Metal heavy

Dragon Quest monster
Metal heavy
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	こうてつまじん
Romaji	Kōtetsu majin
First appearance	Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past
Old localisation	StelDemon

The Metal heavy is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest VII.

It is a sword-wielding monster clad in a suit of heavy steel armour.

Characteristics edit

Massive metallic dual sword-wielding monstrous living suits of bronze-coloured armour, with a frightening demonic face that grins devilishly from inside the beast's stomach. They are able to unleash devastating Desperate attacks with their dual blades and can nullify the beneficial effects of their opponents with Disruptive Wave. Their demonic magic powers allow them to Buff their allies and their disgusting mouths can belch out great swathes of fire to fry foes with. Their armour grants them a wide range of resistance to both offensive magic and negative status effects.

Appearances edit

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past edit

Metal heavy (こうてつまじん, Kōtetsu majin )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #207

Sprite	Attributes
File:Steldemon.gif	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Recruit Rate
File:Steldemon.gif	300	30	290 (PS1) 435 (3DS)	155 (PS1) 233 (3DS)	230	150	92	⁰⁄₆₄	¹⁄₆₄

Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Fire Breath	Bang	Crack	Cool Breath	Woosh	Rock	Zap	Whack	Paralysis
25%	25%	15%	25%	60%	15%	60%	0%	0%	100%	100%
Army	Poison	Stun	Poof	Dazzle	Sleep	Fizzle	Fuddle	Sap	Drain Magic	Ban Dance
0%	100%	50%	100%	15%	50%	15%	50%	15%	50%	100%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Buff	Desperate attack Flame Breath Disruptive Wave	Cathedral of Blight 4-2F	Seed of strength¹⁄₂₅₆
Notable changes in the remakes

Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D edit

The metal heavy appears as a D-rank monster of the Material family.

Etymology edit

The Japanese name for this card, Kōtetsumajin, means "Steel Demon", giving rise to the old English name of the monster. However, majin sounds very similar to mashin, the Japanese transliteration of the English word "machine", and the term is often used with mechanical monsters in Dragon Quest like the [Überkilling machine] as a reference to its similar use in the Super Robot series Mazinger. As such, it is likely also a pun on "Steel Machine".

Related monsters edit

Gallery edit

Stars model.