Editing Hero (vocation) (section)

==Appearances==
==={{DQ3}}===
The Hero vocation is available only to [[Hero (Dragon Quest III)|the Player themselves]]. It has access to incredibly powerful spells and equipment forbidden to other vocations, the former of which would serve as the foundation for appearances in later titles. The Hero enjoys superb strength and resilience, decent agility and luck, but substandard wisdom and MP.

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| Attribute || Starting Stats || Maximum Stats
|- style="font-weight:normal"
| Level || 1 || 99
|-
| {{HP}} || 15 || 446
|-
| {{MP}} || 6 || 218
|-
| {{Strength}} || 8 || 181
|-
| {{Agility}} || 6 || 156
|-
| {{Resilience}} || 7 || 244
|-
| {{Wisdom}} || 6 || 126
|-
| {{Luck}} || 5 || 157
|-
| Initial gear ||colspan=2|[[Cypress stick]], [[Plain clothes]]
|}
*''NES version''

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| Level Learned || Original Japanese || [[Game Boy|GBC]] Localization || Modern Localization || {{MP}} || Description
|- style="font-weight:normal"
| 2 || メラ <br>Mera || Blaze || [[Frizz]] || 2 || A simple fire spell; affects one enemy 
|-
| 4 || ホイミ<br>Hoimi || Heal || [[Heal]] || 3 || A simple healing spell
|-
| 6 || ニフラム<br>Nifuramu || Expel || [[Poof]] || 2 || Blows away weak enemies
|-
| 8 || ルーラ<br>Ruura || Return || [[Zoom]] || 8 || Instantaneous travel to a previously visited location
|-
| 10 || ギラ<br>Gira || Firebal || [[Sizz]] || 4 || A weak fire spell that affects a group of enemies
|-
| 12 || アストロン<br>Asutoron || Ironize || [[Kaclang]] || 6 || Makes the party immune to all enemy attacks for a short period of time
|-
| 14 || リレミト<br>Riremito || Outside || [[Evac]] || 8 || Exit a cave/dungeon with this spell
|-
| 17 || ラリホー<br>Rarihoo || Sleep || [[Snooze]] || 3 || May put a group of enemies to {{Sleep}} 
|-
| 19 || マホトーン<br>Mahotoon || StopSpell || [[Fizzle]] || 3 || Try to block the enemies' spell
|-
| 19 || トヘロス<br>Toherosu || Repel || [[Holy Protection]] || 4 || Causes weak enemies to leave you alone
|-
| 24 || ベギラマ<br>Begirama || Firebane || [[Sizzle]] || 6 || This fire spell affects a group of enemies
|-
| 26 || ライデイン<br>Raidein || Zap || [[Zap]] || 8 || Affects one enemy; the first lightning type spell
|-
| 29 || ベホイミ<br>Behoimi || Healmore || [[Midheal]] || 5 || A stronger form of [[Heal]]
|-
| 31 || イオラ<br>Iora || Boom || [[Boom]] || 9 || Damages all targets with a powerful explosion
|-
| 33 || ベホマ<br>Behoma || Healall ||[[Fullheal]] || 7 || Restores an ally to full health
|-
| 35 || ザオラル<br>Zaoraru || Vivify || [[Zing]] || 10 || 50% chance to revive a deceased party member
|-
| 38 || ベホマズン<br>Behomazun || Healusall || [[Omniheal]] || 62 || Restores the party to full health
|-
| 41 || ギガデイン<br>Gigadein || Thordain || [[Kazap]] || 30 || Causes around 200 points of electrical damage to all enemies
|}
==={{DQ3HD}}===
The Hero has been buffed considerably for the second remake, with focus on MP growth in particular to live up to the archetypal magic knight found in the protagonists of later games. These buffs, combined with an assortment of newly added self-sufficient skills, mean that solo missions are no longer the fool's errands as they were in the past.

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!colspan="3"| Female !! colspan="2"| Male
|-
! Stats !! Level 1 !! Level 99 !! Level 1 !! Level 99
|-
|Strength ||9 || 492|| 10 ||493
|-
|Resilience ||11 ||408|| 11 ||408
|-
|Agility ||8 ||422 ||7 ||421
|-
|Stamina ||11 ||334 ||11 ||334
|-
|Wisdom ||8 ||344 ||6  ||342
|-
|Luck ||8 ||307 ||9 ||308
|-
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!colspan="5"| [[Critical Hit|Critical hit mod]] 
|-
!colspan="2"| Mod !! colspan="3"| Level 
|-
|colspan="2"| 2 || colspan="3"| One through five
|-
|colspan="2"| 2.5 || colspan="3"| Six through ten 
|-
|colspan="2"| 3 || colspan="3"| Eleven through fifteen
|-
|colspan="2"| 3.5 || colspan="3"| Sixteen through twenty
|-
|colspan="2"| 4 || colspan="3"| Twenty-one through twenty-five 
|-
|colspan="2"| 4.5 || colspan="3"| Twenty-six through thirty
|-
|colspan="2"| 5 || colspan="3"| Thirty-one through thirty-five
|-
|colspan="2"| 5.5 || colspan="3"| Thirty-six through forty
|-
|colspan="2"| 6 || colspan="3"| Forty-one through forty-five
|-
|colspan="2"| 6.5 || colspan="3"| Forty-six through fifty
|-
|colspan="2"| 7 || colspan="3"| Fifty-one through fifty-five
|-
|colspan="2"| 7.5 || colspan="3"| Fifty-six through sixty
|-
|colspan="2"| 8 || colspan="3"| Sixty-one through sixty-five
|-
|colspan="2"| .5 || colspan="3"| Sixty-six through seventy
|-
|colspan="2"| 9 || colspan="3"| Seventy-one through seventy-five
|-
|colspan="2"| 9.5 || colspan="3"| Seventy-six through ninety
|-
|colspan="2"| 10 || colspan="3"| Ninety-one through ninety-nine
|-
|}


{| style="width:65%; height:100px; text-align:center" border="1" 
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| Level Learned || Original Japanese || Localization || {{MP}} || Description
|- style="font-weight:normal"
| 2~3 || メラ  ''Mera'' ||  [[Frizz]] || 2 || Deals a minimum of 10~16 Fire damage to one foe 
|-
| 3~4 || ホイミ ''Hoimi'' ||  [[Heal]] || 3 || Restores 30~40 HP
|-
| 6~7 || ニフラム ''Nifuramu'' ||  [[Poof]] || 2 || Blows away weak enemies
|-
| 7 || リレミト ''Riremito'' ||  [[Evac]] || 0 || Exit a cave/dungeon with this spell
|-
| 9~10 || ギラ ''Gira'' ||  [[Sizz]] || 4 || Deals a minimum of 17~28 Fire damage to one group
|-
| 11~12 || アストロン ''Asutoron'' ||  [[Kaclang]] || 6 || Makes the party immune to all enemy attacks for a short period of time 
|-
| 12~13 || ラリホー ''Rarihoo'' ||  [[Snooze]] || 3 || May put a group of enemies to {{Sleep}}  
|-
| 14 || ザオ ''Zao'' ||  [[Zin]] || 5 || Tries to revive an ally at 1 HP
|-
| 14 || ルーラ ''Ruura'' ||  [[Zoom]] || 0 || Instantaneous travel to a previously visited location
|-
| 14~15 || マホトーン ''Mahotoon'' ||  [[Fizzle]] || 3 || Try to block the enemies' spell
|-
| 14~16 || デイン ''Dein'' ||  [[Zap]] || 6 || Deals a minimum of 40~50 Lightning damage to one foe
|-
| 18~19 || ベホイミ ''Behoimi'' ||  [[Midheal]] || 5 || Restores 75~95 HP
|-
| 18~20 || ベギラマ ''Begirama'' ||  [[Sizzle]] || 6 || Deals a minimum of 32~46 Fire damage to one group
|-
| 20~21 || トヘロス ''Toherosu'' ||  [[Holy Protection]] || 4 || Causes weak enemies to leave you alone
|-
| 24~26 || ライデイン ''Raidein'' ||  [[Zapple]] || 8 || Deals a minimum of 70~90 Lightning damage to one foe
|-
| 25~27 || ザオラル ''Zaoraru'' ||  [[Zing]] || 10 || 50% chance to revive a deceased party member
|-
| 26~27 || イオラ ''Iora'' || [[Boom]] || 9 || Deals a minimum 48~64 Explosion damage to all foes 
|-
| 32~34 || ベギラゴン ''Begiragon'' ||  [[Kasizz]] || 12 || Deals a minimum of 88~122 Fire damage to one group
|-
| 33~35 || ベホマ ''Behoma'' || [[Fullheal]] || 7 || Restores an ally to full health
|-
| 38~40 || ギガデイン ''Gigadein'' || [[Kazap]] || 30 || Deals a minimum of 175~225 Lightning damage to all foes
|-
| 39~41 || ベホマズン ''Behomazun'' ||  [[Omniheal]] || 62 || Restores the party to full health
|-
|}


{| style="width:65%; height:100px; text-align:center" border="1" 
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| Level Learned || Original Japanese || Localization || {{MP}} || Description
|- style="font-weight:normal"
| 8~9 || かえん斬り || [[Flame Slash]] || 5 || Slashes an enemy with a scorching sword for 130% damage
|-
| 13~14 || みかわしきゃく || [[Dodgy Dance]] || 5 ||  Fancy footwork increases evasion to 50% for 3~5 turns
|-
| 17~18 || いなずま斬り || [[Lightning Slash]] || 7 || Slashes an enemy with a crackling sword infused with Lightning for 130% damage
|-
| 22~23 || 大ぼうぎょ || [[Defending Champion]] || 2 || Reduces all damage by 90% for 1 turn
|-
| 23~25 || しんくう斬り || [[Gust Slash]] || 7 || Slashes an enemy with a gale-force blade for 130% damage
|-
| 28~30 || めいそう || [[Meditation]] || 5 || Centers the self in order to recover 500 HP
|-
| 30~32 || はやぶさ斬り || [[Falcon Slash]] || 9 || A double-slicing attack faster than a falcon on the wing<br>75% Strike damage per slash
|-
| 45 || ギガスラッシュ || [[Gigaslash]] || 38 || A secret sword technique that assails all enemies with 350~410 Strike damage
|}

==={{DQ6}}===
The Hero class requires mastery of the [[Gladiator]], [[Luminary (vocation)|Luminary]], [[Ranger]], and [[Sage]] classes to unlock, with one exception: [[Hero (Dragon Quest VI)|the Player themselves]] only needs to master one of the four vocations to access this class.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank !! Regeneration
|-
| 1 || 0
|-
| 2 || 0
|-
| 3 || 0
|-
| 4 || 30
|-
| 5 || 40
|-
| 6 || 50
|-
| 7 || 60
|-
| 8 || 80
|}

====Stat Changes====
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|width="25%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Statistics</font>'''
|width="25%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Change</font>'''
|-
|Battles to Master
|150
|-
|Strength
| +10%
|-
|Agility
| Null
|-
|Resilience
| Null
|-
|Wisdom
| +15%
|-
|Style
| +15%
|-
|Max HP
| +10%
|-
|Max MP
| +10%
|-
|Trait
| HP regeneration per round, up to 80 depending on rank.
|-
|'''Mastery Bonus'''
| +40 Max MP
|}

====Abilities====
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|width="5%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Level</font>'''
|width="20%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Title</font>'''
|width="10%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Learns</font>'''
|width="5%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Battles Needed</font>'''
|width="15%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Target</font>'''
|width="50%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Info</font>'''
|width="5%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">MP</font>'''
|-
|1
|Village Hero
|[[Kaclang]]
|1
|Party
|Turns the party to steel, impervious to outside influence.
|2
|-
|2
|Town Hero
|[[Disruptive Wave]]
|8
|All enemies
|A brilliant wave that eliminates magical effects from all enemies.
|0
|-
|3
|City Hero
|[[Zap]]
|20
|All enemies
|Calls down lightning on all enemies.
|8
|-
|4
|National Hero
|[[Kazap]]
|40
|Enemy group
|Calls down powerful thunderbolts on a group of enemies.
|15
|-
|5
|Continental Hero
|[[Meditation]]
|60
|Self
|Become at one with the self to regain stamina.
|0
|-
|6
|World Hero
|[[Gigaslash]]
|90
|Enemy group
|A legendary sword technique for cutting down a group of enemies.
|20
|-
|7
|Super Hero
|[[Lightning Storm]]
|120
|All enemies
|Strikes down enemies with mighty thunderbolts.
|25
|-
|8
|Legendary Hero
|[[Kazapple]]
|150
|One enemy
|Draws on the party's combined power to zap a single enemy.
|10
|}

==={{DQ7}}===
The Hero class draws on the power of heroes past in order to save the world. The Hero is the most balanced of the three advanced vocation, lacking the specialist nature of [[Champion]]s and [[Druid]]s but also being able to handle a wider variety of situations. This is especially true in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] remake, where the vocation learns every major attack spell, support spell, every elemental slash, and enough situational abilities to disable any group of foes.

In order to become a Hero, one must master three intermediate classes or two intermediate classes and one advanced class. This steep time investment applies to all characters, even the {{Hero 7}}, who does not get a shortcut as his predecessor of ''Dragon Quest VI'' did. The player can also obtain a [[Hero Heart]] from defeating [[Numen|The Almighty]] in 20 turns or less, though unlike Monster Hearts (or other Monster Vocations), the skills learned from mastering the Hero Heart do not transfer to other vocations.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank !! Regeneration
|-
| 1 || 0
|-
| 2 || 0
|-
| 3 || 0
|-
| 4 || 10
|-
| 5 || 20
|-
| 6 || 30
|-
| 7 || 40
|-
| 8 || 50
|}

====Stat Changes====
{|width="50%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1" style="text-align:center"
|width="25%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Statistics</font>'''
|width="25%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Change</font>'''
|-
|Battles to Master
|200/210
|-
|Strength
| +10%
|-
|Agility
| Null
|-
|Resilience
| Null
|-
|Wisdom
| +15%
|-
|Style
| +10%
|-
|Max HP
| +10%
|-
|Max MP
| +10%
|-
|Mastery Bonus
| +31 Bonus to HP
|}

====PSX Abilities====
''While the American PSX release of the game used the old localization, the current names are also written for better navigation clarity.''
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|width="5%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Level</font>'''
|width="20%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Title</font>'''
|width="10%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Learns</font>'''
|width="5%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Battles Needed</font>'''
|width="15%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Target</font>'''
|width="50%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Info</font>'''
|width="5%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">MP</font>'''
|-
|1
|Archetype
|
|0
|
|
|
|-
|2
|Defender
|[[Kaclang]]<br>''(Ironize)''
|8
|All Allies
|Turns all allies to iron, preventing them from being attacked but also prevents them from attacking
|2
|-
|3
|Paragon
|[[Kazing]]<br>''(Revive)''
|20
|One Ally
|Revives one fallen ally with full HP
|15
|-
|4
|Savior
|[[Zapple|Zap]]<br>''(Zap)''
|50
|All Enemies
|Causes ~80HP damage in electric damage
|6
|-
|5
|Guardian
|[[Disruptive Wave]]<br>''(DeMagic)''
|80
|All Enemies
|Removes all positive statuses from all enemies
|0
|-
|6
|Avatar
|[[Kazap]]<br>''(Thordain)''
|110
|One Group
|Causes ~200 HP in electric damage to one group of enemies
|15
|-
|7
|Legend
|[[Gigaslash]]<br>''(GigaSlash)''
|150
|One Group
|Does ~400 HP damage to one group of enemies
|15
|-
|8
|Chosen One
|[[Kazapstrophe|Kazapple]]<br>''(Alldain)''
|200
|One Enemy
|Takes 10 MP from other party members, causes ~600 HP in electric damage
|All
|}

====3DS Abilities====
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|width="5%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Level</font>'''
|width="20%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Title</font>'''
|width="10%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Learns</font>'''
|width="5%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">Battles Needed</font>'''
|-
|1
|Village hero
|[[Bounce]]<br>[[Safe Passage]]<br>[[Insulatle]]<br>[[Kabuff]]<br>[[Kaclang]]<br>[[Kasap]]<br>[[Magic Barrier]]<br>[[Oomph]] 
|0
|-
|2
|Town hero
|[[Flame Slash]]<br>[[Kacrackle Slash]]<br>[[Lightning Slash]]<br>[[Metal Slash]]<br>[[Miracle Slash]]
|8
|-
|3
|City hero
|[[Backdraft]]<br>[[Disruptive Wave]]<br>[[Scorch]]<br>[[Sword Dance]]<br>[[Thin Air]]
|20
|-
|4
|National hero
|[[Bazoom]]<br>[[Kasnooze]]<br>[[Kazing]]<br>[[Kamikazee]]<br>[[Multiheal]]<br>[[Puff!]]<br>[[Zap]] 
|50
|-
|5
|Continental hero
|[[Kafrizzle]]<br>[[Kasizzle]]<br>[[Kaswoosh]]<br>[[Kazap]]<br>[[Maelstrom]]
|80
|-
|6
|World hero
|[[Big Banga]]
|110
|-
|7
|Super hero
|[[Gigaslash]]<br>[[Omniheal]]
|150
|-
|8
|Legendary hero
|[[Kazapple]]
|210
|}

===[[Dragon Quest VII Reimagined]]===
Much like in the classic versions of Dragon Quest VII, in Reimagined the Hero vocation is unlocked by mastering three intermediate vocations (Gladiator, Paladin, Armamentalist, Sage, Luminary, Pirate and Monster Master).

Heroes get a boost to all their stats, and have an overall top-tier skillset with full party healing and spells from the [[Zap]] family.

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|+ Proficiency
|-
! Level !! Type !! Name
|-
| 1 || [[File:DQVIIR Buff Skill.png|32px]] || [[Kaclang]]
|-
| 1 || [[File:DQVIIR Buff Skill.png|32px]] || [[Kabuff]]
|-
| 2 || [[File:DQVIIR Damage Skill.png|32px]] || [[Zap]]
|-
| 2 || [[File:DQVIIR Damage Skill.png|32px]] || [[Poof]]
|-
| 3 || [[File:DQVIIR Damage Skill.png|32px]] || [[Gigaslash]]
|-
| 4 || [[File:DQVIIR Heal Skill.png|32px]] || [[Multiheal]]
|-
| 5 || [[File:DQVIIR Damage Skill.png|32px]] || [[Sword Dance]]
|-
| 5 || [[File:DQVIIR Heal Skill.png|32px]] || [[Kazing]]
|-
| 6 || [[File:DQVIIR Damage Skill.png|32px]] || [[Kazap]]
|-
| 7 || [[File:DQVIIR Debuff Skill.png|32px]] || [[Disruptive Wave]]
|-
| 8 || [[File:DQVIIR Damage Skill.png|32px]] || [[Gigagash]]
|-
! colspan=3| [[Let loose]] skill
|-
| colspan=3| [[File:DQVIIR Hero Icon.png|32px]] '''[[Mark of the Hero]]''': Allows the user to perform special abilities that are off-limits to anyone but true heroes.
|}
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|+ Attribute Adjustments
|-
! Maximum HP !! Maximum MP !! Attack !! Defence !! Magical Might !! Charm 
|-
| [[File:DQVIIR Stats Up Icon.png|20px]] || [[File:DQVIIR Stats Up Icon.png|20px]] || [[File:DQVIIR Stats Up Icon.png|20px]] || [[File:DQVIIR Stats Up Icon.png|20px]] || [[File:DQVIIR Stats Up Icon.png|20px]] || [[File:DQVIIR Stats Up Icon.png|20px]]
|-
! Magical Mending !! Strength !! Deftness !! Resilience !! Agility
|-
| [[File:DQVIIR Stats Up Icon.png|20px]] || [[File:DQVIIR Stats Up Icon.png|20px]] || [[File:DQVIIR Stats Up Icon.png|20px]] || [[File:DQVIIR Stats Up Icon.png|20px]] || [[File:DQVIIR Stats Up Icon.png|20px]]
|}
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