Martial Artist

Instead of relying on swords, the Fighter uses his very body as a weapon.

— Dragon Quest VII

Martial Artist
Former name(s)	Fighter
Japanese name	武闘家
Rōmaji name	Budouka
Gender	Male and/or Female
Game	III VI VII IX X Heroes II Of the Stars Walk A Hero's Bond Champions

The Martial Artist is a Vocation in the Dragon Quest series.

Martial Artists have a great amount of speed, agility, and strength. They can deal devastating amounts of damage from a single strike, and can be equipped with a variety of weapons. However, if equipped with any weapon other than a claw, a Fighter's abilities will actually decrease, as his or her attack power will lower considerably. This is because Fighters prefer to attack with their bare hands, and so only claw type weapons will make their attack power rise.

A Martial Artist has a higher chance of scoring a critical hit on an enemy than other classes.

Appearances

Main games

Dragon Quest III

Unlike the other titles that came after, in Dragon Quest III, Martial Artists (or Fighters), similarly to Warriors, did not naturally learn any type of spell or skill, being strictly restricted to the simple "Attack" option; unlike Warriors however, Martial Artists have several advantages: for starters, they have an increased critical hit ratio, letting them to deal critical damage more often. Furthermore, a Martial Artist does not need to equip the most heavy of armors and most weapons, in fact, with the exception of the Claws, weapons lower their overall damage, meaning that they are cheap to mantain. Paired with their superior Speed, a natural Martial Artist, who lacks any extra ability from other vocations, is often the better choice to a likewise unaltered Warrior.

Dragon Quest VI

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Agility	+15%
Defence	-10%
Max. MP	-50%

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed
1	White Belt	Leg Sweep	1
2	Orange Belt/Yellow Belt	Roundhouse Kick	16
3	Yellow Belt/Green Belt	Wind Sickles	32
4	Blue Belt/Brown Belt	Dodgy Dance	60
5	Brown Belt/Black Belt	Spirit Punch	90
6	Red Belt	Strike Weakness	125
7	Black Belt	Tossfiend	158
8	Fight King	Swordline	200

Dragon Quest VII

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Strength	0%
Agility	+15%
Guard	-10%
Intelligence	-20%
Appearance	0%
Max HP	0%
Max MP	-50%

Abilities

Level	Title (PSX / 3DS)	Learns (PSX / 3DS)	Battles Needed (PSX / 3DS)
1	Beginner / White Belt	n/a	n/a
2	Novice / Yellow Belt	LegSweep / Leg Sweep	16 / 8
3	Grappler / Green Belt	JumpKick / Flying Knee	16
4	BlackBelt / Brown Belt	Roundhous / Roundhouse Kick	18 / 25
5	Assassin / Black Belt	Suplex / Heave-Ho	20 / 35
6	Ninja / Instructor	WarCry / Pressure Pointer	35 / 45
7	Sensei / Dojo Master	Punch / Knuckle Sandwich	25 / 57
8	Master / Fist of Fate	WindBeast / Wind Sickles	30 / 82

Hybrid Abilities

Hybrid	Learn
Dancer	JockDance
Jester	Retaliate
Mage	FireAir
Mariner	BigTrip
Shepherd	RamAttack
Thief	K.O.Punch

Usefulness

The Martial Artist skill Wind Beast is worth learning as it grows in strength the higher the level. In terms of development, the Martial Artist class is required to master in order to become a Gladiator and Paladin. The great thing about Martial Artists is that these two classes combine to make a Champion. The Champion is worth investing some time and battles in getting if the player is looking to go to the bonus dungeons.

The Martial Artist hybrid skills are not very exciting except for Jock Dance. However, Roundhouse does the same thing and it doesn't require changing into a Dancer to do so.

Dragon Quest IX

The Martial Artist vocation is available after visiting Stornway and has the unique skill set "Focus." Martial Artists can also use skill points to learn fan, staff, claw, and Fisticuffs skills. Their coup de grâce is "Roaring Tirade," which terrorizes all enemies and raises tension by one level.

Focus

Points	Name
4	War Cry
10	Natural Agility +10
16	Psyche Up
22	Natural Strength +10
32	Mens Sana
42	Natural Max HP +30
55	Mind Over Matter
68	Natural Agility +30
82	Meditation
100	Natural Agility +60

Dragon Quest X

TThe Martial Artist is one of the six starting vocations available in version 1.0 of Dragon Quest X. They can use Claws, Staves, Spears, Fans, and Fisticuffs, each one with their own individual skill trees, with their exclusive skill tree being once again Focus (きあい Kiai). Their coup de grâce is likewise Roaring Tirade (一喝) once again. They have very high Strength and Agility and make use of tension, making them fast and powerful yet fragile attackers.

Heroes series

Dragon Quest Heroes II

Teresa and Lazarel can become Martial Artists from the start; once they have reached level 20 they become able to become Gladiators if also the Warrior vocation has reached level 20.

As a Martial Artists, they can equip melee Staves and Claws.

Other games

Dragon Quest of the Stars

A Standard Vocation which needs to be of at least level 50 to access the Battlemaster, Paladin and Gladiator Specialist Vocations.

Preferred weapon types:

• Fans
• Clubs
• Claws

Vocation Skill

Lv 1	●Knuckle Sandwich Lv 1
	Strength +5 with preferred weapon
Lv 3	Critical Rate +3%
Lv 5	Ability CT cut 3% with preferred weapon
Lv 10	●Knuckle Sandwich Lv 3
Lv 15	Critical Rate +1%
Lv 20	✠Pepper-Upper Lv 1
Lv 25	Strength +5 with preferred weapon
Lv 30	✠Pepper-Upper Lv 3
Lv 35	Critical Rate +1%
Lv 40	●Knuckle Sandwich Lv 5
Lv 45	Strength +5 with preferred weapon
Lv 50	✠Pepper-Upper Lv 5
Lv 55	Ability CT cut 3% with preferred weapon
Lv 60	●Knuckle Sandwich Lv 7

Vocation Bonus

For associated Specialist Vocations

Lv 50	🔰Martial Artist's Essence
Lv 60	Max HP +10
Lv 70	Rage Tricks (Low) (Battlemaster) / Solar Flair Tricks (Low) (Paladin) with preferred weapon / Critical Rate +1% (Gladiator)
Lv 80	Resilience +5 (Battlemaster, Paladin) / Critical Rate +1% (Gladiator) with preferred weapon
Lv 90	Rage Tricks (Battlemaster) / Solar Flair Tricks (Paladin) with preferred weapon / Critical Rate +1% (Gladiator)
Lv 99	Luck +5

Dragon Quest Walk

Martial Artist is one of the base vocations, available from the start.

Preferred weapon types:

• Claws
• Spears
• Whips

Dragon Quest Champions

Preferred weapon types:

• Melee Staves
• Spears
• Claws

Notable Martial Artists

• Selectable vocation in Dragon Quest III, Dragon Quest VII and Dragon Quest IX
• Alena
• Carver
• Mjoll
• Jade

Gallery

Dragon Quest III martial artist.

Maribel's Martial Artist artwork for the Dragon Quest VII 3DS remake.

Dragon Quest IX martial artist.

Martial Artist's in Dragon Quest Walk.

Trivia

• Akira Toriyama drew the Dragon Quest III Martial Artist to look very similar to his Dragon Ball character Mercenary Tao.
• In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, there is a Brawler Mii Costume for Male and Female. These outfits are based on the ones seen in DQIII.

Other languages

Other languages
French	Artiste martial
German	Kampfkünstler
Spanish	Artes maciales
Italian	Artista Marziale/Marzialista
Dutch	Unknown
Norwegian	Unknown
Greek	Unknown
Portuguese	Unknown
Russian	Unknown
Chinese	Unknown
Korean	Unknown

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