Malroth

Malroth
Dragon Quest II Dragon Quest Builders 2

Japanese name	シドー
Romaji	Shidō
Old localisation	Sidoh (GBC era)
Title	Master of Destruction (English Destruction God (破壊神, Hakaishin^?) (Japanese)
Race	Deity
Voice actor	Banjō Ginga (Japanese, CD Theater) Kenichi Suzumura (Japanese, Rivals)

"...Malroth! Lord and Master of Destruction! Receive of me my flesh in willing sacrifice...! Nnngh!"

—Hargon's last words

Malroth, known by his full title as the Master of Destruction is the final boss of Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line.

Malroth is not mentioned in his debut game until the finale, except for a False Idol bearing his likeness which is found in a cave and is needed to uncover the Cave to Rendarak. In the original version of the game, Malroth was infamous among players due to his ability to completely heal himself with HealAll spell.

Malroth reappears in Dragon Quest Builders 2 as a central figure, but as an amnesiac young man instead of a dark god. The circumstances to his sudden change of appearance, as well as his forgotten past, are crucial to the game's story.

Appearance and personality

Malroth is an immense evil god with both demonic and draconic features, his body covered in blue scales (green in some games) with an orange underside and wearing a necklace with a skull on it. He has six limbs, four of which appear to be arms, a massive pair of demonic wings on his back, and a serpent for a tail. His mouth is always shown as being a wide-opened grin, fangs clearly visible.

Being a god of destruction, Malroth is immensely powerful and more than capable of living up to his title. In all of his appearances Malroth has almost never spoken beyond primitive roars, preferring annihilation over conversation. At the start of the game, Malroth is only alluded to and rarely by his name. All that is first hinted to is his penchant for destruction and the fact that the Children of Hargon threatens all of Alefgard by trying to summon him. In the original NES version the False Idol is known as the Eye of Malroth; this marks the only time he is slightly referenced but there still exist statues in several dungeons that depict his likeness. In contemporary remakes such as the Android/iOS versions, summoning a deity of destruction is mentioned to be [[Hargon's ultimate goal but never referred to with its name until the end.

Being the cult's object of worship, Malroth is highly esteemed by his devotees--not that this matters to him, as his description in Dragon Quest IX states that he doesn't mind where his sacrifices come from. It is revealed in Builders 2 that his name is known only in the highest ranks among the Children of Hargon, this was presumably thought up by Hargon himself so that only he could address the deity and, by this tactic, it could only be directed personally by his nihilist pleas.

Appearances

Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line

The party does not come face-to-face with the evil god until after Hargon is slain. When the party tries to move away from Hargon's throne their path will be blocked by flames and the floor will begin to break apart, heralding Malroth's return. Though successful in defeating Hargon, the sorcerer summoned the god of destruction in death, leaving the Luminaries to contend with him in the final battle.

Malroth (シドー Shidō)

Sprite	Attributes								Resistances
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Fizzle	Snooze	Dazzle	Thwack	Kasap	Spell
	250	Infinite	0	0	255	255	110	⁷⁄₆₄	⁷⁄₇	⁷⁄₇	⁷⁄₇	⁷⁄₇	⁷⁄₇	⁷⁄₇

Additional information
Spells	Locations	Dropped item
Blazing Fire (49~91) Fullheal	Hall of Hargon	None

Malroth (シドー Shidō)

Sprites	Attributes								Resistances
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Fizzle	Snooze	Dazzle	Thwack	Kasap	Spell
	1750	Infinite	0	0	235	240	110	¹⁄₃₂	⁷⁄₇	⁶⁄₇	⁶⁄₇	⁶⁄₇	⁶⁄₇	⁰⁄₇

Additional information
Spells	Locations	Dropped item
Inferno 90~110 Kasap Kabuff	Hall of Hargon	None

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Malroth appears as a Legacy Boss, obtained after completing Quest #151 (only available through Wi-Fi or received at special events). He will become enraged once his health drops to orange range.

Malroth

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	???	7500 15066( 99)	255	64600	2490	900 1306( 99)	480 720( 99)	260 416( 99)

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Blast	Earth	Dark	Light	Drain Magic	Whack	Dazzle	Fizzle
0%	0%	-50%	0%	0%	50%	0%	0%	100%	100%	100%
Confusion	Paralysis	Sleep	Poison	Stun	Blunt	Deceleratle	Sap	Spooky Aura	Charm
100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	95%	25%	75%	50%	100%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped items
Moreheal (lv. 1~40) Fullheal* (lv. 57~)	Sometimes acts twice per round (lv. 1~15) Attacks twice per round (lv. 16~40) Attacks thrice per round (lv. 41~) Critical attack (lv. 1~) Scorch (lv. 1~40) C-c-cold Breath (lv. 1~) Disruptive Wave (lv. 5~) Blinder (lv. 28~) Hellfire (lv. 41~) Psyche Up (lv. 49)	Grotto	Midenhall boots* Midenhall trousers* Midenhall gloves* Midenhall garb* Midenhall helm* Red orb* Mini medal
Description		"Brings about destruction by breathing both fire and ice, and disruption with Disruptive Wave. Hard to harm with darkness. This deity of the damned enjoys nothing more than the sacrificed souls of his most sincere followers. Mmmmm!"

Fullheal caps at 999 HP restored.

Treasure

Level Range	Secondary Drop		Orb
1-3	Midenhall boots	15%	Red Orb	10%
4-8	Midenhall trousers	15%	Red Orb	10%
9-15	Midenhall gloves	15%	Red Orb	11%
16-25	Midenhall garb	15%	Red Orb	11%
26-40	Midenhall helm	15%	Red Orb	12%
41-56	Midenhall boots	20%	Red Orb	12%
57-68	Midenhall trousers	20%	Red Orb	13%
69-80	Midenhall gloves	20%	Red Orb	13%
81-90	Midenhall garb	20%	Red Orb	14%
91-99	Midenhall helm	20%	Red Orb	15%

Will always drop a Mini medal.

Dragon Quest X

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Dragon Quest Monsters

Sidoh (シドー, Shidō )

Sprite		Attributes
GBC	PSX	Family	Level cap*	HP Growth	MP Growth	Attack Growth	Defence Growth	Agility Growth	Wisdom Growth
	?	???	70	3/5	5/5	3/5	2/5	5/5	5/5

Resistances
Frizz*	Sizz*	Fire Breath*	Bang*	Crack*	Cool Breath*	Woosh*	Rock*	Zap*
Weak	Weak	None	Weak	Weak	None	Weak	Strong	Weak
Gigaslash	Magic Burst	Drain Magic *	Whack*	Kamikazee*	Poison*	Paralysis*	Fuddle*	Snooze*
Weak	Weak	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune
Dazzle*	Fizzle	Ban Dance	Gobstopper	Stun*	Sap*	Decelerate*	Curse
Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune

Additional information
Description	An evil dragon lord, ruler of all destruction
Skills	FireAir, FrigidAir, HellBlast
Location	Gate of Demolition
Breeding Chart	Jamirus x Rosevine

*Sidoh appears as the boss of the Gate of Demolition, though only on the second time through: players must first defeat Hargon and then go through the gate again to confront Malroth, whose presence is noted by Watabou when Hargon is defeated. It is interesting to note that this is the only time Malroth speaks in person, talking with pauses between words and occasionally syllables.

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

Sidoh (シドー, Shidō )

Sprite		Attributes
GBC	PSX	Family	Level cap*	HP Growth	MP Growth	Attack Growth	Defence Growth	Agility Growth	Wisdom Growth
	?	???	70	7/10	9/10	7/10	6/10	7/10	7/10

Resistances
Frizz*	Sizz*	Fire Breath*	Bang*	Crack*	Cool Breath*	Woosh*	Rock*	Water*
Weak	Weak	None	Weak	Weak	None	Weak	Strong	Weak
Zap*	Gigaslash	Magic Burst	Drain Magic *	Whack*	Kamikazee*	Poison*	Paralysis*	Fuddle*
Weak	Weak	Weak	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune
Snooze*	Dazzle*	Fizzle	Ban Dance	Gobstopper	Stun*	Sap*	Decelerate*	Curse
Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune

Additional information
Description
Skills	FireAir, FrigidAir, HellBlast
Location
Breeding Chart	Jamirus x Rosevine

*Like several other boss characters, Sidoh was given an additional form called Genosidoh, a far more fearsome looking form than that of his original.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Malroth

Sprite	Attributes
	Family	Rank	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
	Demon	S	?	?	?	?	?	?
Traits			Skills		Resistances
Artful Dodger, Psycho			Healer, Über Wisdom Boost		Healed by Zam, Whackproof, Confusionproof

Additional information
Description	A god of destruction who plans to usher death unto all living beings.
Weapons	Swords, Spears, Claws, Staves
Location	-
Breeding chart	Demon-at-arms x Living statue, Buffalogre, or Khalamari

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Malroth

Attributes
Family	Rank	Size	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
Demon	S	M	?	?	?	?	?	?
Traits			Skills		Resistances
Hit Squad, Big Hitter, Health Professional, Sleepy Touch			Healer		Vulnerable to Woosh, Immune to Whack, Poison, Confusion, Inaction, Paralysis, and Sleep, Healed by Zam

Additional information
Weapons	Swords, Spears, Claws, Staves
Location	-
Breeding chart	Hargon x Khalamari, Buffalogre, or Living statue

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Malroth (シドー, Shidō )
Monsterpedia No.: #503

Attributes
Family	Rank	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
	S	1,300	470	560	500	410	790
Talents		Traits		Large-size exclusive traits		Dropped items
Malroth (lv. 1)		Health Professional (lv. 1) Sleepy Touch (lv. 20) Frizzmeister (lv. 40)		Tactical Commander (lv. 1) Strong Starter (lv. 1) Rando-Disrupt (lv. 60)		N/A

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

Additional information
Description	An evil deity who desires nothing less than world destruction. According to ancient tomes, he will awaken when offered a living sacrifice.
Location	This monster has no natural habitat

Synthesis
Breeding chart
X
Notable fusions
X X X = (Two generation synthesis)

Dragon Quest Treasures

Malroth's likeness is represented as Treasure No. 461, with a base value of 5,550,000.

Dragon Quest Builders 2

Malroth is a major character appearing in Builders 2. He accompanies the player as a helpful NPC for the majority of the game, participating in battle as an AI-controlled ally to kite enemy focus away from the player as a response to criticism of the first title. For more details, see Malroth (Character).

Dragon Quest Rivals

Malroth appears in the artwork for his own card and those depicting his abilities, both in his original demonic and humanoid forms. He was introduced in the first card pack as a legendary rare card and would inflict 4 damage to all units on the field when summoned, including allies. He was eventually reprinted in the seventh card pack, "Strange Tale of Light and Darkness" under the name "Destruction God Sidoh" alongside Hargon. As a reference to his ability to cast Fullheal in the original version of Dragon Quest II, all of Malroth's HP is restored at the end of the opponent's turn.

Dragon Quest Walk

Malroth first appeared in the game as a boss on June 24th, 2021 as part of a Dragon Quest II collaboration event. A special mega version of Malroth can be challenged by up to 12 players from June 26th to July 11th, 2021.

Dragon Quest Tact

"My name... is Malroth... Master... of Destruction... And destruction... is what I bring forth!"

Malroth appears as an S-rank member of the ??? family as part of the original Dragon Quest II event on his own banner alongside Batmandrill. He can be faced in the event quest Chapter 5, Episode 4: Malroth, God of Destruction, as well as boss battles in the Hall of Hargon and Malroth's Menace Challenge Quests. Malroth can be scouted by the player by redeeming their Dark Lord/Hero Meeting Ticket S.

Malroth (シドー Shidō)

Image

Attributes
Role	Max level	HP	MP	Move
Debuff	140	1,316	555	2
Attack	Defence	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
262	439	505	498	65
Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Crack	Woosh	Bang
Very Weak	Very Weak	Half Res	Half Res	Normal
Zap	Zam	Snooze	Poison	Physical Lock
Normal	Normal	Half Res	Normal	Normal
Spell Lock	Martial Lock	Breath Lock	Hobble *	Stun *
Normal	Normal	Super Weak	Normal	Half Res
Dazzle	Curse	Paralysis	Confusion	Charm
Normal	Immune	Normal	Super Weak	Normal

Skills
Basic skills	Awakening skills
Deadly Breath Destroyer's Bellow* Lightning Storm* Talent Blossoming: Withering Glint	Dark God's Advent / Stats Up Crack Res +25 / Stats Up Lightning Storm Potency +5% / Stats Up Woosh Res +25 / Stats Up Lightning Storm Potency +5% / Stats Up
Perks
Basic perks	WIS +15 DEF +20 Sacrificial Rite: Restores 300 HP and 80 MP to the user each time an ally gets KO. Lightning Storm Potency +2%
Leader perk	Lowers enemy's Zap Res by 25% in a 5x5 square around him.
Awakening perk	Dark God's Advent: Raises Move, DEF and Spell Res for 2 turns at battle start.

Trivia

Malroth has some similarities to Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction and one of the three principle deities of Hinduism. Shiva is commonly depicted as having blue skin and multiple arms and is known as the Destroyer. However, Shiva is also known as the Creator as well, as new creation couldn't take place without first having destruction, and Shiva does not take part in blind, needless destruction.
It is speculated that the gauntlet of bosses in the Hall of Hargon (Atlas, Pazuzu, Belial) were, worst case scenario, at least meant to stall the Luminaries while Hargon performed the ritual to summon Malroth. Since Hargon was defeated before the ritual was finished, he sacrificed what little life he had left as a last ditch effort to summon the God of Destruction. This raises the question of how much more powerful Malroth's avatar would be if the ritual was completed properly.
His human form in Builders 2 is voiced by Kenjiro Tsuda, though he doesn't talk and only makes various sounds to indicate his mood. In Dragon Quest Rivals, he can be heard speaking for the first time.
The splitting of Malroth into good and bad halves is reminiscent of the characters Kami and Piccolo from Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga. The two were originally an unnamed being whose expelled inner darkness manifested as a violent doppelganger.
It's unclear just how much of the demonic Malroth in Builders 2 is the original and how much is Hargon. Since Hargon gave up his soul to power the original and is thus still around circa Builders 2 as a result, it's quite possible the reason both Hargon and his illusion world persisted was due to this soul fusion creating a link sustaining both, and since the demonic Malroth largely reflects Hargon's own desires, the demonic one in Builders 2 seems to be a mix of Hargon's own persona and the more negative aspects of Malroth as a humanoid combined.
The tendency for Malroth to excel as the party healer in the Monsters series is an homage to his tendency to cast Fullheal in the original version of II.