Lightning Storm is a recurring ability/spell in the Dragon Quest series.
Description[]
Damages all enemies with lightning summoned from the depths of Nadiria.
Appearances[]
Dragon Quest IV Remakes[]
Only appearing in the remakes, Lightning Storm is learned by Psaro at level 53 and costs 25 MP to use.
Dragon Quest VI[]
Making its debut, it can only be learned by advancing to rank 7 of the Hero or Liquid Metal Slime vocations and can deal 210-290 damage on all enemies, costing 25 MP to use. It is also Rank 8 of Terry's Lucky Dip antics, remembering the words Dhuran taught him: "You must become stronger. Understand?"
Dragon Quest VII[]
Learned by mastering the Slaughtomaton and advancing to Rank 7 of the Druid (Rank 5 in the 3DS remake), it acts the same as in VI, and once again costs 25 MP to use. It is also used by the Almighty Numen in battle.
Dragon Quest VIII[]
Lightning Storm is a skill acquired for the Hero at 100 skill points in his Spear skill tree, or for Angelo at 100 points in his Sword skill tree, costing 25 MP once again. This version of the skill is slightly weakened compared to previous installments, dealing 190~220 damage on a group of enemies. Juggerwroth and the Lord of the Dragovians can also use this skill in battle.
Dragon Quest IX[]
Lightning Storm is a special Spear skill available if the character possesses the 'Clear Spear Theory' in their inventory. It costs 26 MP to use, with damage being calculated through the user's Strength and Magical Might. It is also used by Tantamounts, Corvus in his final forme, and the Equinox in battle.
Dragon Quest X[]
Learned by investing 140 skill points into the Spear skill tree, it acts the same as in previous appearances, but can potentially paralyze enemies, and even lower their resistance to paralysis from this game onwards. It costs 8 MP to use, and is also used by Silver swordsmen, Gold mantles, Belial, Hellbound hair-raisers, Monogettes, Illusion Knights, Destructive Nightmares, Darkness of Envy, Pharaoh Carmen, its Evil God Palace version, Dhuran, Patriarch Orstov, Basillus Keeper, Chiya Raijin, Burgun Equinox, Demon Zeratide, Kukuhawker, Palmio II, Unfinished Hakai King, Pujyu's Dark Deity forme, Vanitatos, Magic prison graduate, Jagonuba's final forme, Cursed Great Architect Zenus, Chupi-chan, MA Machine God, and Giant Training Soldier, as well as the Equinox and Tantamounts once again. It can also be learned by investing 40 skill points into a recruited Imp and a recruited Bambooligan's Secret Spear tree from both halves of 3.2 onwards. In the Offline version of the game, it is a Coup de Grâce learned by investing 11 skill points into the Hero's Spear skill tree and 12 skill points into Prince Laguas's Spear skill tree, costing 50% Tension to use.
Dragon Quest XI[]
Acting the same as in X, it is learned by Jade after investing 20 skill points in her Spears Character Builder. It costs 24 MP to use, and is also used by Mordragon, the King of Metal king slimes, Nagasus, and Hunkorvus in battle, as well as Equinoxes once again.
Dragon Warrior Monsters[]
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Dragon Quest Swords[]
Lightning Storm is a Master Stroke.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker[]
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Dragon Quest Heroes and Dragon Quest Heroes II[]
Terry's Coup de Grâce in both games, he infuses his sword with lightning and sends a big lightning sword beam, similar to the Battle Road series. It is also used by Shadroth during the final battle of the first Heroes game, creating a large lightning ball that sucks enemies towards it and explodes, damaging enemies in range.
Dragon Quest Tact[]
Learned by Malroth at level 54, it damages all enemies in range while very rarely paralyzing them and costs 138 MP for the Master of Destruction to cast. A variant of this skill, Secret Lightning Storm, is also Terry's Coup de Grace. It is also used by Psaro during his boss fight and Randolfo.
Dragon Quest Rivals[]
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Dragon Quest Walk[]
Learned at level 30 when wielding the Sunderbolt blade, it deals 500% Zap and/or Zam slashing damage to all enemies and costs 56 MP to use.
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Trivia[]
- The animation for Lighting Storm in the SNES version of VI was recolored to gold and used as the animation for Kazap in the 16-bit version of III.
Other languages[]
| Other languages | |
| French | Orage d'éclairs |
| German | Blitzgewitter Blitzer (M) |
| Spanish | Tormenta luminosa |
| Italian | Tempesta di fulmin Tempesta di Saette (VII) |
| Dutch | Unknown |
| Norwegian | Unknown |
| Greek | Unknown |
| Portuguese | Unknown |
| Russian | Unknown |
| Chinese | Unknown |
| Korean | Unknown |