Pep Powers (れんけい技, Renkei Technique) are a new gameplay mechanic in Dragon Quest XI, as well as Dragon Quest X retroactively.

Appearances

Dragon Quest X

Retroactively making their debut from 6.4 onwards, they are learned via Master Vocations such as Guardian, Dragon Magician, and Hermit after completing Chapter 4 of their quests.

List of Pep Powers by Master Vocations

Guardian

• Boost Aura: Increases damage dealt by 50% for 45 seconds and reduces CT by 10 seconds for 5 minutes.
• Fortification Area: Nullifies all damage taken by the party for 15 seconds via a golden circle. Does not nullify status changing spells and skills that don't deal damage.

Dragon Magician

• Puff!: Transforms the user into a dragon.

Hermit

• Descending Spirit: Enters swarm mode for a certain period of time and deploys an area that continuously heals and revives allies within range.
• Spirit Blast: Deals large lightning damage to a single enemy and recovers HP by a percentage of the damage dealt.

Storm Kaiser

• Tempest Emperor Slash: Damages large wind damage to 1 enemy; damage dealt increases based on the number of counters from physical attacks
• Spiritual Bird's Blessing: Enters a state that deals damage separate from Storm Clad

Dragon Quest XI

Making their debut at the time of X's developing updates, Pep Powers are skills and/or spells used in combination with each other when certain requirements are fulfilled.

List of Pep Powers

Attack Pep Powers

• Blight of the Living Dead: Requires Serena and the Luminary.
• Boulder Toss: 221~291 base damage, 733~803 max earth damage to all enemies. Requires the Luminary, Rab, & Hendrik.
• Buff-Buff: Requires Jade and the Luminary.
• Chillblaze: Requires Jade and the Luminary.
• Chop 'n' Churn: Multiplies the Luminary's attack by 150% to all enemies, wind element. Requires the Luminary and Serena.
• Cold Feet: Requires Jade and Rab.
• Cold Front: Requires Hendrik and the Luminary.
• Double Dragon Slash: Requires Hendrik and the Luminary.
• Edge of Sleep: Requires Erik and the Luminary.
• Executioner: Requires Sylvando and Hendrik.
• Exorsplosion: Requires Serena and the Luminary.
• Falcon's Fury: Requires Erik and the Luminary.
• Falcon Trinity: Requires Erik, Hendrik and the Luminary.
• Fire and Grimstone: Requires Rab, Erik and the Luminary.
• Fiery Fandango: Requires Veronica and the Luminary.
• Flashbang Wallop: Requires Veronica and Serena.
• Fly-By-Knight: Requires Jade, Hendrik and the Luminary.
• Frizz Cracker: Requires Veronica and the Luminary.
• Frizzwhizz: Requires Sylvando and the Luminary.
• Gigaburst: Requires the Luminary and three allies to be pepped up.
• Gloomstorm: Requires Rab and the Luminary.
• Gold Kick: Requires Rab and Jade.
• Hit Parade: Requires Sylvando and the Luminary.
• Ice and a Slice: Requires Veronica and the Luminary.
• In the Pink: Requires Jade and Rab.
• Itemised Kill: Requires Erik and the Luminary.
• Joltin' Juggler: Requires Sylvando and the Luminary.
• Kazapple: Requires the Luminary to have Kazap while another party member is pepped up.
• Kazapstrophe: Requires Rab, Jade and the Luminary.
• Kiss of Death: Requires Sylvando and Hendrik.
• Lightmare: Requires Hendrik, Veronica and the Luminary.
• Love Hurts: Requires Sylvando and the Luminary.
• Metal Ballad: Requires Serena and the Luminary.
• Metal Medley: Requires Erik and the Luminary.
• Mighty Magic Burst: Requires Veronica and Serena.
• Raging Dragons: Requires Jade and the Luminary.
• Rust in Pieces: Requires Jade and Rab.
• Scorch 'n' Sweep: Requires Jade and the Luminary.
• Shock Tactics: Requires Jade and the Luminary.
• Sliceberg: Requires Serena and Veronica.
• Snooze 'n' Bruise: Requires Sylvando and the Luminary.
• Solar Flair: Requires Rab and the Luminary.
• Steeds of Destruction: Requires Hendrik and the Luminary.
• Stun-Double: Requires Sylvando and Hendrik.
• Sword of Succor: Requires Veronica and the Luminary.
• Tempered Tantrum: Requires Sylvando and the Luminary.
• The Real Decoy: Requires Erik and the Luminary.
• Thunderdragon Dance: Requires Veronica and the Luminary.
• Thunder Sunderer: Requires Hendrik and the Luminary.
• Tooth and Nail: Requires Rab and the Luminary.
• Ultra Violet: Requires Sylvando, Rab and the Luminary.
• Whacky Sack: Requires Jade and Rab.
• Who's the Daddy?: Requires Sylvando and Hendrik.

Healing Pep Powers

• Arboria's Blessing: Requires Serena and Veronica.
• Angel's Breath: Requires Veronica and Serena.
• Brownie Boost: Requires Jade, Serena and the Luminary.
• Choir of Angels: Requires Serena and the Luminary.
• Divine Deliverance: Requires Serena and Veronica.
• Saint's Ascension: Allows Serena to use Saint's Song. Requires Serena, Rab and the Luminary.
• Shocking Twist: Requires Serena, Sylvando and the Luminary.

Support Pep Powers

• 0 Zone: Requires Rab and the Luminary.
• Arise: Requires Hendrik, Sylvando and the Luminary.
• Blaze of Glory: Requires Hendrik and the Luminary.
• Care Prayer: Requires Serena and the Luminary.
• Cast Away:
• Dirge of Dundrasil:
• Disruptive Wave:
• Divine Deliverance:
• Echo Aura:
• Electro Light:
• Haulelujah:
• Knight's Mandate: Allows Hendrik to use Knight Watch. Requires the Luminary, Serena, and Hendrik.
• Knight's Pledge:
• Last Bastion:
• Re-Revamp:
• Ring of Wrack and Ruin:
• Roaring Tirade:
• Rough 'n' Tumble:
• Rush of Blood: Requires Rab and Jade.
• Scorched Earth: Requires Erik and the Luminary.
• Shocking Twist: Requires Sylvando, Serena and the Luminary.
• Shooting Stars: Requires Sylvando, Veronica and the Luminary.
• The Fight Fantastic: Requires Sylvando and the Luminary.
• Tundra and Lightning: Requires Erik, Veronica and the Luminary.
• Wild Side: Requires Serena, Erik and the Luminary.
• Yggdragon's Blessing: Requires the Luminary and three other party members to be pepped up.

Monster Pep Powers

• Back Fire: Used by a Metal dragon gone Vicious and a Mechan-o'-wyrm.
• Ballistic Kick: Used by 2 Bad hares
• Beastly Breath: Used by Hunkorvus and Nelgelas
• Black Boot: Used by Jade and Rab during the MMA Tournament at Octagonia
• Black Mark: Used by Mordragon and his Tail
• Blitz o' Bits: Used by 2 Magic marionettes
• Break Beat: Used by 2 Bongo bangos
• Bums Away: Used by Abominable Showman and Underdigger
• Chimaera Flare: Used by 2 Chimaeras
• Co-Boom: Used by 2 Hocus-pokers and a Heedoo voodoo and a Leger-de-man in Baramos's Lair
• Co-Crackle: Used by 2 Spinchillas
• Co-Frizz: Used by 2 Prestidigitators
• Co-Kaboom: Used by 2 Hocus-Pokers gone Malicious and 2 Abracadabrers
• Co-Kaboomle: Used by 2 Master moosifers
• Co-Kacrack: Used by a Mermaniac and a Merking gone Malicious
• Co-Kafrizz: Used by 2 Leger-de-men, 2 Prestidigitators gone Malicious, and a Wrecktor and a Heedoo Voodoo in Baramos's Lair
• Co-Kafrizzle: Used by 2 Leger-de-men gone Vicious
• Co-Kasizz: Used by 2 Wizened Wizards gone Malicious
• Co-Kasizzle: Used by 2 Phoenixes
• Co-Kaswooshle: Used by 2 Godsteeds
• Co-Kazam: Used by 2 Fruity succubats gone Malicious
• Co-Kazammle: Used by Blind Hatred and its Shadow
• Co-Sizz: Used by 2 Wizened wizards
• Co-Zammle: Used by Tyriant and his Shadow
• Common Claws: Used by a Great sabrecub and a Great sabrecat gone Vicious, a Silver sabrecub and Silver sabrecat gone Vicious, and a Dark sabrecub and a Dark sabrecat
• Death From Above: Used by Abject Terror and Darkest Despair
• Desperate Double: Used by 2 Brownies, Handsome crabs, Hoodlums, Gigantes, Headless hunters, and Nimclops and Mortamammoth, as well as a Pruslas and a Stout troll in the Wheel of Harma
• Double Decker: Used by 2 Grublins, Gleeful grublins, Grumpy grublins, Bongo fandangos, and Gloomy grublins gone Vicious
• Eggy Breath: Used by 2 Rotten eggsoskeletons
• Electric Boogaloo: Used by 2 Electric needlers
• Firestorm: Used by Hunkorvus and Nelgelas
• Gyldebonk: Used by a Gyldenaut and a Gyldenbritches
• Hellshock: Used by Tyriant and his Shadow
• Hexhalation: Used by 2 Dark gryphons
• Jolly Jousters: Used by 2 Orcs, Bambooligans, Bamboozlers, and Pine needlers
• Just Claws: Used by a Bloodbonnet and a Goobonce, a Smogbonnet and a Sootbonce, a Bilebonnet and a Snotbonce, and a Boodiful Smogbonnet and a Boodiful Sootbonce
• Knackerena: Used by 2 Chasmonauts
• Master Blaster: Used by an A3G15 and a Crimson killing machine
• Multi-Multifists: Used by Boodica and a clone of herself
• Numb Drum: Used by 2 Bingo bango bongos
• Oil Burner: Used by a Lava sampling and a Slick slime
• Precious Mettle: Used by Golden Boy and Sterling Sylva
• Rhythm 'n' Bruise: Used by 2 Bongo drongos
• Robochop 2: Used by 2 Armfuls gone Malicious
• Sabre Slashes: Used by 2 Great sabrecubs gone Vicious
• Sappy Song: Used by 2 Mud mannequins
• Seismosmash: Used by 2 Golden goliathes and Tweedledoom and Tweedledeath
• Seventh Hellshock: Used by Blind Hatred and its Shadow
• Siren Spike Strike: Used by Orgodelotl and Hoopthorne
• Smokin' Hot Slash: Used by Sinderella and Whambelina
• Snow Blower: Used by 2 Dragon slimes
• Spec-Tackle: Used by 2 Knight aberrants
• Super Smokin' Hot Slash Used by Sinderella and Whambelina gone Malicious
• Twin Air: Used by 2 Spinchillas gone Vicious
• Twinned Sickles: Used by two Brollyminators
• Urnferno: Used by two Dragurns

Similar Mechanics

• Coup de Grâce
• Let Loose
• Souped-Up Skill

Videos

Dragon Quest 11 - Echoes of an Elusive Age -- All Pep Powers