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'''Whack''' (previously '''Beat''') is a recurring spell in the ''[[Dragon Quest (series)|Dragon Quest]]'' series. It instantly reduces the target's HP to 0, causing instant death.

Though a potent spell, Whack and its advanced forms tend to rarely work. It is typically learned by Priests and other practitioners of curative arts, likely to balance out the power of life with a little power of death.

==Appearances==

===''[[Dragon Quest II]]''===

===''[[Dragon Quest IV]]''===

===''[[Dragon Quest V]]''===

===''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]''===

===''[[Dragon Quest Monsters]]''===

==Trivia==

*In an interview with ''Nintendo Power'' magazine, series creator [[Yuji Horii]] noted that the AI in ''[[Dragon Quest IV]]'' was built such that in its original version, [[Kiryl]]'s algorithms would always conclude Whack (then Beat) and the character would end up casting it turn after turn, simply because it "could not get over the power of the spell." The problem was halfway corrected in the balance-adjusted [[PS2]] remake, except that he almost ''never'' cast Whack.

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