Master Souped-Up Skills in Dragon Quest II HD-2D

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Souped-Up Skills in Dragon Quest II are powerful abilities that can only be unlocked after progressing a significant way into the game. You must first unlock the Soul Sigil, which is the final of five Sigils and a mandatory part of the main story. This occurs after clearing the underwater Den of Iniquity dungeon and defeating its boss.

While the game's tutorial indicates that Souped-Up Skills can be triggered when a character is below 50% HP, there's an additional method: using specific skills on a character. For instance, using Focus Pocus on the Hero enables him to use several Souped-Up Skills. A skill's name will display a flourish from left to right when highlighted if its conditions are met, indicating the souped-up version is available. This can be done by holding the Square button before using the skill in combat. If a character is under 50% HP and gets healed before the skill is performed, the souped-up version will become unavailable.

Note that for skills requiring a 'Buff' condition, a single cast of Kabuff (which increases defense by one level) is insufficient if the Souped-Up Skill requires a two-level defense increase. In such cases, two casts of Kabuff or equipping a Gold Bracer before casting Kabuff would be necessary. Having a Gold Bracer for each character can significantly reduce incoming physical damage with a single Kabuff cast.

Prince of Midenhall Souped-Up Skills

Skill	Souped-Up Skill	Conditions	Effect	MP
Helm Splitter	Scrap Mettle	Focus Pocus, HP <50%	Strong attack on 1 foe, lowering defense significantly	16
Cattle Prod	Beast Bopper	Focus Pocus, HP <50%	Effective against beast-family monsters	22
Undead Undoer	Pearly Gates	Focus Pocus, HP <50%	Damages all foes; Strong against Undead	26
Demon Demeaner	Quadraslash	Focus Pocus, HP <50%	Damages all foes	24
Dragon Slash	Double Dragon Slash	Focus Pocus, HP <50%	Effective against dragon-family monsters	22
Double Up	Martyr’s Barter	Focus Pocus, HP <50%	Damages one foe; Reduces user’s HP to 1	0
Helichopter	Backhander	Focus Pocus, HP <50%	Wind-elemental attack to one foe	38
Cutting Edge	Unbridled Blade	Focus Pocus, HP <50%	Very strong attack to one foe	32
Muster Strength	Muster More Strength	Buff, HP <50%	Triples damage of next attack	12
Egg On	Gritty Ditty	Buff, HP <50%	Increases party’s attack and defense	30
Forbearance	Soul Asylum	Buff, HP <50%	Renders the entire party practically invincible	70
Meditation	Transcendental Meditation	Buff, HP <50%	Significantly recovers the caster’s MP	0
Focus Pocus	Blood of the Berserker	Buff, HP <50%	Raises caster’s attack/defense/agility two levels	12

Caradoc Souped-Up Skills

Skill	Souped-Up Skill	Conditions	Effect	MP
Flame Slash	Tempered Tantrum	Dodgy Dance, HP <50%	Strong fire-elemental attack on 1 foe	25
Kacrackle Slash	Ice and a Slice	Dodgy Dance, HP <50%	Strong ice damage to group of enemies	38
Lightning Slash	Lightning Thrust	Dodgy Dance, HP <50%	Chance to deliver a critical hit	30
Gust Slash	Skysplitter	Dodgy Dance, HP <50%	Hits all enemies; Strong against Undead/Amorphous/Material enemies	34
Dragon Slash	Double Dragon Slash	Dodgy Dance, HP <50%	Effective against dragon-family monsters	22
Miracle Slash	Sword of Succor	Dodgy Dance, HP <50%	Strong attack on 1 foe that steals both HP and MP	20
Falcon Slash	Gyrfalcon Slash	Dodgy Dance, HP <50%	Delivers four attacks on a single enemy	38
Metal Slash	Blade of Ultimate Power	Dodgy Dance, HP <50%	Devastating damage to one enemy	45
Kazap	Lightning Storm	Dodgy Dance, HP <50%	Damages all foes with lightning damage; Chance to Paralyze	36
Kamikazee	Magic Burst	Dodgy Dance, HP <50%	Huge damage on all enemies (dependent on MP spent)	All MP
Kabuff	Brownie Boost	Reheal, HP <50%	Increases allies’ resistances and automatically restores their HP and MP each turn	18
Fizzle	Achilles’ Wheel	Reheal, HP <50%	Forms a magic circle that lowers a group of enemies’ defence and magical resistance	16
Wild Side	Divide	Reheal, HP <50%	Makes three clones of the caster which can carry out the same action three times per turn	40

Peronel Souped-Up Skills

Skill	Souped-Up Skill	Conditions	Effect	MP
Blow Kiss	Last Hurrah	Wild Side, HP <50%	Deals damage to all enemies dependent on party’s HP	15
Lashings of Love	Pink Tornado	Wild Side, HP <50%	Deals damage to all enemies dependent on party’s HP	15