How to Beat Marilyn

Marilyn is a boss you can fight in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (TTYD). Read on to learn more about this boss, its stats, and how to beat it!

How to Beat Marilyn in Chapter 4

1. Defeat Marilyn First
2. Use Spread Attacks

Defeat Marilyn First

Vivian Priority: Low

Marilyn Priority: High

Beldam Priority: Medium

When fighting with the shadow trio, you should prioritize defeating Marilyn first because she has a charge that increases her attack power by 2.

Then take down Beldam second, who can decrease your party's attack power and increase theirs. Lastly, defeat Vivian who has the lowest attack power among the three.

Use Spread Attacks

Using spread attacks, which can damage multiple enemies at once, such as Earth Tremor, Koops' Power Shell move, and Quake Hammer, are very effective against the shadow trio.

How to Beat Marilyn in Chapter 8

1. Defeat Beldam First
2. Use Spread Attacks

Defeat Beldam First

Doopliss Priority: Low

Marilyn Priority: Medium

Beldam Priority: High

When fighting with the new shadow trio, you should prioritize defeating Beldam first because she has the lowest HP among the three, but she also has the highest damage attack among them.

Then take down Marilyn second, whom has the highest HP and has a powerful spread attack. Lastly, defeat Doopliss to win the battle against the new shadow trio.

Use Spread Attacks

Prioritize in using spread attacks, which damages multiple enemies at once, against the new shadow trio, such as Bobbery's Bob-ombast and Yoshi's Stampede.

While your partners deal spread attacks, use Mario's jump attacks to target Beldam at the back.

Best Party Member Moves Tier List

Marilyn Details and Stats

Tattle Log No. 128
Marilyn
Description	She's one of the Shadow Sirens, which makes her Beldam's younger sister. She has strong Attack power, so it might be best to defeat her first.
Type	Mini Boss

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Stats

Move Resistances

Move Resistances
Jump	Hammer	Showstopper
Gulp	Gale Force	Kiss Thief

Status Effect Resistances

Status Effect Resistances
Burn				Freeze				Dizzy				Confuse				Sleep
Soft					Shrink					Fright Mask					Time Stop

Marilyn (Palace of Shadow) Stats

Tattle Log No. 129
Marilyn (Palace of Shadow)
Description	She's one of the Shadow Sirens, which makes her Beldam's younger sister. She has strong Attack power, so it might be best to defeat her first.
Type	Mini Boss

All Enemies in Paper Mario TTYD

Stats

Move Resistances

Move Resistances
Jump	Hammer	Showstopper
Gulp	Gale Force	Kiss Thief

Status Effect Resistances

Status Effect Resistances
Burn				Freeze				Dizzy				Confuse				Sleep
Soft					Shrink					Fright Mask					Time Stop

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Related Guides

All Bosses

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Paper Mario TTYD Bosses
Chapter Bosses	Mini Bosses	Secret Bosses

Mini Boss List

All Bosses
Beldam	Beldam (Palace of Shadow)	Bowser	Bowser (Palace of Shadow)
Doopliss (Palace of Shadow)	Fuzzy Horde	Gloomtail	Gold Fuzzy
Iron Cleft (Green)	Iron Cleft (Red)	Kammy Koopa	Lord Crump
Marilyn	Marilyn (Palace of Shadow)	Rawk Hawk	Red Bones
Vivian	X-Naut Platoon