This is a guide to the best team composition and party formation in Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince. Read on to learn how to choose monsters for the early, mid, and endgame!

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Best Initial Team

Team Composition

①	②	③	④
First Monster	Dracky	Slime	Khalamari Kid

The best team for early game is one that includes Dracky, Slime, and Khalamari Kid.

Recommended Talents and Comments

	Monster	Recommended Talent and Comments
①	First Monster	・ Cruelcumber is the most recommended
②	Dracky	Recommended Talent: Zam Afficionado ・Learns the Zam skill early. ・Zammeister increases the potency of dark-elemental attacks and decreases their MP consumption.
③	Slime	Recommended Talent: Slimer ・Learns the Frizz skill early. ・ Heal restores HP to a single ally.
④	Khalamari Kid	Recommended Talent: Aquapothecary ・Learns the Heal skill early ・Splishmeister increases the potency of water-elemental attacks and decreases their MP consumption.

It is recommended that your party for early game be composed of 2 monsters for dealing damage and 2 monsters for healing. With this party, you can limit the number of times you'll need to travel to recover.

Best Team For Early Game

Team Composition

①	②	③	④
Hooper Trooper	Slime Knight	Raptile	Raptile

The recommended team for beginners in early game is Hooper Trooper, Slime Knight, and two Raptiles.

Recommended Talent and Comments

	Monster and Substitutes	Recommended Talent and Comments
①	Hooper Trooper	Recommended Talent: Bang Afficionado ・All skills (Bang & Boom) are powerful ・Bangmeister increases the potency of explosive attacks and decreases their MP consumption.
②	Slime Knight	Recommended Talent: Good Knight ・Tactical Trooper trait is powerful ・ Can recover with Midheal
③ ④	Raptile	Recommended Talent: Shallow Breather ・Fire Breath and Flame Breath are powerful ・ Frizzmeister Increases the potency of fire-elemental attacks and decreases their MP consumption.

The best team recommended in the early game should have 1 monster with single physical attacks and 3 monsters with powerful multi-target skills. This team composition is designed to quickly defeat minor enemies. In the early stages, having a high level is crucial to defeating bosses, so we recommend a party that can easily defeat minor enemies to quickly increase experience points.

Best Team For Early Game Bosses

Team Composition

①	②	③	④
Dessert Demon	Hunter Mech	Mandrake Major	Cureslime

Recommended Talents and Comments

	Monster and Substitutes	Recommended Talent and Comments
①	Dessert Demon	Recommended Talent: Bang Virtuoso ・Can learn Kaboomle ・Can be synthesized into an Archdemon
②	Hunter Mech	Recommended Talent: Blade Maven[hr]・Tactical Trooper is a powerful trait ・Can be synthesized into a Killing Machine
③	Mandrake Major	Recommended Talent: Deep Breather ・Can be synthesized from Raptile ・Easy to derive to D rank
④	Cureslime	Recommended Talent: Healer ・Health Professional increases the potency of healing skills and decreases their MP consumption. ・Healer talent recovers HP

Best Team For Mid Game

Team Composition

①	②	③	④
Archdemon	Killing Machine	Metal Slime Knight	Flutter Slime

Recommended Talents and Comments

	Monster and Substitutes	Recommended Talent and Comments
①	Archdemon	Recommended Talent: Storm Chaser ・Bang and Bangmeister have good synergy ・Crafty Banger increases damage of explosion attribute attacks slightly. ・Good stats overall
②	Killing Machine	Recommended Talent: Duelist ・Tactical Trooper is a powerful trait ・Duelist is a powerful talent ・Can be synthesized into Overkilling Machine
③	Metal Slime Knight	Recommended Talent: Empath ・Tactical Trooper is a powerful trait ・Can be synthesized into a Shogum
④	Flutter Slime	Recommended Talent: Cure-All ・Health Professional increases the potency of healing skills and decreases their MP consumption.

Best Team For Mid Game Bosses

Team Composition

①	②	③	④
Archdemon	Overkilling Machine	Shogum	King Cureslime

Recommended Talents and Comments

	Monster and Substitutes	Recommended Talent and Comments
①	Archdemon	Recommended Talent: Storm Chaser ・Bang and Bangmeister have good synergy ・Crafty Banger increases damage of explosion attribute attacks slightly. ・Good stats overall
②	Overkilling Machine	Recommended Talent: Duelist ・Tactical Trooper is a powerful trait ・Duelist is a powerful talent
③	Shogum	Recommended Talent: Leading Light ・Duelist is a powerful talent ・Can be synthesized into a Slionheart ・Can effectively attack and heal
④	King Cureslime	Recommended Talent: Supreme Healer ・Health Professional trait increases the potency of healing skills and decreases their MP consumption. ・Cure-All can be created by combining Healer and Supreme Healer.

Best Team For Endgame

Team Composition

①	②	③	④
Belial	Overkilling Machine	Demon-At-Arms	Slionheart

Recommended Talents and Comments

	Monster and Substitutes	Recommended Talent and Comments
①	Belial	Recommended Talent: Heretic, Supreme Healer ・Ultra Crafty Banger and Kaboomle have good synergy ・ Ultra Crafty Banger is strong against metal enemies ・ Has a knack for recovery and is an excellent healer.
②	Overkilling Machine	Recommended Talent: Duelist, Attack Booster IV, Attack Booster III ・Tactical Trooper trait leads to high attack power ・Has the highest physical attack power
③	Demon-At-Arms	Recommended Talent: Enfeebler, Crack Virtuoso, Wisdom Booster IV ・Ultra Crafty Stunner easily lowers attack and defense power of enemies ・Crackmeister increases the potency of ice-elemental attacks and decreases their MP consumption.
④	Slionheart	Recommended Talent: Leading Light, Supreme Healer ・Excellent healer with Health Professional ・You can aim for full recovery in one turn with Tactical Trooper

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