Summary
Dragon’s Dogma 2is a great RPG experience to start the year 2024 with a bang. Players have beenexperimenting with the various vocationsinDragon’s Dogma 2to decide what is best suited for their pawn, their main companion, for the best experience while adventuring across the map.
There are various important core and weapon skills across the various vocations inDragon’s Dogma 2that a player may consider purchasing for their pawn if they decide to choose that class. Therefore, these are by far the best skills players should consider giving to their pawn when they are establishing their build and to get the best results.
10Bulwark - Warrior
Reduced Overall Damage
Warrior is a vocation that players will not have available at the start of the game. However, once making it to Vermund, the first large city players are likely to encounter, visiting the vocation area will give them the quest of getting both the warrior and sorcerer vocations. After unlocking the warrior, players can change their pawn to this, to become a hard-hitting ally.
Bulwark is one ofmany valuable core skillsfor this vocation as it allows the player’s pawn to deal an immense amount of damage with their charged attacks while also reducing the amount of damage they take while in this stance. Therefore, a player won’t need to worry about reviving or healing them as often.
9Erupting Arrow - Archer
Explosive Arrows That Pack A Punch
Although Archers are interesting to play as, few players have made this vocation the choice for their pawn. However, there are still some promising skills players should consider when choosing to make their pawn this.
Erupting Shot is the upgraded version of Exploding Shot, a weapon skill that requires explosive arrows to deal a large amount of damage. Keeping thepawn stocked upwith these explosive arrows will allow them to deal a high amount of damage to foes' weak spots, especially when taking on larger monsters.
8High Halidom - Mage
Cures Deliberations
Mages are a vital addition to any player’s team inDragon’s Dogma 2. This is because they make perfect supporting units with various spells that can cure the player of their ailments. Therefore, players that are making their own Mage pawn, or searching for one, should look for a mage with the weapon skill of Halidom.
This can later be upgraded to High Halidom on the player’s own pawn or find another with this upgrade. Halidom allows a player to be cured of various deliberations, including being on fire, silenced, blighted, and many more. The upgraded version has a longer duration.
7Skull Splitter - Thief
A Powerful Spinning Attack
The Thief vocation was originally a vocation that players unlocked later in the originalDragon’s Dogma.However, inDragon’s Dogma 2, this has been turned into a vocation that players can choose at the very start of the game. Thieves are brilliant for players to master who are looking for a pawn that can deal an immense amount of damage while also being agile enough to avoid battle.
Therefore, weapon skills like Skull Splitter – which is upgraded from Helm Splitter – is a perfect weapon skill choice for any player. The upgraded version deals a great number of slashes in a violent spinning attack that no enemy will see coming.
6Quickspell - Mage And Sorcerer
Sped up Spell Casting
Besides powerful weapon skills for both Mage and Sorcerer, there is one core skill that players should be sure to purchase as soon as possible for their pawn. This is Quickspell. In order for a pawn or a player to use their spells, they must first cast the incantation.
This could take some time. Fortunately, with the core skill of Quickspell, players can expend stamina to speed up the casting process as long as they are willing to spend a bit of their stamina to get it to happen. The pawn’s Ai will consider when best to use Quickspell which may save the player in tight situations.
5Implicate - Thief
Drag A Foe Forward
One of the most powerful mechanics inDragon’s Dogma 2is the ability to grab onto targets to push or pull them. Thieves have a weapon skill that allows them to pull targets from a distance to either drag them to the ground or cause them to fall over.
This ability will likely start as Ensnare for the player’s pawn, but once upgraded to Implicate, a Thief can pull an enemy with far more force to make pulling them over much more successful. Players will likely find this skill useful in many battles against larger foes, as toppling them can make them easier to kill.
4Defend - Fighter
Guard Against Front Attacks
Before Warrior, players are far more likely to have their melee vocation pawn be a fighter instead. This class uses both a sword and shield to protect their Arisen or the rest of the party.
Players will need to unlock core skills like Defend if they hope to put that shield to good use, otherwise it’s mainly for show. As expected, Defend means that the pawn is far more likely to defend against oncoming damage from the front, though it costs a small amount of stamina to do this.
3Argent Succor - Mage
A Powerful Heal
Alongside the Mage weapon skills of Halidom, there is anothervital supportive spellthat all players should consider giving to their pawn. Succor is a spell that gradually heals the player and their allies for their lost health.
Argent Succor is naturally an upgraded version of the weapon skill that is usually known as Argent Tonic, though this version is known to not only heal for longer, but also arguably faster. Having a healing spell means players can worry less about the amount of potions they have on hand when dealing with the dangers ofDragon’s Dogma 2.
2Bump And Lift - Thief
Steal An Item From A Foe
The vocation of Thief wouldn’t be known by this title if they weren’t able to possibly steal things. Thankfully, players can unlock the core skill of Bump and lift to earn a few extra goodies from their foes.
When using the Carve attack, the player’s pawn has the chance of stealing something from the person they are attacking. This means the player is likely to get plenty of extra items that don’t just include the materials the foe usually drops. Putting these items to good use in crafting afterward is vital.
1Roar - Warrior
Pull The Attention Of Foes
Out of all the available weapon skills inDragon’s Dogma 2, one of the most vital for any pawn that has been given the Warrior vocation is the Roar skill. This is an advanced version of Bellow, and essentially works as a way to pull the aggression of foes towards the Warrior.
Players that have chosen to play a squishier class such as mage or archer must put a skill like Roar on their warrior if they hope to keep the enemies away from them. A similar skill can also befound for Fightersif players instead want their pawn to be that vocation.
