Hardliner

Hardliner Japanese 一文字 Rōmaji Ichimanji Type Talent Older names None

Hardliner is a monster talent that teaches a hodgepodge of abilities with no unifying theme.

Appearances

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Fizzy's shop sells scrolls that teach the talent on Monday for 9,000 gold. It is naturally learned by dark hares and king foo dogs.

Ability	Talent Points	Description
Mercurial Thrust	3	A punching technique that only inflicts a small amount of damage, but allows the user to attack before anyone else.
Gust Slash	10	Inflicts minor wind-elemental slashing damage on a single enemy.
Frizzle	20	Inflicts medium fire-elemental spell damage on a single enemy.
Knuckle Sandwich	30	Focuses strength in order to inflict heavy damage on a single enemy in the next turn, ignoring their defence attribute.
Attack +12	50	Raises attack by 12.
Anchorman	70	Acts after everyone else to inflict extreme impact damage on the enemy.
Hotstepper	85	A dance that inflicts extreme fire-elemental damage on all enemies. The higher ther user's level, the greater the damage that will be inflicted.
Shining Shot	100	Inflicts light-elemental damage on enemies at random, 4 to 12 times in total.
Attack +20	120	Raises attack by 20.
Kazap	150	Inflicts major electrical damage on all enemies.