How to Beat Ludo: Best Party Members and Weakness

Ludo is one of the bosses in Dragon Quest Monsters 3: The Dark Prince. Learn about Ludo's weaknesses, and recommended party members to beat Ludo here!

How to Beat Ludo

Ludo List of Attacks

Use the Dazzleflash, Sandstorm and Kabuff Skills During Battle

Ludo’s Oomph Increases the Damage of His Physical Attacks

Ludo will strenthen his physical attacks with Oomph, so it is important that you use Dazzleflash and Sandstorm as countermeasures for his attacks since these skills lower the enemy's accuracy.

You could also use Kabuff to strengthen the overall defense of your party, helping you last through the barrage of Ludo's attacks.

Monsters That Can Learn Dazzleflash

Garuda	Komodo	Leery Lout
Sizz Afficionado	Defender

Monsters That Can Learn Sandstorm

Sham Hatwitch	Platypunk	Bunicorn
Shallow Breather	Naturalist

Monsters That Can Learn Kabuff

Eggsoskeleton	Komodo	Leery Lout
Materialist	Defender

Use Monsters That Have Healing Skills

Ludo will try to damage all your monsters using some of his attacks, so be sure you have a monster that can heal all members in your party. The Right as Rain and Multiheal are great recovery skills to use during this battle.

Right as Rain Can Be Acquired From the Soothesayer or Splash Virtuoso Talents

Right as Rain can be learned from acquiring monsters with the Soothesayer or Splash Virtuoso talents. For the Soothesayer talent, you will need to spend 120 SP to use Right as Rain.

You will need to synthesize either two parent monsters that have both Splash Afficionado or a parent monster that has maximum Talent Points for Splash Afficionado in order to acquire the Splash Virtuoso talent.

How to Farm Talent Points and What to Spend Them On

Prepare Multiheal to Use Alongside Right as Rain

Multiheal is an exceptional skill to use in helping your monsters recover during battle. Hades' Condor is a highly recommended monster to acquire if you plan to use the Multiheal skill during your fight against Ludo.

How to Get Hades' Condor

Recommended Party

Sample Party 1

Monster	Main Talent
Dancing Flame Lvl. 32	Blazer
Archdemon Lvl. 30	Storm Chaser
Hacksaurus Lvl. 29	Firebrand
King Cureslime Lvl. 26	Cure-All

Sample Party 2

Monster	Main Talent
Hunter Mech Lvl. 36	Blade Maven
Hunter Mech Lvl. 35	Blade Maven
Shogum Lvl. 27	Leading Light
Archdemon Lvl. 33	Storm Chaser

Best Early Game Monsters

Ludo Overview

Ludo Location and Drops

Complete Story Walkthrough

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince Related Guides

List of Bosses and Guides

Lower Echelon

Lower Echelon Boss List
Bernie	Raph	Penteratic Guardian
Percival	Foo Dog	Abracadabrador
King Foo Dog	Cheater Cheetah, Rhinoceraxe, & Hellion	General Chayne

Middle Echelon

Middle Echelon Boss List
Darius the Shadethrower	Ash	Dessert Demon, Boss Troll, & Chocolate Golem
The Cane Custodian	Claudio	Petrarch
Grimglow Cave Boss	Whiteworl the Watcher	Succubat

Upper Echelon

Upper Echelon Boss List
Ash, Blaise, and Bernie	The Ifreann Eagle	Massimus
Pruslas	Hacksaurus	Warhog
Escudogre	Metal Dragon	Barbatos
Estark Izmah	Aamon	Sir Goolahad
Lady Vinezzia	Sir Sabrefang	Sir Beefdrake
Dolph the Destroyer	Final Boss

Post Game and Secret Bosses

Post Game & Secret Bosses
Estark Venjah	Wyrmsworth	Azabel
Secret Boss