Orb User
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First appearance Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023)
Variants

Orb Users are enemies in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars that resemble red magical staffs. Orb Users are guards in Booster Tower, aiding other minions of Booster in combat by using their magic spells. Orb Users never fight by themselves.

The top of an Orb User's body is a red head with two black eyes and two large horns. In between the horns is a glowing magical orb that hovers above the Orb User's head. Using this powerful orb, the Orb Users can use a wide variety of magical spells, primarily fire-based attacks. These spells include Flame, Flame Wall, Bolt, and Recover.

An Orb User has a very high defense rating, making most attacks deal only one HP worth of damage. Fortunately, an Orb User only has eight Hit Points, offsetting their high defense and recovery spells.

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Orb User
  HP 8 FP 20 Speed 15
Location(s) Booster Tower Attack 42 Magic attack 28
Role Common Defense 80 Magic defense 40
Bonus Flower HP Max! (40%) Yoshi Cookie Maple Syrup Morph rate 100%
Evade 0% Magic evade 0% Spells Bolt, Flame, Flame Wall, Recover
Weak None Strong Fire, Thunder, Ice Sp. attacks None
Coins 2 Exp. points 5 Items Honey Syrup (25%)
Psychopath "I hate Kinklinks!"

Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)

Super Mario RPG enemy
Orb User
  HP 8 Weak Elements N/A Drops Honey Syrup
Exp. 5 Weak Statuses      Rare Drops N/A
Found in Booster Tower
Monster List profile They look like magic staves, but they have cutting-edge features, such as the ability to stretch or shrink themselves at will.
Thought Peek "Go away, Chain Chomps! I'm not playing fetch with you!"
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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ポポ
Popo
Possibly from a partial repetition of "pole"; shared with Poink, but with a different origin

French Orbi
From "orbe" (orb)
German Kugelorn
From "Kugel" (orb)
Italian Orbi
From "orba" (orb) in masculine form

Trivia

  • In the original game, Orb User's Psychopath thought states that it hates Kinklinks in the English version, and Chomps in the Japanese version. This has been changed in the remake to reflect the latter.