Gigaslash
"This ends right now!"
—Aurora unleashing Gigaslash in Dragon Quest Heroes.
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| Japanese | ギガスラッシュ |
| Rōmaji | Giga surashu |
| Type | Skill |
| Older names | Same |
Gigaslash is a recurring ability in the Dragon Quest series. It slices through a group of enemies with a blade made of ferocious lightning, dealing incredible damage in every appearance.
Similar lightning-imbued sword techniques first appeared in the manga Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, before making their game debut in VI; the name "Gigaslash" can thus be considered a genericised form of Dai's ultimate move Giga Strash (removing its connection to the character of Avan and his Strash technique).
Appearances[edit]
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake[edit]
Gigaslash was retroactively added to the 2024 remake, learned by the Hero at level 45. It inflicts 225~275 Strike damage to all enemies, instead of Lightning despite the animation effect, and costs 38 MP.
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride[edit]
A variant of Gigaslash appears in the remakes of V, Starker's Slash (プチスラッシュ) is learned by Starkers once he reaches level 65 and deals 150~330 Lighting damage.
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation[edit]
Gigaslash is learned by reaching rank 6 of the Hero profession. It deals 350~410 Lighting damage to one group for 20 MP.
Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past[edit]
Gigaslash has the same properties as in VI and is learned by reaching rank 7 as a Hero, rank 6 as a Champion, and rank 8 as a Ersatz Estark. In the 3DS remake, Gigaslash is now a vocation-exclusive ability and a character can only memorize it by mastering the monster vocation.
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King[edit]
Eight can learn Gigaslash as a sword-only technique after fully investing 100 skill points into either the "Sword" or "Courage" skills. If both skill are at maximum, he obtains Gigagash instead. The electrified slice targets one enemy group for 20 MP, and damage is calculated as (lvl+180 +/- [20+lvl]) for a cap of 207~239.
Angelo cannot learn this skill; he obtains Lightning Storm after mastering his sword skilltree instead.
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies[edit]
In IX, the Gigaslash ability is obtained by allocating 88 skill points to Sword skilltree, and can only be used by a character who currently has a sword-class weapon equipped. Its damage output has a base of 140~180 and a maximum of 340~380, reached when the sum of the character's Magical Might and Strength reach 300.
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age[edit]
The Luminary will learn gigaslash for 25 points in his Swordmastery skill tree. It costs 16 MP to use, targets all enemies, and deals up to 210~250 Lightning damage.
Dragon Quest Monsters[edit]
This ability requires the monster to reach level 33 with 231 HP, 164 MP, 198 Attack, 198 Agility and 198 Intelligence. It is naturally learned by the Esterk, LizardMan and MadKnight. It can also be learned by monsters with FireSlash, BoltSlash, VacuSlash, and IceSlash.
Dragon Quest Monsters 2[edit]
GigaSlash now requires 608 Intelligence to learn. It is naturally learned by the AsuraZoma, BeastNite, FooHero, Octoraid, Roboster2 and WarMantis.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart[edit]
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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker[edit]
Gigaslash is described as "a legendary technique for cutting down a single enemy." It costs 16 MP to use and is learned from:
- Captain Crow (55 points)
- Cleric (45 points)
- Cluboon III (53 points)
- Diamagon III (70 points)
- Über Knight (76 points)
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2[edit]
Gigaslash can be learned from all the skills it could be previously, as well as from Bjorn for 70 points, or from Ruin for 100 points.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D[edit]
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Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key[edit]
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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3[edit]
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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince[edit]
Gigaslash costs 20 MP and targets one enemy, with damage being the user's level plus 160~200. It is learned through the Charge Leader, Cleric, Just Ruler, Lightning Rod, and Vagabond talents.
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors[edit]
Gigaslash is a Master Stroke and is obtained late-game.
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below[edit]
Gigaslash appears as the Coup de Grâce of Aurora. She points her sword into the sky and summons lightning, then redirects it at a group of enemies.
Dragon Quest Heroes II: Twin Kings and the Prophecy's End[edit]
Gigaslash is the Coup de Grâce of Teresa when she is wielding a Sword.
Dragon Quest of the Stars[edit]
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Dragon Quest Rivals[edit]
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Dragon Quest Walk[edit]
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Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai[edit]
A prototype of Gigaslash appears in this series in the form of Zapple Strash, a maneuver where Dai enhances the power of his finishing move Avan Strash by first channeling the power of a Zapple spell into his sword.
A second prototype appears during Baran's battle with Dai: Baran attempts to cast a Kazap spell into his sword to perform his finishing move Gigabreak, but is so exhausted that he's forced to use the weaker Zapple spell instead, resulting in an unnamed attack functionally identical to Gigaslash. Dai himself later uses this attack instinctively in order to fend off Hadlar (where it is again identified only as an imperfect Gigabreak).
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
Gigaslash is the Hero's Final Smash. This time, it's powered by the non-playable Heroes from other Dragon Quest games.
Trivia[edit]
- Despite Gigaslash's name being derived from Giga Strash (a combination of Avan Strash and Gigabreak/Gigagash), it is generally portrayed as less powerful than Gigagash, which would make its videogame debut two games later.
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Gallery[edit]
Aurora getting ready to unleash Gigaslash.
