The best early game weapons in Mario & Luigi: Brotherhood

Mario and Luigi have two different types of weapons they can equip Mario and Luigi: Brotherhood. First, the duo can only jump on enemies with a nice pair of boots. Second, they unlock hammers that they can use to smash enemies to pieces or rocks while exploring the various islands they sail to.

Stats are always good to remember in RPGs, especially attack power if players want to quickly plow through battles. However, a better strategy in Mario and Luigi: Brotherhood would be to find and equip hammers and boots with great bonuses. So here are some first examples.

7 Slow motion shoes

Jump Power 19

• Location: Twistee Island
• Bonus Effect: Reduces enemy defense by 30%

Slow Boots will reduce enemy defense by 30% on hit. It will always be an auto effect, so it will be great for boss battles. Players can purchase this pair of shoes from a vendor on Twistee Island. This vendor will also have a Soft Hammer weapon that will do the exact same thing. It's a good one-two punch where one brother can lower the defense with a good stomp while the other can smash the hammer in their face to keep the debuff going.

6 Knockout Hammer

Hammer Power 26/Defense 2

• Location: Desolatt Island
• Bonus effect: 20% power increase when enemy is defeated

The Knockout Hammer can be obtained by fighting the Drillby enemy on Desolatt Island. This is a small mole-like creature with a drill for a nose. If players are lucky, they can get this hammer and some accessories can help with it Mario & Luigi: Brotherhood drop rate to facilitate this process.

Knockout Hammer is good for two reasons. First, the attack power for the hammer is increased by 20% when an enemy is killed and a defense Buff is also attached. There aren't many weapons that boost defense in RPGs, so this is a rare commodity.

5 Gobblick Boots

Jump Power 26/Stache 2

• Location: Great Lighthouse Island (1st)
• Bonus Effect: Heal 5% HP based on damage dealt

Gobblick Boots can be obtained after defeating one of the more difficult bosses in the game, Gobblick. Gobblick is a giant plant creature that would look right at home Plants vs Zombies game. Gobblick Boots are another rare specimen as they will boost stats above attack power through Stache points that translate into Mario & Luigi: Brotherhood Luck Stats. Additionally, the main catch of Gobblick Boots is that they can restore some HP based on the amount of damage taken. It's like having a weapon with vampirism, and it's a funny way to look at it.

4 Accel shoes

Jump Power 26/Speed ​​2

• Location: Minmin Islet
• Bonus effect: 30% explosion speed when defeating an enemy

Accel Boots are part of the side quest Mario and Luigi: Brotherhood called Zokket Schematics. All you have to do is head to Minmin Island where they will encounter the Extension Corps, one of the main enemy groups in the game. After exchanging dialogues, players can pick up this elegant pair of boots, which will increase speed in two ways. First, it increases the speed stat when equipped, and then the speed also increases by 30% during battle when enemies are defeated. The faster these two plumbers are, the more turns they get.

3 Anti-aircraft boots

Jump power 26/-2 speed

• Location: Merrygo Island
• Bonus effect: 30% damage versus flying enemies

Antiair Boots can be purchased from a vendor on Merrygo Island. This weapon has an even greater rarity in that it lowers stats when equipped: Speed. This means it has decent attack power and is made specifically to fight flying enemies. This vendor also sells a hammer called the Blunt Hammer, which is more effective against enemies with spikes. Like the strategies involving Slow Boots and Soft Hammer, players can take advantage of any situation and let each brother choose a side to rule.

2 Bros. Hammer

Hammer power 36

• Location: Merrygo Island
• Bonus Effect: Restore BP when enemies are defeated

Bros. The Hammer can also be obtained on Merrygo Island, but is associated with a side quest called Little Lost Toad. Once requested, players must find a lost toad in a maze and then fight a bunch of Snaptors. This is a good time to equip the Antiair Boots.

Once this simple battle is over, these toads will reward the player with a Bros. hammer. This little beauty restores BP when enemies are defeated, and BP is like a magic meter in other RPGs where two plumbers can do high damage combo attacks.

1 Sharpcask Hammer

Hammer Power 48/Defense 4

• Location: Great Lighthouse Island (2nd)
• Bonus effect: 20% defense boost when enemy is defeated

Sharpcask Hammer is also boss bound, which is even harder than Gobblick. Sharpcask is a robotic barrel located on the second Great Lighthouse Island. Once the Sharpcask is defeated, it leaves behind the Sharpcask Hammer, which has the best early hammer attack power in the game and boosts defense in two ways. The first is through equipping the item itself and the second way is through killing enemies in battle. Strong defense in RPG Mario and Luigi is just as important as a powerful attack, and the Sharpcask Hammer is proof of that.