Breath attack
In the Dragon Quest games, many enemies such as Dragons and Demons have breath weapons. These skills typically use the fire and ice elements, but beginning with the ninth game darkness and light exhalations have been added to the series and further elements have been added since. Regardless of which element is used, breath skills target all party members and often cost fewer MP than spells do.
Breath skills are not limited solely to monsters, however; certain vocations and Munchie's various cheeses produce duplicate effects, and some characters can even learn these skills naturally.
Lists of breath attacks[edit]
Ailment-inducing breath[edit]
Status ailment breath skills are not affected by Insulatle due to their nature, but can be repelled with Backdraft, Brake Wind, and Reverse Cycle.
- Acid Breath
- Air Pollution
- Bemusing Breath
- Bewildering Breath
- Blunting Balloon
- Boogie Breath
- Burning Breath
- Burning Fog
- Corrosive Breath
- Crafty Breather
- Cursed Breath
- Cursed Mist
- Deadly Breath
- Genocide Breath
- Haunted Breath
- Impure Breath
- Magic-Melting Breath
- Mirage Breath
- Necrogond Miasma
- Nightmare Breath
- Panic Breath
- Paralysing Gas
- Poison Breath
- Poison Gas
- Poison Mist
- Putrid Breath
- Sealing Breath
- Sleep Smog
- Spore Breath
- Stack Breath
- Sweet Breath
- Venom Breath
- Venom Mist
Blast/Light[edit]
Darkness[edit]
- Black Blight
- Black Breath
- Black Scanner Breath
- Boundless Darkness
- Dark Breath
- Dark Flames
- Dark Sphere
- Darkflame Barrage
- Darkness Breath
- Demonic Mist
- Dire Pyre
- Dream Miasma
- Grim Breath
- Malevolent Miasma
- Ruination Orb
- Shadow Ball
Earth[edit]
Fire[edit]
- Abyssal Breath
- Anger Brimstone
- Blazing Fireball
- Darklite Breath
- Draconic Flame
- Engulfing Hellfire
- Fire
- Fire Breath
- Firestorm
- Fiery Breath
- Flame Ball
- Flame Breath
- Heat Flame
- Hellfire
- Hellitosis
- Hot Hypnoglobe
- Hot Lick
- Incinerate
- Incinerator Globe
- Infernal Breath
- Infernal Flames
- Inferno
- Infernorb
- Megafire
- Molten Exhale
- Nadirian Flames
- Raidermasque
- Scanner Breath
- Scorch
- Scorcher Globe
- Singe
- Smouldering Breath
- Smouldering Sphere
- Sizzling Twinfire
- Thermal Breath
- Volcanic Breath
- Volcanic Flame
- Wildfire
Ice[edit]
- Blizzard Breath
- C-c-cold Breath
- Chilly Breath
- Cold Hypnoglobe
- Cool Breath
- Earth Blizzard
- Eternal Frost
- Freezing Blizzard
- Freezing Breath
- Frigid Breath
- Ice
- Ice Age
- Icy Exhale
- Snowbird Breath
- Snowstorm
- White Ice
Lightning[edit]
- Blessed Breath
- Bolt Storm
- Bright White Light
- Fulmination Breath
- Heavenly Lightning
- Jolting Breath
- Lightning Breath
- Thunder Breath
- Thunderball
Wind[edit]
- Cutting Breath
- Cyclone Breath
- Forest Breath
- Galeforce Breath
- Squall Orb
- Swirly Breath
- Tempest
- Whirling Twinsphere
- Wind Breath
Countering bad breath[edit]
The Backdraft, Brake Wind, & Reverse Cycle abilities can reflect breath attacks back at their source and protect the entire party, but the effect will only last for one turn. The skills Breathtaking Bash and Gobstopper can shut an enemy's trap outright for several turns akin to the Fizzle spell. Insulate and Insulatle will halt halitosis by a large degree, and the abilities Brownie Boost and Mind Over Matter will do the same.
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