Armamentalist

The Armamentalist (魔法戦士, Mahou Senshi^?, lit. Magic Warrior), also known as the Magic Knight, is a vocation in the Dragon Quest series. Combining the abilities of Warriors and Mages, they have shifted from single-target specialists to capable crowd-controllers since their debut, and have gained a Musketeer motif in official illustrations.

Vocation
Armamentalist
Art for a female armamentalist in Dragon Quest IX.
Japanese name:	魔法戦士 (Mahou Senshi)
Introduced in:	Dragon Quest VI
Appears in:	Dragon Quest VI Dragon Quest VII Dragon Quest VII Reimagined Dragon Quest IX Dragon Quest X Dragon Quest of the Stars Dragon Quest Walk Dragon Quest Champions Dragon Quest Smash/Grow

An adept who combines the abilities of a warrior with a mage's magical prowess. --Description from Dragon Quest VII

Appearances

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

Armamentalists gain strong spells and skills at the expense of most stats. A character needs to master both the Warrior and Mage vocations to become a Armamentalist. They are the only advanced vocation to feature no additional traits or special effects.

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	240
Strength	+5%
Agility	-10%
Resilience	-15%
Wisdom	Null
Style	Null
Max HP	-10%
Max MP	+10%
Trait	N/A
Mastery Bonus	+20 Max MP

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Firestarter	Flame Slash	1	One enemy	Attacks enemy with fire slash	0
2	Powerbearer	Oomph	15	One ally	Doubles the attack power of a single party member.	6
3	Stormbringer	Lightning Slash	35	One enemy	Attacks enemy with lightning slash	0
4	Spellbinder	Bound	65	Self	Forms a protective barrier that reflects a single spell.	4
5	Frostburner	Kacrackle Slash	100	One enemy	An attack that channels the power of a terrible ice storm.	0
6	Novablaster	Bazoom	140	One enemy	Sends foes flying to a faraway location.	8
7	Earthscorcher	Magma Blast	190	All enemies	Scorches all enemies with a sudden eruption of lava.	0
8	Lightwielder	Kafrizzle	240	One enemy	Incinerates a single enemy with an enormous fireball.	10

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

In the original Sony PlayStation version, the class was known as the Ranger (not to be confused with the Ranger vocation from other games). They are still the reliable magic knight it was in VI, and requires the same prerequisites. In the Nintendo 3DS version, Armamentalist outfits are similar to stereotypical musketeers, wearing tunics, leather boots, and large plumed hats like those seen in Dragon Quest IX.

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	220 (PS1) / 173 (3DS)
Strength	+5%
Agility	-10%
Resilience	-15%
Wisdom	Null
Style	Null
Max HP	-10%
Max MP	+10%
Mastery Bonus	+20 Bonus to MP

PSX Abilities

While the American PSX release of the game used the old localisation, the current names are also written for better navigation clarity.

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Bouncer	Bounce (Bounce)	1	Self	Causes all spells to reflect back to the caster for a couple of turns	4
2	Wanderer	Flame Slash (FireSlash)	12	One Enemy	Attack will cause fire damage	0
3	Scout	Lightning Slash (BoltSlash)	24	One Enemy	Attack will cause electric damage	0
4	Battler	Oomph (TwinHits)	50	One Ally	Physical damage is doubled for a couple of turns	6
5	Enchanter	Kacrackle Slash (IceSlash)	80	One Enemy	Attack will cause ice damage	0
6	BladeMage	Bazoom (Disperse)	130	One Enemy	Removes one enemy from battle	8
7	Conqueror	Kasizzle (Firebolt)	170	One Group	Causes ~100HP in flame damage	10
8	Faust	Kafrizzle (Blazemost)	220	One Enemy	Causes ~190 in fire damage	10

3DS Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Firestarter	Bounce	1	One Ally	Builds a barrier that reflects all spells.	4
		Midheal		One Ally	Restores at least 75 HP to a single ally.	4
2	Powerbearer	Flame Slash	10	One Enemy	An attack that channels the potent power of a raging inferno.	0
		Swoosh		One Group	A whirlwind that wallops a group of enemies.	4
3	Stormbringer	Kabuff	10 (20)	All Allies	Raises the defence of all party members.	3
		Insulatle		All Allies	Protects the party from fire and ice attacks.	3
4	Spellbinder	Oomph	12 (32)	One Ally	Doubles a single party member's attack power.	6
		Lightning Slash		One Enemy	An attack that channels the potent power of lightning.	0
5	Frostburner	Zap	24 (56)	All Enemies	Calls down lightning to strike all enemies.	6
		Kacrackle Slash		One Enemy	An attack that channels the potent power of a terrible ice storm.	0
6	Novablaster	Kasnooze	30 (86)	One Group	Sends a group of enemies into a deep, deep sleep.	5
		Bazoom		One Enemy	Sends a foe flying to a faraway location.	8
7	Earthscorcher	Kafrizzle	37 (123)	One Enemy	Engulfs a single enemy in an enormous fireball.	10
		Kasizzle		One Group	Sears a group of enemies with scorching hellfire.	10
8	Forcewielder	Miracle Slash	50 (173)	One Enemy	A sword strike that also serves to heal the user's wounds.	3

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined

Armamentalist is an intermediate vocation that requires Warrior and Mage. It offers a few supportive spells like Oomph, Magic Barrier, and Bounce; and a variet of magic-infused physical skills like Flame Slash, Gust Slash, or Flamesplitter; and even some spells like Kasizz, Kacrack, and Kasizzle. They can also reduce the enemy's elemental resistance with Double Jeopardy.

Mastering this vocation and two other intermediate vocations unlocks the Hero vocation.

Proficiency

Level	Type	Name
1		Flame Slash
1		Gust Slash
2		Kasizz
2		Oomph
3		Miracle Slash
3		Magic Barrier
4		Double Jeopardy
5		Kacrack
5		Bounce
6		Flamesplitter
7		Kasizzle
8		Crushed Ice
Let loose skill
Elementary: Makes use of a mastery of the elements to significantly increase elemental attack power and elemental resistance.

Attribute Adjustments

Maximum HP	Maximum MP	Attack	Defence	Magical Might	Charm
-					-
Magical Mending	Strength	Deftness	Resilience	Agility

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

The Armamentalist is a powerful proponent of the formidable Fource. They are quite different from the Armamentalists of previous games. In battle, they can naturally equip wands, swords, bows, and shields, and their repertoire of spells include various enhancing and debilitating spells. However, they are not very good at directly damaging enemies on their own. Their attributes are above average all around and their equipment choices are very good, allowing them to equip various suits of armour and helmets. Despite their Magical Might being quite high, they are incapable of learning any attack spells on their own.

Their Coup-de-Grace is Voice of Experience, which increases the EXP payout after battle by a random rate. The Armamentalist's unique vocational skill is Fource. The Fource skill grants bonuses to the character's Strength, Resilience, Charm, Magical Might, and Max. HP. The main draw of the vocation is the ability to imbue party members with various elemental Fources, which grant them elemental resistance and allows them to deal damage based on the element of the Fource used. Multiple Fources can be used on a character at the same time and, if a character using Fource has the 'Armamentalist's Album' in their inventory from completing Quest #111: The Fource...Forever, it will affect the entire party.

Unlock Condition

Unlockable by completing Quest #109: Elementary Training at Alltrades Abbey.

Stats

Attribute	Starting stats	Maximum stats
Level	1	99
HP	32	540
MP	14	226
Strength	21	351
Agility	10	124
Resilience	15	243
Magical Might	17	282
Magical Mending	0	0
Deftness	7	110
Charm	11	185

Fource

Accolade	Name	Description	Required points
Pyro Private	Fire Fource	Channels fire to increase attack and defence.	4
Corporeal Corporal	Strength +10	Increases Strength by 10.	10
Snow Sergent	Frost Fource	Channels ice to increase attack and defense.	16
Lofty Lieutenant	Resilience +20	Increases Resilience by 20.	22
Cloudburst Captain	Gale Fource	Channels wind and lightning to increase attack and defence.	32
Magisterial Major	Charm +10	Increases Charm by 10.	42
Crepuscular Colonel	Funereal Fource	Channels darkness and earth to boost attack and defence.	55
Boreal Brigadier	Magical Might +30	Increases Magical Might, which increases the damage of attack spells and the accuracy of status ailment-inflicting spells.	68
Geo General	Life Fource	Channels light to increase attack and defence.	82
Star Marshal	Maximum HP +30	Increases max. HP by 30.	100

Spells

Name	MP	Level	Target	Description
Dazzle	5	2	Group	Envelops a group of enemies in illusions
Sap	4	5	One enemy	Reduces the defence of a single enemy
Snooze	3	8	Group	Puts a group of enemies to sleep
Decelerate	3	10	One enemy	Reduces the agility of a single enemy
Acceleratle	4	12	Party	Raises the agility of all party members
Fizzle	3	14	Group	Prevents a group of enemies from using magic
Kasap	8	16	Group	Reduces the defence of a group of enemies
Fuddle	5	20	Group	Sends a group of enemies into confusion
Deceleratle	5	24	Group	Reduces the agility of a group of enemies
Kasnooze	8	28	All enemies	Sends all enemies into a deep sleep
Kafuddle	10	31	All enemies	Sends all enemies into a state of confusion
Oomph	8	39	One ally	Increases the attack of a single party member

Revocation Award

• Combat Action Medal

Dragon Quest X

NOTE:The parenthetical translations of the Japanese names are merely placeholders for convenience and are not to be taken as official Square Enix terms

Fource

Japanese name	English name	Description	MP	Required points
ファイアフォース	Fire Fource	Adds the fire element to normal attacks for 2 minutes Monsters neither weak nor resistant to fire take +10% damage	2	4
全職業でちから+10	Natural strength +10	Permanently increases deftness by 10 in all vocations	N/A	10
アイスフォース	Frost Fource	Adds the ice element to normal attacks for 2 minutes Monsters neither weak nor resistant to ice take +10% damage	2	16
全職業で最大MP+10	Natural MP +10	Permanently increases max MP by 10 in all vocations	N/A	22
ストームフォース	Gale Fource	Adds the wind & lightning element to normal attacks for 2 minutes If a monster is weak to one element but not the other then the weakness is prioritized Monsters neither weak nor resistant to either element take +10% damage	2	32
全職業でみのまもり+5	Natural resilience +5	Permanently increases resilience by 10 in all vocations	N/A	42
ダークフォース	Funereal Fource	Adds the darkness & earth element to normal attacks for 2 minutes If a monster is weak to one element but not the other then the weakness is prioritized Monsters neither weak nor resistant to either element take +10% damage	2	55
MPパサー	M-Pathy	All allies in range receive 100 MP	10	68
全職業で最大HP+10	Natural HP +10	Permanently increases max HP by 10 in all vocations	N/A	82
ライトフォース	Life Fource	Adds the light element to normal attacks for 2 minutes Monsters neither weak nor resistant to light take +10% damage	2	100
フォース範囲化 (Fource range)	N/A	Expands fource skills to affect all allies in range	N/A	110
最大MP+30	Natural MP +30	Permanently increases max MP by 30 when character is an Armamentalist	N/A	120
フォースブレイク (Fource break)	N/A	Double damage to one foe, reduces elemental resistances Reduction rate is either 50% or 100%, equal chance for both	4	130
攻撃時たまにMP回復 (Attack while recovering MP)	N/A	Occasionally recovers MP by 5% of damage dealt	N/A	140
マダンテ	Magic Burst	Spend all MP to deal light damage to all enemies in range, 4 damage per MP Recovers 2% of max MP every 5 seconds for 2 minutes	All	150
クロックチャージ (Clock charge)	N/A	Reduces interval time between actions	6	180
敵の弱点属性がわかる (Decipher weaknesses)	N/A	Reveals enemy weaknesses when using the Tactics menu	N/A	200
よろいが装備できる (Equip armor)	N/A	Allows the use of heavy armor available to warriors, paladins, etc	N/A	200

Spells

Name	MP	Level	Target	Description
Absorb magic	2	5	Self	Siphons MP of enemy spells targeting self
Evac	3	7	Party	Teleports out of dungeons
Oomph	2	14	One ally	Raises attack by 20% for 2 minutes
Acceleratle	4	21	Party	Reduces the party's action interval for 2 minutes
Drain magic	0	30	One enemy	Drains up to 100 MP from an enemy, based on magical might
Oomphle	4	43	One ally	Raises attack by 40% for 2 minutes

Dragon Quest Walk

Armamentalists were added to the game in a March 2020 update. A character can become an Armamentalist by reaching level 50 with the Warrior and Mage vocations and their weapon choices are Swords, Knives, Wands, and Whips. Their unique vocational characteristic is Fource Break, which has a chance of lowering the enemy's resistance to the element they use offensively. Reaching level 70 as an Armamentalist is required in order to become either a Grand Sorcerer or Demon Swordsman.

Notable Armamentalists

• The Prince of Cannock's vocation is listed as an Armamentalist in the smartphone and Nintendo Switch versions of Dragon Quest II. It is also his starting vocation in Theatrhythm Dragon Quest.
• Alexander, one of the Seven Sages from Dragon Quest VIII, is described as a talented magical swordsman. In the Japanese version of the game, his title shares the same name as the vocation.
• Alistair, a descendant of the sage Alexander and Jessica's older brother, inherited some of his ancestor's skill in swordsmanship and magic.

Trivia

• Faust, one of the ranks from the original Sony PlayStation version of Dragon Quest VII, is a character from German folklore who attained great power after making a pact with a demon.

Gallery

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  Vocation details in the official guidebook to VI
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  Vocation details in the V-Jump guide to VI
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  Ruff demonstrating how to become an Armamentalist in the PS1 version.
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  Art for Dragon Quest IX.
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  Art for Dragon Quest IX.
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  A woman armamentalist in X
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  A female Dwarf, male Elf, and female Wetling as armamentalists in Dragon Quest X.