Spike Shield

Spike Shield is a badge that appears in Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door .

Paper Mario
In Paper Mairo, Spike Shield is found in Dry Dry Ruins. Near the very beginning of the dungeon, Mario finds a few coffins. In the middle coffin, not only will a Poison Pokey be inside, but so will this badge. To wear this badge, Mario must use up 2 BP. Spike Shield is a very helpful badge as it, as the name says, is a shield that protects Mario from spikes. This effect is only applied in battle and is only used with Mario, not his partners. Still, this badge, combined with high power and D-Down Jump can be an excellent combo while taking certain foes out.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

In TTYD, Spike Shield does make a reappearance. Once again this badge protects only Mario from spikes but costs one more BP so its cost becomes 3. Throughout the game, new enemies that have spikes will appear, making this badge more helpful than in the last game. Even in this game, more enemies have spikes like Spikey Parabuzzies who are somewhat hard to defeat or Clefts who have high defense. This badge is found in Rogueport Sewers. Mario must have Vivian in his party though. Ironically, it is found in a room that has spikes that come out of the floor.