| 'Mario & Luigi: Dream Team' Magmad | |||
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| Location | Dreamy Mount Pajamaja (peak area) | ||
| HP | 125 | ||
| Power | 137 | ||
| Defense | 98 | ||
| Speed | 70 | ||
| Experience gained | 50 (60 with Quick Level) | ||
| Coins dropped | 20 | ||
| Item dropped | Super Candy (5%) Secret Box (1%) | ||
| Jump | Spiny | ||
| Hammer | Normal | ||
| No Hitter | 24 | ||
| World | Dream | ||
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Magmads are enemies that appear in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. They can be encountered in Dreamy Mount Pajamaja (the Dream World version of Mount Pajamaja), more specifically in the Dreampoint located near the summit.
Description[]
Magmads are orange slug-like monsters with reddish-brown lower bodies and yellow eyes at the top of their "head." A black stripe around their head contains their yellow eyes, which are contorted into an angry expression, hence the creatures' name.
Behaviour[]
In Mario & Luigi: Dream Team[]
In the field, Magmads burst into flames and chase after Mario and Luigi, stopping after a few seconds and becoming vulnerable to an ambush as their flames die.
Combat[]
During battle, Magmads cannot be jumped on due to their flaming heads. Both Magmads and their colder counterparts called Iceads can be fought together and attack in tandem. Their first attack involves them stacking up on both sides of the Mario Bros. and firing fireballs and ice blasts. Mario and Luigi can save their skin by jumping over the lower blasts (Press the corresponding target's button with good timing to avoid the blast completely.) and ducking under the higher ones (no command required). Dodging the blasts will cause them to continue sailing onward and smashing into whatever is on the other side. If a fireball strikes a Magmad, or an ice blast strikes an Icead, the enemy is healed. If a mismatched projectile strikes the creature, the Magmad or Icead will take damage. The second attack involves making themselves liquid and then ambushing the Bros. Mario and Luigi must use their hammers to smash the enemies as the Magmads and Iceads stick their heads up to attack.
Magmads can attack on their own by charging the Bros. while on fire. This attack can be avoided if the Bros. jump over them completely, but sometimes, the Magmads' flame goes out, meaning their head can be stomped on. Magmads can Burn their victim with their attacks.
Magmads can become Iceads upon taking damage and vice versa.
A Magmad is a Level 18 enemy with 125 hit points, 137 power, 98 defense, and 70 speed, giving 50 experience and dropping 20 coins along with a Super Candy and/or Secret Box upon defeat.
In Mario & Luigi: Brothership[]
Magmads can also be encountered in Mario & Luigi: Brothership, where they are encountered on Heatfreeze Island and Skorcheen Island; in the former location, they can be accompanied by a new spiky version of Icead. In battle, Magmads can attack by breathing fire on their opposition (which must be jumped over), or performing their ambush attack from Dream Team (blocked the same as before, but the fire spit is replaced with a headbutt). If there is more than one, two can bounce a fireball between themselves and inch towards a target, who must repel the fireball with a hammer strike, and when it uses the strafing breath attack, a Magmad can flag down one of its allies (either another Magmad or an Icead) to help out; the flagged-down Magmad or Icead loses their next turn.
A Magmad is a Level 21 enemy with 141 hit points, an attack power of 83, a defense of 8, a speed of 69. When slain, it gives 143 experience and 40 coins, and can drop a Super Mushroom (3%), an Ultra Mushroom (1%), or some Heatfreeze Ore (23%). On Skorcheen Island, it is Level 23 with 162 hit points, an attack power of 91, a defense of 99, and a speed of 75. It always gives 115 experience and 29 coins when slain, and can also give a Super Mushroom (3%), an Ultra Mushroom (1%), or some Skorcheen Lava (23%).
Variations[]
Glohm-infused Magmads[]
Some Magmads are infected with Glohm. These Magmads may occasionally lose a turn, but their moveset is otherwise identical to the originals. Their Level is still 23, but a Magmad infused with Glohm has 305 hit points, an Attack of 92, a Defense of 115, and a Speed of 90, and gives 180 Experience and 45 Coins when destroyed. In addition to the loot drops of regular Magmads, the contaminated Magmads can drop some Glohm Dust (7%) or a Glohm Fragment (3%) when destroyed.
During the Reclusa World chapter, all Magmads contract Glohm, and the Glohm-infused Magmads become stronger, their stats being buffed to Level 40 with 734 hit points, an attack power of 212, a defense of 302, and a speed of 185, and a Glohm-infused Magmad at this time can duplicate itself, but must always take a turn. Their destruction gives 1627 experience, with loot drops of an Ultra Mushroom (8%), a Max Mushroom (3%), some Heatfreeze Ore (Heatfreeze Island only; 30%), some Skorcheen Lava (Skorcheen Island only; 30%), some Glohm Dust (15%), a Glohm Fragment (21%), or a Glohm Crystal (21%).
Behind the Scenes[]
Etymology[]
The Magmad's name comes from a pun on "magma" (molten rock) and "mad" (colloquial word for "angry", can also mean "insane" or "crazy").
Nomenclature[]
In Japanese, Magmads were known as "Magmans" (singular "Magman," Maguman Japanese, written マグマン), with their name being identical to that of the Splorch. Their Chinese name, Róngyán Guài (written 熔岩怪), literally means "Volcano Monster," which fits due to their design making them resemble a volcano. Spanish calls them "Ígnius," from ígneo (which means "igneous"), with the Latin adjective-creating ending -ius. In Portuguese, the enemy is called "Ígnius" as well, with the same root as the Spanish name. In Italian, their name is Mágmide, from magma ("magma") and the suffix -ide ("pertaining to"), therefore meaning "pertaining to magma." French translates their name as Magman, ripped straight from Japanese. In German, they are called Magmirren (singular Magmirr), from "magma" and irrlicht ("will-o'-wisp"), and in Russian, they are called Lavun (written Лавун), which comes from lava ("lava"; written лава) and the Russian masculine noun ending -un (written -ун).
Trivia[]
- Magmads bear a resemblance to the Magman boss from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.
