Cold Snapper

Cold Snapper is a talent in Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince that teaches monsters abilities themed around relentless blizzards.

Cold Snapper Japanese アイスバーン Rōmaji Aisu ban Type Talent Older names None

Appearances

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

This talent is naturally learned by the blizzybodies, mangleclaws, and snowbirds, and can be taught to any monster through the scroll sold in Fizzy's shop on Fridays.

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Ability	Description	Talent Points
Kacrackle Slash	110% physical Ice damage to one foe	3
Snooze	Attempts to send one foe to sleep for 2~5 turns Success scales to wisdom	10
Chilly Breath	Deals 37~48 Ice breath damage to all enemies	20
Numb	Attempts to paralyse one foe for 2~5 turns Success scales to wisdom	30
Kasnooze	Attempts to send all foes to sleep for 2~5 turns Success scales to wisdom	50
Freezing Blizzard	Deals 86～103 Ice breath damage to all enemies	70
Assassin's Stab	Attempts to kill target	85
C-c-cold Breath	Deals 198~217 Ice breath damage to all enemies	100
Ultra Crack Ward	Raises resistance to Ice by 50%	120
Ice Age	Deals 220~265 Ice breath damage to all enemies Chance to stun them for 1 turn	150

Trivia

• The status ailments taught by the talent are references to real-life conditionscaused by intensely cold temperatures, with Numb for Rayaud's Phenomenon and Snooze for Hypothermia. Assassin's Stab likely fills in for people simply succumbing to exposure.

Etymology

• A cold snap is defined as a brief but very intense period of freezing weather.