Shade Slash (Dark Spike in DQotS and Tact) is a recurring skill in the Dragon Quest series.
Appearances
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Series
Reappearing from the first Battle Road onwards, it is the blue button skill for the Belial that damages one enemy.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2/Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional
Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D
Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key
Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3/Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 Professional
Dragon Quest of the Stars
Obtained during the Stargazer's Temple of the Deep event, it can be equipped to any weapon and deals 160% Zam type damage to one enemy, with the max being 240% Zam type damage when fully upgraded.
Dragon Quest Tact
Learned by Great trolls at level 31, Ghouls at level 32, Dragon zombies and Dark skeletons at level 42, Knight aberrants, Trolls, and Grim grinners at level 22, Mummy boys at level 18, and Corpse corporals at level 16, it deals 180% physical Zam damage to one enemy and costs 17 MP to use. A scroll of this ability can be obtained for 1,500 Tricolour Rice Dumplings, DQVII and Beast Festival Medals and/or 3,000 Legend League Medals at the Swap Shop, as well as clearing Stage 7 of Ace of Spades's Battle Road.
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