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Piranha Plant Dodge and Counter Strategies

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Piranha Plant is an Enemy located at Skorcheen Island in Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Read on to learn how to beat Piranha Plant, location, attack patterns, and how to counter Piranha Plant's attacks.

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Piranha Plant Overview

Piranha Plant Location and Level

Enemy Information
Piranha PlantPiranha Plant
Location ・Skorcheen Island
Level First Encountered 24
Best Option to Attack With Depends ; Use Hammer attacks if the Piranha Plant is juggling a spiked ball. Otherwise, either attack is safe to use.

Counts As One of Bowser's Minions

No. Challenge Guide Rewards
20 Minion Buster Challenge iconMinion Buster Defeat 300 of Bowser's minions. ・Heart Bean DX x1
・Stache Bean x2
・Max Nut x2

Piranha Plant is considered one of Bowser's Minions. Defeating it will count towards the achievement of the Minion Buster Challenge.

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Piranha Plant Dodge and Counter Tips

Strategy Against Piranha Plant

Use Hammer attacks if the Piranha Plant is juggling a spiked ball. Otherwise, either attack is safe to use.

Attack Pattern 1

Piranha Plant burrows into the ground and reappears near you, then lunges its head towards you.
How to Dodge This attack cannot be dodged.
How to Counter Time your hammer attack when Piranha Plant's head is near you to land a successful bonk.

Attack Pattern 2

Piranha Plant spits out a Spiked Ball from its mouth, which bounces toward you.
How to Dodge This attack cannot be dodged.
How to Counter Hit the ball with the hammer once it gets near you.

Attack Pattern 3

All the Piranha Plants present will gang up on one Bro, taking turns in spitting fireballs.
How to Dodge Jump over the fireballs.
How to Counter This attack cannot be countered.

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