Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is a role-playing video game developed by Level-5 and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2.

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Dragon Quest 8

Beating the Monster Arena in Dragon Quest 8 can be tough. There are proper team comps you need to know to really stand a chance to beat every rank. This is a short Guide to show you what team comps work best in the Monster Arena.

First of all, here is a map of all Monsters you can capture in the game:

As you can see already on the map, is that some monsters only spawn if you defeat a certain rank. Some others only appear at day while others appear at night. Consult this map to see where to find the specific monsters.

Team: Hackzilla, Brickman, Potbelly

Explanation: In the early ranks you don't really need a team with a deathmove. Hackzilla will do most of the job as the monster is very tanky with low-level characters and has good damage output. Brickman is a good monster as well in the early game. Potbelly is also hard hitting and can be found early-mid game. Consult the map to find the monsters!

Explanation: These ranks become a bit more difficult since the monster rise in strength. There is nothing to worry about here though, since the ranks are still somewhat lightweight compared to Rank B and above. You can still manage to keep Hackzilla and Brickman but I would suggest to swap Potbelly with Talos. Talos is a very hard hitting Monster, is even more tanky than Hackzilla and it can attack twice per round.

Explanation: Now we have an interesting team. Octurion is a must octopus that knows&nbsp;Omniheal, which is very important from Rank B and above. The damage the enemy teams deal will be too much for your team to survive all 3 rounds without regaining health, so he's a must. Skeledoid can attack twice (just like Talos) and Talos will stay in your team since his base stats are very high. If you're lucky you can get by with this comp without relying on deathmove teams, because Talos can soak the damage while Octurion heals the entire team.

And there you have it! These monster should get you by and win the Monster Arena. Have fun!

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Best Monster Arena Teams in Dragon Quest 8

Dragon Quest 8 is one of my personal favourites and and I highly encourage you to play this game. When it released it was the GOAT on PS2 and a game you can play over and over again because of the different builds you can have with the characters. Today though we gonna talk about some fun facts in the game you will find funny for sure. Let's gooo!

Fact 1: Some Enemies have very funny names

Some enemies have the funniest names you can imagine. For instance have a look at this bad boy:

This guy is the Bushwhacker. The game however took the liberty to call him Bush-W. which is hilarious once you understand the joke.

A little dude with a hammer ... hmm ... MC Hammer?

Yup. The creators jokingly called him McHammer (Mullet Mallet alternatively). There are more jokes or eastereggs hidden like once of Monster named after the creator (Hori). It's really cool detail and fluffs things up because the game itself isn't that serious about everything. If you're interested in more names, <a href="https://dragonquest.fandom.com/wiki/Recruitable_Monsters_in_Dragon_Quest_VIII">have a look here</a>.

The game is so vast that you have 331 different enemies in the game. Some enemies sometimes have different skins like the darker versions of the same species but it's still crazy how much effort was put here. The game does not fail to give interesting fights due to the AI being different also. Very cool!

Fact 3: Voice Acting for NA and EU versions

The Dragon Quest series is very traditional if you look at some aspects like voice acting or sound design. It stayed that way for a long time. However the creators realized that it would make a bigger impact (and also give the game a nicer touch) to add voice acting for the NA and EU versions. Also they NA version used to be called Dragon Warrior which they changed to Dragon Quest with the 8th installment.

To be fair, the game would only be half as fun if we didn't have the iconic Yangus lines ...

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A short helpful list on Dragon Quest 8 alchemy recipes. The list is WIP!

Remember:&nbsp;The alchemy pot brews when you walk. There is no timer. So just waiting around not moving won't progress the alchemy pot brewing.

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            Dragon Quest 8 Mechanics and General Tips Guide by Chigi_Rishin

                                Introduction

   Hello, this is my first ever guide. I noticed a lack in explanation on

available guides about the mathematical formulas for damages and similar things,

and also some general tips to play the game, making it more enjoyable and saving

time. So I decided to create this short guide condensing some information spread

through various sources, and with my personal findings.

   I did not spend a lot of time making it pretty and all, I created it as fast

as possible. I'm not much of a fan of wasting time to make things pretty, as

   As I have gathered all this information for myself, and there is no similar

information organized like this, I though it was a waste not to share it, so

   Also, this guide assumes some spoilers. But most are information only people

who have already played the game will understand, it's certainly nothing major.

And using guides will probably make the game more fun to play, as it is far too

convoluted and lacking explanations that going in blind will be unnerving. 

   Even with guides I still took about 100 hours to do everything. Hopefully

with this guide you can do it without wasting as much time as I did.

                             Damage and Modifiers

Damage=(ATK/2 - DEF/4)*Oomph*Tension*othermod*(rand(0.95-1.05))

   All this comes from actual in-game testing. 

   The random variation CAN exceed 5% up or down, but is is so rare that the

effective variation is up to 5%, with more than 95% of attacks falling in that

   Other modifiers can include values specific for an attack, or an enemy 

resistance, or attacks that do more damage to certain enemy types.

   Oomph has a modifier of 1.8, and only affects physical attacks, and the first

attack if there are more. All the rest of the modifiers happen on all attacks.

Some types of attacks seem to use a more restricted random variation and applies

it to all 3 or 4 multiple attacks, just to let you know. 

   Available guides have detailed explanations about which attacks benefit or

not from Tension, but usually all attacks and healing do (except full healing).

   Twin Dragon Slash is an awesome skill, with a 1.5 modifier, and hits twice.

With Oomph and 50 Tension, it will hit for 21x the base damage. 100 Tension

gives it 31.5x, it is even better than the dragon killer combo. Considering

this, it is the single most powerful boss killer. But Jessica has low strength

and low attack weapons until the Gringham whip, and spears for the Hero and axes

for Yangus are much easier to get. So the usefulness of this is somewhat lower

in the early game, especially if Angelo does not have Oomph yet, but it is still

   Falcon Blade has a 0.75 modifier, so with its two attacks it goes to 1.5.

Uber Falcon Blade still does that, it only has a little bit more attack (37 VS

55). So it is a waste of a meteorite bracer to make it. Falcon slash also has

the same 0.75 modifier, so usually using it is worse than most Oomphed single

   A Falcon Slash with a Falcon Blade will make ALL FOUR attacks strike for only

0.5625 damage, giving a total of 2.25 (2.7 with Oomph), which WOULD be better 

than a Multithrust. But due to the low attack of the Falcon Blade, it gets

easily surpassed by it, if using a higher attack spear like Hero’s Spear, or

even Sandstorm Spear. Overall, the Falcon Blade is only useful for hunting metal

slimes, and has very little actual utility, also because it becomes available

   Multithrust attacks 3 or 4 times with a 0.5 modifier, so it is always at

least as good as Falcon Slash, without Oomph. Still, on average, due to the 4th

attack, Multithrust does more damage even considering Oomph.

   Physical attacks are ones that actually touch the enemy, even Yangus’s axe 

and scythe attacks, thus Oomph works on Parallax, Typhoeus’ Maul, Steal Sickle, 

etc, and some physical attacks have an element. Magical elements are Sizz,

Frizz, Fire Breath, Ice Breath, Bang, Woosh, Crack, Strike, Zap, Sap and the

status ailments. The Dragon Quest Wiki has detailed information on which attack

are of which type, as well as an enemy’s resistance to them. Note that no enemy

I’ve seen is resistant to Zap (unless 100% for metal enemies), so Lightning

Storm is a great attack that works when Thin Air, Shining Shot, and Kaboom or

Kacrackle may fail to hit or the enemy is strong against it (but that is mostly

   Tension modifiers, despite the number if the Tension itself, are 1.7, 3.4, 5,

and finally 7.5. Actually I think until 5 they are steps of 3/5, but is hard to

confirm. It is often not worth it Tensioning up to 100 due to the 1/3 chance of

it happening, it pays more to use the 50 Tension, then psyche up 3 times again,

which gets a 10x boost overall, especially if the enemy uses wave of ice or

other incapacitating attacks, at least we managed to attack once. The 100

Tension is only recommended when hunting metal king slimes, and maybe if the

character is already at 50 Tension but cannot act yet because we are still going

to Oomph them or reduce the defense of the enemy, so we psyche up again to keep

the 50 Tension or go up to 100. Remember, Tensioning at 100 keeps it there,

while awaiting the proper moment to attack.

   Critical hits simply deal 2x the attackers ATK, as it ignores defense.

However, it does not benefit from Oomph or Tension. It COULD benefit from

   Casting Oomph, fullheal/omniheal, using items, does not use Tension. Refer to

a skills/spells guide for more information. Acceleratle consumes Tension, and 

multiplies the boost by the Tension multiplier.

   All those modifiers happen AFTER the base damage calculation, which is the 

attack divided by two minus the defense divided by four. And there is a 5% or so

randomized damage up or down deviation after this. That is why a large attack

   Dragon slash and similar attacks also apply the modifiers after. The same

with weapons that increase the damage against a monster type. So, a Dragon Slash

with a Dragon Slayer sword, with 100 Tension and Oomph, will deal 30x the base 

damage. If the enemy has 0 defense, this is 15 times the hero’s attack. Very few

bosses are resistant to lowering defense (Dhoulmagus Phase 1), so usually it is 

    This can reach around 6000 damage on the dragovian trials for example, as 

even bosses still have a monster type, even if the bestiary does not show it. 

Depending on defense, it deals much more damage than a Dragon Soul (around 

   Everyone says that magic attacks have a base damage and some may increase 

Mechanics Guide

You might need to right click and look at the picture with a zoom. It's a veeeery big map. Hope that helps some people to find the spots for the best Monsters for the Arena.

The Guide has been written by Artorius87. All credits goes to him/her!

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