I Ranked Every Badge in Thousand Year Door 

Can you make a video using only C and lower tier badges only? I think it would be interesting to force you to use less common strategies and see how they work

The function of the Luigi badge and Wario badge grants me the ultimate power up of looking like Waluigi. There is no better power up

Random fun fact, if you equip 32 super appeals (either partner or normal) it will fill your star power completely from empty. I did a pit challenge run using only special moves.

The W emblem was essential for me, because I would make the yellow/purple my costume for the Glitz Pit. Great Gonzalez needs a different look so he doesn’t get mobbed by fans.

I think people tend to forget Ice Power also reduces damage from fire attacks, so that includes Bowser's breath and the fire flower too.

Double Dip has one major use case, which is using it with a point swap to instantly set up peril if you have only 5FP.

Someone described Quick Change to me perfectly: it turns all your partners into one super partner with 28 moves.

Hammerthrow is for when you are using hammerman, and you need a backup cause you don't know whats coming.

HP drain is even worse in TTYD. The "up to 5" is only in 64. It's 1 HP per attack, not 1 HP per hit.

Disagree with damage dodge considering most casual players don't superguard successfully all of the time.

I rushed star pieces to immediately get Peekaboo and quick change. Best decision ever

Zap Tap breaks combos. S Tier in my book.

Quake hammer is essential for those round enemies in the pit that poke you if you get too close. It pierces defense and keeps you safe from enemies like those. It's fully S tier. I never unequip it. Also it attacks all excluding flying enemies. Hammer throw is useful if enemies are too high to hit at least a B.

I'd argue Attack FX R shouldn't be ranked as a gimmick. Sure, it only weakens one boss, but that is an in-battle use.

The cricket sound effect is useful against a boss..

I’ve commonly played through both Paper Mario games where I just put on Close Call and never take it off. If nobody got me, I know Close Call got me

Power smash had a crazy long stylish string for whatever that's worth

i wish they brought back the mega quake badge from the original PM. The over the top animation plus dealing 6 dmg to all ground and ceiling enemies made it great for screen clearing.

RU-vid, I want you to know that Bringle is doing a good job.

Hammer throw is a lot better than d tier because enemies can go into states that can’t be jumped on but can take a thrown hammer.

Some of my thoughts: (feel free to ignore them) - The Drain badges only allow 1 stat gain per turn, not up to 5 (that's how it works in paper mario 64), they're probably the worst ones in the game. - I'd place Ice Power higher for being cheaper - One of the sound effect badges are useful for the Chapter 1 boss, forgot which one - Simplifier increases the probability of getting more power bounces before getting capped, it should be higher

Interesting remake-exclusive note about Mega Rush P: If you finish a battle with your partner downed, they're auto-healed to 1 HP. You no longer need to get them down to exactly Peril or carry around a Dried Shroom to use on the field... all you have to do is let them eat shit, finish the battle, and then next battle you go into, they're already Mega Rushed for you.

Double Pain + Return Postage is the only strat in my mind

Damage Dodge still has its merits imo. Sure, if you can hit super guards a good 80+% of the time it may as well be irrelevant, but if you’re not it’s like a functionally better P-Down D-Up (excepting piercing attacks, etc). I find guarding to be more consistent, and especially if you’re at low HP, the damage reduction allows for more flexibility instead of forcing a super guard to survive. Lower damage numbers also might make HP manipulation easier if you’re into danger/peril strats. Like everything else, it depends on the context of the run. Not very useful in a PHP run where you’re facing 6+ attack enemies in the later floors, but in a casual run?

Close call is a 33% chance, so even better than lucky day.

Given how highly you ranked Jump badges/strategy (rightfully so btw), I think a hammer focused challenge would be fascinating to see. Hammerman/Hammerthrow would become MVP, and being unable to jump on shelled enemies would make Piercing Blow much more useful as well. On that note, I think Piercing Blow should have been something like "4 BP: Hammer attacks ignore enemy defense" which would have made the hammer a much more appealing strategy in the late game since you could combo it with the other hammer badges like Quake/Throw. Jumping taking all the attack modifiers and benefiting from them 2x is hard to beat, but the fact that you then have to cut through defense twice would make the Hammer have a role to fill against enemies like the Chain Chomp etc.

Bro I had no idea this was the video I needed lol. I’ve loved TTYD since I was a kid, and subbed to you when you were doing the Pit randomizer. Keep up the good work!

Jumpman+Spiky Shield+Powerbounce/Multibounce is so insane you could use only those four badges and still be super OP

10:49 Aw, as a kid, I remember using this as often as I could, since I hated the jump timing, and especially since it was easier to get the Stylish on hammer-based attacks. I don't think I ever put two and two together, regarding the +1 jump boost applying twice, compared to +1 hammer boost only applying once. That being said, I only remember using this combo during chapters like the Creepy Steeple, where the only flying enemies tend to hang on ceilings, and are immune to standard jumps anyways.

Really enjoyed seeing you making this list, two things I would change would be Piercing blow being higher on the list. When you can get it, it makes facing things like clefts super easy and for the low cost of 2FP. There were so many situations where jumping just wasn't feasible or the damage I would do with it would be less than if I just hit it with a Piercing hammer. Cannons especially it was super helpful getting rid of. The other change would be to Ice Power, its a mere 1 BP to equip and like others have mentioned allows for multi-bounce to hit all enemies for example when theres a fire enemy in the middle of a lineup with a flying unit or something behind it. To your point it is situational but the chapter you get it, its a godsend. This tierlist is making me reevaluate my current setup and I think I'm gonna try experimenting a little bit more now. Cheers!

You've inspired me to play tyyd for the 1st time rn & having this as a person that's trying to understand the badges is helpful, thxs

Legend has it that if you wear both the L and W Emblems something will turn purple, and it’ll be your Sleepy Stomp.

You're probably my favorite TTYD RU-vidr. You have a very Direct, Relatable & Realistic approach to the game. I feel like I think on your wavelength.

Damage dodge can be pierced making it useless just like defend plus when enemies have piercing moves.

Hey Bringle, wanted to say I love your content, been really fun watching these videos : ) Have you played Bug Fables yet? My personal favorite game of all time and I really enjoy what they did with the TTYD combat style, made the game really enjoyable imo. Have a good day!

I would've put Quick Change at top of S, if only because of how much it impacts your ability to change up your strategy. Not that Powerbounce is strictly worse (they're pretty apples and oranges) but to me playing *without* QC makes me feel like I'm playing on hard mode. It just makes your life so much easier; it's probably the one badge worth that amount of BP.

Can't wait for the cricket sound badge to C because it actually does something in one specific bossfight and then the rest are gimmick because they're just SFX badges

Piercing blow is really useful against high defense enemies like the moon clefts. And damage dodge is a guilty pleasure for me just because I’m not as skilled in Super guard so the extra defense in regular guards I have more use for.

When you get 4 lucky days equipped and become untouchable. How I beat bonetail as a child…of course I’m smarter now and just learned to play the game.

Would you ever consider doing a challenge run of the game Bug Fables?

I basically agree with your whole ranking! I also love how you brought up how child-you felt about certain ones, because young me also definitely thought Happy Heart and Lucky Start were necessities LOL

I definitely see where you're coming from for this list, but it's kinda all over the place for me, personally LOL But, I think this is largely in-part due to your not being exposed to some of the really insane stuff you can do in this game yet. I'm not going to go into too much detail, but I did want to point out a couple things! First things first -- HP Drain(P)/FP Drain only recover by 1 no matter how many hits you deal. That's a 64-specific mechanic. I think your Ice Power placement by your own logic is a little weird -- Ice Power lets you Multibounce all fire enemies. You can't Multibounce through the 40's/70s in the Pit without it, and much like Spike Shield, it's not necessary for a lot of enemies. They're functionally almost the exact same. There are no bosses that strictly need them, either, so why are they not closer together? You should check out some recent strategies/videos by myself, Koop, and other Paper Mario challenge runners, especially my video on the Point Swap item. I promise you, you'll change your mind on the Double Dips, Mega Rush, and Power Rush. LOL. Was kinda hoping you'd do a tier list at some point! Hope you get some good discussion in the comments!

I have MASSIVE respect for Piercing Blow. Against late game enemies in the Pit with 4+ defenses, it was a godsend.

This video’s a great resource for anyone who wants to get the most out of their badge builds! Here are timestamps to help navigate: 0:56 Power Jump (+ jump badges) 3:58 Power Smash (+ hammer badges) 7:23 Charge (+P) 7:52 Double Dip (+P) 8:39 HP Plus (+P) + FP Plus 9:36 Power Plus (+P) 9:56 All or Nothing 10:09 Jumpman + Hammerman 11:00 P-Up, D-Down (+ up/down badges) 12:12 Damage Dodge (+P) 13:04 Defend Plus (+P) 13:34 Double Pain 13:56 Power Rush (+ danger badges) 17:13 Pretty Lucky (+ luck badges) 18:45 Happy Heart (+ happy badges) 19:23 Flower Saver (+P) 19:53 Pity Flower 20:23 HP Drain (+ drain badges) 21:36 Heart Finder + Flower Finder 21:54 Item Hog 22:04 Ice Power 22:43 Spike Shield 23:18 Zap Tap 23:47 Return Postage 24:34 Feeling Fine (+P) 25:14 Refund + Money Money 26:02 Super Appeal (+P) 24:43 Peekaboo 27:31 Quick Change 28:08 Timing Tutor + Simplifier + Unsimplifier 28:32 Chill out (+ field badges)

"You can't really complain about a defense increase" 5 seconds earlier "I never find damage dodge to be useful at all"

For some reason, my mind skipped the word « badge » and I thought this was going to rank all doors from the game

14:04 I can attest that. Grind for close calls with ms mowz against regular goombas and get 50 or more power rushes and you become ridiculously powerful. I personally recommend power bounce and multibounce as your main attacks with ice power and spike shield to protect you from fire and spike enemies. Add 2 flower savers and an fp drain to make it so you spend 1 fp with the 2 moves and gain 1 fp when attacking. Important thing to note is that you can get an unlimited amount from the pianta parlor once you have one of the cards. Hammer throw is kinda important for enemies you cannot jump on even with the badge set up. With this set up you can do up to 99 damage per hit.

I think it's interesting that you ranked zap tap so much higher than ice power since both of them are on useful against 3-4 very specific enemies. It just the fact that zap tap effects one of the strongest enemies in the pit that gets it a B instead of D. Other than that I think this list is pretty damn solid with only a few minor disagreements based on personal preference.

Idk if it was intentional, but making attack fx r at the top of the gimmick sound badges is high iq

On my very first playthrough of TTYD remake, I actually had a strat where I use my partners as meat shields and made Mario somewhat of a glass cannon. I put a lot of points into BP and FP, but like, 2 into HP to be able to survive a few of the hardest hitting attacks. Charge especially helped me since I used my partner to help me, either tank damage or support mario, while Mario charged up to deal a lot of damage later

Thanks bro! I'm on chap 3 and I always go badge points on lvl up so this is helpful

One niche bonus to the Zap Tap badge is that Bristles and Dark Bristles won’t shoot out the spears on their sides if you attack them with Mario’s hammer. It’s rather situational, but it’s a nice additional perk to the badge that I feel like a lot of people aren’t aware of

From my 2nd playthru I have always used my first 2 level ups on BP and equipped Quick Change when I go into Hooktail Castle. With Quick Change I make full use of my partners it should be the number 1 badge hands down in my opinion but you ranked it 2nd so I will respect that as long as you acknowledge it is just amazing!

I know this is a video about Paper Mario TTYD, but in Paper Mario 64 I always had Power Rush, Last Stand, and Close Call on the whole time (When I got them), and they saved my life numerous times, so I give those S+ tier.

I keep hearing Triangle Strategy music in your vids and that’s neat, I never hear people talk about that game.

Hammer throw is an absolute godsend when trying to kill Swoopulas in the pit levels

Really nice list! I agree with a vast majority of it, save for HP Plus P. That badge is just... well it exists! Also lucky day and Pretty lucky get more or less invalidated by danger Mario with just 1 close call. That BP is way better spent elsewhere IMO. But at the end of the day, it's all subjective! If you get use out of hammer throw, more power to ya! Spike shield i only really feel could be considered S tier if you are doing the Pit of 100 Trials, or the Infinite Pit romhack. and even then, if you see a spiky enemy, youll just swap out a badge for it for that single instance. There's so few spiky enemies after you get it, and theres so many other ways to deal with them (Art attack, for instance), it just becomes... Unimportant? But again, in the end, opinions! Everyone has em! Everyone's valid! Very fun video

Really solid tier list but ‘first attack’ is literally 0 BP and you get it very early in the game so there’s no negative to having it and makes it easier when backtracking after chapters 😂 bump attack I think is like 4 BP so saving that 4 BP for a 0 BP first attack could be beneficial

So, I know you only play ttyd, but could you try playing 64? There are a lot of cool mods for the game, since the game has been decompiled. There’s Master Quest (a hard mode), Black Pit (a rouge-like), ttyd 64 (ttyd battle mechanics, and all badges and items), and so much more.

Pity flower and happy flower sound like basically the same thing to me except happy flower is consistently bad while pity flower is inconsistently bad and id at least wanna have my badge be consistently bad That being said i did use both happy heart and happy flower for my paper mario 64 playthrough but shhhhh dont tell anyone

*putting on 40 Power Rush Badge*

30:17 "I think this list shows you the kind of TYD player I am" That is a really nice way of putting it. I've seen tier lists for other games where the author just makes objective claims about how the game "should" be played or sorting things with zero use/purpose at the bottom. I totally understand that sometimes the devs don't implement things properly ("In Shining Armor" New Vegas perk) , or some things are really just there to show you a basic concept before being quickly outclassed (Wooden Sword in Chrono Trigger), but there isn't really one objective tier list for a game. TYD is certainly a game where you just want to maximize damage output per turn. This is a running theme through the entire game and coalesces in the final boss that heals a ton of hp every turn and acts as the hard barrier for most other unconventional strategies. Of course, that boss is not the be-all-end-all of the game; there is the pit, mods, speedrunning and challenge modes where those unconventional strategies finally shine. Well... most of them :)

I used hammer throw because it can hit any enemy and it ignores defense. Works really well when you have the hammer man badge (or whatever it’s called) and you can’t use jump.

badges are just steroids in the paper mario world. I'm all natty 😤

Funny I find this while doing a a hammer only run, hammer throw has been a godsend for me so far.

Charge P combined with soft stomp on Yoshi's stampede is CRAZY. You can do up to 45-50 damage depending on how much you charge Yoshi. and then combine that with Power Lift and you will go CRAZY

Agreed. I combined 2 p up d down with 2 power plus, one all or nothimg, and one jumpman and pretty much spammned multi bounce and spin jumps throughout all of the pit of 100 trials.

refund is decent if you're doing a item only challenge (which is probably impossible if there's no way to reuse items)

Happy Hearts gives good gradual recovery on danger Mario builds. I like how it keeps my health at 5 whenever i take any damage

That ice smash (I smash) pun didn't go unnoticed good sir. Keep at it

Honestly the time I found Double Dip to be helpful was doing a challenge run where Mario is literally unable to attack outside of Specials or First Strikes due to wearing both the Hammerman and Jumpman badges at the same time. For bonus points (though not sure on how much utility it actually has), there are two available and if you have both equipped, you have the option to Triple Dip instead.

Here’s a tip for a mega rush strategy: Go to Chet Rippo and substitute your 10 health for 5 health and increase badge points by 3. Then, use the HP plus badge and Mario should be in danger. If you ever collect a heart on the overworld or heal up and get out of danger just unequip and re-equip the badge and Boom! back in danger. It is a risky strategy, but if you are confident in you action commands and your ability to take down threats before they have the opportunity to attack you back, then this is an excellent strategy after chapter 5!

FP Drain is a underrated badge, you can pair this badge with Flower Saver and you have any attack that normally cost 2 FP be free

Damage Dodge is a leftover badge from Paper Mario 64, where it's actually really good in that game. It was also nerfed in TTYD for that reason.

correction power jump doesn't just add +2 damage to your jump (otherwise when you have super boots power jump would do 4 damage which wouldn't even be a damage increase and its more power smash but in jump form (both do 4-6-8 damage based on boots/hammer tier)

I generally agree with most of the tier list. I think flower saver is underrated because of potentially long battles. I don't know how long the average battle is, but if you use more than 5 FP moves in a battle, then you have saved more FP than an FP plus.

What’s the ideal BP for you in a play-through? Like, how high is it compared to HP and FP usually?

I really hope you keep enjoying playing the game but I hope you don’t burn yourself out by only playing the game, I love your content and just hope you’re love with the game stays

12:45 it hurts to see a rating purely based on git gud mentality. I was kinda questioning p down d up then after thinking about that checks out cause defense is easy to negate some attacks just straight up ignore it and they arent that rare. the rest of the list so far I in agreement with. also even though this comment is a critique I love the content it's nice to see a game this good be pushed to the limit and examined for every detail that can be learned. you said it yourself "you learn something new everytime you play" I feel I learn something new everytime I watch! thank you!

27:00 This dude is LITERALLY GOOMBELLA. Knows all the enemy stats!

Genuine discussion idea; What will everyone else do strategy wise when the remake comes out? I am so hyped to play prologue pit!

Personally, i enjoy playing the glass cannon style waaaay more than the slower paced defensive style. Being able to finish fights quickly and blow away high defense enemies is chef's kiss. Spike shield, multibounce, and power bounce basically covers just about all of Mario's enemy matchups, allowing him to attack the same way as some of his partners, so I've always been about high attack and versatility in offense.

Quick change should be the 1# spot because of the "buff stalling" glitch which makes it so you can have infinite buffs. Pair this with power plus P's, and Yoshi's stampede is UNSTOPPABLE

24:59 IT WAS ME!!!! HI BRINGLE!!!! (It was on the Infinite Pit Hard Mode Pt. 2, when he fought a bunch of swampires with stopwatches)

Pretty much agree with all of this, EXCEPT simplifier. It makes superguard timing slightly easier which is so helpful when you'll only be superguarding the entire time anyways, especially if you stack them like crazy.

A tier list video? Perfection

Jump man isnt an S tier badge because it completely locks you out of multitarget attacks outside of multi bounce, and if multibounce is manditory for jumpman to be S rank then multibounce should be S rank.

I actually did a strategy with FP drain and flower saver equipped where I can infinitely keep using multibounce while having some power rush badges equipped to easily complete pit of 100 trials. Yes I used power bounce on lvl 100.

Hammer Throw is good for Bats hanging from the ceiling. You can't jump on them, and I used it a lot in Creepy Steeple.

I mostly tend to use badges which fits best the area i am in. But some favorites, like quick change and spike shield are always equipped. I usually ignore Peekaboo until later in the game, since i like collecting the tattle entries. Flower Finder is also a favorite. In the remake, i actually got it early from the vendor next to the scaffold. So i have it equipped since then. Piercing Blow is my go to, until i getter better ways around high defense foes. I do use Happy Heart quiet a bit too, if i know it will take a while until i can heal again without using items or star powers. Like in the early parts of the Pit of 100 Trials.

Piercing Blow, or "Anti-V Hieb" in German is extremely useful during the earlier parts of the game. So during the time you struggle to damage high defense enemies. But after getting Yoshi and other options to damage high defense foes, it falls off completely compared to the alternatives. So i think B tier is appropriate, just for the early game aspect.

Now all you need to do is complete a run with D-Tier and/or lower! You can even add a brief addendum at the end of the run if your ratings change during the course of the run.

Quake hammer is just actually good cause it also hits the swoopulas that are sitting on the ceiling and the only other thing that can hit them is hammer throw and that's single target.

This video got randomly suggested to me so I'm not one of your regular viewers. I was really into it until you said I haven't used this badge in years and I don't really know what it does. If you redo this list in the future please make sure you test all of the badges first. ❤

Peekaboo is insane in 64 since there's no tattle log anyway. As a kid I'd always get one as soon as I got to 10 Star Pieces every single playthrough

For hammer throw it was a good badge to get rid of those OPTIONAL spiky parabuzzies, but after spike shield I got rid of hammer throw entirely.

Can you make a video on how to get mods for the TTYD? I would like some sort of challenge mode to try

All or nothing has the added benefit of letting you flip over koopa enemies without doing damage by intentionally failing the action command, which gives you infinite turns to spam sweet treat and appeal stall no matter how many attack buffs Mario has

in my experience, specifically when playing the Infinite Pit mod, using Defend Plus helps offset some of the negatives you get with P-Up, D-Down or even just using damage dodge since stacking it works and can make you extremely tanky for the first 100 floors, but I really do not like how expensive both Defend Plus and Power Plus can be in badge points :/

Sleepy stomp was buffed in the remake I think.