Power

This article is about the attribute used in various role-playing games in the Super Mario franchise. For the type characters can have in various sports games, see Power (type).

"Attack" redirects here. For the command used for executing physical attacks in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, see Attack (Super Mario RPG).

“POW shows a character's strength. The bigger that number is, the more damage the character will deal in battle.”

—Guide, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions

Power (often shortened to POW), known as Attack, attack power, or ATK, is a stat that appears in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, the Paper Mario series, and the Mario & Luigi series. It is used by every playable character and affects how much damage their attacks deal to enemies in battle. In certain games, enemies also use power, which decides how much damage they can inflict on the player. A higher amount of power equals a higher amount of damage, though power is also affected by the target's Defense. In most titles in the Paper Mario series, the player's power cannot be increased permanently, while in other games, it is directly increased as each character levels up and, in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, and Mario & Luigi: Brothership, through Power Beans. There are multiple ways of temporarily increasing power, including types of equipment, such as the Power Plus badge, certain abilities, such as Power Lift, or certain items, such as the Power Punch. Statuses such as POW-Up or Huge (depending on the item) appear when power has been increased. Likewise, there are also ways of decreasing power: for example, Mini Mr. Mini can be used to inflict Tiny on enemies and conversely, several enemies have attacks that inflict POW-Down or similar statuses on the player.

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