Dragon’s Dogma: A Quick and Dirty Magick Archer Guide Part 2

Posted by on Feb 8, 2014 in Guides |

Preparing for the Fight

Assuming that you’ve leveled mostly as a Sorcerer, then you should be able to take on the offline Ur-Dragon once you get to level 50. The Holy exploit is an effective tactic to use against it, making the fight less of a challenge and more of an exercise in patience.

Bring the following:

  • 8 Demon’s Periapts – For buffing Magick. Purchased from Fournival.
  • 1 Veteran’s Periapt – To boost your XP gains. Ditto, but only if your affinity with Fournival’s high enough.
  • 1-2 Wakestones – In case you die.
The Fight Itself

You know where he lands, right?. Stand as close as you can in front of him, use 4 Demon’s Periapts to get max Magick boost and then attack. The Holy bolts are capable of piercing through the initial hit, so when you attack from the front you’re maximizing the number of hits that you can get. This will cause the dragon to stagger, so don’t worry too much about him attacking you. You can use this tactic repeatedly until he’s past half his health. If your buff runs out before that then use your remaining periapts.

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Dragon’s Dogma: A Quick and Dirty Magick Archer Guide Part 1

Dragon’s Dogma: A Quick and Dirty Magick Archer Guide Part 1

Posted by on Feb 7, 2014 in Guides |

Create a Mage, Level a Sorcerer

The damage of your ranged attacks is based on magick, so you’ll want your magick stat to be as high as possible. At +5 per level, the Sorcerer vocation offers the highest Magick growth from levels 10-100, as you can see in the table below.

HPStaminaAttackDefenseMagick AttackMagick Defense
Lv10+16152155
Lv100+10100031

Reference: http://dragonsdogma.wikia.com/wiki/Stat_Growths

Staff Attacks + Holy = Profit!

Charged staff attacks (AKA Focused Bolt and Magick Agent) buffed with Holy Boon or Holy Affinity are effective against almost all of the enemies in vanilla DD. Take advantage of this exploit to plow through your foes. The only monsters that you’ll have to look out for are Grigori, who is weak to Dark, and Magick-immune golems.

Note that the Holy exploit does not work very well in Bitterblack Isle.

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