Hot Needle

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Hot Needle is a skill that appears exclusively in Dragon Quest Tact. It is one of the Death scorpion's signature abilities, repeatedly skewering an enemy with fiery stings from its tail.

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Dragon Quest Tact[edit]

Hot Needle can be learned by Death scorpion at level 44 and costs 36 MP to use. It has a range of up to three spaces away from it, inflicts 65% potency Frizz-type physical damage three times to a single enemy, and has a chance to lower their DEF for three turns.

Hot Needle (ファイアニードル Faianīdoru)Tactlogo.png
Ability information
Hot Needle
Role * Type * Element MP cost
Debuff Physical DQTact Frizz.png 36
Range Additional effects
DQTact Range1.png
1-3
DQTact DEFDown.png
DEF Down
Description
Deals Frizz-type physical damage (65% potency) to 1 enemy 3 times, rarely lowers DEF for 3 turns
Naturally learnt by
Death scorpion