Gladiator

Gladiators in Dragon Quest X.

An expert fighter who's mastered the way of the warrior and the martial artist. --Description from Dragon Quest VII

The Gladiator (バトルマスター, Batorumasutā) is a recurring, full-frontal offensive vocation in the Dragon Quest series. A gladiator is a fierce fighter who rains continuous carnage on the foes who face them, even at the cost of their own life.

Characteristics

Gladiators eschew the balance of offense and defense that warriors display for pure power. This means that a Gladiator will always be able to deal the most damage among the party, but at the cost of being deceptively frail for all their might. Thus, a Gladiator needs ample support from its party members to stay alive long enough to crush the opposition and should be the first recipient of Buff in any battle.

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

In addition to increases in Strength, HP, and Agility, Gladiators also gain a variety of powerful skills that allow them to deal with many different enemies. A character requires mastering both the Warrior and Martial Artist vocations to become a Gladiator. A unique trait of Gladiators is their ability to brush-off an attack, essentially being an additional evasion boost that goes up along with their rank.

Vocation trait

Rank	Ignore Damage Rate
1	1/256
2	1/64
3	1/48
4	1/32
5	1/32
6	1/16
7	1/16
8	1/8

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	250
Strength	+15%
Agility	+10%
Resilience	+10%
Wisdom	-20%
Max HP	+20%
Max MP	-40%
Trait	Chance of shrugging off an attack
Mastery Bonus	+20 Strength

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Flyweight	Gust Slash	1	One enemy	An attack that channels the power of a destructive whirlwind.	0
2	Featherweight	Undead Undoer	15	One enemy	An attack that excels at expelling the undead.	0
3	Lightweight	Cop Out	35	Self	Palms off an enemy attack on a random friend or foe.	0
4	Welterweight	Multislice	65	All enemies	A flurry of sword slashes that strike all enemies.	0
5	Middleweight	Flying Knee	100	One enemy	A jumping attack that delivers a bone-crunching knee.	0
6	Cruiserweight	Dragon Slash	140	One enemy	An attack that pierces even dragon's scales.	0
7	Heavyweight	Boulder Toss	190	All enemies	Showers all enemies with enormous boulders.	0
8	Champion	Metal Slash	250	One enemy	An attack that carves through even metal-bodied enemies.	0

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Gladiators are the prerequiset for the Champion vocation, alongside Paladins. Though they no longer shrug-off blows, they now have the high critical hit rate of the martial artist.

Vocation trait

Rank	Critical Hit Rate
1	1/64
2	1/64
3	1/64
4	1/32
5	1/16
6	1/16
7	25/256
8	1/8

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	200 (PS1)
	169 (3DS)
Strength	+15%
Agility	+10%
Resilience	+10%
Wisdom	-20%
Style	Null
Max HP	+20%
Max MP	-40%
Mastery Bonus	+15 Bonus to Strength.

PS1 Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Gladiator	Nothing	0
2	Fencer	VacuSlash	15	One Enemy	Attacks one enemy with wind damage.	0
3	Swordsman	ZombieCut	35	One Enemy	Does 50 percent extra damage to Zombies, regular damage to all other enemies.	0
4	Ronin	2EdgeHit	60	One Enemy	Does 50 percent more damage to one enemy, 25 percent of the damage is reflected to the user.	0
5	Mercenary	Massacre	90	One Enemy or Ally	Instant Critical Hit to one enemy or ally.	0
6	Duelist	FalconCut	120	One enemy	Attacks one enemy twice with 75 percent power.	0
7	Champion	Nothing	150
8	Avenger	QuadHits	200	All Enemies	Four attacks to random enemies at 50 percent power.	0

3DS Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Flyweight	Gust Slash	1	One enemy	Deals 130% melee damage with the Woosh element.	0
2	Featherweight	Undead Undoer	10 (11)	One enemy	Deals bonus damage on undead targets.	0
		Mean Sweep		One enemy	Attempts to trip an enemy, also deals damage.	0
3	Lightweight	Gritty Ditty	16 (27)	Party	Increases defense of entire party.	2
		Double-Edged Slash		One enemy	Deals high damage but inflicts recoil on the user.	0
4	Welterweight	Toxic Dagger	20 (47)	One enemy	Attempt to Poison an enemy, also deals damage.	2
		Helm Splitter		One enemy	Reduces enemy Defence.	0
5	Middleweight	Weird Whacker	24 (71)	One group	Attempt to confuse enemies, also deals damage.	0
		Klepto Clobber		One enemy	Higher item drop chance from the hit enemy.	0
6	Cruiserweight	Falcon Slash	24 (95)	One enemy	It attacks twice in one turn, each strike at 75% power.	2
		Metal Slash		One enemy	Damage a metal opponent by dealing one extra point of damage.	0
7	Heavyweight	Multislice	24 (119)	All enemies	Damages all enemies.	2
8	Undisputed Champion	Multifists	50 (169)	All enemies	Throws four strikes at random targets for 75% damage per hit.	2

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Gladiators can wield Swords, Axes, and Hammers as weapons. The main selling point of Gladiators is their extremely high Attack, allowing for powerful strikes. However, their Defense is lower than that of the other melee classes, and many of their best abilities will either lower their Defense further or deal recoil damage. Fortunately, they can equip the heavier armor that Warriors and Paladins wear, but are unable to equip a shield without investing 100 skill points into the Shield skill line while in another vocation.

Statistically, Gladiators far outstrip even Warriors in terms of raw attack power, boasting a monsterous base 500 Strength at Level 99 compared to the Warrior's 404. This is balanced by the fact that Gladiators suffer from comparatively lower HP, MP, and Resilience. However, Gladiators also have more Agility and Deftness, as well as a negligible lead in Charm (only a single point; Warriors have a base 89 Charm at Level 99 while Gladiators have 90).

In battle, Gladiators will usually be the target of initial Attack-boosting spells such as Oomph, and will typically attack every turn if able. For maximum damage, Gladiators can equip the Über Falcon Blade and repeatedly use Falcon Slash to deal immense single-target damage, which makes Sword-wielding Gladiators highly valuable in boss battles.

Gladiators have the unique skill set "Guts." Their Coup-de-Grace is "Tension Boost," which increases their Tension to at least 50 (if not 100). In other words, it is equivalent to using Psyche Up four times, but like Psyche Up, the final "use" may fail to boost the user into the 100 Tension level.

Unlock method

This vocation is unlocked by completing Quest 103 "Gladiator Graduator" at Alltrades Abbey. Afterwards, characters may change into the Gladiator vocation.

Stats

Attribute	Starting Stats	Maximum Stats
Level	1	99
HP	32	540
MP	2	41
Strength	30	500
Agility	7	124
Resilience	19	322
Magical Might	0	0
Magical Mending	0	0
Deftness	15	256
Charm	5	90

Guts

Accolades	Required points	Name	Effects
Bruiser	4	Natural Max HP +10	Permanently adds 10 to Max HP.
Brawler	10	Clap Trap	Strikes an enemy.
Battler	16	Natural Strength +10	Permanently adds 10 to Strength.
Challenger	22	Double Up	Increases Attack by two levels, but lowers Defense by one level.
Winner	32	Natural Max HP +20	Permanently adds 20 to Max HP.
Champion	42	Double-Edged Slash	Deals high damage but harms user with recoil damage.
Vanquisher	55	Natural Strength +30	Permanently adds 30 to Strength.
Conqueror	68	Blind Man's Biff	Attacks one random opponent for high damage.
Decimator	82	Natural Max HP +30	Permanently adds 30 to Max HP.
Annihilator	100	Feel the Burn	Increases Tension every time the user is hit.

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Dragon Quest X

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The Gladiator was added in the version 1.3 update of the game, and gains the unique ability to wield two weapons at once. The attack power of the left hand is exactly half of the Gladiator's right hand. Beyond this, Gladiators remain the glass canons that they were in the previous game.

Dragon Quest of the Stars

In Dragon Quest of the Stars, the vocation usually translated as Gladiator (バトルマスター, "Batorumasutā") is called Battlemaster and coexists with a new vocation that is called Gladiator in Japanese (グラディエーター, "Guradiētā"). The former is a powerful yet fragile offensive vocation while the later is more well rounded, if less powerful.

Battlemaster

Battlemaster as they appear in Stars

Known as Battlemaster this game, this vocation combines the knowledge of Warriors and Martial Artists and offers one of the most aggressive vocations in the game. This vocation has the highest strength among specialist vocations, but it's Defense and HP are its main weaknesses.

The preferred weapons for battlemaster include: Swords, Axes, Spears, Fans, Clubs, and Claws.

Anger boosts the user's Attack and Critical Hit rate for two turns, highly increasing the damage output of the Battlemaster who uses it while also lowering their Defenses and barring them from defending themselves. Anger works greatly in conjunction with a Paladin's Battle Buddy, as it protects the target from all attacks.

Charge Crash is a good skill for dealing damage, reducing the enemy's charge time. It can also deal Critical Hits.

Battle masters have the lowest Defense among all specialist vocations, so it should be used alongside other vocations that can cover their low defense, be it with the selflessness-like skills of the paladins, or with the shanties sung by Pirates. Battlemasters can also somewhat compensate their low defense with their passive parry skill, which gives them a slight evasion boost.

Level	Non-revocated 1-99	Revocation 1 1-99	Revocation 2 1-99	Revocation 3 1-99
1	Anger Lv 1 Strength +5 With Preferred Weapon	-	-	Angry Charge
5	Parry	-	-	-
10	Shortens Abilities Skill Gauge by 3% with preferred weapon.	Max HP +3	Max HP +3	Max HP +3
20	Anger Lvl 3	Resilience +3	Resilience +2	Resilience +2
30	Charge Crash Lvl 1	Anger Lvl 6	Anger Lvl 7	Anger Lvl 8
40	Critical Rate +1%	Strength +4	Resilience +2	Strength +2
50	Anger Lvl 5	Max HP +4	Max HP +3	Max HP +3
60	Charge Crash Lvl 3	Strength +4	Resilience +2	Strength +2
70	Strength +5	Charge Crash Lvl 6	Charge Crash Lvl 7	Charge Crash Lvl 8
80	Max HP +5	Abilities Skill Gauge -1% with preferred weapon.	Resilience +2	Resilience +2
90	Charge Crash Lvl 5	Max HP +3	Max HP +3	Max HP +2
99	-	Luck +5	Luck +5	Luck +5

The previous skills and perks are only available while using this vocation, and only for the character who unlocked them.

Leveling up the Battlemaster's corresponding basic vocations give it the following bonuses to the character:

Level	Warrior	Martial Artist
50	Warrior's Essence	Martial Artist's Essence
60	Max HP +10	Max HP +10
70	Shortens Charge Crash Skill Gauge by 3% with preferred weapon.	Shortens Anger Skill Gauge by 3% with preferred weapon.
80	Strength +5 with preferred weapon.	Critical Rate +1% with preferred weapon.
90	Shortens Charge Crash Skill Gauge by 5% with preferred weapon.	Shortens Anger Skill Gauge by 5% with preferred weapon.
99	Luck +5	Luck +5

Leveling an Battlemaster unlocks the following perks for the character, even when not using this vocation:

Level	Perk
60	Attack Down resistance +5%.
70	Strength +3
80	Auto Attack Critical Rate +3%.

Additionally, the following perk will be active only when using the battlemaster vocation:

Level	Vocational perk
80	Auto Attack Critial Rate +3%.

Gladiator

Gladiator as they appear in Stars

Gladiator (グラディエーター) is a brand new vocation from Dragon Quest of the Stars. It was introduced around the game's first anniversary alongside Astronomer and requires leveling up a Martial Artist and a Sailor. Gladiator offers a more balanced physical attacker, with better Defenses and HP than Battlemaster and while it does have weaker might, it's still a good, more durable alternative.

Gladiator has a peculiarity: one of it's vocational skills is passive: Revenge Mode cannot be activated at will like all other vocational skills, it fills up each time the Gladiator gets hit. When the skill is fully charged, it automatically charges the ct of the user's other skills for 70% of their capacity.

Star Dragon Stance is a unique skill because it locks the player into using it. Upon activating the stance, the skill begins charging again. The longest the wait for the second activation, the most powerful the attack will be.

Due to Attack Ability Tricks, all red skills charge 15% faster than when using them on other vocations, so Gladiators can be used to rapidly unleash attacks.

This vocation's preferred weapons include: Swords, Axes, Hammers, Fans, Clubs, and Claws.

Level	Non-revocated 1-99	Revocation 1 1-99	Revocation 2 1-99	Revocation 3 1-99
1	Star Dragon Stance Lvl 1 Resilience +10 with preferred weapon.	-	-	Revenge Power
5	Attack Ability Tricks 15%	-	-	-
10	Shortens Abilities Skill Gauge by 3% with preferred weapon.	Max HP +3	Max HP +3	Max HP +3
20	Star Dragon Stance Lvl 3	Resilience +3	Resilience +2	Resilience +2
30	Revenge Mode Lvl 1	Star Dragon Stance Lv6	Star Dragon Stance Lv7	Star Dragon Stance Lv8
40	Critical Rate +1%	Max HP +4	Resilience +2	Strength +2
50	Star Dragon Stance Lvl 5	Max HP +3	Max HP +3	Max HP +3
60	Revenge Mode Lvl 3	Resilience +8	Resilience +2	Strength +2
70	Strength +5	Revenge Mode Lvl 6	Revenge Mode Lvl 7	Revenge Mode Lvl 8
80	Max HP +5	Abilities Skill Gauge -1% with preferred weapon.	Resilience +2	Resilience} +2
90	Revenge Mode Lvl 5	Max HP +3	Max HP +5	Max HP +3
99	-	Luck +5	Luck +5	Luck +5

The previous skills and perks are only available while using this vocation, and only for the character who unlocked them.

Leveling up the Gladiator’s corresponding basic vocations give it the following bonuses to the character:

Level	Martial Artist	Sailor
50	Martial Artist's Essence	Sailor's Essence
60	Max HP +10	Max HP +10
70	Critical Rate +1%	Shortens Star Dragon Stance Skill Gauge by 3% with preferred weapon.
80	Critical Rate +1% with preferred weapon.	Resilience +5 with preferred weapon.
90	Critical Rate +1%	Shortens Star Dragon Stance Skill Gauge by 5% with preferred weapon.
99	Luck +5	Luck +5

Leveling an Gladiator unlocks the following perks for the character, even when not using this vocation:

Level	Perk
60	Blind resistance +5%
70	Max HP +5
80	Reduces Brutal Blow and Runaway Magic damage taken by 5%.

Additionally, the following perk will be active only when using the gladiator vocation:

Level	Vocational perk
80	Reduces Brutal Blow and Runaway Magic damage taken by 5%.

Dragon Quest Walk

Gladiators as they appear in Walk

Gladiators were added to the game in the January 2020 update, and require that a character has already reached Level 50 in the warrior and martial artist vocations to unlock. They can equip Axes, Claws, [[Spear}}s, and Swords.

Trivia

• The Gladiator's rank names in the remake versions of VI and VII refer to weight classes in combat sports, ranging from lightest to heaviest.

See also

• Brawling byrnie
• Tactical vest

Gallery

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  Terry displaying the capabilities of the vocation in the official guidebook

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  V-Jump guide for VI using Terry to detail the vocation

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  Concept artwork for the Gladiatrix