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'''Thin Air''' is a recurring ability in the franchise that strikes all enemies with a chi-based shockwave. The skill bears the [[Woosh]] element, making it ineffective against certain monster families.

==Appearances==
===''[[Dragon Quest IV]]''===
In the remakes, Thin Air is one of the special abilities that [[Psaro (Character)|Psaro]] can learn. He learns it at level 44 (or earlier depending on his [[wisdom]] stat). Thin air deals a fixed 85~104 damage range and isn't affected by Psaro's level. Also, thin air is not affected by [[Bounce]] even though it is listed as a one of the character's spells.

===''[[Dragon Quest VI]]''===
Thin Air attack is learned after advancing to the second rank of the [[Paladin]] vocation. Damage is calculated as ''((Level*2 +30)+/-10%)'' and caps at level 60 for a range of 135~165.
*In the Nintendo DS and mobile phone versions of ''VI'', thin air has been tweaked so that it caps at level 50 and damage is calculated as ''((Level*2 +50)+/-10%)''.  

===''[[Dragon Quest VII]]''===
Thin Air is again learned by reaching rank 2 as a Paladin in both versions of the game, and is also re-learned at rank 1 of [[Champion]] and rank 3 for [[Hero (Class)]] in the 3DS remake. The latter version the damage formula has slightly changed as well, being ''(Level*2)+50''.

===''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]''===
'''Thin Air''' is a [[List of fisticuffs skills in Dragon Quest IX|Fisticuffs]] technique that [[Hero (Dragon Quest VIII)|the Hero]], [[Yangus]], and [[Jessica]] can learn. It requires 42 skill points by both the Hero and Yangus, and 68 skill points by Jessica. Damage is figured as ''(((Level*2 +30) *0.8)+/-10%)'', capping at level 60 for a range of 108~132.
*In the 3DS version, [[Red]] and [[Morrie]] will learn thin air after adding 33 and 42 skill points to their fisticuffs, respectively.
*[[Captain Crow]] also uses this ability.

===''[[Dragon Quest IX]]''===
Though not available to player characters, Thin Air is a skill used by some enemies. When used by [[Legacy Boss|Legacy Bosses]], the damage calculation is ''(53 + (3 * level)) * 0.9~1.1'', giving it a base range of 126~154 and a cap of 315~385.

==={{DQM}}===
Called Vacuum in this game, it is an upgraded form of [[Wind Sickles | WindBeast]]. WindBeast grows into Vacuum when the monster reaches level 19 with 112 HP, 114 attack and 132 agility.

==={{DQM2}}===
The requirements to learn Vacuum are unchanged.

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