Speardovich

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Speardovich
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars promotional artwork: Yaridovich
First appearance Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
“I'm such a genius, it scares me sometimes. No wonder I'm so important!”
Yaridovich, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Yaridovich is a commander of the Smithy Gang in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, and a master of disguise. He is a shape-shifting robot that is also able to split into multiple copies of himself. However, Yaridovich cannot change colors, and as such, any form he takes exists in shades of gray and red. In his true form, Yaridovich resembles a spear. Yaridovich is shown to be arrogant, boasting about his superiority and high status within Smithy's forces.

Yaridovich is charged with acquiring the fifth Star Piece. To trick Mario, Yaridovich kidnaps the population of Seaside Town and imprisons them in a large building, then impersonates them all with his shape-shifting and duplication powers. When Mario arrives in the town, Yaridovich, in his disguise as the Town Elder, asks the hero to retrieve the Star Piece for him.

When Mario returns with the Star Piece, Yaridovich, with several of his duplicates, reveals that he is a member of the Smithy Gang and asks that Mario turn over the Star Piece to him; for every time he refuses, he sends his doubles to tickle the Town Elder with a feather until Mario agrees. After he hands it over, Yaridovich and the clones run off to return to Smithy.

At the coast, Yaridovich is waiting for the Blade to show up when Mario arrives, and when the group tries to swim away, Jonathan Jones appears and blocks their path. With nowhere to run, Yaridovich assumes his true form and battles Mario and his allies. After he is defeated, Mario obtains the Star Piece, as well as the Shed Key that unlocks the building trapping Seaside Town's true inhabitants.

Yaridovich returns as a Machine Made, a gray, mass-produced copy of the original. Interestingly, it can split into four Machine Made Drill Bits with the Multiplier! move.

Yaridovich can be seen in the parade during the end credits, along with Mack and Bowyer, in which all three are pounded by Smithy's hammer.

Battle

Yaridovich always starts his battle using Water Blast, and he will use it every three turns. Yaridovich's other special moves include Flame Stone, Willy Wisp, and Pierce. Yaridovich's attack and defense are the highest of any story-related boss encounter in the game. However, Yaridovich is weak to Thunder. Every third turn, Yaridovich will use Mirage attack!, which will create a clone of himself.

The copy is identical to the original in appearance and is also simply known as "Yaridovich", but it has a different psychopath, different attacks, and lower stats and HP. When the clone has lost all of its 500 HP or after a few turns pass, it merges back with the original Yaridovich. These clones are the only bosses besides Exor that Geno Whirl can do 9999 damage to.

Statistics

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Yaridovich
Battle idle animation of Yaridovich from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars HP 1500 FP 100 Speed 20
Location(s) Seaside Town Attack 125 Magic attack 70
Role Boss Defense 85 Magic defense 75
Bonus Flower None Yoshi Cookie None Morph rate 0%
Evade 0% Magic evade 0% Spells Water Blast, Flame Stone, Willy Wisp
Weak Thunder Strong Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical Sp. attacks Pierce, "Glowing Shot"
Coins 150 Exp. points 120 Items None
Psychopath "My promotion's at stake!"
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Yaridovich (Double)
Battle idle animation of Yaridovich from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars HP 500 FP 100 Speed 16
Location(s) Seaside Town Attack 100 Magic attack 60
Role Support Defense 40 Magic defense 10
Bonus Flower None Yoshi Cookie None Morph rate 0%
Evade 0% Magic evade 0% Spells Meteor Blast, Static E!, Bolt
Weak Thunder Strong Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute Sp. attacks None
Coins 0 Exp. points 0 Items None
Psychopath "I'm not the real McCoy!"
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Machine Made (Yaridovich)
Battle idle animation of the Machine Made Yaridovich from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars HP 800 FP 250 Speed 18
Location(s) The Weapons' World Attack 180 Magic attack 90
Role Common Defense 130 Magic defense 50
Bonus Flower None Yoshi Cookie None Morph rate 0%
Evade 0% Magic evade 0% Spells Flame Stone, Meteor Blast
Weak None Strong Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical Sp. attacks None
Coins 50 Exp. points 180 Items Rock Candy (25%)
Psychopath "My promotion's at stake!"

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ヤリドヴィッヒ[?]
Yaridovihhi
From「槍」(yari, spear) and the Slavic name ending "-vich"