Cumulus hex

Dragon Quest monster
Cumulus hex
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	ヘルミラージュ
Romaji	Heru mirājyu
Translation	Hell mirage
First appearance	Dragon Quest IX
Variants	Cumulus vex; Cumulus rex; Cumulus nix

The Cumulus hex is a monster in the series.

Characteristics[edit | edit source]

Like its other cloudy brethren, the cumulus hex has the appearance of an elderly wizard whose body and clothing are composed of ivory-white clouds. It has solid red eyes, pointed ears, and a full majestic beard that reaches down to its feet. It has two strands of top of its head that look like horns, while the back blends in to the rest of its body, giving it the appearance of having long hair or a cape over a set of billowing robes. Its hands have three digits each and it rides on top of a red cloud. These mighty cloud spirits can only be found in the depths of grottoes and they are fearsome opponents who can breathe out ice-cold blizzards at their enemies and defend themselves against attacks with protective mist.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies[edit | edit source]

Cumulus hex (ヘルミラージュ, Heru mirājyu)
Defeated Monster List No. : #212

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Elemental & Floating	796	∞	5,850	197	462	472	282

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Blast	Earth	Dark	Light	Drain Magic	Whack	Dazzle	Fizzle
-50%	0%	50%	50%	50%	0%	-50%	0%	100%	50%	100%
Confusion	Paralysis	Sleep	Poison	Stun	Blunt	Deceleratle	Sap	Spooky Aura	Charm
100%	100%	50%	100%	50%	0%	0%	0%	0%	100%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped items
None	Occasionally acts twice per turn Freezing Blizzard Disruptive Wave Mist Me	Grotto (Caves, rank 10-12)	Mistick¹⁄₃₂ Flowing dress¹⁄₆₄
Description		Mental elementals that mislead with Mist Me, and dish out Disruptive Waves and Freezing Blizzards. Afraid of fire and light. Drawn to the battlefield by the scent of blood, they beckon warriors to the red clouds they ride on, never to return.

Dragon Quest Tact[edit | edit source]

Cumulus hex appears as an A-rank monster of the Inorganic family as part of the original Dragon Quest IX event alongside Fallen Angel Corvus on his banner. As of the most recent update in the Japanese version, it can be scouted from any banner, including the Regular SP Scout.

Cumulus hex (ヘルミラージュ Heru mirājyu)

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Attributes
Role	Max level	HP	MP	Move
Attack	130	1,351	395	2
Attack	Defence	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
223	477	475	208	35
Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Crack	Woosh	Bang
Half Res	Normal	Normal	Normal	Very Weak
Zap	Zam	Snooze	Poison	Physical Lock
Very Weak	Half Res	Normal	Half Res	Normal
Spell Lock	Martial Lock	Breath Lock	Hobble *	Stun *
Normal	Normal	Half Res	Normal	Normal
Dazzle	Curse	Paralysis	Confusion	Charm
Normal	Super Weak	Immune	Normal	Super Weak

Skills
Basic skills	Awakening skills
Freeze Mirage Breath (Level 24) Icy Exhale (Level 35)	Breath Tricks/Stats Up Frizz Res +25/Stats Up Icy Exhale Potency +5%/Stats Up Rare Martial Res Up: Rarely raises Martial Res for 3 turns at action start. Zam Res +25/Stats Up Icy Exhale Potency +5%/Stats Up Max HP +30: Raises max HP by 30.
Perks
Basic perks	Max HP +20 DEF +15 Icy Exhale Potency +2%
Leader perk	Raises breath potency of allies, including itself, by 5% in a 5x5 square around it.
Awakening perk	Breath Tricks: Lowers breath ability MP cost, raises potency and effects.

In Other Languages[edit | edit source]

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Cúmulo maldito	Spanish for "cursed cumulus cloud".
Français	Cumulus rex	From cumulus, a type of cloud, and the Latin rex, which means "king".
Deutsch	Wolkenhexer	German for "cloud wizard/warlock".
Italiano	Nube infernale	Italian for "hellish/infernal cloud".
中文	地狱蜃景	Simplified Chinese for "hell mirage".