Rab

Explore Rab's spell list and abilities in Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age, including ice damage, dark damage, and critical hit combos.

Rab's magic deals ice damage to groups and dark damage to single enemies. The Zam line has a naturally high critical rate which combos well with Ring of Ruin, particularly once Rab gains access to Kazammle. He's not as good a buffer/debuffer as Veronica and Serena but he's not bad. If you have stronger enemies turned on, Insulatle can be a lifesaver since breath attacks are among the deadlier that you will face.

Since you'll always have a better heavy wand user available, you may want to build Rab around Claws. The active abilities aren't great, with Wild Animaul the best of the bunch, but the passives allow you to build Rab around critical attacks. Be aware that the MP draining passives are rubbish, however.

Rab's Enlightenment tree is OK, but not stellar - compare the costs of Infinite Wisdom to Veronica's Channel Anger ability.

Spells (Rab)

• Midheal (Level 23, MP 6): Restores moderate health to a single ally.
• Squelch (Level 23, MP 2): Cures a single ally of poison.
• Defuddle (Level 23, MP 2): Cures all party members of confusion.
• Zing (Level 23, MP 12): 50% chance of resurrecting a fallen ally.
• Dedazzle (Level 23, MP 2): Cures a single ally of blindness.
• Crack (Level 23, MP 3): Deals ice damage to a single enemy.
• Crackle (Level 23, MP 8): Deals ice damage to a group of enemies.
• Zam (Level 23, MP 6): Deals dark damage to a single enemy.
• Whack (Level 23, MP 5): Instakill a single enemy.
• Insulate (Level 23, MP 4): Protects a single party member from breath attacks.
• Bounce (Level 23, MP 6): Create a barrier that reflects all spells around a single ally.
• Sap (Level 23, MP 2): Reduces the defence of a single enemy.
• Kasap (Level 23, MP 4): Slightly reduces the defence of all enemies.
• Anathematise (Level 23, MP 4): Reduces the spell resistance of a single enemy.
• Snooze (Level 23, MP 3): Puts a single enemy to sleep.
• Dazzle (Level 23, MP 3): Blinds a group of enemies.
• Moreheal (Level 24, MP 12): Restores large amounts of health to a single ally.
• Drain Magic (Level 28, MP 0): Drain MP from a single enemy.
• Multiheal (Level 30, MP 32): Restores moderate health to all allies.
• Kasnooze (Level 32, MP 8): Puts all enemies to sleep.
• Zammle (Level 33, MP 9): Deals moderate dark damage to a single enemy.
• Blunt (Level 34, MP 6): Lowers a single enemy's attack.
• Insulatle (Level 40, MP 12): Protects all party members from breath attacks.
• Pearly Gates (Event, MP 24): High wind damage to all enemies; increased damage to undead family.
• Kacrack (Level 44, MP 20): Deals high ice damage to all enemies.
• Fullheal (Level 47, MP 24): Restores full health to a single ally.
• Thwack (Level 49, MP 10): Attempt to instakill all enemies.
• Kazam (Level 52, MP 18): Very high dark damage to a single enemy.
• Kamikazee (Level 53, MP 1): Rab sacrifices himself to kill all enemies or reduce them to 1 HP.
• Kazing (Level 55, MP 24): 100% chance of resurrecting a fallen ally.

Abilities (Rab)

Claw Abilities (Rab)

• Propeller Blade (Cost 4, MP 2): Deals wind damage to a single enemy.
• Can Opener (Cost 8, MP 4): High damage to a single enemy with increased damage vs. mechanical.
• Hawkeye Claw (Cost 12, MP 5): High damage to a single enemy; always hits.
• Hardclaw (Cost 14, MP 10): Deals three hits to a single enemy.
• Air Raiser (Cost 14, MP 12): Deals heavy wind damage to a single enemy.
• Wild Animaul (Cost 16, MP 24): Five hits on a single enemy.
• Rake 'n' Break (Cost 16, MP 12): High damage to a single enemy; removes enemy buffs.
• Hand of God (Cost 20, MP 24): Very high light damage to a single enemy.

Claw Passive Abilities (Rab)

• Attack +5 (Cost 3)
• Dodge chance +2% (Cost 6)
• Critical chance +2% (Cost 6)
• Attack +10 (Cost 8)
• Critical chance +2% (Cost 10)
• MP absorption +2% (Cost 10)
• Dodge chance +4% (Cost 10)
• Critical chance +2% (Cost 13)
• Dodge chance +4% (Cost 13)
• Attack +15 (Cost 14)
• MP Absorption +4% (Cost 14)

Heavy Wand Abilities (Rab)

• Beelzefreeze (Cost 3, MP 2): Deal heavy damage to demons and paralyse them.
• Antimagic (Cost 5, MP 2): Prevent a single enemy from casting spells.
• Staff of Salvation (Cost 5, MP 4): Restores medium health to a single ally.
• Zing Stick (Cost 10, MP 12): Resurrects a fallen ally.
• Ring of Ruin (Cost 10, MP 6): Increases all party members' chance of critical spell attacks.

Heavy Wand Passive Abilities (Rab)

• MP absorption +2% (Cost 4)
• MP +10 (Cost 6)
• Restore 1-2 MP after battle (Cost 6)
• Magical Might +10 (Cost 8)
• MP absorption +4% (Cost 8)
• Magical Mending +10 (Cost 8)
• MP +20 (Cost 10)
• Magical Might +20 (Cost 12)
• Magical Mending +20 (Cost 12)
• MP +30 (Cost 14)
• Restore 3-5 MP after battle (Cost 14)
• Magical Mending +30 (Cost 16)
• Magical Might +30 (Cost 16)

Enlightenment Abilities

• Benediction (Cost 4, MP 2): Removes curse from a single ally.
• M-Pathy (Cost 6, MP 38): Transfers MP to a single ally.
• Right as Rain (Cost 6, MP 12): Moderate health regeneration for all party members.
• Caster Sugar (Cost 16, MP 12): Slightly increases the effectiveness of caster's spells.
• Infinite Wisdom (Cost 25, MP 32): Significantly increases the effectiveness of caster's spells.
• Clear Your Mind (Cost 25, MP 10): Removes positive buffs from an enemy.
• Kazammle (Cost 36, MP 42): Deals extremely high dark damage to a single target.
• Kacrackle (Cost 36, MP 60): Deals severe ice damage to all enemies.

Enlightenment Passive Abilities

• MP +10 (Cost 6)
• Magical Mending +5 (Cost 10)
• Magical Might +5 (Cost 10)
• Strength +5 (Cost 10)
• Magical Might +10 (Cost 13)
• Magical Mending +10 (Cost 13)
• MP +30 (Cost 16)
• Agility +20 (Cost 16)
• Pep Chance +5% (Cost 16)
• Agility +20 (Cost 16)
• Pep-Up Power-Up (Cost 16)
• Agility +20 (Surprise) (Cost 20)
• MP +30 (Cost 16)
• MP +30 (Cost 20)