How to Beat Johnny and Rewards

This is a guide for Johnny, a Boss in Super Mario RPG Remake. Read on to learn how you can beat Johnny, its stats, rewards, location, weaknesses, and best party setup!

Johnny Weaknesses and Recommended Level

Overview

Johnny

Bandana Blue

Johnny
Recommended Level		HP
10		820
Attacks
Get Tough, Skewer, Diamond Saw, Fire Saber
Weaknesses and Resistances = Weak / = OK / = Resist
Jump	Fire	Lightning	Ice
Fear	Poison	Sleep	Mute

Bandana Blue
Recommended Level		HP
-		150
Attacks
Pierce
Weaknesses and Resistances = Weak / = OK / = Resist
Jump	Fire	Lightning	Ice
Fear	Poison	Sleep	Mute

A Johnny Rematch version of this boss is available in the post-game! The post-game can be unlocked by clearing the main story, which involves defeating the final boss Smithy.

All Post-Game Boss Rematches

Rewards

Best Party for Johnny

Best Party Setup

Beginning Active Party
Character	Role
Mario	・Serves as an attacker. ・Deal damage with regular attacks.
Peach	・Serves a recovery role. ・Recover overall party HP and extend each member's survivability.
Bowser	・Serves as an attacker and support. ・Deal damage with regular attacks. ・Use Terrorize to reduce enemy damage.
Standby Party
Geno	・Serves as an attacker and support ・Deal damage with normal and special attacks ・Boost allies with Geno Boost
Mallow	・Serves as a healer ・Heal with HP Rain ・Damage Bandana Blues with Shocker

Recommended Equipment and Level

Active Party
Character/Level	Equipment
Mario Level: 10	Weapon: Masher Armor: Sailor Shirt Accessory: Safety Badge
Peach Level: 10	Weapon: Slap Glove Armor: Nautica Dress Accessory: Safety Ring
Bowser Level: 10	Weapon: Hurly Gloves Armor: Work Pants Accessory: Fearless Pin
Standby Party
Geno Level: 10	Weapon: Hand Gun Armor: Sailor Cape Accessory: Fearless Pin
Mallow Level: 10	Weapon: Whomp Glove Armor: Sailor Pants Accessory: Fearless Pin

Best Equipment for Each Character

How to Beat Johnny and Attack Patterns

Use Terrorize to Reduce their Damage Avoid a One-on-One Duel with Johnny Use Normal Attacks on Johnny Dangerous Boss Moves

Avoid a One-on-One Duel with Johnny

The easiest way to go about defeating Johnny is by facing him while keeping one of his Bandana Blues still alive. If all of his minions are defeated in battle, you will be forced to a duel, and cannot use your other party members besides Mario.

This way, you will not have to deal with a duel with Johnny, who becomes much more difficult to deal with when he uses Get Tough at low HP.

With Mario and Johnny not forced into a duel, you can have your other party members focus on dealing damage to him.

Alternative: Do the One-on-One Duel

If ever you choose or are forced into a duel with Johnny, you will want to make sure that he has been weakened considerably by the time it happens.

There is no other strategy but to regularly heal and quickly defeat Johnny with Mario's moves and items. It is also best that you practice perfect blocks to reduce the damage you take.

Members on either side's party cannot join the duelists to fight, and the match ends when either duelist is defeated.

How to Block Attacks

Use Terrorize to Reduce their Damage

Johnny will summon 4 Bandana Blues at the start of battle, which are relatively easy to deal with since they mostly use physical attacks and Pierce. All Bandana Blues are weak to both Fire and Lightning, making the elemental special moves useful here.

Bowser's Terrorize will help in reducing the damage they deal, which is helpful if you wish to avoid a duel with Johnny.

If you are aiming to avoid the one-on-one duel with Johnny, keep your special moves to Mario's Fireball or Mallow's Shocker, since those only target a single enemy.

Best Special Moves for Each Character

Use Normal Attacks on Johnny

Unlike the Bandana Blues, Johnny has no elemental weaknesses, so it is best to reduce his attack power with Terrorize, conserve FP, and use normal attacks on him.

As his HP becomes lower, he will use his special move Get Tough to increase his defense and attack significantly. There should be no problems defeating it as long as you keep recovering and attacking.

Dangerous Boss Moves

Get Tough is an important move to look out for when dealing with Johnny, since it amplifies his attack and defense. This is more dangerous in a one-on-one duel, with no one to back Mario up in Johnny's powered-up state.

The other noteworthy special moves to look out for is Blizzard, which is Johnny's party-wide Ice attack and Skewer, a strong but blockable physical special attacks.

Johnny and Bandana Blue Attacks

Johnny Attacks

Bandana Blue Attacks

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