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Dragon’s Dogma 2has ten powerful Vocations that players can unlock throughout their playthrough. One of the last Vocations you’ll gain access to is the Magick Archer, a hybrid between the standard Archer Vocation and the Mage.
Arrows take on elemental properties that can ricochet off hard surfaces, drain enemy health, or detonate in a violent explosion. If you enjoy fighting enemies from a distance, the Magick Archer is the Vocation for you. This guide will explain how to create the best Magick Archer build possible, covering everything from ideal skills to the best items you may use in the later stages of the game and beyond.
Build Overview
Wield the power of the Magick Archer, an Arisen-exclusive Vocation that unleashes a flurry of elemental arrows. This build focuses on using the Magick Archer’s damage skills tocreate the ultimate ranged DPS character.With some practice, you’ll be able to blow up crowds of enemies, fire dozens of ricocheting projectiles, or trade your HP to fire the strongest Maister skill in the game.
Few Vocations can dish out as much damage as this, and you can deal this damage from a distance. Stay behind your party, make aim, and eliminate your targets before the fight ever truly begins.
Skills And Augments
Magick Archers can be tuned tosupport your team or deal an immense amount of damage. For this build, we’ll be focusing on the latter. Equipping a wide range of damage skills will ensure that the Magick Archer will excel in every combat encounter.
Weapon Skills
Martyr’s Bolt
Continuously drains your HP as you charge a powerful AoE attack. You can die from charging this skill too long.
At 75% charge, this skill will instantly kill most bosses in the game. HP lost this way cannot be recovered without resting.
Take control of a flaming arrow that detonates on impact.
Ricochet Hunter
Charge a volley of lightning arrows that ricochet off hard surfaces.
Extremely effective in caves and buildings.
Frosthunter Bolt
Creates an ice arrow that continuously attacks the foe. Arrows can freeze targets.
A maximum of five Frosthunter Bolts may be fired per volley.
Attacks against stunned and sleeping enemies deal 10% more damage.
Subtlety
Decreases the likelihood of being targeted by foes.
This build can eliminate virtually every boss in the game in a couple of seconds.Frosthunter Boltis a solid option for enemies that are weak to ice damage. Fire a barrage, then use your Quick Volley basic attack to freeze the enemy. For groups of goblins and other fodder enemies, you can useBlazefang Arrow.You can manually control this arrow as well, perfect for killing enemies around corners or for taking pictures in Photo Mode.
For indoor environments like caves,Ricochet Hunteris your best option. Charge up the ability, unleash the barrage, and virtually everything in that cave will cease to exist. Ricochet Arrow deals immense damage and can hit the same target dozens of times if the space is closed off. If you’re fighting in an open environment and don’t mind sacrificing your HP,Martyr’s Boltis the strongest skill the Magick Archer has.
This skill will continuously drain your HP as it charges a powerful AoE attack.If you drain 75% of your HP, this skill will kill whatever you’re aiming at.Not even Lesser Dragons will survive. Just beware that this damages your loss gauge as well, so you’ll need to rest or use anAllheal Elixirto recover your lost HP.
As for Augments, we go for generic stamina management effects.Zealreduces the stamina cost of all skills, andAthleticismdrains your stamina more slowly while sprinting.DynamismandThewgreatly increase how much weight you’re able to carry before your character becomes lethargic, andSubtletyreduces the likelihood that you’ll be targeted by enemies.
We finish the build withAmbuscadefrom Archer, giving your skills a 10% damage buff against targets not in combat or currently stunned.
Crimson Hosen
Admiral’s Mantle
You won’t unlock Magick Archer until you reach Volcanic Island, so by the time you’re able to use this Vocation, you’ll be able to acquire some great late-game items. Virtually everything we use can be obtained from the Volcanic Island vendor or from nearby dungeons.Dragon’s Breathis acquired from a Griffin in Dragonsbreath Tower, and theRing of Triumphis tied to Seeker Token rewards.
Item Upgrades
All Magick Archer items, both your weapons and armor, should be upgraded withDwarven Upgrades.This will greatly increase your weapon damage, knockdown power, and your armor’s knockdown resistance.
The rings we use are mostly down to preference. Triumph gives generic bonuses to your HP, stamina, and weight limit. Since we use Dwarven upgrades, we useRing of Vehemenceto increase Magick Archer’s knockdown rating. This makes it easy to stun larger foes with your attacks, especially multi-hit attacks like Frosthunter Bolt.
Strider’s Greaves
Soft Neck Wrap
Once you reach the Unmoored World, you canfarm WLCfrom Lesser Dragons and the main quest to acquire the endgame items showcased above.GrianmharandResonance Armorcan be obtained from the WLC vendor in the Seafloor Shrine, while the rest of the items are sold by vendors. If you evacuate all the towns, each vendor will appear in the Seafloor Shrine until the end of your playthrough.
