Warrior

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Soldiers from Dragon Quest III

The Warrior is a blade expert --Description from Dragon Quest VII

The Warrior or Soldier is a character class in the Dragon Quest series. Warriors typically have high HP, Strength, and Vitality stats, but low Agility. They also have no magical ability whatsoever.

Dragon Quest VI

Warrior is one of the basic classes available. It is one of the prerequisites for the Gladiator vocation (along with Martial Artist), and for the Armamentalist vocation (along with Mage).

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	150
Strength	+10%
Agility	-35%
Wisdom	-30%
Max HP	+10%
Max MP	-60%
Trait	N/A

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Apprentice	N/A	1
2	Trainee	Psyche Up	10	Self	User takes one turn. Next turn, physical attack does double damage
3	Squire	N/A	20
4	Veteran	Lunge	35	One Enemy	User takes recoil damage
5	Soldier	Firststrike	55	One Enemy	Strikes first with reduced power
6	Expert	Slowness	85	Random enemy	Heavy damage
7	Swordsman	Double Slash	115	One enemy	Attacks twice
8	Sword Master	Magiblade	150	One enemy	Heavy damage, might miss

Dragon Quest VII

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	130
Strength	+10 Percent
Agility	-35 Percent
Guard	Null
Intelligence	-30 Percent
Appearance	Null
Max HP	+10 Percent
Max MP	-60 Percent

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Beginner	Nothing	0
2	Novice	Psyche Up	10	Self	User takes one turn. Next turn, physical attack does double damage	0
3	Soldier	Nothing	20
4	Guardsman	Squall Hit	35	One Enemy	User attacks first with 80 percent power	0
5	Veteran	Nothing	55
6	Warmonger	Drake Slash	75	One Enemy	Does 50 Percent more damage to dragons. Regular damage to all other monsters	0
7	Elite	Nothing	105
8	General	Evil Slash	130	One Enemy	Hits one enemy with a critical hit. Has low accuracy	0

Hybrid Abilities

Hybrid	Learns	Target	Info	MP
Bard	War Song	All Allies	Raises the defense of all allies	0
Dancer	Sword Dance	All Enemies	Attacks four random enemies with 75 percent power	0
Jester	Confuhit	One Enemy	May confuse the enemy it hit	0
Mariner	BirdSlash	One Enemy	Causes 50 percent extra damage to Bird Types, regular damage to all others	0
Shepherd	Mineuchi	One Ally	Cures one ally of sleep and confusion	0
Thief	Thief Hit	One Enemy	Attacks the enemy and has a chance of stealing its item	0

Usefulness

After the events in Dharma, the warrior is a useful class to become because of the strength increase that it affords. Among the skills that the warrior learns, Evil Slash is by far the most useful. Although it misses half the time, when it does connect, it is a critical hit, making short work of Metal Monsters. The Drake Slash is also good for dragon bosses that the player encounters.

For hybrid skills, the two most useful ones are Sword Dance, which requires both a mature warrior and a mature Dancer, and Thief Hit, which requires a mature warrior and a mature Thief. Sword Dance attacks four times with 75 percent power, making useful for boss fights as it is like attack for 300 percent power. It is also the most cost effective skill in the game as it doesn't require any MP to use. Thief Hit is useful because it steals from enemies, making it a nice skill to have if the player is looking for a particular item. However, the chance of stealing is rather low.

Regarding evolution, the Warrior can combine the mastered Mage class and become a Ranger. The Ranger has access to some elemental slashes and the extremely powerful spell Blazemost. The Warrior can also combine the mastered Fighter class and become a Dragoon. The Dragoon has stronger attacks including Quad Hits. After the Dragoon class is mastered, the Dragoon can then become a Godhand as long as the Paladin class is also mastered. The Godhand has several powerful attacks culminating with Ultrahit, a must for beating the final bosses in the game.

Dragon Quest IX

The Warrior Class is available at the start of the game and has the unique skillset 'Courage'. Warriors can also use skill points to learn Sword, Spear, Knife, and Shield skills. Their Coup-de-Grace is "Critical Claim," an attack that always lands a critical hit.

Courage

Required points	Name	Effects
8	Whipping Boy	Protects a selected user in battle from damage by taking it in their place.
16	Natural Strength +10	Increases attack by 10 pts.
28	Whistle	Draws enemy towards you outside of battle and provokes them in battle.
40	Natural Resilience +20	Increases defence by 20 pts.
48	Body Slam	Hits a single enemy with a body slam causing recoil.
56	Natural Strength +30	Increases attack by 30 pts.
70	Morale Masher	Attacks the enemy lowering its tension
80	Natural Resilience +40	Increases defence by 40 pts.
90	Natural Max HP +60	Increases HP by 60 pts.
100	Attack Attacker	Attacks one enemy lowering its atk. power.

Notable Warriors

• Selectable class in Dragon Quest III and Dragon Quest IX
• The Prince of Midenhall
• Ragnar McRyan
• Tuppence

Gallery

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