Lob-omb

Lob-omb
Sprite from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013)
Variant of	Bob-omb
Variants Lob-omb R

Lob-ombs are a type of Bob-omb that appear in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. They are yellow and cube-shaped, with green eyes and wheels for feet. Uncommonly for Dream World enemies, they do not appear on the field, forcing Mario and Dreamy Luigi to enter a battle with a Skipdrill or Dreamy Sandoon in order for them to fight one. The name Lob-omb is a play on "lob" (which means to throw) and "Bob-omb."

In battle, a Lob-omb may attack by moving in front of Mario a fair distance away, and lobbing a bomb at him. Mario must face the bomb and hammer it away in order to avoid taking damage; if the bomb is knocked forward, it will usually explode near some enemies, damaging them in the process. If the Lob-omb jumps before it lobs, the bomb will end up behind Mario. If the Lob-omb lobs the bomb with its right arm, the bomb will end up by Mario's right, in the foreground. If the Lob-omb lobs the bomb with its left arm, the bomb will end up by Mario's left, in the background. If the Lob-omb lobs the bomb with both arms, the bomb will end up in front of Mario.

A Lob-omb may also take out three bombs, with the real bomb having an explosion mark on it; the Lob-omb will turn them all around in an attempt to prevent the player from knowing which one is real. The Lob-omb will juggle them either clockwise or counter-clockwise before throwing them one after the other at Mario; the real bomb straight towards Mario, who must hammer it back at the Lob-omb and avoid taking damage. The Lob-omb's bombs can easily make Mario dizzy.

If a Lob-omb is defeated, it starts to spark. Afterward, at the end of the turn, it explodes, damaging any nearby enemies: 44 damage to other Lob-ombs, around 21 to 53 damage to any nearby Dreamy Sandoons, and around 20 to 46 damage to any nearby Skipdrills.

A stronger version of Lob-ombs called Lob-ombs R appear later on in the game.

Statistics

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team enemy
Lob-omb
	HP	42	Role	Common	Level	11	Location(s)	Dreamy Dozing Sands
	Power	64	Position	Normal	No Hitter	14
	Defense	70	World	Dream	Weakness	None	Item drop	Supersyrup Jar (5%) Thick Gloves (3%)
	Speed	42	Experience	10 (12)	Coins	14 (100%)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ボムポイ[?] Bomupoi	Play on「ポイ」(poi, onomatopoeia for tossing sound) and「ボム兵」(Bomuhei, Bob-omb)
French (NOA)	Garobombe[?]	Pun on "Gare aux bombes" (Watch out for Bombs)
French (NOE)	Rob-omb[?]	Play on "robot" and "Bob-omb"
German	Wurf-omb[?]	From "wurf" (throw) and "Bob-omb"
Italian	Bombot[?]	From "bomba" (bomb) and "robot"
Portuguese	Rob-bomba[?]	Play on "robô" (robot) and "Bob-bomba" (Bob-omb)
Russian	Робомбист[?] Robombist	From "робот" (robot) and "бомбист" (bombist, bomber)
Spanish (NOA)	Rob-omba[?]	Rob-omb
Spanish (NOE)	Robo-bomb[?]	From "robot" and "Bob-omb"