/vr/ - Retro Games

I have played the first five DQs in order and finished V about two months ago. I take a pretty substantial break between each game so I don't get burnt out.

V is my second favorite after III.

My final party in V was myself, the kids, Sancho, a Slime Knight, a Chimera, a Golem, and a regular slime who was the first recruited monster I'd kept with me since the beginning. I felt kind of bad about not using Bianca or Saber but by the end of the game my team had become too established to change.

Since finishing the game I've seen a lot of people cite Slime Knight and Golem as two of the best monster recruits. I feel like chimera is underrated, it learns really good healing way before normal party members do and with the boomerang it's helpful for dealing just enough damage for the stronger party members to each take monsters out in one more hit. Slime was pretty useful in some points, was the fastest party member for most of the game and learned kabuff really early, those two qualities are a great combination. I'm sure things like the King Heal Slime are better, but these two were solid companions the entire game.

Besides the most popular monsters, what other monsters have anons here played through the game with? How did they do and what was their playstyle like?