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Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined (DQ7)

Jester Vocation Guide

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Jester is a Beginner Vocation in Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined (DQ7). See an overview for Jester, and a list of its skills here.

Jester Overview

Type and Loose Ability

Vocation Type
Jester Jester Beginner
Let Loose Ability
Play the Fool
Prat about to deftly dodge attacks from enemies who will also be easier to provoke into fits of laughter.

How to Get Worked Up and Use Let Loose

Stat Bonuses

Max HP Max MP Atk Def
Normal Increased Decreased Normal
Mag Mt Charm Mag Mend Str
Decreased Increased Decreased Decreased
Deft Res Agi
Increased Normal Increased

All Stats and Attributes Explained

Tier Ranking

Rating Explanation
B Tier
Good
Debuffs enemies but not really ideal in every battle.
Low direct damage and frail in combat, so best used in combination with strong frontline vocations.
Cannot survive alone.

Best Vocations Tier List

Jester Skill List

All Skills and Required Proficiency

1★
Offensive Hip Drop: A jumping bump attack. The more charming you are, the more damage you deal!
Buffing Pratfall: Causes the user to start pratting about, which evades physical attacks and boosts their charm with each successful dodge.
2★
Recovery Sobering Slap: Removes paralysis, sleep, beguilement, confusion and hallucination from a target, and also boosts charm if successful.
3★
Debuffing Decelerate: Significantly reduces the agility of a single enemy.
4★
Debuffing One-Liner: Causes all enemies to crease up with laughter. The higher the user's charm, the more likely the joke is to land.
5★
Buffing Mighty Martyr: Causes the user to step up and take on all allies' incoming status ailments.
Debuffing Deceleratle: Slightly reduces the agility of all enemies.
6★
Recovery Joke's On You: Passes all of the user's status ailments onto the enemy.
7★
Debuffing Rib-Tickler: Tickles an enemy pink, sometimes leaving them more susceptible to status ailments.
8★
Offensive Weird Whacker: A strange slash that can sometimes confuse a single enemy.

As a character increases their proficiency in this Vocation, they will learn more powerful skills in the process. Ideally, you'll want to master one Vocation first to learn all its skills before changing to another one.

List of All Skills

How to Unlock Jester

Unlocked at Alltrades Abbey

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined - Change Vocations
Jester is one of the Vocations available after saving Jacqueline at Alltrades Abbey. Talk to the priestess of the time period you are in, or use the Career Sphere to change your Vocation to Jester anytime!
How to Change Vocations

Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined (DQ7) Related Guides

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined - Vocations Partial
List of All Vocations

All Vocation Types

Default Beginner
Intermediate Advanced

List of Vocations

Default Vocations
Fledgling Fisherman Fledgling Fisherman Heir Apparent Heir Apparent Mini Mayoress Mini Mayoress
Wolf Boy Wolf Boy Destiny Destiny's Dancer Chevalier Chevalier
Beginner Vocations
Warrior Warrior Martial Artist Martial Artist Mage Mage
Priest Priest Dancer Dancer Thief Thief
Troubadour Troubadour Sailor Sailor Shepherd Shepherd Jester Jester
Intermediate Vocations
Gladiator Gladiator Armamentalist Armamentalist Sage Sage
Luminary Luminary Pirate Pirate Paladin Paladin Monster Wrangler Monster Wrangler
Advanced Vocations
Champion Champion Druid Druid Hero Hero

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