List of Resistance Traits & Skills: How to Increase Resistance

Resistance allows you to significantly decrease the damage you take in Dragon Quest Monster: The Dark Prince (DQM3). It also allows you to resist falling under the effects of status ailments. Read on to learn more about resistance traits, the advantages of increasing resistance, and how to increase your resistance!

List of Resistance Traits

Status Resistance Traits

Element Resistance Traits

Resistance Effects

Summary of Resistance Effects

1. Resistance of 100 and above disables the attack and nullifies status ailments
2. Ultra Crafty traits lower resistance by 50, Crafty traits lower resistance by 10
3. The lower the resistance, the easier it is to damage and inflict status ailments on enemies.
4. Damage is nullified at 100 Resistance, anything more restores health

Resistance Levels and Effects

If you press the Y button on the monster's character screen you see the numerical values of each resistance.

Resistance of 100+ disables attacks and nullifies status ailments

If the resistance of a monster to a certain element or ailment is 100 or more, the damage that the attack would have dealt or the status ailment would be nullified. If your monster has a resistance level of 125 or higher, then it will heal from attacks

Ultra Crafty traits lower resistance by 50

Monsters with an Ultra Crafty trait can reduce an enemy's resistance by 50 to deal greater damage and inflict ailments easier. Even against a Metal King Slime with a Resistance of 100 for most elements, an Ultra Crafy trait will reduce the resistance by 50 allowing you to deal damage, making these valuable traits.

Crafty Traits lower Resistance by 10

By equipping the right accessories, you can also lower the resistance of enemies enough to be able to deal just a little bit more damage.

The lower the resistance, the easier it is to damage and inflict status ailments on enemies.

If you lower your enemy's Resistance with an Ultra Crafty trait, it will be easier to damage them more. It also makes it easier to inflict a status ailment and turn the tide of battle.

List of Elemental and Status Ultra Crafty Traits

Damage is nullified at 100 Resistance

Monsters are immune to damage if their resistance is at 100 or greater, however it is possible to go beyond the 100 limit. This acts as a way to counteract the Ultra Crafty Traits that lower your resistance by 50.

How to Check Resistance

Check on Monster Data Screen

To find out a monster's resistance, open the monster character menu with the X button and select a monster to view its skills, resistance, and more. Alternatively, you can also view the resistance data of every monster you've scouted in the Monsterpedia.

Unable to Check in Battle

During battle, you will not be able to verify an enemy's resistance unless you have already obtained the enemey before. Similarly, during online ranked PVP battles, you will not be able to verify an enemy's resistance and skills. You will have to anticipate their values.

Status Changes Can Be Seen

Although you can't see the enemy's resistance, you can view status changes in battle. With this you can also deduce whether your enemy has an Ultra Crafty trait by cross-referencing with your own resistance values, especially if you have a status ailment.

Advantages of Increasing Resistance

Counter Ultra Crafty Traits

By increasing your Resistance level to 150, you can negate the effects of Ultra Crafty traits. This is most advantageous especially in online PVP battles.

Effective Ward traits for PVP

List of All Traits

How to Increase Resistance

You can increase yourResistance by a number of ways using traits and accessories.

1. Synthesize an L-sized Monster
2. Learn Ultra Ward Traits
3. Use Accessories to Increase Resistance

Synthesize L-Sized Monsters

Synthesizing L-Sized Monsters also increases their resistance to status ailments by 50. If you take a monster with a base resistance of 50 and synthesize it into a L-sized monsters, you can increase it's resistance to the point of nullifying status ailments.
Monster Size: Differences and Benefits of Monster Sizes

Resistance Value of L-Sized Monster

Resistance	Added Value
Confusion	+50
Sleep	+50
Paralysis	+50
Stun	+50
Poison	+50
Instant Death	+50

Learn Ultra Ward Traits

Learning an Ultra Ward Trait also drastically increases your resistance by 50. If you have a base resistance of 50, learning the Ultra Ward trait to that attribute will completely nullify attacks made with the same attribute.

List of Elemental and Status Ultra Ward Traits

Use Accessories to Increase Resistance

Some accessories also give minor bonuses to resistances. This is usually just a +10 in resistance but it is still recommended that you increase your resistance even if it just by a little.

List of Accessories

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