Dancer

The Dancer simply loves to dance

— Description from Dragon Quest VII

Dancer
Japanese name	踊り子
Rōmaji name	Odoriko
Gender	Male and/or Female
Game	Dragon Quest VI Dragon Quest VII Dragon Quest X Dragon Quest of the Stars Dragon Quest Walk

The Dancer is a vocational class in the Dragon Quest series.

The dancer has good style and Speed and can learn several different kinds of dances. When a party member becomes a dancer, they are more likely to avoid attacks.

Appearances

Main games

Dragon Quest VI

Bonus: Evade chance up Required for: Luminary

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	119
Strength	-30%
Agility	+30%
Defence	-40%
Style	+10%
Max HP	-30%
Max MP	-20%

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Twirler/Aspiring Talent	Entice Dance	0	Enemy Group	Distracts enemies from their next turn
2	Leaper	Deflect	5	Self	Redirects damage
3	Stage Debut	Strange Jig		Single Enemy	Steals MP from enemy
4	Break Dancer	Chaos Dance		Enemy Group	Confuses enemies
5	Tangoer	Hide		Self	Avoids attacks
6	Applauded	Stillness		???	Prevents dances from being performed
7	Great Dancer	Robmagic Dance		Single Enemy	Steals MP from enemy
8	Diva/Divine Dancer	Death Dance		All Enemies	May end up killing enemies

Dragon Quest VII

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	120
Strength	-30 Percent
Agility	+30 Percent
Guard	-40 Percent
Intelligence	Null
Appearance	+10 Percent
Max HP	-30 Percent
Max MP	-20 Percent

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Novice	n/a
2	Apprentice	LureDance	5	Single Enemy	May cause one enemy to dance, preventing them from acting on their turn	0
3	ToeTapper	ParryPass	18	Self	Prevents any physical attack to another party member	0
4	Dervish	OddDance	38	Single Enemy	Reduces the MP of a single enemy	0
5	Amateur	SideStep	53	Self	Increases the user chance of dodging an attack	0
6	Prancer	DanceShut	82	Enemy Group	Prevents a group of enemies from dancing	0
7	Bounder	Panidance	97	Enemy Group	May cause confusion to one group of enemies	0
8	TruTalent	K.O Dance	120	All Enemies	Has a chance of killing all enemies	0

Hybrid Abilities

Hybrid	Learns	Target	Info	MP
Martial Artist	JockDance	Enemy Group	Attacks one group of enemies with decreasing damage	0
Jester	BoxerDance	Enemy Group	Causes one group of enemies to laugh, preventing them from attacking	0
Mage	TakeMagic	Self	Absorbs the MP from one magic spell	0
Sailor	ShipDance	Single Enemy	If successful, prevents one enemy from acting the next turn	0
Shepherd	RamDance		Does nothing	0
Thief	RobDance	Single Enemy	Steals MP from one enemy	0
Warrior	SwordDanc	All Enemies	Four attacks to random enemies at 75 percent power	0

Usefulness

Original version

Although the Dancer takes 120 battles to master and it has some good skills, when Aishe joins the party, she has already mastered the dancer class. Aishe should be given the time to learn the Sword Dance skill as it is one of the best battle skills in Dragon Quest VII. It is also the most cost effective skill in terms of overall power.

The Hero and Ruff should also learn the Sword Dance skill. It takes 108 battles to bring both classes' levels to the 5th tier where they will learn Sword Dance.

Remake

By itself, the Dancer has quite a few battle-tilting dances, but they tend to have little effect against hardier foes. Aishe starts with this class already mastered, so it would be wise to turn her to a different path. To evolve to Luminary and increase her stun rate, Aishe needs Troubadour and Jester. For everyone else, it may just be smart to either skip this class or master it early to focus on other vocations more suited to them.

Dragon Quest X

The Dancer is one of the two advanced vocations available in version 3.0 of Dragon Quest X. They can dual wield Fans, Knives, and Wands, and can also use Fisticuffs, each one with their own individual skill trees; their exclusive skill tree is called Song (うた). Their Coup de Grâce is the Argami Dance. Dancers excel in their unique dancing and singing skills, which can buff allies with a variety of positive effects as well as hinder their enemies.

Other games

Dragon Quest of the Stars

A Standard Vocation which needs to be of at least level 50 to access the Pirate and Superstar Specialist Vocations.

Preferred weapon types:

• Knives
• Fans
• Boomerangs

Vocation Skill

Lv 1	✠Fleetfoot Lv 1
	Strength +5 with preferred weapon
Lv 5	Ability CT cut 3% with preferred weapon
Lv 10	✸️Frizz Lv 3
Lv 15	Magic Attack +10
Lv 20	✠Fleetfoot Lv 3
Lv 25	Strength +5 with preferred weapon
Lv 30	✸️Frizz Lv. 3 upgrades to ✸️Frizzle Lv. 1
Lv 35	Strength +5
Lv 40	✸️Frizzle Lv 2
Lv 45	Strength +5 with preferred weapon
Lv 50	✠Fleetfoot Lv 5
Lv 55	Ability CT cut 3% with preferred weapon
Lv 60	✸️Frizzle Lv 3

Vocation Bonus

For associated Specialist Vocations

Lv 50	🔰Dancer's Essence
Lv 60	Max HP +10
Lv 70	Blast Tricks (Low) (Pirate) / On Stage Tricks (Low) (Superstar) with preferred weapon
Lv 80	Strength +5 (Pirate) / Magic Attack +10 (Superstar) with preferred weapon
Lv 90	Blast Tricks (Pirate) / On Stage Tricks (Superstar) with preferred weapon
Lv 99	Luck +5

Dragon Quest Walk

Dancer is one of the base vocations, available from the start.

Preferred weapon types:

• Knives
• Swords
• Whips

Dragon Quest Champions

Preferred weapon types:*Whips

• Boomerangs
• Swords

Gallery

The Hero and Maribel as Dancers

Dancer's in Dragon Quest Walk.

Notable Dancers

• Maya (though her abilities are based on the Mage)
• Lala
• Aishe
• Sylvando, while not officialy recognized as a dancer, shares many common abilities with one.

Other languages

Other languages
French	Unknown
German	Tänzer
Spanish	Unknown
Italian	Unknown
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