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===Third form===
===Third form===
After his second form is defeated, Cortez abandons a body and returns to a simple floating head. Although he is limited to a simple bite attack, he compensates by animating his weapons from the first state, effectively giving Mario and his partner five opponents to worry about. The weapons have different properties to their attacks and are immune to frontal attacks due to their pointed tips; however, they can be disabled simultaneously by a moderately strong attack that strikes all opponents, such as a [[Thunder Rage]] item and [[Vivian]]'s [[Fiery Jinx]]. This effect is temporary, for they reanimate themselves after two turns. [[Flurrie]]'s [[Gale Force]], if successful, can blow the weapons out of the stage permanently. If Cortez takes heavy damage, he can absorb souls of the [[audience]] to restore his [[Heart Point|HP]], similar to [[Hooktail]] and the [[Shadow Queen]]. The only difference is that Cortez can only absorb souls equal to half the current audience members, and the remainder will remain to support Mario; by contrast, the [[Shadow Queen]] will absorb the entire audience, and Hooktail scares away the uneaten members. With good planning, it is possible to defeat Cortez with a swift assault before he gets a chance to absorb the audience.
After his second form is defeated, Cortez abandons a body and returns to a simple floating head. Although he is limited to a simple bite attack, he compensates by animating his weapons from the first state, effectively giving Mario and his partner five opponents to worry about. The weapons have different properties to their attacks and are immune to frontal attacks due to their pointed tips; however, they can be disabled simultaneously by a moderately strong attack that strikes all opponents, such as a [[Thunder Rage]] item and [[Vivian]]'s [[Fiery Jinx]]. This effect is temporary, for they reanimate themselves after two turns. [[Flurrie]]'s [[Gale Force]], if successful, can blow the weapons out of the stage permanently. If Cortez falls to 10 HP or less, he can absorb souls of the [[audience]] to restore his [[Heart Point|HP]], similar to [[Hooktail]] and the [[Shadow Queen]]. The only difference is that Cortez can only absorb souls equal to half the current audience members, and the remainder will remain to support Mario; by contrast, the [[Shadow Queen]] will absorb the entire audience, and Hooktail scares away the uneaten members. With good planning, it is possible to defeat Cortez with a swift assault before he gets a chance to absorb the audience.


==Weapon stats==
==Weapon stats==
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