Editing Counter

{{Spell Infobox
|title = Counter
|image = 
|japanese = アタックカンタ<br>アタカンタ (''Joker 3'')
|romaji = Atakkukanta<br>Atakanta
|old = None
|type = Support
}}
'''Counter''' is an ability introduced in {{DQMJ}}, being a classified as a skill or a spell depending on the game. The user counters the next physical attack made against it for a brief period.

==={{DQMJ}}===
Counter is a skill that costs 64 MP and allows a user to void the damage of one physical blow and strike back with a normal attack; it does not redirect the enemy's damage the same way that [[Bounce]] and [[Backdraft]] do with spells and breath attacks. It can be learned from:

*[[Barricade]] (75 points)
*[[Toughie]] (100 points)
*[[Wulfspade (Skill)|Wulfspade III]] (32 points)

==={{DQMJ2}}===
Counter can be learned from all the skillsets it could be previously, as well as from [[Battle Road Master]] for 56 points or from [[Missing lynx (skill)|Missing lynx]] for 60 points. The traits ''counterstriker'' and ''counteractivist'' allow a monster to occasionally activate the skill and have it permanently activated, respectively.

==={{DQM3D}}===
Counter is now classified as a spell, costs only 32 MP, the effect duration lasts 4~7 turns, and now reflects all of an attempted assailant's damage as the physical equivalent to Bounce and Backdraft.

==={{DQM23D}}===
Monsters with [[Tension]] are able to ignore Counter's effect and damage the target, even if the attacker only has one level of Tension.

==={{DQMJ3}}===
Tense monsters are still able to override the spell's effect, but the damage has been nerfed so that the blow is only at half strength. The name was also abbreviated from ''アタックカンタ'' to ''アタカンタ'' to better match Bounce's ''マホカンタ''.

==={{DQH}}===
Counter is one of the moves that [[Velasco]] uses in his boss fight. If any character charges him while he is in this stance then they will be slammed with a counterattack.

==Trivia==
*If one does not count spells that consume all of the user's MP like [[Magic Burst]], then Counter was the most expensive ability in the series at the time of it's debut in 2006. It would not be dethroned until the ninth mainline game, in which the price of [[Fullheal]] would be inflated to 128 MP

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