Jolting Slash
| Jolting Slash | |
|---|---|
| Japanese | 雷切 |
| Rōmaji | Raikiri |
| Type | Skill |
Jolting Slash is a skill that appears exclusively in Dragon Quest Tact. It is one of Lt Goresby-Purrvis's signature abilities, delivering a powerful katana slash charged with a mighty thunderbolt.
Details[edit]
Jolting Slash can be learned by Lt Goresby-Purrvis at level 52 and costs 67 MP to use. It inflicts 140% potency Zap-type physical damage to all enemies in a range of two squares in front of him twice. Upgrading the skill increases its damage and reduces the amount of MP it costs to use.
| Jolting Slash (雷切 Raikiri) |  |
| Jolting Slash | |||
| Role * | Type * | Element | MP cost |
| Attack | Physical |  |
67 |
| Range | Additional effects | ||
 Straight line |
None | ||
| Description | |||
| Deals 140% potency Zap-type physical damage to all enemies in area of effect 2 times | |||
| Naturally learnt by | |||
| Lt Goresby-Purrvis | |||
Etymology[edit]
Jolting Slash's Japanese name Raikiri (雷切) is a reference to a famous sword of the same name wielded by a samurai named Tachibana Dōsetsu from the Sengoku period. One day when Dōsetsu was napping underneath a tree, he was nearly struck by a lightning bolt. Legend states that the bolt was actually an incarnation of the god of thunder and he was able to preempt the strike by slicing it in two with his sword Chidori. Although the bolt left half his body paralyzed for the rest of his life, his act of cutting it in half allowed him to survive and thereafter, he renamed his sword Raikiri.
