"Dragon Quest VIII" - Abilities Quiz

Answer: Lightning Storm

Power Surge and GigaBlast are completely made up but GigaGash is actually the ability Hero learns with 100 skill points in both Swords and Courage. Lightning Storm is a very powerful move inflicting 190-220 damage on all opponents.

Answer: 30

Level 22 is the level you learn Thwack, Level 24 is FullHeal, and 19 is Zing. MultiHeal is a very useful spell, especially before the battle with Dhoulmagus as it heals all the party by 100-120 HP.

Answer: Angelo and Jessica

Jessica learns Kazing on 100 skill points for Staves and Angelo learns it at level 34. Kazing is one of the most useful abilities in the game as it revives one dead character with full HP, unlike Zing which heals to half HP and also only has a 50% chance of working.

Answer: True

On 30 skill points Jessica learns to wield swords as well as knives and from then on she also learns some sword abilities like Toxic Sword (much like Toxic Dagger but with a sword). Although swords are powerful it is still recommended to give Jessica's skill points to whips before using them on daggers as her most powerful weapon is a whip.

Answer: Twin Dragon Lash

Jessica learns Twin Dragon Lash on 23 whip points, which is a very useful skill hitting twice with over 150% damage. The Lady's Thong ability inflicts normal damage and restores Jessica's HP by 12.5% of the damage done to the first enemy hit. Serpent's Bite is Jessica's final whip ability and it inflicts over 150% normal damage. Lashings Of Love has a high chance of inflicting the enemy with paralysis and does 130% normal damage.

Answer: 6

Yangus learns Critical Hit % Up on level 26, Hatchet Man on 19 and nothing at all on level 18. Helm Splitter is a averagely-useful move, mainly used on the first bosses because near the end, all bosses are immune to its effect; halving the enemies defence for 7-10 turns.

Answer: 4

You first get your skill points on level 4 but the only ability you can learn at that level is Yangus's Fisticuffs move: Attack +5. Skill points, as most people would already know, are used to advance your skills in either one of the characters' three preferred weapons and their skill at fighting bare-handed (fisticuffs). Each character also has their own unique skill which has its own special abilities.

Answer: Humanity - Sacrifices self to revive all party mebers with full HP

Scythes (killing an enemy group instantly) is actually "Grim Reaper" learnt with 50 skill points. Fisticuffs (inflicting 72-104 points of damage to all enemies) is "Boulder Toss" learnt with 100 skill points. The other with Scythes (Inflicting 175-225 damage on all enemies) is "Big Banga" on 100 skill points. "Kerplunk" is learnt with 82 skill points in Humanity.

Answer: Yes

Although you only receive 350 skill points totaled at level 100 you could go on a long journey and receive enough Seeds of Skill to max out your skills. This may take a very long time as the only monsters which drop seeds of skill are Crocodog, Great Troll and Solaris which all have a 1.56% chance of dropping them and are all powerful foes. Also the bosses Gemon and Lord of Dragovians will always drop one, and The Lord of Dragovians Dragon forms; Vermilion Dragon, Emerald Dragon, Silver Dragon, Golden Dragon, Darksteel Dragon, Divine Dragon and Ultimate Dragon all have a 12.5% chance of dropping one.

Answer: Charisma

Humanity is Yangus's, Hero has Courage and Jessica has Sex Appeal. Charisma is probably the worst of the fifth skills. All other skills have very good effects like the ability to make enemies "Gaze In Admiration" (Jessica) or use powerful spells like KaZap as well as learn a more powerful version of your best ability for swords (Hero). Even Yangus learns some good spells like Kerplunk and Golden Oldies in his higher Humanity levels.