Ferocious Roar
| Ferocious Roar | |
|---|---|
| Japanese | おぞましいおたけび |
| Rōmaji | Ozomashī otakebi |
| Type | Skill |
| Older names | Terrifying Cry Hellish Howl |
Ferocious Roar is a recurring ability in the Dragon Quest series. It inflicts between 120~150 damage to the entire party when the user emits a horrifying scream from their mouths and its usage has been mostly limited to bosses.
Appearances
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation
Ferocious Roar is used by Mortamor in his third form and Nokturnus. When used, the game states that, "A blistering wave of energy shoots from his mouth!"
Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past
Ferocious Roar is used by Orgodemir in his third form during the final battle.
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Ferocious Roar is used by Emerald Dragon. Unlike other entries, the damage cannot be reduced even when defending.
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
Ferocious Roar is once again used by Mortamor when faced as a Legacy Boss. Its damage can reach around 350 when Mortamor reaches level 99 since it is designed to scale with his level.
Dragon Quest X
Ferocious Roar can be used by various bosses, including Dhuran and Nokturnus.
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
Ferocious Roar can be used by various monsters and bosses, including Rantingen raven, Cheater cheetah, Mordegon in his second form, Chihuawyrm, Labradrake, Tatsunaga, and Red giant. Rantingen raven's version deals around 30 damage, cheater cheetah's version deals around 60 damage, and the version used by the others deals around 95 damage.
Dragon Quest Tact
Known as Hellish Howl, there are two variations in the game that are used by various bosses and other monsters in high-level stages. The first costs 112 MP to use, inflicts major martial damage to all units in a radius of 1 around the user, and has a chance to confuse them, as well.
| Hellish Howl (おぞましいおたけび Ozomashī otakebi) |  |
| Hellish Howl | |||
| Role * | Type * | Element | MP cost |
| Debuff | Martial |  |
112 |
| Range | Additional effects | ||
 Radius 1 |
 Confusion |
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| Description | |||
| Deals major martial damage to all enemies in area of effect, rarely confuses | |||
| Naturally learnt by | |||
| Barbatos, Demon King Orgodemir, Halberdsaurus, Hybird, Jamirus, Lt Hootingham-Gore, Maldragora the Worldmaker, Murdaw, Orgodemir, Rhapthorne's True Form, Wight king, Zoma | |||
The second variation is a skill used by both Demon King Orgodemir and Rhapthorne's True Form during their Mega Boss Battles. It inflicts major unreflectable martial damage to all enemies in the two first two rows in front of the stage, knocks them back three spaces, and has a chance to lower their DEF for three turns and confuse them.
| Hellish Howl (おぞましいおたけび Ozomashī otakebi) | |
| Hellish Howl | |||
| Role * | Type * | Element | MP cost |
| Debuff | Martial | |
26 |
| Range | Additional effects | ||
 Around self |
 DEF Down/Confusion |
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| Description | |||
| Deals major unreflectable martial damage to all enemies in area of effect, knocks them back 3 spaces, rarely lowers DEF for 3 turns, very rarely confuses | |||
| Naturally learnt by | |||
| Demon King Orgodemir, Rhapthorne's True Form | |||
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