Yangus

Yangus
Dragon Quest VIII
Japanese name	ヤンガス
Romaji	Yangasu
Title	Merchant (current), Bandit (former)
Race	Human

Yangus is a character in Dragon Quest VIII who accompanies the Hero on his missions. Yangus is also the featured character of Shounen Yangus to Fushigi no Dungeon spin-off. He serves as a powerful tank character over the course of the game. He refers to the Hero as "Guv" (governor).

History

Originally a bandit from Pickham, Yangus tried to "go straight", as he himself put it, but because of his appearance people didn't give him much of a chance, which brought him back to a life of crime. However, one fateful day, he tried to make some money off of tolling a bridge; the same bridge, which the Hero, King Trode and Medea were about to cross. Trode refused to pay - the bridge being within his kingdom - causing Yangus to attack the group, but his attack failed and he ended up collapsing the bridge while The Hero, Trode and Medea made it to the other side, leaving Yangus hanging on for his life.

Trode insisted the group leave Yangus. But The Hero decided to save Yangus, who thanked the Hero and in turn pledged his loyalty to him. It is during this scene that Yangus gives the Hero the nickname of Guv.

Also between this time and the beginning of the game itself Yangus says the Hero has "helped him go straight".

Abilities

Yangus has high strength throughout the entire game, he will deal the most damamge out of any character physically. But Yangus has access to Healing spells if you dabble in his humanity skillset, which can help in the beginning but is completely outclassed by Angelo and the Hero. Each of Yangus' weapon paths has high damage potential. Scythes if you want to steal items or have access to the Big Banga attack. Axes are the most helpful fighting bosses and metal monsters. Clubs if you want to farm gold easier. Humanity is for healing if need be and for some of Yangus' more comedic attacks like Underpants Dance and Golden Oldies. Yangus also has the most useful fisticuffs skillset.

Scythe

• Grim Reaper - attacks a group of enemies with a small chance of instantly killing the targets
• Grimmer Reaper - attacks a group of enemies with a small chance of instantly killing the targets; higher success rate than Grim Reaper
• Steal Sickle - single strike with a chance of stealing an item from the target
• Stainless Steal Sickle - single strike with a chance of stealing an item from the target; higher success rate than Steal Sickle
• Wind Sickle - deals moderate damage to a single target
• Big Banga - heavy damage to all enemies

• +5,10,25 Attack
• Critical Hit Up

Axe

• Axes of Evil - attacks a group of enemies
• Helm Splitter - single strike that reduces the defence of the target
• Hatchet Man - single strike with a 50% chance of hitting the enemy and a 50% chance to be a critical hit if it connects
• Executioner - single strike with a 50% chance of hitting the enemy and is an automatic critical hit if it connects
• Parallax - single strike that does 50% more damage than a normal attack to a single enemy and has a chance of paralyzing the enemy for 5-8 turns
• Typhoeus' Maul - single strike that does 50% more damage than a normal attack and deals double damage to beasts

• +5,10,25 Attack
• Critical Hit Up

Club

• Gold Rush - single strike causes slightly more damage than a normal attack and has a chance of stealing a small amount of gold from the enemy, has a higher success rate than Penny Pincher and steals more gold
• Heart Breaker - single strike that deals normal damage and has a chance of stunning an enemy for one turn
• Monster Masher - single strike that deals slightly more damage than a normal attack and deals 50% more damage to enemies of the material family
• Penny Pincher - single strike that deals normal damage and has a chance of stealing a small amount of gold from the enemy
• Mind Breaker - single strike that deals slightly more damage than a normal attack and has a chance of causing an enemy to lose one turn with a higher success rate than Heart Breaker
• Devil Crusher - single strike that causes slightly more damage than a normal attack and deals double damage to enemies of the demon or material family

• +5,10,25 Attack
• Critical Up

Fisticuffs

• Padfoot - field spell that reduces the chance of random battles
• Knuckle Sandwich - single strike that does 50% more damage than a normal attack
• Boulder Toss - deals heavy damage to all enemies
• Thin Air - deals moderate damage to all enemies
• Multifists - attacks up to 4 times at random, dealing 33% damage with each hit

• +5, 20, 45 Attack
• Critical Up
• Agility Up

Humanity

• Nose for Treasure - field spell that gives the number of nearby treasure chests, but not the location
• Underpants Dance - deals no damage, but can cause all enemies to lose their next turn. Has a higher success rate than Warcry.
• Golden Oldies - attacks up to 4 times at random dealing 40-50 damage each hit
• Kerplunk - kills Yangus, but resurrects and heals all other party members
• Share Magic - gives about 40% of Yangus' MP to the targeted party member
• Warcry - deals no damage, but can cause all enemies to lose their next turn
• Whistle - field spell that immediately initiates a random battle (where applicable)
• Heal - heals a single party member for 30-40 HP
• Midheal - heals a single party member for 70-80 HP
• Kabuff - raises all party members' defence

Gallery

• Dq8-yangus.jpg

  Yangus concept art