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There are many ranged Vocations to choose from inDragon’s Dogma 2.
From magick casters to more traditional archers, there is no shortage of good ranged options.
The master of ranged attacks in Dragon’s Dogma 2 is the Archer.
Archers reward game knowledge and strategy with potent damage-over-time effects and powerful group synergies.
Skills And Augments
The Archer’s main job is toinflict advanced debilitations.
They are the only class in the game that can inflictTorchedandFulminated Poisonwithout the assistance of other Vocations.
Pawns don’t require ammunition to use any Archer skill, including debilitation skills like Erupting Shot.
Torched Archer Build
Weapon Skills
Manifold Shot
Fires a barrage of arrows with great accuracy.
Tempest Shot
Enter a crouched stance before unleashing a volley of arrows.
Repeated activations will fire more arrows at the cost of stamina.
Incendiary Shot
Fires an arrow that sticks to targets.
Detonate the arrow to inflict Tar.
Erupting Shot
Fires an arrow that sticks to targets.
Detonate the arrow to inflict Burn.
Using this skill on a Tarred foe will inflict Torched instead, a much stronger DoT effect.
Augments
Zeal
Skills cost 5% less Stamina.
Dynamism
Lowers your weight class by one tier.
Thew
Increases your carry weight by 10kg.
Athleticism
Sprinting drains 10% less Stamina.
Lethality
Attacks against enemy weakpoints deal 5% more damage.
Subtlety
Decreases the likelihood of being targeted by foes.
This build usesManifold ShotandTempest Shotto take care of smaller enemies.
Aim for the head, and most enemies will become staggered or die outright.
For larger enemies like Griffons, we useIncendiary Shotto inflict Tarred, making them more susceptible to flame.
Fire anErupting Shotright after, and you’ll set the target ablaze with the potentTorcheddebilitation.
Just keep an eye on your stamina.
Fulminant Poison Archer Build
Deluging Shot
Fires an arrow that sticks to targets.
Detonate the arrow to inflict Drenched.
Ice attacks will immediately freeze the target.
Lightning will leave the target dazed for a few seconds.
Nocuous Shot
Fires an arrow that sticks to targets.
Detonate the arrow to inflict Poison.
Use this skill twice in quick succession to inflict Fulminant Poison, a stronger DoT effect.
Similar to the Torched setup, this skill configuration is meant to inflictFulminate Poisonon the target.
Dragons will lose an entire health bar before the poison goes away.
Dragon, Griffon, it doesn’t matter.
They’ll freeze all the same.
Do you really need to give the Gaol key back to Brant…?
Once you unlock Bakbattahl, we recommend you book it southwest towards the Caliginous Depths dungeon.
This is the only dungeon in the game thatspawns theMedusaenemy.
Kill it, and you have a small chance of earning theMedusan Spellbow.
Item Upgrades
This build should ideally useDwarven Upgradesfor weapons and armor.
This will increase your bow’s damage and knockdown power, making it easier to knock bosses off-balance.
Your armor will gain knockdown resistance.
Throw on the Constancy Augment, and your character will seldom get staggered.
For some strange reason, it deals more damage than theDragon’s Rancorbow, which costs WLC.
Throw on some Dwarven upgrades, and you’ll be nigh-immune to knockdowns as well.
Archer Tips
Destroy bosses in mere seconds with this Magick Archer build.
