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Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined (DQ7)

Martial Artist Vocation Guide

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

Martial Artist Overview

Type and Loose Ability

Vocation Type
Martial Artist Martial Artist Beginner
Let Loose Ability
Critical Stance
Adopt a supremely powerful pose which ensures a critical hit.

How to Get Worked Up and Use Let Loose

Stat Bonuses

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

All Stats and Attributes Explained

Tier Ranking

Rating Explanation
A Tier
Great
High crit potential and fast attacks.
Self-sufficient but slightly vulnerable to magic attacks.
Excellent for auto-attack battles.

Best Vocations Tier List

Martial Artist Skill List

All Skills and Required Proficiency

1★
Offensive Clap Trap: Strikes a single enemy, channelling the user's energies to also increase their attack power.
2★
Offensive Leg Sweep: An unbalancing blow that can send an enemy sprawling.
3★
Recovery Mens Sana: Significantly increases attack power by removing status ailments
4★
Offensive Flying Knee: A single target strike that is especially effective against airborne enemies.
5★
Buffing Back Atcha: Sidesteps incoming physical attacks and deals damage to a random enemy.
6★
Offensive Roundhouse Kick: A spinning kick that smashes into a single group of enemies.
7★
Buffing Focus Pocus: Clears the mind, allowing the next ability to be unleashed twice.
8★
Offensive Knuckle Sandwich: A potent punch that strikes a single enemy for a bone-crunching critical hit.

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 Martial Artist

Unlocked at Alltrades Abbey

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined - Change Vocations
Martial Artist 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 Martial Artist 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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