Super Mario RPG: How To Defeat Cloaker & Domino

Welcome to our boss guides for Super Mario RPG on Nintendo Switch and SNES.

If you were expecting things to ease off in the final dungeon, then you were wrong. Cloaker & Domino can cause some problems if you don't know the best order to defeat them, as both have a nasty surprise up their sleeves.

Here's our strategy for beating Cloaker & Domino, and then taking out either Mad Adder or Earth Link.

How to beat Cloaker & Domino

Recommended party: Mario, Geno, Peach (or Bowser)

There are two phases to this fight, and depending on which one you defeat first, the second phase will be different. If you defeat Cloaker first, you'll fight Mad Adder in the second phase. If you decide to take down Domino first, then you'll fight Bad Adder / Earth Link.

We recommend taking out Domino first and fighting Bad Adder / Earth Link, as it's the slightly easier of the two. With that in mind, use Geno Boost on Mario (and Bowser) and attack Domino, who is weak to physical attacks.

Domino will go down in no time — especially if you have the Lazy Shell. Next, Cloaker will summon Earth Link, a giant snake with lots of health. Target the snake from here on out with your strongest spells, like Super Flame and Bowser Crusher.

This may very well be a fight you’ll want to swap Peach and Bowser around for. You’ll lose one source of damage output, but Peach's healing and revival skills are incredibly valuable here, plus if that Lazy Shell armor is on her, she'll be able to tough out Earth Link's worst attacks.

Keep using your best attacks on the snake and it'll eventually go down.

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