Gladiator: Difference between revisions

==Characteristics==

Gladiators eschew the balance of offense and defense that warriors display for pure power.  This means that a Gladiator will always be able to deal the most damage among the party, but at the cost of being deceptively frail for all their might. Thus, a Gladiator needs ample support from its [[party]] members to stay alive long enough to crush the opposition and should be the first recipient of [[Buff]] in any battle.

In addition to increases in {{Strength}}, {{HP}}, and {{Agility}}, Gladiators also gain a variety of powerful skills that allow them to deal with many different enemies. A character requires mastering both the [[Warrior]] and [[Martial Artist]] vocations to become a Gladiator. A unique trait of Gladiators is their ability to brush-off an attack, essentially being an additional evasion boost that goes up along with their rank.

{| class="wikitable"

|-

|}

{|width="60%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1" style="text-align:center"

|-

|Battles to Master

|}

{|width="90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1" style="text-align:center"

|-

|1

|}

{| class="wikitable"

|-

| 8 || 1/8

|}

{|width="50%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1" style="text-align:center"

|-

|rowspan=2|Battles to Master

|}

{|width="85%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1" style="text-align:center"

|-

|1

|Gladiator

|0

|

|2

|Fencer

|15

|One Enemy

|3

|Swordsman

|35

|One Enemy

|4

|Ronin

|60

|One Enemy

|5

|Mercenary

|90

|One Enemy or Ally

|6

|Duelist

|120

|One enemy

|7

|Champion

|150

|

|8

|Avenger

|200

|All Enemies

|}

{|width="85%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1" style="text-align:center"

|-

|1

|}

[[File:DQIX Gladiator Male.png‎|right|border|170px]][[File:DQIX Gladiator Female.png‎|right|border|200px]]

Gladiators can wield {{Sword}}s, {{Axe}}s, and {{Hammer}}s as weapons. The main selling point of Gladiators is their extremely high [[Attack]], allowing for powerful strikes. However, their {{Defense}} is lower than that of the other melee classes, and many of their best abilities will either lower their {{Defense}} further or deal recoil damage. Fortunately, they can equip the heavier armor that [[Warrior]]s and [[Paladin]]s wear, but are unable to equip a shield without investing 100 skill points into the Shield skill line while in another vocation.

In battle, Gladiators will usually be the target of initial Attack-boosting spells such as [[Oomph]], and will typically attack every turn if able. For maximum damage, Gladiators can equip the [[Über Falcon Blade]] and repeatedly use [[Falcon Slash]] to deal immense single-target damage, which makes {{Sword}}-wielding Gladiators highly valuable in boss battles.

Gladiators have the unique skill set "Guts." Their [[Coup-de-Grace]] is "Tension Boost," which increases their [[Tension]] to at least 50 (if not 100). In other words, it is equivalent to using [[Psyche Up]] four times, but like [[Psyche Up]], the final "use" may fail to boost the user into the 100 [[Tension]] level.

This vocation is unlocked by completing Quest 103 "Gladiator Graduator" at {{Alltrades Abbey 9}}. Afterwards, characters may change into the Gladiator vocation.

| Attribute || Starting Stats || Maximum Stats

|- style="font-weight:normal"

| {{HP}} || 32 || 540

|-

|-

| {{Strength}} || 30 || 500

|}

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"

!style="background:#4682B4; color: white;"|Accolades

|}

*[[Critical Acclaim]]

{{Stub}}

The Gladiator was added in the version 1.3 update of the game, and gains the unique ability to wield two weapons at once. The attack power of the left hand is exactly half of the Gladiator's right hand. Beyond this, Gladiators remain the glass canons that they were in the previous game.

[[File:DQotS Battlemaster.png|right|thumb|Battlemaster as they appear in ''Stars''|200px]]

Known as '''Battlemaster''' this game, this vocation combines the knowledge of [[Warrior]]s and [[Martial Artist]]s and offers one of the most aggressive vocations in the game. This vocation has the highest strength among specialist vocations, but it's {{Defense}} and {{HP}} are its main weaknesses.

! Level !! Warrior !! Martial Artist

|-

|-

| 60 || Max HP +10 || Max {{HP}} +10

|}

[[File:Walk gladiators.png|right|thumb|Gladiators as they appear in ''Walk''|200px]]

Gladiators were added to the game in the January 2020 update, and require that a character has already reached Level 50 in the warrior and martial artist vocations to unlock. They can equip {{Axe}}s, {{Claw}}s, [[Spear}}s, and {{Sword}}s.

==Trivia==

*The Gladiator's rank names in the remake versions of {{VI}} and {{VII}} refer to weight classes in combat sports, ranging from lightest to heaviest.

{{DQVIClasses}}

{{DQVIIClasses}}

{{DQIXClasses}}

{{DQXClasses}}

[[Category:Dragon Quest VI vocations]]

[[Category:Dragon Quest VII vocations]]

[[Category:Dragon Quest IX vocations]]

[[Category:Dragon Quest X vocations]]

[[Category:Dragon Quest of the Stars vocations]]