Mages are masters of range, and adept at a combination of both offensive and defensive skills.
Learn what each Debilitation does in Dragon’s Dogma 2.
What Are The Strengths And Weaknesses Of The Mage Vocation?
Strengths
A Mage’s greatest strength is theversatilityof their skillset, with options aplenty.
The affinity spells grant the given damage throw in to the targeted ally’s weapon for a short period.
Hold down the action button to charge a basic spell, then release it to attack or heal.
Press the assigned button to begin incanting your Weapon Skill, then again to cast your spell.
you’re free to move while casting.
Levin
High Levin
Strikes the enemy from above withlightningbolts.
Frigor
High Frigor
Unleashes awave of cold and creates a giant ice pillar, damaging any targets it touches.
Spellhold
High Spellhold
Stores a spell to be incanted at your discretion.
Slows stamina while storing and consumes stamina while casting.
Empyrean
High Empyrean
Conjures an orb of holy power that deals damage in all directions.
The light remains for a while.
Solemnity
High Solemnity
Silences the target for a period of time, preventing speaking and incanting.
Palladium
High Palladium
Conjures magickal energy that blocks up to three attacks.
Grants clusters to nearby allies when upgraded.
Fire Boon
Fire Affinity
Enchants the caster’s weapon or that of an ally withfirefor a period of time.
Ice Boon
Ice Affinity
Enchants the caster’s weapon or that of an ally withicefor a period of time.
Lightning Boon
Lightning Affinity
Enchants the caster’s weapon or that of an ally withlightningfor a period of time.
Celerity
High Celerity
Conjures a magickal sigil thathastens the speed of alliesfor a period of time.
Argent Tonic
Argent Succor
Fully and instantaneouslyrecovers the health of the caster and a single ally.
Continually recovers health when upgraded.
you’re able to mix and match different Weapon Skills, as there are very few bad options.
Your choices depend partially on the other vocations of your pawns.
Sword and board wins the day.
Focused Bolt
Fires acondensedmagickal burst that differs based on active enchantment
Quickspell
Greatly hastens theincantationspeed.
Levitate
Manipulate your weight tofloattemporarily.
These Core Skills provide every improvement to a Mage’s basic kit that you could imagine.
Augment
Apotropaism
Augments MagickDefense
Beatitude
Increasesthe healthrecoveredby curatives and curative magick
Intervention
Reducesthe duration ofdebilitationsyou are afflicted with.
Perpetuation
Extendsthe duration ofenchantmentsandinvigoration.
Mages are designed to remainunhinderedby the enemy andfocus on maintaining a healthy group.
You will often use stamina to cast spells and reposition yourself on the battlefield to stay safe.
Capitalize on a Mage’s ability toprotectandhealfirst to allow this vocation to sing.
Familiarize yourself with the Warrior Vocation and how to use it in Dragon’s Dogma 2.