Armamentalist

Armamentalist
Japanese name	魔法戦士
Rōmaji name	Mahou Senshi
Gender	Male and/or Female
Game	VI VII IX X Walk

An Armamentalist, also known as Magic Knight, is a vocational class in the Dragon Quest series.

Appearances

Main games

Dragon Quest VI

The Armamentalist gains strong spells and skills at the expense of most stats. A character needs skills from both the Warrior and Mage sets to become a Armamentalist.

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	239
Strength	+5%
Agility	-10%
Defence	-15%
Max HP	-10%
Max MP	+10%

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Blaze Fighter	Flame Slash		One Enemy	Attacks enemy with fire slash
2	Bikiller	Oomph		One ally	Increases attack power of an ally	6
3	Zap Killer	Electric Slash		One Enemy	Attacks enemy with lightning slash
4	Super Killer	Reflect		Party	Casts Bounce on whole party	4
5	Blizzarder	Ice Slash		One Enemy	Attacks enemy with icy slash
6	Expeller	Limbo		One enemy	Removes an enemy from battle	8
7	Magma Sword	Magma		???	Attacks multiple enemies
8	Fource Road	Kafrizzle		One enemy	Really burns an enemy	10

Dragon Quest VII

For the PSX version, see Ranger.

In the Nintendo 3DS version of Dragon Quest VII, the Armamentalist is an intermediate vocational class. A character must master the Warrior and Mage classes to become an Armamentalist.

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	173
Strength	+5%
Agility	-10%
Guard	-15%
Intelligence	Null
Appearance	Null
Max HP	-10%
Max MP	+10%
Mastery Bonus	+20 Bonus to MP

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed
1	Firestarter	Bounce, Midheal	1
2	Powerbearer	Swoosh, Flameslash	10
3	Stormbringer	Kabuff, Insulate	20
4	Spellbinder	Oomph, Lightning Slash	42
5	Frostburner	Zap, Kacrackle Slash	66
6	Novablaster	Kasnooze, Bazoom	96
7	Earthshaker	Kafrizzle, Kasizzle	123
8	Forcewielder	Miracle Slash	173

Dragon Quest IX

Armamentalist is an advanced vocation in IX, and is essentially a combination of a mage and warrior. Their function is to buff the team (mainly using Oomph) and debuff the enemy. An armamentalist can wield wands, bows, swords and Shields, while also being able to weaken enemies with a variety of status effects (they only learn two buffs). None of their spells deal direct damage to enemies (unlike the mage, sage and priest) and they possess average defenses. One of their main selling points is the fashionable class outfits they receive. They have more MP than the warrior and gladiator combined and are also faster than both, meaning if you want to play a decently strong class with enough MP to use a lot of spells and abilities, the armamentalist is a great choice. With the proper skill sets learned from other jobs they become great all rounders, although this applies to most classes. Their coup de grâce, "Voice of Experience", which increases the EXP payout after battle by a random multiplier (x1.1 - x1.9) is among the most useful coups de grâce in the game.

The armamentalist's class-unique skill is the Fource. The Fource skill tree provides bonuses to health, defense, strength, charm and attack. You will also unlock different elemental Fources, (e.g. Fire Fource) that the armamentalist can imbue themselves or other party members with, raising their attack and defense as well as allowing them to deal damage based on the used element of the Fource, which is very helpful for dealing with legacy bosses. Multiple can be used on a character at a time, and if the level 40 class quest for the armamentalist is completed, the player receives an item that allows all party members to gain the effects of a selected Fource.

Unlockable by completing the following quest:

Quest #109 - "Elementary Training"
Location	Alltrades Abbey
Available at	After defeating Master of Nu'Un
Requested by	Windy
Response to	Windy
Requirement	Defeating 2 Metal slime by a mage casted Wizard Ward
Reward	Armamentalist class become available.
Detail	Windy at Alltrades Abbey says you must use the Fource of Mother Nature if you want to join the great fellowship of armamentalists. He wants you to erect a Wizard Ward before defeating two metal slimes in battle.
Hint for solution	Equip your mage party member with Poison needle, and weaken the slime with a Metal Slash, a sword skill, after you have casted Wizard Ward.

Fource

Required points	MP	Name	Effects
4	4	Fire Fource	Adds fire element to target (self or ally).
10		Natural Strength +10	Permanently adds 10 to strength.
16	4	Frost Fource	Adds ice element to target (self or ally).
22		Natural Resilience +20	Permanently adds 20 to defence.
32	4	Gale Fource	Adds wind and lightning elements to target (self or ally).
42		Natural Charm +10	Permanently adds 10 to Charm.
55	4	Funereal Fource	Adds earth and darkness elements to target (self or ally).
68		Natural Magical Might +30	Permanently adds 30 to Mag. Might.
82	4	Life Fource	Adds light element to target (self or ally).
100		Natural Max. HP +30	Permanently adds 30 HP to max HP.

Spells

Name	Level	MP	Description
Dazzle	2	5	Envelops a group of enemies in illusions.
Sap	5	4	Reduces the defence of a single enemy.
Snooze	8	3	Puts a group of enemies to sleep.
Decelerate	10	3	Reduces the agility of a single enemy.
Acceleratle	12	4	Raises the agility of all party members.
Fizzle	14	3	Prevents a group of enemies from using magic.
Kasap	16	8	Reduces the defence of a group of enemies.
Fuddle	20	5	Sends a group of enemies into confusion.
Deceleratle	24	5	Reduces the agility of a group of enemies.
Kasnooze	28	8	Sends all enemies into a deep sleep.
Kafuddle	31	10	Sends all enemies into a state of confusion.
Oomph	39	8	Increases the attack of a single party member.

Dragon Quest X

The Armamentalist is one of the six advanced vocations available in version 1.0 of Dragon Quest X. They can use Swords, Bows, Heavy Wands, Fisticuffs and Shields, each one with their own individual skill trees, with their exclusive skill tree being once again Fource (フォース). Their coup de grâce is Wizard's Wheel (マジックルーレット). While their stats are generally avarage, their skill Fource, more than makes up for this by allowing the armamentalist to imbue their own and allies’ attacks with various elements and provide various support.

In Astoltia, the Armamentalist Corps are a military organization, specialized in monster suppressions, at the service of the kingdom of Verinard of the Wenna Islands, and as such, while they do have the authority to operate internationally, most of them are of Wetling origin.

Other games

Dragon Quest of the Stars

A Specialist Vocation acquired from an Armamentalist scroll (obtained from the Armamentalist's Sanctuary) for a character with a level of at least 50 for both the Warrior and the Mage Standard Vocations.

Preferred weapon types:

• Swords
• Axes
• Spears
• Knives
• Wands
• Whips

Vocation Skill

Lv 1	✠Magic Flurry Lv 1
	Magic Attack +10 with Preferred Weapon
Lv 5	🔰Attack Spell Tricks
Lv 10	Spell CT cut 3% with Preferred Weapon
Lv 20	✠Magic Flurry Lv 3
Lv 30	◆Magic Barrier Lv 1
Lv 40	Magic Attack +10
Lv 50	✠Magic Flurry Lv 5
Lv 60	◆Magic Barrier Lv 3
Lv 70	Strength +5
Lv 80	Max HP +5
Lv 90	◆Magic Barrier Lv 5

Revocation 1

Lv 10	Max HP +3
Lv 20	Resilience +3
Lv 30	◆Magic Barrier Lv 6
Lv 40	Strength +4
Lv 50	Max HP +3
Lv 60	Magic Attack +8
Lv 70	✠Magic Flurry Lv 6
Lv 80	Spell CT cut 1% with preferred weapon
Lv 90	Max HP +3
Lv 99	Luck +5

Revocation 2

Lv 10	Max HP +3
Lv 20	Resilience +2
Lv 30	◆Magic Barrier Lv 7
Lv 40	Resilience +2
Lv 50	Max HP +3
Lv 60	Resilience +2
Lv 70	✠Magic Flurry Lv 7
Lv 80	Resilience +2
Lv 90	Max HP +3
Lv 99	Luck +5

Revocation 3

Lv 1	🔰 Magic Flurry X-Slash
Lv 10	Max HP +3
Lv 20	Resilience +2
Lv 30	◆Magic Barrier Lv 8
Lv 40	Strength +2
Lv 50	Max HP +3
Lv 60	Strength +2
Lv 70	✠Magic Flurry Lv 8
Lv 80	Resilience +2
Lv 90	Max HP +3
Lv 99	Luck +5

Vocation Bonus

Lv 60	Spell-vulnerable resistance +5%
Lv 70	Strength +3
Lv 80	Attack Spell Runaway Rate +3%

Dragon Quest Walk

In order to become a Armamentalist, the party member must first reach level 50 on the Warrior and Mage.

Preferred weapon types:

• Swords
• Knives
• Wands
• Whips

Trivia

• Before the release of Dragon Quest VI, the dragon knights from Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai displayed the ability to combine spells with melee attacks thanks to the Magic Sword ability that was unique to them.
• Functionally the Armamentalist is identical to the Red Mage Job Class from the Final Fantasy series, being able to equip swords and shields and use magic at the cost of below average stats. The artwork of the male Armamentalist from IX even wears an outfit very similar to the standard Red Mage outfit. You also need to complete a quest in order to unlock the the armamentalist, like the Red Mage.
• The coats of armamentalists from IX as well as the rapiers seen in the official artwork resemble 17th, 18th, and 19th century military fashion. The outfits likely contribute a lot to their popularity as a class.
• The name armamentalist is a play on the words armament, meaning weapon, and mentalist, describing a sort of magician. It also sounds similar to the word elemental, referencing their use of the elements in their magic.

Other languages

Other languages
French	Armagicien
German	Schwertmagier
Spanish	Armamentalista
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