Mortal blow

Silver Bullet, an example of a mortal blow

Mortal blows, also known as instant death attacks, are a class of special attacks from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. The term refers to any special attack that can one-hit down a party member, regardless of either the party member's or the enemy's stats (such as Hit Points, attack, and defense). Attacks of this variety include Magnum and Shaker. Mortal blows can be blunted by pressing at the right time during attack, allowing the party member to keep either one HP or all HP. If the timing was perfect, the party member keeps all HP as though nothing happened, but if it is slightly off, the party member still survives with a single Hit Point. Certain accessories, such as the Jinx Belt, Safety Ring, and Quartz Charm, can prevent mortal blows from having any effect.

The following is a list of mortal blows. Attacks marked with an asterisk (*) can be blunted by pressing in the original. All of these attacks can be blunted by timing in the remake, and would have to be in order to maintain the Chain even if the target has immunity from equipment.

• Blazer - Blaster, Big Blaster
• Fear Roulette - Ring-a-Ding
• Magnum - Smithy (Tank Head)
• Migraine* - Pulsar, Body
• Psyche* - Cluster
• Reaper Sickle* - Glum Reaper
• Shaker* - Boomer
• Silver Bullet* - Jinx, Jinx Clone

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	いちげき死[?] Ichigeki shi	Mortal blow
Chinese	一击必死[?] Yījījísǐ	Mortal blow
Chinese (traditional)	一擊即死[?] Yījījísǐ	Mortal blow
Dutch	dodelijke treffer[?]	deadly blow
French (NOA)	coup mortel[?]	mortal blow
French (NOE)	attaque fatale[?]	fatal attack
German	Sofort-K.O.[?]	Instant K.O.
Italian	colpo mortale[?]	mortal blow
Korean	즉사 공격[?] Jeuksa Gonggyeok	Instant death attack
Spanish	golpe capaz de dejar fuera de combate[?]	K.O.-capable blow