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Shoot FIREBALLS at them, or JUMP on their heads. It is sometimes also possible to KICK a Koopa shell at them, but these opportunities are rare. You can also try to RUN underneath them when they JUMP.

Be sure to avoid their hammers.

Just run through them and hope.

>>2586182
>Oh, those nasty hammer bros

Those Hammer Bros!
Those Hammer Bros!
I do not like those Hammer Bros!

>Do you like black ham and mers?

I do not like them,
Hammer Bros.
I do not like
black ham and mers.

>>2586205
Thanks for this completely pointless post.

Wait for them to throw two standing hammers then charge. If they jump, run under them. If they stay standing, stomp them (with the beginning of your jump or a low jump)

Usually I get as close as possible, then run under when I get the chance. If I have a mushroom, no fear.

There is one in 8-3 I try and nail with a shell, but it always glitches through him.

>>2586214
Your more than welcome! Thanks for reading it!

>>2586243
>memebase.com

>>2586242
Oh god, that one. I swear it's a 50/50 shot whether the shell will hit him or not. Always messes up my jump.

>>2586182
>Is there any general strategy or smth like this?

Google pro-tips on how to kill the Cyberdemon in Doom.

>>2586248

>>2586184
>Shoot FIREBALLS at them
Yep, it's easy but what about the situation when u don't have fireballs?

>JUMP on their heads
When? What is the best moment to do that?

>>2586261
>When? What is the best moment to do that?
I fukken told you

just make a save state right when you get to them and keep refreshing until you beat them.

>>2586269

"When we dissect, we murder". Just play it by ear man. You'll get it eventually. That guy who said just make a save state right before them was obviously being sarcastic, nobody could be that ridiculous.

jump on their heads after they ablgblgblg

>>2586269
Let's assume he can't save state.

In the break in their throws, run under their arc of hammers and 'dance' back and forth with them until they jump, then GO.

>>2589682
Although not sure how well that works when they're on stairs like in the OP.

And of course you'll often run into 2 that jump on and off two rows of blocks, just hit the block they're standing on from below to kill those.

Pray to Sanic for the speed I need to messily run under them as they pull a jump out of nowhere. In SMB2 I tend to just run full tilt and pray/hop.

>>2586182
Growing up playing SMB, I learned that the best way is to just wait and watch for a break in the hammers and/or their jumps, it will happen. B-dash and jump through the hammers or under them. The hardest time is when they're on a block formation like the pic, fortunately that's rare.

>>2586182
Just run and jump over them.

>>2586182
get gud, OP

>>2586182

The hammer bros are actually the most "feared" part in speedruns as they are indeed pretty much unpredictable in their movement. You just with time get the necessary skills to react quickly enough to the hammers. So there is no real all-time strategy, best is to take them out via fireball from relative distance. Or simply ignore them and run past without trying to kill them.

>>2586243
their are no blue OR red coins in smb1!

>>2591784
Uhhh

>>2586182
Luigi can jump over them.

Don't panic. Move back and forth avoiding the hammers, wait for a break in their throws, run jump to land on their hands or go over them. World 8-2 (or is it 3?) is a bitch, make good use of the turtle shell early and follow it into most of them. If you're big you should be able to cruise past the rest. If not, run full speed and jump before they start laying them out or do the strategy I laid out earlier. Watch out for the one that runs at you.

>>2593836
What is the point of even posting this image? There's probably very few people on 4chan, and absolutely nobody on /vg/ that hasn't played SMB. You're not gonna fool anybody.

>>2594335
Its Mario for cellphone faggot

>>2594629
well it's obvious that no one here is talking about some shitty fan made cellphone version

>>2591784
it's a reference to a Doctor Seuss book, you fool.

>>2586184
in mario 1 when you shoot a koopa to a hammer bros nothing happen

>>2586264
You literally did not tell him.

>>2586274
That's actually a good idea for practicing so when he does plays without it he can handle them since he practiced. Practicing every other part but hammer bros does not make you better at playing against hammer bros.