Metal heavy

The Metal heavy is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest VII.

It is a sword-wielding monster clad in a suit of heavy steel armour.

CharacteristicsEdit

Massive metallic dual sword-wielding monstrous living suits of bronze-coloured armour, with a frightening demonic face that grins devilishly from inside the beast's stomach. They are able to unleash devastating Desperate attacks with their dual blades and can nullify the beneficial effects of their opponents with Disruptive Wave. Their demonic magic powers allow them to Buff their allies and their disgusting mouths can belch out great swathes of fire to fry foes with. Their armour grants them a wide range of resistance to both offensive magic and negative status effects.

AppearancesEdit

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten PastEdit

Metal heavy (こうてつまじん Kōtetsu majin)  
Sprite HP MP Attack Defense
  300 30 230 150
Agility Experience Gold Tame Rate
92 290 (PS1)
435 (3DS)
155 (PS1)
233 (3DS)
164
Bestiary No. #207
Spell(s) Buff
Skill(s) Desperate attack
Flame Breath
Disruptive Wave
Location(s) Cathedral of Blight 4-2F
Item(s) Dropped Seed of strength1256
Evasion Frizz Resistance * Sizz Resistance * Fire Breath Resistance *
064 25% 25% 15%
Bang Resistance * Crack Resistance * Ice Breath Resistance * Woosh Resistance *
25% 60% 15% 60%
Strike/Rock Resistance * Zap Resistance * Drain Magic Resistance * Whack Resistance *
0% 0% 50% 100%
Poof Resistance * Poison Resistance * Burning Breath Resistance Fuddle Resistance *
100% 100% 100% 50%
Snooze Resistance * Dazzle Resistance * Fizzle Resistance * Ban Dance Resistance
50% 15% 15% 100%
Stun Resistance * Sap Resistance * Army Resistance *
50% 15% 0%
3DS version changes
None



Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3DEdit

The metal heavy appears as a D-rank monster of the Material family.

EtymologyEdit

The Japanese name for this card, Kōtetsumajin, means "Steel Demon", giving rise to the old English name of the monster. However, majin sounds very similar to mashin, the Japanese transliteration of the English word "machine", and the term is often used with mechanical monsters in Dragon Quest like the [Überkilling machine] as a reference to its similar use in the Super Robot series Mazinger. As such, it is likely also a pun on "Steel Machine".

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