King kelp

Dragon Quest monster
King kelp
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	わかめ王子; わかめおうじ
Romaji	Wakame ōji
First appearance	Dragon Quest VIII

The King kelp is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest VIII.

Characteristics

King kelps are walking masses of seaweed that have taken on a humanoid form and perform songs for their fellow monsters. Their bodies appear to be composed of red coral as shown from their limbs, lips, and the tops of their heads, while their kelp gives them the appearance of wearing long, flowing robes. The singers carry crude microphones that have been carved out of driftwood and wear silver crowns on their heads. More often than not, their audience consists of Khalamari kids, who they are able to call upon in battle. In various spinoff games, they have been members of the Material and Undead families.

Appearances

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

[[File:DQ8 Aquatic Family Icon.png|link=Aquatic family]] King kelp (わかめ王子, Wakame ōji )
Defeated Monster List No. : #240

Image	Attributes
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
	86	8	56	16	48	36	35	⁰⁄₆₄

Resistances
Attack	Frizz	Sizz	Fire Breath	Bang	Crack	Cool Breath	Woosh	Rock	Zap	Whack
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	50%
Army	Poison	Stun	Paralysis	Dazzle	Sleep	Fizzle	Fuddle	Sap	Drain Magic	Ban Dance
0%	0%	100%	100%	15%	100%	0%	100%	0%	15%	15%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Midheal	Funny song (stuns target)	Ascantha Region Pickham Region Ocean Pirate's Cove	Template:Waterweed mould 8¹⁄₁₆ Coral hairpin¹⁄₁₂₈
Description	Like pop-stars of the deep sea, these vile vocalists call other monsters to their aid with their soothing singing voices.
Notable changes in the remake

Dragon Quest X

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

[[File:DQMJ Icon Material.png|link=Material family|20x20px|class=pixels]] King kelp

Sprite	Attributes
	Rank	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
	E	?	?	?	?	?	?
Traits			Skills		Resistances
-			All-Rounder		Healed by Water, Sleepproof

Additional information
Description	This musician keeps his mic polished at all times, and is always ready to holler a tune.
Weapons	Swords, Spears, Hammers, Staves
Location	Palaish Isle
Breeding chart	Goodybag x See urchin

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

[[File:DQMJ2 Icon Material.png|link=Material family|14px|class=pixels]] King kelp

Attributes
Rank	Size	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
C	S	?	?	?	?	?	?
Traits			Skills		Resistances
Rabble Rouser			All-Rounder		Immune to Sleep and Magical Sabotage

Additional information
Weapons	Swords, Spears, Hammers, Staves
Location	Unshore
Breeding chart	Puppeteer x Bodkin archer Firn fiend x Dragon slime

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional

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Dragon Quest Tact

King kelp appears as an A-rank monster of the Undead family as part of the 1-Year Wrap Party post-anniversary event. He will join the party in Chapter 1, Episode 1 of the event quests and he can be fully awakened by completing the quest at any difficulty. The king kelp also stars in its own Battle Road and he can be faced as a boss in the King Kelp's Summer Concert.

[[File:Tact Icon

Undead.png|link=

Undead family|30px]] [[File:DQTact Rank Icon

.png|24px]] King kelp (わかめ王子 Wakame ōji)

Image

Attributes
Role	Max level	HP	MP	Move
[[File:DQTact DebuffType.png\|30px]] Debuff	110	807	281	2
Attack	Defence	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
386	310	413	128	35
Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Crack	Woosh	Bang
Normal	Normal	Very Weak	Half Res	Very Weak
Zap	Zam	Snooze	Poison	Physical Lock
Normal	Half Res	Normal	Half Res	Normal
Spell Lock	Martial Lock	Breath Lock	Hobble *	Stun *
Normal	Super Weak	Normal	Normal	Normal
Dazzle	Curse	Paralysis	Confusion	Charm
Super Weak	Normal	Immune	Half Res	Normal

Skills
Basic skills	Awakening skills
Kelp Slap Combo Kelp Slap* Kelp Concert*	Rare Dodgy Dance / Stats Up Woosh Res +25 / Stats Up Combo Kelp Slap Potency +5% / Stats Up Confusion Success Rate +5% Zam Res +25 / Stats Up Combo Kelp Slap Potency +5% / Stats Up Confusion Success Rate +5%
Perks
Basic perks	Max HP +20 AGL +15 Combo Kelp Slap Potency +2%
Leader perk	Raises physical potency of undead allies by 10% in a 5x5 square around him.
Awakening perk	Rare Dodgy Dance: Rarely raises evasion rate for 3 turns at action start.

Related monsters

Wailin' weed

Gallery

A king kelp in X
Joker model
Rivals card
DQ Trading Card

King kelp

Contents

Characteristics

Appearances