Tongue Lashing is a recurring skill in the Dragon Quest series.
Description[]
Tries to give a single enemy goosebumps by licking them, making said enemy miss a turn.
Appearances[]
Dragon Quest I HD-2D Remake[]
Only appearing in the game's HD-2D Remake, it is used by Antguzzlers once again.
Dragon Quest II HD-2D Remake[]
Only appearing in the game's HD-2D Remake, it is used by Mauluscs and Venomolluscs, as well as Antguzzlers once again.
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake[]
Only appearing in the HD-2D Remake, it is already learned by Monster Wranglers when they are recruited. It costs 2 MP to use, and is used by Antguzzlers in battle.
Dragon Quest V[]
Making its debut, it is learned by recruited Ghosts, Mudrakers, Walking corpses, Jailcats at level 3, Minidemons at level 4, and Powie yowies at level 20. It is also used by Walking corpses, Poxtongues, Lindworms, and Toxtongues in battle against their enemies.
Dragon Quest VI[]
Learned by advancing to Rank 3 of the Gadabout vocation, as well as Spot at level 3. It is also used by Lipses and Kissers, as well as Walking corpses once again. It can also be learned by recruited Lipses and Walking corpses, though only in the SNES version.
Dragon Quest VII[]
Learned by advancing to rank 6 of the Jester vocation (Rank 5 in the 3DS remake) and Rank 2 of the Lips, it acts the same as in its previous appearances, and is also used by Tongue fu fighters, Ulcers, Floating bloaters, Smackers, Wet kissers, Rainiac, and the Orglob as well as Lipses once again in battle.
Dragon Quest VIII[]
Now an enemy only skill, it is used by Lipses and Smackers once again.
Dragon Quest IX[]
An enemy only skill once again, it is used by Gastropogs in battle against their enemies.
Dragon Quest X[]
An enemy only skill until 4.3, it is used by Terror tabbies, Kaleidocats, Remotes, Fromage greys, Fromage flays, Fromage feys, the Slush wiz, and Demon Zeratide in battle against their enemies, with the latter two draining MP, but can also be learned by players when they invest 80 skill points into the Gadabout's Play skill tree and 3 skill points for recruited Fromage frays' Gourmet skill tree and recruited Chest mimic's Chest technique skill tree. It costs 0 MP for the recruited monsters prior to 4.3, and 4 MP from said update onwards. In the Offline version of the game, it is learned by the Hero in the Gadabout vocation at level 40 and by investing 10 skill points into Distan's Junk skill tree.
Dragon Quest XI[]
An enemy only skill for the first time since IX, it is once again used by Lipses, Fromage Flays, and Fromage Feys in battle.
Dragon Warrior Monsters[]
Called LushLicks in the Eidos localization, this ability can be learned by various monsters. It requires the monster to be at least level 7, with at least 55 HP, and 67 Agility. It is learned by the anteater, fairydrak, giantslug, hork, lipsy, poisongon, spooky, spotslime and tonguella.
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2[]
The requirements to learn LushLicks are unchanged. It is naturally learned by the gamanian, slurperon, snakebat, and tropicgel. It is no longer naturally learned by the spooky.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart[]
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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker[]
Tongue Lashing can be learned from:
- Fear-monger (22 points)
- Hypnotist (24 points)
- Icemeister (24 points)
- Mime (52 points)
- Naturalist (30 points)
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2/Professional[]
Tongue Lashing can be learned from all the skill it could be previously, though Fear-monger now requires only 14 points.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D/SP[]
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Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key/SP[]
Tongue Lashing can be used by the following skillsets:
- Icemeister (16 points)
- Hypnotist (24 points)
- Fear-monger (14 points)
- Mime (52 points)
- Brute Force (40 points)
- Metal Crusher (5 points)
- Shaman Marliene (20 points)
- Nebuta Parade Soul (80 points)
Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light[]
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Dragon Quest of the Stars[]
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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3/Professional[]
Tongue Lashing can be used by the following skillsets:
- Beast (30 points)
- Beast+ (60 points)
- Zombie (20 points)
- Zombie+ (10 points)
- Snooze (2 points)
- Snooze SP (60 points)
- Lightweight (40 points)
- Jester (10 points)
- Ghost (55 points)
- Hypnotist (36 points)
- Copycat (70 points)
Dragon Quest Tact[]
Learned by Powie yowies at level 16 and already learned by Sweaty yetis, Smackers, and Terror Tabbies when they are recruited, it acts the same as in previous appearances and costs 11 MP to use. A scroll of this ability can be obtained for 1,000 and 3,000 Legend League Series 2 and 3 Medals at the Swap Shop.
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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince[]
Tongue Lashing costs just a single MP and has an 80% chance to stun an enemy for one turn while also cutting it's defence by 40%. Monsters can learn Tongue Lashing through the Anaesthetist, Naturalist, Outlaw, Prankster, Super Naturalist, Sweet-Talker, Tongue Twister, and Toxicologist talents.
Tongue Lashing was nerfed on December 27 2023 with the v1.0.3 update patch lowering the stun chance to 60%, before enemy resistance is applied
Other languages[]
| Other languages | |
| French | Léchouille |
| German | Zungenpeitscher Ablecken (M) |
| Spanish | Lenguetazo |
| Latin American Spanish | Unknown |
| Italian | Unknown |
| Dutch | Unknown |
| Norwegian | Unknown |
| Greek | Unknown |
| Portuguese | Unknown |
| Russian | Unknown |
| Chinese | Unknown |
| Korean | Unknown |