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Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined (DQ7)

How to Beat The Lord of Darkness

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How to Beat Zoma

The Lord of Darkness is an Arena boss encountered in Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined (DQ7). See how to beat Zoma, recommended equipment for the fight, and the boss' information here.

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How to Beat The Lord of Darkness

Use AoE Thunder-Based Skills

Use Lightning Skills

Thunder Skills are the most effective against Zoma, which makes equipping Erdrick's Sword extremely effective if you have it.

Stack buffs on Hero and use him as your main attacker to take down Zoma within 40 Turns.

How to Get Erdrick's Sword and Stats

Increase Ice Resistance

Increase Ice Resist

Zoma primarily deals damage by using Ice-based skills, which can be countered by equipment that increases your Ice Resistance.

You can also cast buffs that increase the party's resistance to Ice to further reduce Zoma's damage.

List of All Equipment

Use Strong Skills to Break Cloth of Darkness

Cloth of Darkness

Zoma's Cloth of Darkness nullifies all skills that deal damage below a certain threshold.

Make sure to break this barrier quickly by using your strongest Skill, allowing the rest of the party to deal damage to Zoma after.

List of All Offensive Skills

The Lord of Darkness Boss Moveset

The Lord of Darkness Skills and Abilities

Skill / Ability Effect
Normal Attack Normal Attack
Zoma attacks, dealing damage.
Ice Lump Ice Lump
Zoma launches a lump of Ice, dealing damage to the entire party twice.
Disruptive Wave Disruptive Wave
Zoma releases a disruptive wave to remove all positive buffs from the party.
Ferocious Frost Ferocious Frost
Zoma casts dark magic to deal damage and lower a target's Attack and Defence.
Cloth of Darkness Cloth of Darkness
Zoma encases himself in a Cloth of Darkness, nullifying all weak attacks.

Best Vocations to Beat The Lord of Darkness

Recommended Character Level and Vocations

Character Level Vocation
Hero Hero 75 Primary:
Champion Champion
Secondary:
Martial Artist Martial Artist
Ruff Ruff 75 Primary:
Hero Hero
Secondary:
Pirate Pirate
Maribel Maribel 75 Primary:
Druid Druid
Secondary:
Sage Sage
Aishe Aishe 75 Primary:
Luminary Luminary
Secondary:
Dancer Dancer

List of All Vocations

The Lord of Darkness Boss Rewards

The Dragonlord Rewards

Reward Requirement
Erdrick Erdrick's Sword
Victory
Super Seed of Sorcery Super Seed of Sorcery
 ~ 60 Turns
Super Seed of Life Super Seed of Life
 ~ 50 Turns
Zoma Heart Zoma Heart
~ 40 Turns

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