Shogum

Dragon Quest monster Shogum

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese スライムジェネラル Romaji Suraimu jeneraru First appearance Dragon Quest IX

Shogum is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing as a Grotto boss in Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies. He is a red and black variant of Slionheart. His name is a combination of "Shogun" and "gum".

Characteristics

Shogum is a diminutive humanoid knight riding on top of a giant red Slime, both possessing bushy white beards. The slime has a knight's visor on top of its heads and a short black cape that flows from its back. The knight wears black clothing with a set of dark blue and gold armor, a long red cape, and a blue and green crown on his head. He dual wields a pair of large broadswords that are bigger than himself.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

##285 - Shogum
HP MP Experience Gold 3600 255 19000 1110 Attack Defense Speed 242 298 130
Dropped Item	Miracle sword(5%), Apprentice's gloves(2%), Platinum headgear (steal)
Locations
Skills	Killer Combo, Attack twice per turn, Call for backup. (King cureslime)
Spells	Kaboom, Disruptive Wave
Family	Slime
Capture Rate
Bestiary #	#285
Game
Console
Japanese Name
Romanized Jap.	Suraimu jeneraru
Description	A slime so saturated with fighting spirit, that its body has turned from blue to red. Doesn't know the meaning of defeat. Master of the slime armies, he searches ceaselessly for his nine long-lost companions.

Additional Attributes
Fire	Ice	Wind	Earth	Light	Dark
100	100	100	100	100	200
Blast	Dazzle	Sleep	Death	Drain MP	Confusion
100	0	0	0	100	0
Fizzle	Inaction	Paralyze	Poison	Charm	Magic Res
0	25	0	0	10	50
Blunt	Sap	Decelerate
15	25	50

Defeating Shogum is the objective of Quest #61.

Dragon Quest X

Shogum appears as a boss in the Magic Labyrinth in Version 3.4.3. This time around, he is able to call for help from a King slime and Queen slime along with his ability to call for King cureslimes as backup.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Shogum
Family	Slime
Rank	S
Size	S
Weapons	Swords, Spears, Claws, Staves
Traits	Counterstriker, Tactical Trooper
Resistances	Vulnerable to Zam, Immune to Bang, Blade Blunter, and Sag
Skill	Iceplosion Slashes
Location	-
Breeding chart	Metal kaiser slime x Metal kaiser slime

Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D

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Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key

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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Shogum (スライムジェネラル Suraimu jeneraru)

Icon	Family	Max HP	Max MP
		1,260	580
Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
660	450	460	590

Bestiary No.	#053
Rank	B
In-game description	This slime army commander is said to have pioneered the paired sword school of combat. It searches ceaselessly for its nine missing companions, who once assembled will unleash their utter devastation on the world
Talents	Leading Light
Guaranteed traits	Tactical Trooper, Dodge Denier, Attacking Impulse
Large-size exclusive traits	Bangmeister, Ultra Crafty Banger, Late Bloomer
Habitat	Unavailable in the wild
Items	N/A
Synthesis chart	X
Notable synthesis

Fire Resistance *	Water Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Earth Resistance *
25%	25%	0%	-25%
Explosion Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Electricity Resistance *	Light Resistance *
50%	25%	50%	25%
Dark Resistance *	Antimagic Resistance *	Bedazzlement Resistance *	Confusion Resistance *
-25%	0%	50%	25%
Debilitation Resistance*	MP Absorption Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Poison Resistance *
25%	-25%	50%	0%
Sleep Resistance *		Stun Resistance *
0%		25%
Instant Death Resistance *
0%

Dragon Quest Rivals

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Dragon Quest Walk

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Dragon Quest Tact

Shogum appears as an A-rank monster of the Slime family, appearing on Barbatos's banner. He is faced as a boss in Chapter 5, Episode 9: The Dark Hand of Elegia in the second part of the main storyline.

Shogum (スライムジェネラル Suraimu jeneraru)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Slime				Attack
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
120		872	301	2-3
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
467	351	361	133	35

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Muster Strength		Curse Slash*		Dual Slice*

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Move +1 / Stats Up	Zap Res +25 / Stats Up	Dual Slice Potency +5% / Stats Up
Fourth	Fifth
Bang Res +25 / Stats Up	Dual Slice Potency +5% / Stats Up

Leader Perks

First

Lowers enemy DEF by 10% in a 5x5 square around him.

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
Max HP +20	ATK +10	Dual Slice Potency +2%

Perk Details

First

Move +1: Raises Move by 1.

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
Very Weak	Very Weak	Normal	Normal
Bang Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Zam Resistance *	Snooze Resistance
Half Res	Half Res	Normal	Super Weak
Poison Resistance	Physical Lock Resistance	Spell Lock Resistance	Martial Lock Resistance
Normal	Normal	Normal	Super Weak
Breath Lock Resistance	Hobble Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance
Normal	Normal	Normal	Immune
Curse Resistance	Paralysis Resistance	Confusion Resistance	Charm Resistance
Half Res	Normal	Normal	Half Res

Trivia

• The shogum is in fact one of the nine pieces of the destroyed god Zenus, which is alluded to by his searching for nine "companions" in several of his in-game descriptions. These companions are the other bodies parts of Zenus.

Similar slimes

• Slionheart
• Prime slime

Gallery

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  Shogum in X
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  Monster Battle Road Victory cut-in.
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  Stars model.
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  Rivals card.
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  Shogum and Barbatos in Tact.
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  DQ Trading Card.
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  Scan Battlers card.