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'''Boulder Toss''' is a recurring ability in the {{DQSeries}}. It throws a huge rock large enough to squash all enemies at once.

Appearing in the remakes, Boulder Toss is one of {{Chow Mein}}'s special attacks, dealing 90~130 damage. Because no equipment in ''IV'' resists the Earth element from ''VI'', this attack '''will hurt'''.

Boulder Toss is learned by advancing to rank 7 of the [[Gladiator]] {{Vocation}} and will deal 90~130 [[:Category:Strike skills|Strike damage]] to all enemies.  

Learned in the same manner as the previous installment and shares the damage parameters. In the {{3DS}} Version, Boulder Toss is learned at the first rank of the [[Champion]] vocation and is slightly nerfed, flattening foes for 80~120.

Boulder Toss is a [[fisticuffs]] technique that both the {{Hero 8}} and [[Yangus]] can learn. It requires 82 skill points by the Hero, and 100 skill points by Yangus. The skill is weaker than normal in this game, dealing only 72~104 damage, but can be boosted with [[Tension]].  

*In the 3DS version, Boulder Toss is also used by [[Juggerwroth]] in battle. His version of the skill is much stronger and does 95~130 damage to the whole party.

This ability is learned with 77 skill points invested into the [[List of fisticuffs skills in Dragon Quest IX|Fisticuffs skill]]. Boulder Toss has been much improved in this game, dealing damage dependent on the user's strength and deftness for a maximum range of 290~320.  

Boulder Toss can be learned with 43 in the [[Cluboon (skill)|Cluboon II]] skill. It costs 32 MP and has a base range of 110~134, capping at a maximum range of 287~349.  

Boulder Toss appears as Carver's [[Coup de Grâce]] when he is in High Tension mode. He grabs on to the ground underneath him and lifts out an enormous slab of stone. He then throws it into the air and smashes it airborne onto the enemies in front of him.

 

Boulder Toss appears as a skill card.