Claws (monster)

Dragon Quest monster Claws
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese クローハンズ Romaji Kurō hanzu First appearance Dragon Quest VIII

For the recurring weapon type, see Claw Weapon Family.

The Claws is a monster in the series.

Characteristics

Claws are muscular humanoid monsters that wear suits of silvery-blue scales and dual wield razor-sharp claws in battle. The handguards on their claws and helmets are made of red metal, and they wear short teal kilts with leather belts around their waists, along teal boots with red tips. Underneath their masks, they have a shaggy mane of long, dark blue hair. They are the strongest warriors amongst their kind, being capable of ripping apart their enemies with their rotational corkscrew attacks.

Appearances

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Claws (クローハンズ Kurō hanzu)

Bestiary No.		Family
#203		Humanoid
Experience	Gold	HP	MP
386	73	283	0
Attack	Defense	Agility	Evasion
201	153	129	0⁄64

In-Game Description	Aggressive monsters covered from head to toe in hard scales. They use magic to lower enemy defenses before moving in for the kill.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Roundaclout (77~94 damage to entire party)
Location(s)	Black Citadel After the fall of Black Citadel: Small island northeast of Farebury West Argonia Northwest Isle Untrodden Groves Holy Isle of Neos (day only)
Item(s) Dropped	Iron helmet1⁄32 Assassin's dagger1⁄64

Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Ice breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *
0%	0%	100%	100%
Ban Dance Resistance	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Fuddle Resistance *
100%	50%	100%	100%
Paralysis Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Snooze resistance *	Stun Resistance *
100%	50%	100%	100%
Sap Resistance *
15%
Army Resistance *
0%

Ports (3DS, Mobile)

Notable Changes

Fire claws1⁄128 replaces Assassin's dagger as rare drop.

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Claws (クローハンズ Kurō hanzu)

Model

Bestiary no.

#183

Family

Humanoid

Experience

1,980

Gold

187

HP

206

MP

24

Attack

153

Defence

198

Agility

178

In-game description

They sweep enemy attacks aside in one smooth movement, then spin around to smack back the next. Weak against light.

Wandering assassins employed by the Empire. Ordered to obliterate all who attempt to enter the imperial stronghold.

Spell(s)

None

Skill(s)

Roundaclout (21~26 damage to entire party)
Critical Hit

Location(s)

Oubliette
Ondor Cliffs
Grotto (Caves, rank 6; Ruins, rank 6-7)

Item(s) dropped

Sacred claws¹⁄₆₄
Dragon mail¹⁄₁₂₈

Fire resistance *

0%

Ice resistance *

50%

Wind resistance *

50%

Blast/Lightning resistance *

0%

Earth resistance *

-25%

Dark resistance *

0%

Light resistance *

-50%

Drain Magic resistance

0%

Whack resistance *

100%

Dazzle resistance *

50%

Fizzle resistance *

50%

Fuddle resistance *

50%

Paralysis resistance *

75%

Snooze resistance *

100%

Poison resistance *

25%

Stun resistance *

75%

Blunt resistance *

25%

Deceleratle resistance *

50%

Sap resistance *

25%

Spooky Aura resistance *

50%

Charm resistance *

85%

• A Claws is the second claw-wielding monster that must be defeated during Quest #76: Talonted Trio. He must be defeated in the Oubliette for the quest to count.

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Garrero	Spanish for "claw user/wielder".
Français	Griffeur	From the French griffe and the suffix -eur.
Deutsch	Kralle	German for "claw, talon".
Italiano	Assalitore gelido	Italian for "cold assailant".

Trivia

• Their description in VIII erroneously states that the claws use magic to lower the defenses of enemies, but they are completely incapable of casting any kind of magic as they lack MP.

Gallery

• 
  Appearance in Super Light

Related monsters

• Riptide
• Icikiller