Editing Avan Strash (section)

===''[[Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai]]''===
Avan Strash is the ultimate technique of the Avan-style sword techniques, usable only after mastering the [[Earth Slash]], [[Seasplitter|Wave Slash]], and [[Air Slash]]. Since [[Dai]]'s time as one of Avan's pupils was limited, he could initially perform only an incomplete version combining the principles of Earth and Sea, but he was later able to learn Air Slash and use the technique in its perfected form.

The technique comes in two variations - the projectile Avan Strash Arrow, and the stronger but slower dash attack Avan Strash Break. Dai later develops a third version, Avan Strash Cross, where he launches an Arrow and then chases it down with a perfectly-timed Break to create an X-shaped impact with five times the power of a standard Strash.

Using the [[Dragon Knight]]'s power to imbue spells into weapons, Dai can combine Avan Strash with the [[Zapple]] spell to produce [[Zapple Strash]], a prototype of the [[Gigaslash]] technique from later games. By using the [[Sword of Dai]]'s sheath to amplify his lightning magic, Dai later develops the [[Giga Strash]], a monstrously powerful combination of Avan Strash and [[Baran]]'s [[Gigabreak]] technique.

While it is not a regular part of his fighting style, [[Hyunckel]] can also use an incomplete Avan Strash similar to Dai's. After mastering the Sky principle to use [[Air Strike]], he becomes capable of using Avan Strash in its true form; however, he feels unworthy of inheriting the named technique of a man he betrayed, and claims that if he ever did use it he would call it something else.