Bowser

Bowser is the king of the Koopas, and the main antagonist... of other Mario games. Here, he joins up with Mario and company at Booster Tower. He is an absolute unit that tanks most bosses better than any of the others.

He eventually learns the strongest Fire spell, Fire Roar, and is capable of healing/buffing the party. He also has innate 1/4 Fire resistance.

Strengths

• Has innate Fire resistance.
• Extremely durable against physical attacks.
• Has the highest HP of all party members.
• Has the strongest Fire spell.
• Deals very high physical damage.
• Has the only group non-elemental attack for most of the game.
• Able to heal, buff, and remove stat debuffs from party.

Weaknesses

• Has lackluster spells until around Smithy.
• Needs the Koopa Wand to be good with magic, but can't physically attack with it.
• Does not have a revival spell.
• Only has a single element.

Spells

• Fire Breath: Available from start
• Blue Magikoopa: Acquired after talking to Magikoopa
• Red Magikoopa: Acquired after talking to Magikoopa
• White Magikoopa: Acquired after talking to Magikoopa
• Fire Roar: Learned after defeating Kaiser Dragon