How to Defeat Gloomtail

Gloomtail 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 Gloomtail

1. Use Power Lift to Increase Attack and Defense Powers
2. Poison Can be Cured with Sweet Feast
3. Mega Breath can be Avoided by Vivian's Veil

Use Power Lift to Increase Attack and Defense Powers

You can use the Power Lift special move to increase your attack and defense powers to reduce the damage from Gloomtail's attacks. Once your attack power is increased, use Power Bounce or Goombella's Multibonk to deal high amounts of damage.

Poison Can be Cured with Sweet Feast

Gloomtail's poison attacks can be prevented by guard, but if you do get caught by the poison, you can use the Sweet Feast special move to cure the poison status effect.

Equip Feeling Fine to Prevent Poison

You can equip the Feeling Fine badge to completely prevent poison. Although it's not a high priority to use it, if you have spare BP, you can.

Mega Breath can be Avoided with Vivian's Veil

You can use Vivian's Veil move to avoid Gloomtail's mega breath move, which is when the dragon charges for one turn and then uses a fire breath move on the next one.

Note that once Gloomtail's HP is low, the dragon will use its mega breath move multiple times.

Gloomtail Details and Stats

Tattle Log No. 103
Gloomtail
Description	Hooktail's brother. He's a big, dark, poison-spewing baddie. Watch out for his famous Megabreath attack!
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

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Related Guides

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Paper Mario TTYD Bosses
Chapter Bosses	Mini Bosses	Secret Bosses

Mini Boss List

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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