Best Partner Tier List

This is a ranking of the best partners to use in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (TTYD). Read on to find out the best partner to use in your journey to find the Crystal Stars with our rankings!

Best Partners and Badges
Best Partner Tier List	Best Badges Tier List

Best Partners Ranked

Rank	Partner	Reason
1	Madame Flurrie	・Gale Force works great against small enemies ・High HP that gets better as you upgrade her ・Upgrade her to use Lip Lock as soon as you get her
2	Yoshi	・Stampede is an easy-to-use area-of-effect attack ・Gulp ignored a target's defense stat, which is useful against several battles
3	Goombella	・Rally Wink lets Mario move twice in a single turn ・Multibonk is a great single target attack ・Has low HP if not upgraded
4	Vivian	・Shade Fist can target enemies on the ground, in the air, or up in the ceiling ・After upgrading, Fiery Jinx can target all enemies on the field ・Not effective in boss battles
5	Admiral Bobbery	・Can use area-of-effect attacks after upgrading ・Input commands may be difficult to use ・Needs high FP pool to use moves
6	Koops	・Has useful ground attacks that can hit mutiple enemies ・Moves cannot reach enemies in the air or those in the ceiling
7	Ms. Mowz	・Fits more of a support role, so moves are not useful in full combat ・Smooch can heal Mario but uses a lot of FP

List of All Partners

Best Partner Rankings Explained

Madame Flurrie

Madame Flurrie
HP	・15 (Base HP) ・25 (Super Rank) ・35 (Ultra Rank)
Moves	・ Body Slam ・ Gale Force ・ Lip Lock (Super Rank) ・ Dodgy Fog (Ultra Rank)

Flurrie is the best partner of them all because of her Gale Force move that can instantly defeat one or multiple enemies all at once, when done correctly.

She can also use her Lip Lock move to heal herself while damaging the enemy. To use this move, you need to upgrade her once, and which is also a good idea to do right after getting her as this also increases her already high HP.

Flurrie will join your party and become one of your partners during Chapter 2, after you return her necklace.

Madame Flurrie Partner Overview

Yoshi

Yoshi
HP	・10 (Base HP) ・20 (Super Rank) ・30 (Ultra Rank)
Moves	・ Ground Pound ・ Gulp ・ Mini-Egg (Super Rank) ・ Stampede (Ultra Rank)

Yoshi's attacks are mostly multiple hit moves which are useful to quickly defeat a single target, like Ground Pound and Mini-Egg. These are further improved when you have a Power Plus P badge equipped.

Yoshi can also use Gulp, an attack that ignores the defense stat of targets. You can use these against a variety of enemies that other partners won't be able to easily damage.

Yoshi will join your party and become one of your partners during Chapter 3, after he hatches from his egg.

Yoshi Partner Overview

Goombella

Goombella
HP	・10 (Base HP) ・20 (Super Rank) ・30 (Ultra Rank)
Moves	・ Headbonk ・ Tattle ・ Multibonk (Super Rank) ・ Rally Wink (Ultra Rank)

Goombella's Rally Wink is her best move, as she enabled Mario to move twice in a single turn. This is useful later on in the game when Mario has already equipped several badges that improve his offense.

Her Tattle move registers enemies in your Tattle Log, which you need to complete if you want to get the new Gold Medal badge, or simply to learn the stats of enemies that you are facing.

Goombella as your first partner is useful on the early stages of the game but lags behind as you get more party members. You need to upgrade her if you plan to keep using her as she has low HP and can easily get knocked out.

Goombella will join your party and become one of your partners during the Prologue, after you rescue her from a couple of X-Nauts.

Goombella Partner Overview

Vivian

Vivian
HP	・15 (Base HP) ・20 (Super Rank) ・30 (Ultra Rank)
Moves	・ Shade Fist ・ Veil ・ Fiery Jinx (Super Rank) ・ Infatuate (Ultra Rank)

Vivian's Shade Fist is a single target attack that can hit a target on the ground, in the air, and on the ceiling, which makes Vivian a flexible partner to use.

Upon upgrading her once, she can use Fiery Jinx which damages all enemies on the field.

Vivian is great to use on normal battles, but falls of during boss battles due to her attacks not dealing high damage compared to other partners' moves or even Mario's own moves.

Vivian will join your party and become one of your partners during Chapter 4.

Vivian Partner Overview

Admiral Bobbery

Admiral Bobbery
HP	・20 (Base HP) ・30 (Super Rank) ・40 (Ultra Rank)
Moves	・ Bomb ・ Bomb Squad ・ Hold Fast (Super Rank) ・ Bob-ombast (Ultra Rank)

Bobbery's explosive attacks can deal high damage against enemies even those with high defense, specifically Bob-ombast which he learns after upgrading him twice.

These moves come at a cost, in that they all use a lot of FP and can burn through your reserves if you keep spamming these attacks.

Bobbery will join your party and become one of your partners during Chapter 5, after you give him a Chuckola Cola.

Admiral Bobbery Partner Overview

Koops

Koops
HP	・10 (Base HP) ・15 (Super Rank) ・25 (Ultra Rank)
Moves	・ Shell Toss ・ Power Shell ・ Shell Shield (Super Rank) ・ Shell Slam (Ultra Rank)

Koops can use moves that are great against grounded enemies that use up only a few FP.

He will not be useful against targets that do not touch the ground, however, as he has no moves that can reach enemies in the air or on the ceiling. When this happens, you should immediately swap him out with another party member.

Koops will join your party and become one of your partners during Chapter 1, after you return to Petalburg from Shhwok Fortress.

Koops Partner Overview

Ms. Mowz

Ms. Mowz
HP	・15 (Base HP) ・20 (Super Rank) ・25 (Ultra Rank)
Moves	・ Love Slap ・ Kiss Thief ・ Tease (Super Rank) ・ Smooch (Ultra Rank)

Ms. Mowz is an optional party member that you can recruit after completing the Elusive Badge trouble.

Ms. Mowz plays more of a support character compared to your other partners, and is not great to use when you want to deal damage. She is the only party member that can heal Mario with one of her moves, which is Smooch, but this uses up a lot of FP.

Ms. Mowz will join your party and become one of your partners after completing Chapter 4 and the Elusive Badge! Trouble quest.

How to Get Ms. Mowz as Partner

Best Partner Abilities Tier

SS Tier	Koops Yoshi
S Tier	Madame Flurrie Admiral Bobbery
A Tier	Vivian
B Tier	Goombella Ms. Mowz

Yoshi and Koops are considered to have the best partner abilities because of Yoshi's ability to help explore faster and jump over gaps, while Koops' ability is that he can deal First Strike to enemies even from far away.

Bobbery's ability can also deal First Strike to enemies, but there can be a small delay because you need to throw him first, which makes it unreliable. Flurrie's ability to blow away objects is not instant as well.

Vivian's ability to hide in the shadows when you get detected by enemies is good overall, but you can't move around while using her ability, so the enemies can spot you again if they see you.

For Goombella's and Ms. Mowz's abilities, they are considered to be in the lowest tier because their abilities only help in exploration and not in battles.

All Partner Abilities

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Related Guides

All Characters

All Playable Characters

Playable Characters
Mario	Peach	Bowser

All Partners

All Partners
Goombella			Koops			Madame Flurrie			Yoshi
Vivian				Admiral Bobbery				Ms. Mowz

Other Character Guides

• List of Useful NPCs
• Best Partners Tier List
• How to Upgrade Party Members
• How to Get Second Partner Upgrade
• Best Party Member Upgrade Order