signals his attack with a woosh sound, which can either be a body slam or a body drop. Prepare to counter when you hear the sound cue.

Glohm Combo

How to Dodge This series of attack is full of fake outs to bait you into jumping early. In the slam attack, jump when Bowser spins midair, then jump over the following shockwaves. In the flamethrower attack, jump when flames start coming out of his mouth. In the sweep attack, jump when he twists his body to his left.
How to Counter This cannot be countered.

Pipe Bomb

How to Dodge This cannot be dodged.
How to Counter The Bros are actually holding their Hammers inside the pipe. Swing the Hammer when the fireballs enter the pipe to send it back to Bowser.

Glohm Bowser Rewards

EXP and Item Rewards

All Glohm Bowser Rewards
EXP 14,000 EXP
Coins 1,500 Coins
Item Drops ・Ouch Charge

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