The Best Abilities In Dragon Quest 3 Remake

Monster Wrangler

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Exclusive to the new Monster Wrangler class included in this Remake, Call of the Wild and Monster Pile-On are, essentially, two different levels of the same ability, with the latter being the more powerful version. This calls in a group of animals to attack enemies, dealing damage multiple times and randomly targeting an enemy with each hit. This is a good ability to use against a group for its multiple-enemy damage potential, but really shines when there’s one enemy left, with all the damage focusing on them.

Warrior

3

Mercurial Thrust is nothing special in the damage department compared to the Warrior’s usual attack, but it comes in extremely nice when you need to land a hit on an enemy before they can act. Certain times, if an enemy acts first, they’re going to do something that’s going to have an extremely negative effect on your party; but with Mercurial Thrust, you’re guaranteed the first action, and can often finish them off because they can act.

Thief

5

Shocking Slash is another ability that doesn’t do anything extraordinary damage-wise, but it’s in its more or less support-effect that it becomes important. Shocking Slash can paralyze an enemy, ensuring they cannot act on their next turn, if not more turns after that. Similar to the effect that the Snooze spell has, Shocking Slash can keep an enemy’s turn from being as damaging as it otherwise would, while also doing some amount of damage in the process.

Monster Wrangler

14

Boulder Toss is an exception in the MP cost department; it’s an expensive ability. But, the Monster Wrangler is arguably the ability-focused class you should be focusing on increasing the MP bar on the most, due to the class’s support abilities. Because of this, the 14 MP cost of Boulder Toss isn’t quite as punishing as it would be, otherwise. Boulder Toss has a chance to hit every enemy present, and it hits them with extreme force, oftentimes wiping half of the enemy forces with one move.

Monster Wrangler

5

Soothing Song walks right up to the line of an ability that costs too much for its value, but manages to stay just under it by healing everybody in the party at the same time. While the healing spells of the Hero and the Priest might make for a great way to rescue one party member from certain death, Soothing Song is a fantastic way to keep the entire party’s heads above water. Using this consistently throughout a fight is going to keep things from getting dire unless you’re facing off against a very hard-hitting enemy.

Warrior

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Whipping Boy enables your Warrior to tank all the damage intended for one ally, and Forbearance allows them to tank all the damage meant for your entire party. One is a great way to ensure that one particularly damaged ally doesn’t fall, and the other is perfect for ensuring that all the damage ends up in one place, and can more easily be healed back with Fullheal. You’ll have to be careful not to be overconfident with Forbearance, because a bad turn can take your Warrior’s health from full to empty, but in the right situation, it’s going to make things much easier to manage.

Monster Wrangler

4

War Cry would not make the cut if it focused on one enemy group at a time. But, because War Cry targets every enemy present, it can be a wonderful way to keep an enemy turn from creating nearly the damage that it would, otherwise. When War Cry hits, it stops enemies from acting on their next turn. Like all abilities and spells like this, it has the chance of missing some or all enemies that it targets, and in that case, it’s a wasted turn. But, more often than not, War Cry is going to create some value for relatively little MP cost.

Thief

3

Sandstorm functions very similar to a spell called Dazzle, which reduces an enemy group’s ability to accurately hit their target. In general, this is less useful than abilities like War Cry or spells like Snooze, because they still allow an enemy to act, and so the enemy still has a chance to land their hit. But, in the case of Sandstorm, it hits fairly regularly, and has a low enough MP cost that it isn’t going to hinder your options unless you’re using it constantly.

Hero

5

In general, many of the Hero’s abilities are overshadowed by their spells; usually, the spell counterpart is a little more effective, for a similar MP cost. However, that cannot be said for Meditation, which is capable of healing the Hero for 500 health overall. While this can only target the Hero, it’s a much more efficient healing ability as compared to Fullheal, which will essentially do the same thing, but for a considerably higher MP cost.