Crystal King

“	First I shall defeat you, and then I will present to King Bowser an iced Mario gift!	„
	~ Crystal King

Background

The Crystal King is the seventh boss in Paper Mario. He guards the seventh and final Star Spirit, Kalmar, in the Crystal Palace.

The Crystal King appears at the end of the Crystal Palace, which Mario visits during chapter 7. He gradually appears when Mario approaches him, and declares that he will defeat Mario before attacking.

The Crystal King can levitate, summon Crystal Bits to use as ammunition and shoot freezing beams. In desperation, he can make fake clones of himself and recover his HP; if not beaten quickly enough, the Crystal King will recover 20 HP at least three times, and he and his copies use a blizzard attack. The Crystal King and its copies are indistinguishable.

When Mario defeats him, Crystal King says, "Oh no! The last Star Spirit!! King Bowser, forgive meeeeeeeee!!" before spinning and disappearing in a flurry of sparks.

Like the other bosses, Crystal King appears in the parade at the end during the credits. Two Duplighosts are impersonating him. The real Crystal King removes their disguises and proceeds to berate them until he is carried away by his Crystal Bits, to his surprise.

Codex Statistics

Tier: 2-C

Name: Crystal King

Origin: Paper Mario

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: King

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Universal level (Capable of harming Mario)

Durability: Universal level (Can survive attacks from Mario, Goombario, Kooper, Bombette, Parakarry, Lady Bow, Watt, Sushie, and Lakilester)

Striking Strength: Universal

Lifting Strength: Unknown

Travel Speed: Faster Than Light (Can keep up with Mario)

Combat Speed: Faster Than Light

Reaction Speed: Faster Than Light

Stamina: High

Range: Extended Melee Range to Several Meters

Intelligence: Above Average (Ruler of the Ice Palace, was chosen by Bowser to guard the Star Spirit)

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Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Summoning (Can summon Crystal Bits to aid in battle), Inorganic Physiology (Seems to lack a body), Healing (Can heal himself in battle), Flight (Seen here), Duplication & Intangibility (Can create two clones that cannot be interacted with), Air Manipulation (Able to blow out a blizzard), Ice Manipulation (His beam freezes people solid), Non-Physical Interaction (Can interact with Lady Bow), Self-Sustenance (Type 1; All Mario characters can breathe underwater and in space), Paint Manipulation which includes: Conceptual Manipulation (Paint makes up everything, anyone in Mario can remove paint by attacking), Life Manipulation & Death Manipulation (Paint is all of life, and removal of it can cause a person or object to have no life within, having their concept of life be removed), Blood Manipulation (Paint makes up all of blood within someone, removing it is the same as removing their blood), Mind Manipulation & Memory Manipulation (Paint makes up the mind, as paint beings can directly speak to your mind by coloring your thoughts. Loss of paint can also remove your mind and memories), Spatial Manipulation (Paint makes up all of space. Removing it makes space as if it was solid), Metaphysics Manipulation (Soul Manipulation; Paint makes up souls and ghosts. Removing it is the equivalent of destroying your soul), Empathic Manipulation (Paint makes up all emotions. Removing it would mean the removal of emotion), Power Nullification (Paint makes up the ability to use powers. Removing it would mean the removal of using powers). Resistance to Conceptual Manipulation, Cold (Naturally lives in a frozen environment)

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Standard Equipment

Crystal Bits

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Other

Standard Tactics: The Crystal King will typically summon Ice Bits and freeze its opponent. It can also heal itself and use clones during battle.

Weaknesses: None.

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