Kamikazee

Kamikazee is a recurring spell in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in Dragon Quest II, the spell attempts to destroy all enemies at the cost of the user's own life. A healing variant of the spell was later introduced with the Kerplunk incantation.

Description[]

The spell is often associated with supportive roles. It is also commonly seen on the dreaded rockbomb.

Appearances[]

Dragon Quest II[]

Making its debut, it is learned by the Prince of Cannock at Level 28 and would slay all enemies attacking the party. The caster of the spell would, as the original name implies, also perish along with the enemies. The spell has no resistance tag whatsoever for normal enemies in the game's programming in any version, giving it perfect accuracy against everything but boss monsters. The downside to this is that no experience points or gold are gained after battle. It costs 1 MP to cast, and is also used by Batmandrills and Pazuzu in battle against their enemies.

Dragon Quest III[]

Acquired by those of the Priest and Sage vocations at Level 41, and no longer negates any experience points or gold when cast. It costs 1 MP to cast once again, and is also known by the Rockbombs introduced to the series from this installment. The living landmines are notorious for casting this spell and wiping out whole parties when they are low on HP, so dealing with them swiftly is paramount. It is also used by Imps in battle, though they fail at casting it due to 0 MP.

Dragon Quest IV[]

Kamikazee is activated if someone is wearing a kamikazee bracer upon defeat, but otherwise, no one learns the spell. The scarcity of the effect is balanced by a fantastic range of effectivness, with only the Lost soul, Pocus poppet, Night emperor, Float-o-copier, Sasquash, Prince of darkness, Emperor wyvern, metal slimes, and boss monsters having any resistance at all. It is also used by Rockbombs and Imps once again, though the latter will fail at casting it once again.

Dragon Quest V[]

Learned by Sancho at level 30 and alreadly learned by recruited Rockbombs and Ticking Timeburrms, it acts the same as in previous appearnaces, though the average monster is fully vulnerable to it as well, making the effectiveness of Kamikazee turn into figurative Hail Marys when battles are looking grim. It costs 1 MP to cast once again, and is also used by Ticking timeburrms in battle.

Only the Pink elephant, Blizzybody, Necromancer, Hades helm, Hyperpyrexion, Mandrake marauder, Bomboulder, Moosifer, Balhib, Archdemon, Great dragon, Deathsquad, Mechan-o'-wyrm, Barbatos, Bilhaw, Metal Slimes, and boss monsters have any resistance to the spell at all, less than a tenth of the monster list.

Name	Level
Ticking timeburrm	--
Rockbomb	--
Sancho	30

Dragon Quest VI[]

Learned by advancing to Rank 7 of the Sage vocation, Kamikazee no longer has its own resistance tag in the game's programming, using Whack's instead. To double the usual hit race as well, for an accuracy of 100%, 100%, 75%, 0%. It costs 1 MP to cast once again and is also used by Rockbombs once again. It is also already learned by recruited Rockbombs once again, though only in the SNES original.

Dragon Quest VII[]

Learned by advancing to Rank 5 of the Champion vocation (Rank 6 in the 3DS remake), and Rank 6 of the Rockbomb vocation, it acts the same as in VI and costs 1 MP to cast once again, while also being used by Rockbombs in battle once again. In the 3DS remake, it is learned by advaning to Rank 6 of the Pirate vocation and Rank 4 of the Hero vocation.

Dragon Quest VIII[]

Learned by investing 70 points into the Hero's Courage skill tree, it acts the same as in previous appearances and costs 1 MP to cast once again, with the base damage calculated as HPx0.99. It is also used by Imps and Rockbombs once again, though the former will fail at casting it once again.

Dragon Quest IX[]

Kamikazee is learned by paladins at level 33 and acts the same as in previous appearances. It costs 1 MP to cast once again, and is also used by Moai minstrels, as well as Rockbombs once again.

Dragon Quest X[]

An enemy only spell in this entry, it is used by Wimps, Rainbow rocks, and Jiarocks, as well as Rockbombs and Batmandrills once again.

Dragon Quest XI[]

Learned by Rab at level 53, it acts the same as in previous appearances and costs 1 MP to cast for the first time since IX. It is also used by Hard-boiled eggsoskeletons, as well as Rockbombs once again.