Hypnowhip (skill)

Hypnowhip is an ability in the Dragon Quest series. It has a chance to confuse enemies.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Hypnowhip was retroactively added to the 2024 remake learned at level 25 by the Thief. It inflicts 110% damage to a group of enemies with a chance to inflict Fuddle, and costs 7 MP.

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

In the 3DS remake of VIII, Red will learn Hypnowhip after allocating 10 skill points into her whip skill tree. It functions identically to it's counterpart in IX and costs only 2 MP.

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

This ability is learned with 3 skill points allocated into Whip skill and costs 3 MP to use. Fuddle chance is 12.5% per enemy.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Veronica will learn hypnowhip for 3 skill points in her whip path. It costs 5 MP to use, deals 110% damage to the first enemy, and now has a 25% chance to fuddle foes per lashing.

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