Double-Edged Slash

Double-Edged Slash Japanese もろばぎり
もろば斬り (VII onward) Rōmaji Morobagiri Type Skill First appearance Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation Dragon Warrior naming TwinSlash (Monsters GBC and Torneko: The Last Hope)
2EdgeHit (VII PS1)

Double-Edged Slash is a skill in the series.

Characteristics

This skill deals a high amount of damage to a single enemy, but inflicts recoil on the user. The bonus damage effect will stack with weapons such as the Dragonsbane.

Appearances

Dragon Quest II HD-2D Remake

Double-Edged Slash costs 6 MP to use and inflicts 160% damage to a single enemy, with the user taking some recoil damage. It can be learned by the Prince of Midenhall at level 16.

Game	Description
	Does plenty of damage to an enemy, but at the expense of the user’s own HP.

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

Double-Edged Slash costs 6 MP to use and inflicts 160% damage to a single enemy, with the user taking 30% recoil damage themselves. It can be learned by Warriors starting at Level 16 if their Wisdom exceeds 27 points. It It can be used by Skelegons and Grievous bodily arms.

Game	Description
	Does plenty of damage to an enemy, but at the expense of the user’s own HP.

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

Double-Edged Slash inflicts 50% more damage than a normal attack to a single enemy, but the user takes 25% of the damage inflicted as recoil. It is learned by advancing to rank 4 as a Warrior. The skill can be used by Metal slime knights.

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Game	Description
	Deals heavy damage to an enemy, but also hurts the user.

Double-Edged Slash deals the same amount of damage as the last game, but is now learned by reaching rank 4 of the Gladiator vocation or rank 8 as a Notso macho. It can also be used by Automatons and Slaughtomaton.

• In the Nintendo 3DS remake the skill has been buffed up considerably, dealing 170% damage to a single enemy, while the recoil is reduced to ¹⁄₆ of the damage inflicted. It is now learned by advancing to rank 3 as a Gladiator or rank 2 as a Champion.

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Game	Description
	Deals heavy damage to an enemy, but also hurts the user.

Double-Edged Slash once again deals 50% more damage than a normal attack to a single enemy, with the user taking 25% of the damage as recoil. It can be learned by allocating 42 skill points into the Guts skill. The skill is required for Quest #105: Challengus Maximus, where the player has to defeat three Green dragons with Double-Edged Slash while envenomated and under the effects of Double Up.

Dragon Quest X

Double-Edged Slash can be learned once again by allocating 42 points into the Gladiator's Guts skill. It costs no MP to use, inflicts 320% damage to a single enemy, and deals 35% of the damage inflicted to the user as recoil damage. It is not capable of landing a critical hit. When Gladiators were first added to the game in Version 1.3, Double-Edged Slash only deal 50% more damage than a normal attack, but it was strengthened considerably in Version 3.0 as the skill was not used very much.

• In the Offline version of the game, it can be learned by the Hero as a Gladiator at Level 21 and can also be learned by Hussar through the Cool panel of his Character Builder for 7 skill points. It also deals 320% damage to a single enemy at no MP cost, with the user taking 35% of the damage inflicted as recoil. The damage can be increased further with skill-up panels.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Double-Edged Slash can be learned by Hendrik through the Heroism panel in his Character Builder for 20 skill points and is located at the very top. It costs 6 MP to use, inflicts 320% damage to a single enemy, and deals 32% of the damage to the user as recoil.

Dragon Quest Monsters

Known as TwinSlash in this game, it costs 2 MP to use and deals 50% more damage than a normal attack to a single enemy. It can be learned naturally by ArmorPede, Grizzly, Skullgon, and WildApe at Level 8 if they have 80 max HP and 80 ATK. In this game, it has the unique effect of not inflicting recoil damage to the user if the skill manages to defeat the enemy. However, this only works on random enemies and not when used on the bosses of Travelers' Gates.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Game	Description
	Deals massive damage to an enemy, but attacker takes some damage too.

Double-Edged Slash costs 2 MP to use and deals double the amount of damage as a normal attack to a single enemy, but inflicts 50% of the damage dealt to the user as recoil. The skill can be learned from:

• Berserker (13 points)
• Champion (7 points)
• Estark (5 points)
• Martyr (10 points)
• Trickster (12 points)

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Double-Edged Slash can be learned from all the skills it could be previously, though Berserker now requires 6 points. It can also be learned from Cursader for 5 points.

Torneko: The Last Hope

TwinSlash is a special sword skill that reduces a monster's HP down to 1, while halving Torneko's HP. The condition for learning it is by reducing a monster's HP down to 1 from full HP in a single hit. It can be learned with all weapons.

Dragon Quest Heroes II

Double-Edged Slash can be learned by Terry at One-Handed Sword proficiency 2 and costs 8 MP to use. When used, it sacrifices some of his HP to perform a powerful attack. It has the downside of reducing the hit counter down to 0, since the user takes damage. However, if Terry is in a state of High Tension, he is able to use the Double-Edged Slash without interrupting his combo.

Dragon Quest of the Stars

Double-Edged Slash (もろば斬り Morobagiri)

Ability information

Double-Edged Slash
Type & Rank	Target	CT	Restriction
	1 enemy	15s
Effect
A 330% potency attack with 40% sustained by the user as recoil damage.
Notes
N/A
How to obtain
Sword of ruin

Dragon Quest Rivals

Double-Edged Slash appeared in the standard card pack as a normal card for Warrior leaders.

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai: A Hero's Bonds

A Hero's Bonds skill icon

Double-Edged Slash is a sword skill usable by Hyunckel and Luminary Leader (Hero and Warrior). It inflicts physical Slash-type damage over a medium area and hurts the user by 10% of their max HP.

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Estocada doble	Spanish for "double stab/thrust".
Français	Double-lame	French for "double blade".
Deutsch	Zweischneidiger Hieb	German for "double-edged blow".
Italiano	Fendente traditore	Italian for "treacherous slash".

Related weapons

• Double-edged sword - A cursed sword with the same effect as the skill.