Claw Slash
Claw Slash is a recurring skill in the Dragon Quest series. It is an enemy-only attack in various games where the monster rips and tears into a character with their razor-sharp claws or talons, dealing 125% damage compared to a normal attack.
| Claw Slash | |
|---|---|
| Japanese | 爪できりさく (V to IX) ツメできりさく (X onwards) |
| Rōmaji | Tsume de kirisaku |
| Type | Skill |
AppearancesEdit
Dragon Quest VEdit
Claw Slash makes its first appearance and can be used by Great sabrecats, Hellions, Ice-breakers, Doom sluggers, and Mermen.
Dragon Quest VIEdit
Claw Slash can be used by Jumping jackals, Tiger jackals, Grrrgoyle, and Mortamor's left hand during the final battle.
Dragon Quest VIIEdit
Claw Slash can be used by Anarchaeopteryxes, Preying mantises, Slaying mantises, Oligarchaeopteryxes, Monarchaeopteryxes, Compos mantises, Stripes, and Putric Stinkenheimer.
- In the Nintendo 3DS version, it can also be used by Bewarewolves, Scarewolves, and Tearwolves.
Dragon Quest VIIIEdit
Claw Slash can be used by Great sabrecats, Jackal rippers, Jumping jackals, Mermen, Merkings, Geyzer, and Geyzer in Memoriam.
Dragon Quest IXEdit
Claw Slash can be used by Manguinis, Drakularges, King crabs, Drakulards, Alphyns, Drakulords, Grand Lizzier, Greygnarl during the first battle against him, Barbarus, Nemean, and both Mortamor's left and right claws.
Dragon Quest XEdit
Claw Slash can be used by various monsters, including Platypunks, Drooling ghouls, Gryphons, and Jamirus. Instead of dealing a higher amount of damage to a single enemy, it delivers two swipes in quick succession.
Dragon Quest XIEdit
Claw Slash can be used by Manticores and Franticores. The Slayer of the Sands and its crustacean cousins have a variant that launches six attacks randomly at the entire party, dealing 50% damage per hit.
Dragon Quest TactEdit
Claw Slash is an enemy-only skill that can be used by certain monsters in high-level stages and boss battles. It costs 20 MP to use and inflicts 195% potency physical damage to a single enemy.
| Claw Slash (ツメできりさく Tsume de kirisaku) |  |
| Claw Slash | |||
| Role * | Type * | Element | MP cost |
| Attack | Physical |  |
20 |
| Range | Additional effects | ||
 1 |
None | ||
| Description | |||
| Deals physical damage (195% potency) to 1 enemy | |||
| Naturally learnt by | |||
| Bunicorn, Ethereal serpent, Hades' condor, Hybird, King crab, Mecha-mynah, Merman, Platypunk, Red dragon | |||
Related skillsEdit