War Cry

War Cry is a recurring ability in the Dragon Quest series.

It tries to stun either all enemies or a single group with an intimidating scream.

AppearancesEdit

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the ChosenEdit

War Cry makes its first appearance as an enemy-only skill that can be used by bullions, canniboxes, peepers, scarewells, weartigers, terrorflyers, tigergrams, and well wishers. Torneko Taloon is able to use a similar ability with his random antics when he shouts suddenly, having a chance to stun all enemies for a single turn.

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly BrideEdit

War Cry is used by monster companions such as the moosifer.

Name Level
Powie yowie --
Mudraker --
Moosifer 7
Battle pip 10
Saber 21

Pink elephants use it only as an enemy.

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of RevelationEdit

War Cry tries to scare all enemies for one turn. It is learned by advancing to rank 5 of the Merchant vocation.

It is used by the enemies well wishers, scarewells, Bigg, yawnoceros, chompoceros, dreadful drackals, and gallows giants.

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten PastEdit

War Cry can be learned by advancing to rank 6 as a Martial Artist or rank 2 as a Well wisher. On the enemy side, it can be used by damned wells, scarewells, well wishers, and the first battle against the Fire Spirit.

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed KingEdit

Yangus can use War Cry after allocating 32 skill points into his "Humanity" skill.

Enemies who use it are Mars rover, Seasaur, Argon lizard, Dhoulmagus in his second form, Blue fang, Dark turkey, Leopold, Fowlfighter, Dark devildog, the Lord of the Dragovians in his Vermillion and Ultimate Dragon forms, Great Argon Lizard in Memoriam, Dark Turkey in Memoriam, and Sir Leopold in Memoriam.

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry SkiesEdit

This ability is learned with 4 skill points allocated into Focus skill. War Cry is required to complete Quest #090: Cry Wolf, where the party will have to defeat 5 scarewolves while they are frozen in fear.

Dragon Quest XEdit

Martial Artists can once again learn the skill by investing 70 points into their Focus skill. It costs 3 MP to use and attempts to shock all enemies near the user into a state of inaction. The success rate is dependent on the user's Deftness attribute.

  • In the Offline version of the game, War Cry can be learned by the Hero as a Martial Artist at level 35 and it can be used by all vocations. It can also be learned by Mjoll through the Powerful panel in her character builder for 3 skill points. It costs 3 MP to use and affects one group of enemies.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive AgeEdit

War Cry returns to being an enemy-only skill that can be used by several monsters, including the auroral serpent, black dragons, fright bulbs, and weartigers.

Dragon Quest MonstersEdit

Called WarCry in this game, it requires the monster to reach level 14 with 120 HP. It is naturally learned by the EyeBall, FangSlime, GulpBeast and Trumpeter, among others.

Dragon Quest Monsters 2Edit

The requirements to learn WarCry are unchanged. It is naturally learned by the Drygon, EvilWell and MerTiger.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan HeartEdit

Dragon Quest Monsters: JokerEdit

War Cry can be learned from various skill trees.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2Edit

War Cry can no longer be learned from Boom Boxer, Darklight Slashes, or Fire Fighter, and the point requirement for Dragon Lore has been changed. It can now be learned from:

Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3DEdit

Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious KeyEdit

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3Edit

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark PrinceEdit

War Cry costs 3 MP and has a high probability of stunning all enemies for one turn. Monsters can learn War Cry through the Bad Breather, Blow Hard, Dhoulmagus, Dragonheart, Fighter, Hater, Hulk, Lord of the Dragovians, Naturalist, Outlaw, Sootheslayer, Stinker, Super Naturalist, Thrill-Seeker, Wild Child, and Wrecker talents.

Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight BelowEdit

Although unusable by any of the playable characters, some of the more powerful monsters in the game such as Hacksauruses and Hellions are capable of unleashing a War Cry in battle, temporarily stunning any unfortunate characters standing near them.

Dragon Quest of the StarsEdit

Dragon Quest RivalsEdit

Dragon Quest Keshi KeshiEdit

Related skillsEdit