Lava Bud
From the Super Mario Wiki
| Paper Mario Enemy | |
| Lava Bud | |
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| Max HP | 16 (has 8 HP per round) |
| Attack | 4 (round 1 only) |
| Defense | 0 |
| Location(s) | Mt. Lavalava
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| Moves | Petit Piranha Blast (4), Birth (summons Petit Piranha |
| Tattle | Lava Buds are little flower branching out from the main stem of the Lava Piranha. They love it in the lava. Hey, if you were a fiery plant you'd love it in there, too.
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A Lava Bud is a juvenile Lava Piranha. Two of them, along with a Lava Piranha, are the bosses of Chapter 5 in Paper Mario.
In a Lava Piranha patch, there is usually one mature stalk for every two juveniles. Lava Buds reproduce via spores; if confronted with danger, they will fire these spores-Petit Piranhas-at enemies, but otherwise will just randomly spit spores. Lava Buds will not die as long as the oldest Lava Piranha in the patch is alive. Once the mature one dies, the buds lose the nutrients they were receiving from the adult and wither.
Lava Buds bear a strong resemblance to Naval Buds.
| Preceded by: Petit Piranha | Life Cycle of a Lava Piranha Paper Mario | Succeeded by: Lava Piranha |
| Major Bosses from the Paper Mario series | |||
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| Paper Mario | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door | ||
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Goomba King |
Blooper | ||
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Fracktail | |||
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