Champion

The Champion (ゴッドハンド, Godhand) is a high ranking physically-oriented vocation in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest VII. Starting with the Nintendo 3DS remake of VII, the Champion's design is heavily inspired by East Asian mythology.

Appearances

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Description

The power of the heavens flows through the Champion, infusing their very being with divine energies. In order to become a Champion, one must master the Gladiator and Paladin vocations. Champions enjoy the highest strength boost of any vocation, and do not suffer the wisdom reduction that plagued gladiators. This is not to imply that champions can only focus on offense--the class enjoys a surprisingly varied amount of support abilities.

Rank	Critical Hit Rate
1	1/64
2	1/64
3	1/64
4	1/32
5	1/16
6	1/16
7	25/256
8	1/8

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	260
Strength	+25%
Agility	+10%
Resilience	+5%
Wisdom	Null
Style	Null
Max HP	+10%
Max MP	-10%
Mastery Bonus	+25 Bonus to Strength

PSX Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Saint	Nothing	0
2	Angel	Metal Slash	20	One Enemy	Able to pierce the defenses of metal monsters. Regular damage to all other monsters.	0
3	ArchAngel	Multiheal	40	All Allies	Heals ~100 HP to all allies	10
4	Throne	Boulder Toss	80	All Enemies	Throws rocks at all enemies, causing ~110 HP damage	0
5	Cherubim	Kamikazee	120	Self	Kills all enemies at the cost of the caster's life	1
6	Seraphim	Gigaslash	150	One Group	Does ~400 HP damage to one group of enemies	15
7	Celestial	Kazing	180	One Ally	Revives one fallen ally with full HP	15
8	Demigod	Ultrahit	260	One Enemy	Does 600-700 HP damage minus the foe's defence value to one enemy	20

3DS Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed
1	Cheerful Champion	Boulder Toss Double Up Forbearance Selflessness Thin Air	0
2	Bronze Champion	Double-Edged Slash Gust Slash Helm Splitter Metal Slash Multislice Falcon Slash Toxic Dagger Undead Undoer Weird Whacker	20
3	Silver Champion	Multifists Pearly Gates	40
4	Gold Champion	Drain Magic Magic Barrier	80
5	Platinum Champion	Kabuff Kasap Oomph	120
6	World Champion	Kamikazee Kazing Kerplunk Multiheal	150
7	Undefeated Champion	Gigaslash	180
8	Ultimate Champion	Blade of Ultimate Power	260

Dragon Quest Walk

Champions were added to the game on September 27th, 2022 as the first special vocation that exceeds advanced vocations. A character can become a Champion if they have reached level 70 or higher as both a Gladiator and a Paladin. A banner was also held from September 27th to November 3rd, 2022 with special equipment that allows players to look like the Champion's new design.

Their weapons of choice include one-handed Swords, Axes, Spears, and Claws. The vocation's first trait is God Rage, which gives them a chance to increase their slashing, physical skill, and breath damage by 40% at the start of the turn while their second is God Guard, which allows them to take damage in the place of an ally and potentially survive fatal damage with 1 HP remaining. Their third trait, God Chain, increases the Champion's critical hit rate and guard rate considerably when both God Rage and God Guard are activated.

Trivia

• For the Nintendo 3DS version of Dragon Quest VII, the Champion's design was based directly on the Four Heavenly Kings of Buddhist mythology.
• Many of the PSX accolades come from the hierarchy of angels in Christian tradition.
  • Thrones are the givers of God's justice.
  • Cherub (plural Cherubim) are a rank of angels second highest in the hierarchy. They are guardians sent by God to protect.
  • Seraph (plural Seraphim) are the highest rank of angels. They sing praises to God.