Flying Knee
| Flying Knee | |
|---|---|
| |
| Japanese | とび膝蹴り |
| Type | Skill |
| Older names | Jump Kick |
Flying Knee is an ability in the Dragon Quest series. It inflicts 50% more damage against monsters suspended in the air.
Contrary to popular belief, the skill does not ignore the damage reduction when an enemy defends.
Appearances
Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation
Flying Knee was retroactively added to the 2024 remake, where it's learned by the Martial Artist at level 7. It deals 130% more damage to flying enemies. It costs 3 MP.
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation
Flying Knee is learned by Carver at level 5. Other characters can obtain it by advancing to rank 5 of the Gladiator vocation. The skill is effective on the following monsters:
- Babygoyle
- Barksman
- Cloud surfer
- Cumaulus
- Cutterfly (also Dragon)
- Czargoyle
- Damselfly (also Dragon)
- Darkgoyle
- Deadly dodo
- Devilmoth
- Dreamaera
- Freezing fog
- Hell hornet
- Hell niño
- High djinks
- Hocus dreamaera
- Killer moth
- Low djinks
- Mad mallard
- Sniping barksman
- Splutterfly
- Stormsgate Citadel
- Über dreamaera
- Venom wasp
- Wild carrot
It is used by the enemy Bronson.
Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past
In the PSX and 3DS Versions of VII the Flying Knee skill is learned upon reaching rank 3 of the Martial Artist vocation. The following is an incomplete list of effected monsters:
- Bird of terrordise
- Chimaera
- Cumulus rex
- Cumulus vex
- Direlog
- Discombombulator
- Div
- Djinn genie
- Dragon slime (also Dragon)
- Drake slime (also Dragon)
- Fire fry
- Floating bloater
- Gigalumph
- Gold fryling
- Healium balloon
- High djinks
- Hocus chimaera
- Kingfuchsia
- Metal dragon slime (also Dragon)
- Mouseflap
- Mousenap
- Peahooter
- Prism peacock
- Sharphooter
- Sky fry
- Stingfisher
- Zepling
