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Dragon Quest VII

The Martial Artist is a Vocation in the Dragon Quest series.

Martial Artists have a great amount of speed, agility, and strength. They can deal devastating amounts of damage from a single strike, and can be equipped with a variety of weapons. However, if equipped with any weapon other than a claw, a Fighter's abilities will actually decrease, as his or her attack power will lower considerably. This is because Fighters prefer to attack with their bare hands, and so only claw type weapons will make their attack power rise.

A Martial Artist has a higher chance of scoring a critical hit on an enemy than other classes.

Appearances[]

Main games[]

Dragon Quest III[]

The Martial Artist (or Fighter)

Dragon Quest VI[]

Stat Changes[]
Statistics
Change
Agility +15%
Defence -10%
Max. MP -50%


Abilities[]
Level
Title
Learns
Battles Needed
1 White Belt Leg Sweep 1
2 Orange Belt/Yellow Belt Roundhouse Kick 16
3 Yellow Belt/Green Belt Wind Sickles 32
4 Blue Belt/Brown Belt Dodgy Dance 60
5 Brown Belt/Black Belt Spirit Punch 90
6 Red Belt Strike Weakness 125
7 Black Belt Tossfiend 158
8 Fight King Swordline 200


Dragon Quest VII[]

Stat Changes[]
Statistics
Change
Strength 0%
Agility +15%
Guard -10%
Intelligence -20%
Appearance 0%
Max HP 0%
Max MP -50%


Abilities[]

Level
Title (PSX / 3DS)
Learns (PSX / 3DS)
Battles Needed (PSX / 3DS)
1 Beginner / White Belt n/a n/a
2 Novice / Yellow Belt LegSweep / Leg Sweep 16 / 8
3 Grappler / Green Belt JumpKick / Flying Knee 16
4 BlackBelt / Brown Belt Roundhous / Roundhouse Kick 18 / 25
5 Assassin / Black Belt Suplex / Heave-Ho 20 / 35
6 Ninja / Instructor WarCry / Pressure Pointer 35 / 45
7 Sensei / Dojo Master Punch / Knuckle Sandwich 25 / 57
8 Master / Fist of Fate WindBeast / Wind Sickles 30 / 82


Hybrid Abilities[]

Hybrid
Learn
Dancer JockDance
Jester Retaliate
Mage FireAir
Mariner BigTrip
Shepherd RamAttack
Thief K.O.Punch


Usefulness[]

The Martial Artist skill Wind Beast is worth learning as it grows in strength the higher the level. In terms of development, the Martial Artist class is required to master in order to become a Gladiator and Paladin. The great thing about Martial Artists is that these two classes combine to make a Champion. The Champion is worth investing some time and battles in getting if the player is looking to go to the bonus dungeons.

The Martial Artist hybrid skills are not very exciting except for Jock Dance. However, Roundhouse does the same thing and it doesn't require changing into a Dancer to do so.

Dragon Quest IX[]

DQIX - Martial Artist

The Martial Artist vocation is available after visiting Stornway and has the unique skill set "Focus." Martial Artists can also use skill points to learn fan, staff, claw, and Fisticuffs skills. Their coup de grâce is "Roaring Tirade," which terrorizes all enemies and raises tension by one level.

Focus[]
Points
Name
4 War Cry
10 Natural Agility +10
16 Psyche Up
22 Natural Strength +10
32 Mens Sana
42 Natural Max HP +30
55 Mind Over Matter
68 Natural Agility +30
82 Meditation
100 Natural Agility +60


Dragon Quest X[]

TThe Martial Artist is one of the six starting vocations available in version 1.0 of Dragon Quest X. They can use Claws, Staves, Spears, and Fisticuffs, each one with their own individual skill trees, with their exclusive skill tree being once again Focus (きあい Kiai). Their coup de grâce is likewise Roaring Tirade (一喝) once again. They have very high Strength and Agility and make use of tension, making them fast and powerful yet fragile attackers.

Heroes series[]

Dragon Quest Heroes II[]

Other games[]

Dragon Quest of the Stars[]

A Standard Vocation which needs to be of at least level 50 to access the Battlemaster, Paladin and Gladiator Specialist Vocations.

Preferred weapon types:

Vocation Skill[]
Lv 1 Knuckle Sandwich Lv 1
Strength +5 with preferred weapon
Lv 3 Critical Rate +3%
Lv 5 Ability CT cut 3% with preferred weapon
Lv 10 Knuckle Sandwich Lv 3
Lv 15 Critical Rate +1%
Lv 20 Pepper-Upper Lv 1
Lv 25 Strength +5 with preferred weapon
Lv 30 Pepper-Upper Lv 3
Lv 35 Critical Rate +1%
Lv 40 Knuckle Sandwich Lv 5
Lv 45 Strength +5 with preferred weapon
Lv 50 Pepper-Upper Lv 5
Lv 55 Ability CT cut 3% with preferred weapon
Lv 60 Knuckle Sandwich Lv 7
Vocation Bonus[]

For associated Specialist Vocations

Lv 50 🔰Martial Artist's Essence
Lv 60 Max HP +10
Lv 70 Rage Tricks (Low) (Battlemaster) / Solar Flair Tricks (Low) (Paladin) with preferred weapon / Critical Rate +1% (Gladiator)
Lv 80 Resilience +5 (Battlemaster, Paladin) / Critical Rate +1% (Gladiator) with preferred weapon
Lv 90 Rage Tricks (Battlemaster) / Solar Flair Tricks (Paladin) with preferred weapon / Critical Rate +1% (Gladiator)
Lv 99 Luck +5

Dragon Quest Walk[]

Notable Martial Artists[]

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Akira Toriyama drew the Dragon Quest III Martial Artist to look very similar to his Dragon Ball character Mercenary Tao.
  • In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, there is a Brawler Mii Costume for Male and Female. These outfits are based on the ones seen in DQIII.

Other languages[]

Other languages
French Artiste martial
German Kampfkünstler
Spanish Artes maciales
Italian Artista Marziale/Marzialista
Dutch Unknown
Norwegian Unknown
Greek Unknown
Portuguese Unknown
Russian Unknown
Chinese Unknown
Korean Unknown











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