Gigaslash

"This ends right now!"

—Aurora unleashing Gigaslash in Dragon Quest Heroes.

Gigaslash Japanese ギガスラッシュ Rōmaji Giga surashu Type Skill Older names Same

Gigaslash is a recurring ability in the Dragon Quest series. It slices through a group of enemies with a blade made of ferocious lightning, dealing incredible damage in every appearance.

Similar lightning-imbued sword techniques first appeared in the manga Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, before making their game debut in VI; the name "Gigaslash" can thus be considered a genericised form of Dai's ultimate move Giga Strash (removing its connection to the character of Avan and his Strash technique).

Appearances

Dragon Quest I HD-2D Remake

The Hero learns Gigaslash at level 40. It costs 38 MP and inflicts 225~275 Strike damage to all enemies, with the souped-up version being Gigagash.

Dragon Quest II HD-2D Remake

The Prince of Cannock learns Gigaslash at level 42.

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

Gigaslash was retroactively added to the 2024 remake, learned by the Hero at level 45. It inflicts 225~275 Strike damage to all enemies, instead of Lightning despite the animation effect, and costs 38 MP.

• The May 23rd, 2025 update patch has buffed Gigaslash to deal 350~410 damage

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

A variant of Gigaslash appears in the remakes of V, Starker's Slash (プチスラッシュ) is learned by Starkers once he reaches level 65 and deals 150~330 Lighting damage.

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

Gigaslash is learned by reaching rank 6 of the Hero profession. It deals 350~410 Lighting damage to one group for 20 MP.

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Gigaslash has the same properties as in VI and is learned by reaching rank 7 as a Hero, rank 6 as a Champion, and rank 8 as a Ersatz Estark. In the 3DS remake, Gigaslash is now a vocation-exclusive ability and a character can only memorize it by mastering the monster vocation.

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Eight can learn Gigaslash as a sword-only technique after fully investing 100 skill points into either the "Sword" or "Courage" skills. If both skill are at maximum, he obtains Gigagash instead. The electrified slice targets one enemy group for 20 MP, and damage is calculated as (lvl+180 +/- [20+lvl]) for a cap of 207~239.

Angelo cannot learn this skill; he obtains Lightning Storm after mastering his sword skilltree instead.

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

In IX, the Gigaslash ability is obtained by allocating 88 skill points to Sword skilltree, and can only be used by a character who currently has a sword-class weapon equipped. Its damage output has a base of 140~180 and a maximum of 340~380, reached when the sum of the character's Magical Might and Strength reach 300.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

The Luminary will learn gigaslash for 25 points in his Swordmastery skill tree. It costs 16 MP to use, targets all enemies, and deals up to 210~250 Lightning damage.

Dragon Quest Monsters

This ability requires the monster to reach level 33 with 231 HP, 164 MP, 198 Attack, 198 Agility and 198 Intelligence. It is naturally learned by the Esterk, LizardMan and MadKnight. It can also be learned by monsters with FireSlash, BoltSlash, VacuSlash, and IceSlash.

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

GigaSlash now requires 608 Intelligence to learn. It is naturally learned by the AsuraZoma, BeastNite, FooHero, Octoraid, Roboster2 and WarMantis.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Gigaslash is described as "a legendary technique for cutting down a single enemy." It costs 16 MP to use and is learned from:

• Captain Crow (55 points)
• Cleric (45 points)
• Cluboon III (53 points)
• Diamagon III (70 points)
• Über Knight (76 points)

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Gigaslash can be learned from all the skills it could be previously, as well as from Bjorn for 70 points, or from Ruin for 100 points.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D

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Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3

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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Gigaslash costs 20 MP and targets one enemy, with damage being the user's level plus 160~200. It is learned through the Charge Leader, Cleric, Just Ruler, Lightning Rod, and Vagabond talents.

Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors

Gigaslash is a Master Stroke and is obtained late-game.

Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below

Gigaslash appears as the Coup de Grâce of Aurora. She points her sword into the sky and summons lightning, then redirects it at a group of enemies.

Dragon Quest Heroes II: Twin Kings and the Prophecy's End

Gigaslash is the Coup de Grâce of Teresa when she is wielding a Sword.

Dragon Quest of the Stars

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Dragon Quest Rivals

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Dragon Quest Walk

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Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai

A prototype of Gigaslash appears in this series in the form of Zapple Strash, a maneuver where Dai enhances the power of his finishing move Avan Strash by first channeling the power of a Zapple spell into his sword.

A second prototype appears during Baran's battle with Dai: Baran attempts to cast a Kazap spell into his sword to perform his finishing move Gigabreak, but is so exhausted that he's forced to use the weaker Zapple spell instead, resulting in an unnamed attack functionally identical to Gigaslash. Dai himself later uses this attack instinctively in order to fend off Hadlar (where it is again identified only as an imperfect Gigabreak).

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Gigaslash is the Hero's Final Smash. This time, it's powered by the non-playable Heroes from other Dragon Quest games.

In other languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español castellano	Megaestocada	Mega thrust
Español latinoamericano	Megaestocada	Mega thrust
Français	Gigentaille	Giga slash, from giga- + entaille
Deutsch	Gigahieb	Giga strike
Italiano	Mega fendente	Mega slash
한국어	기가 슬래시, Giga Seullaesi	Transliteration of English Gigaslash
简体中文	光刃斩, Guāngrèn Zhǎn	Light-blade slash
繁體中文	光刃斬, Guāngrèn Zhǎn	Light-blade slash

Trivia

• Despite Gigaslash's name being derived from Giga Strash (a combination of Avan Strash and Gigabreak/Gigagash), it is generally portrayed as less powerful than Gigagash, which would make its videogame debut two games later.

See also

• Gigagash
• Gigathrow
• Giga Strash

Battle Visuals

1. 
   Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (DS)
2. 
   Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation (SFC)
3. 
   Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past (PSX)
4. 
   Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (DS)
5. 
   DQM1·2 (PSX)
6. 
   Caravan Heart (GBA)
7. 
   Joker 2 (DS)

1. 
   Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake (PS4)

1. 
   Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (PS2)

1. 
   Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (2D)

1. 
   Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (3D)

1. 
   Terry's Wonderland 3D (3DS)

1. 
   Joker 3 (3DS)

Gallery

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  Eight using Gigaslash in VIII.

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  Aurora getting ready to unleash Gigaslash.