Flying Knee

Flying Knee Japanese とび膝蹴り Type Skill Older names Jump Kick

Flying Knee is an ability in the Dragon Quest series. It inflicts 50% more damage against monsters suspended in the air.

Contrary to popular belief, the skill does not ignore the damage reduction when an enemy defends.

Appearances

Dragon Quest VI

Flying Knee is learned by Carver at level 5. Other characters can obtain it by advancing to rank 5 of the Gladiator vocation. The skill is effective on the following monsters:

• Babygoyle
• Barksman
• Cloud surfer
• Cumaulus
• Cutterfly (also Dragon)
• Czargoyle
• Damselfly (also Dragon)
• Darkgoyle
• Deadly dodo
• Devilmoth
• Dreamaera
• Freezing fog
• Hell hornet
• Hell nino
• High djinks
• Hocus dreamaera
• Killer moth
• Low djinks
• Mad mallard
• Sniping barksman
• Splutterfly
• Stormsgate Citadel
• Uber dreamaera
• Venom wasp
• Wild carrot

Dragon Quest VII

In the PSX and 3DS versions of VII the Flying Knee skill is learned upon reaching rank 3 of the Martial Artist vocation. The following is an incomplete list of effected monsters:

• Bird of terrordise
• Chimaera
• Cumulus rex
• Cumulus vex
• Direlog
• Discombombulator
• Div
• Djinn genie
• Dragon slime (also Dragon)
• Drake slime (also Dragon)
• Fire fry
• Floating bloater
• Gigalumph
• Gold fryling
• Healium balloon
• High djinks
• Hocus chimaera
• Kingfuchsia
• Metal dragon slime (also Dragon)
• Mouseflap
• Mousenap
• Peahooter
• Prism peacock
• Sharphooter
• Sky fry
• Stingfisher
• Zepling

See Also

• Wing-Clipper