The BEST Vocation!? Magick Archer Build Guide + Best Gear & Where to Find it // Dragon's Dogma 2
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- Yo guys, today we are going over my favorite Vocation, Magick Archer. I played this in DD1 and love it still in DD2. Hope you guys enjoy the build guide and the breakdown! Cheers.
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0:00-0:34 Intro
0:34-1:36 Unlocking Magick Archer
1:36-7:03 Skills
7:03-8:53 Augments
8:53-13:11 Gear
13:11-15:19 Gear Locations
15:19 Outro - Hry
Top 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing Dragon's Dogma 2: czcams.com/video/NARnPkif4OM/video.html&ab_channel=Moxsy
I didn't like the Arctic Bolt at first, but it's been surprisingly useful against certain, larger enemies. It takes a lot of time to charge up to it's maximum potential, which is a bit of a pain in the ass, but the freeze effect can really help out your team. And enemies that are weak to ice take a ton of damage from it, even when it isn't fully charged. It's a situationally useful skill, just like the Ricochet one.
Wish I knew to bring a portcrystal. I thought you could open the door from the Island side.
If you didn’t know. When you use the warfarer it ranks up all other vocations you have unlocked just at a slower rate
Also cant use "ultimate abilities"
A tip for enhancing your gear, even though the Magick Archer needs Magick on it's weapons, the difference between Elven and Dwarven for Magick isn't that much but the Knockdown difference is MASSIVE! As you know, you do a lot more damage when an enemy is knocked down, way more than the 5% or so difference between going all Elven vs all Dwarven. As such it is actually better to use Dwarven instead as you'll not only do more damage but you'll stagger foes more often to and of course that leads to the knocked down state.
As for armour enhancements, it's better to again go for Dwarven because the difference between all the smithing styles for the defensive stats is negligible but the Dwarven gains a ton of knockdown resist while only being a little behind on Magick Defense if you went with Elven for example.
Now the only downside to Dwarven is getting access to it and the weight increase. There are two quests that give you access to this smithing style, you can get it as early as Bakbattahl if you grab the right quest and the weight can be negated by visiting a certain character and using a certain resource after maxing out the 3 enhancement slots.
Any hints on how to negate the weight problem? I didn’t understand the certain someone 😂
@@cb77153 The Dragonforged can halve the weight of any equipment
@@cb77153 dragon forge the wyrmcrystal guy halves you weight
Love the dd2 content! My favorite game of all time was the first one, and glad one of my favorite youtubers is making dd2 content!
Amazing video!! I love MA since DD1! Good Job!
Just the video i was looking for. Maxed out my thief n trying out Magic Archer now!!! Subbed
Great info! Subbed and liked!
Love your builds bro. If you get the chance hope you make one for all vocations cause like I said great work and idk about anyone else but I for one could definitely use the help in vocations department especially skills and augments lol
Props for the OG m/kb approach. Still tweaking my way through to a good comfort zone with that, myself. Truth be told, I'm an absolute train wreck with a controller...
Something else Recovery arrow doesn’t tell you it is can damage undead type enemies, if you can aim it correctly and hit a lich or zombie you can do massive damage to them
Love the video!
Nice one fella .. thankyou
TY i just got to that area and unlocked the vocation gonna lvl it up TYTY
Same
I ran CC instead of damage. The ice skills with the ice bow from the arbor (elven city) freezes everything allowing for your team to safely beat everything down. The elven armor for magick archer sold by the vendor in the arbor is the second best armor stats wise with the best armor being the end game armor sold by the dragonforged.
@Khazzham Could you please tell the name of the bow? coz all i see is repeller bow, and don't think it is a ice one
Siocadh...is the the second last with light blue color, you can check the frost element +140%@@IAMLEGEND091
Siocadh, is the second last with light blue color, you can check the frost element damage 140%@@IAMLEGEND091
@IAMLEGEND091 the ice bow is called siocadh, it's for Magick archers while the repeller bow you mentioned is for regular archers. Siocadh doesn't have alot of damage but it does have the highest freeze build up in the game and paired with Magick archers ice skills you can lock everything down while your party goes bananas
I haven’t met the elves yet, where are they?
Thank God you made a video on this. By far the best CZcamsr
Magick archer is absolutely disgusting, and I love it.
I still think he is much weaker compared to Dragons Dogma 1, but every class is.
Well thief is immortal and has tons of damage is as much op as strider or even more
@adriaplanascarbonell5439 oh don't get me wrong thief is probably my favorite class in the game but compared to dragons dogma 1 the thief in 2 is nothing to the strider in 1.
Helm splitter upgraded with bbi ring would one or two spin any boss in the entire game including bbi unless they were physical immune ofc. Nothing compared to it. Then magic archer had nine fold bolt which was better than anything the 2nd one has once bbi was made dragons dogma 1 scaling went through the roof with damage.
@@itz_x_salvation395 well you are comparing a base game with a game with a dlc. Bbi is post game and has stronger mobs and stronger weapons. Will see when Dragons dogma 2 gets a dlc. Talking about dragons dogma without bbi the thief in DD2 is even stronger than strider. The classes that are really nerfed are sorcerer and magick archer
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Thats because of the gear. Not the vocation. DD2 doesn't have BBI gear.
Magick archer sucks in this game imo. Where tf are my daggers. Why can't I have any movement abilities to assist with how long it takes to move again after dropping the bow. What happened to the good augments. Honestly, this is a disgusting nerf
You should try making a smaller character as well. It apparently effects the game by making your stamina regen faster
Smaller git box as well, and assuming like the first game, let's you climb monsters faster
The Grianmahar bow (or whatever it's called) is from the Dragon forged NPC in the cave along the beach when you follow the path northeast through the city of Bakbattahl. He only sold that stuff to me after I unlocked the endgame, though, which is really the only time you might have the 110 Wyrm blood crystal things (Wyrmlife crystals?) that it costs. I'm not sure if the NPC Moxsy mentioned sells them for anything other than those, but that's the first time I was able to buy the bow, at any rate.
Do you have to go into NG+ to buy that stuff from him or can you do it in first playthrough after defeating dragon and loading past save?
@@kenbaltzer1670 you don't have to go into ng+, just beat the dragon once and load in. That's what I did, anyway.
@@kenbaltzer1670 it's worth noting I used the godsway on the back of the dragon to unlock the ruined world after I killed it once, so I don't know if that is different from what you said.
@@vanlynn6559There’s a difference-i completed the story without using the sword and it brought me to the main menu and only gave me the option to start a new game. I just reverted back to my last inn save and it put me back before I started the end mission lol gonna do it right this time
@@kenbaltzer1670 Do the true ending, and farm wyrmcrystals. U get like 400-500 before going Ng +
YOU CAN SOFT CAST RECOVERY ARROWS AND IT FULLY REGENS YOUR HEALTH
What you mean?
Just use in air and heal yourself
Yoooo you made an Elden ring build with faith dual scythes that I still use when playing 🔥 thanks so much man love seeing your content keep up the good work fam
Moxsy which town did you upgrade your gear at I have just got the armour set and don’t know where the best location is for upgrade
Go ice abilities and get the ice bow from the elves. So fun and freezing everything for your pawns.
What settings do you use for console?
I'm having trouble with aiming due to the jankyness of the camera at times.
For weapons instead of dragonsbreath bow try the Militant Dove from the elf village. And upgrade it with them. has slightly less magick (and I mean VERY little difference) and has much more knockdown power. Upgrading with the elves increases magick on weapons wayyyyy more then with anyone else.
If you need extra knockdown power, might as well do Dwarven enhancement. The slightly less magick power drawback and slightly added weight in comparison to almost doubling your knockdown power is huge.
you really REALLY need to try out that LIfetaker arrow. it might not seem all that great at first but it takes nearly no stamina and can be spammed AND it stacks. you can shoot multiple arrows through a crowd and it damages constantly as it passes them with each arrow. it absolutely melts end game enemies and especially those with multiple targetable spots
I'd consider Lethality over Ambuscade. Amb works only on the first hit. Lethality works on every hit and with a magic archer you can target vitals easily.
Fun fact after you complete true ending and start NG+ the vendors DO NOT reset therefore you still will be able to buy all the endgame stuff without needing to get to the final story segment.
but isnt the dragonforged vendor at the base you have in endgame still like, offer the best gear available? cause he'd still be a guy you could only get till endgame again
@@defjam66x Nah, I haven't done the coronation quest yet and I ran into him. I actually bypassed the checkpoint by accident by heading through Guerco Cavern. The Dragonforged is just beyond that.
@@defjam66x if you go to him before the unmoored world then he won't sell gear but once you visit him in the endgame once kn every further playthroigu he will sell gear right off the bat. Same with other vendors they will be in their upgraded state
Where did you get the pointed fangs to upgrade the dragon's breath?
Harshness and catalyst from the Arch Mage works here too. And the Dmg Bonus is absoloudly ill when a healer/mage gives you an elemental enchant for the weapons. And I Like it to use the Dwarf Enchants.. sure Elven gives litle bit more Magika but thats not really much more and so much more knock down is here so much better. Same Armor ... all Dwarf Enchants ,)
His skill loadout is fine. Personally I run flameburst arrow instead of recovery arrow but everything else are the best skills.
I mean frosthunter
Who did you use to enchant your weapon in gear
I beat the story and did the dragon thing and it’s telling me to evacuate the city’s (I just want the bow ) what do I do 😢
Do you have a code for your fighter pawn so we can use it?
Ricochet Hunter is situational but it MASSIVELY excels in that situation. I always have it on to completely nuke a whole cave full of enemies.
Not sure if this matters, but I carried him like half way through his escort quest and his wife gave me meister skill right away after giving me vocation
Yep just talk to her again and boom
I could not find the helmet with the merchant in the Excavation site. Any idea where I can find it?
Also Moxsy can do the thief build next once i get my warrior max im switching to thief
Formless Feint, Implicate (for aerial enemies), Skull splitter, then the explosive/or smoke bomb
Correct me if im wrong but i think recovery arrow does an immense amount of damage to undead as well
There we go Mr. Dps back 🎉
What’s the best skill set for it ?
Hi how to get blazing fang arrow? I max out that Vocation and I dont have it.
I went there before even getting the spearhead. Got lucky and no enemies spawned in the grotto or during the escort mission with the old man. Just ran straight through
Followed your guide. went through the cave, found the guy, got the quest and of course a griffon appeared and killed it and now the guy is nowhere to be found. FML
Yo moxsy you playing helldivers 2?!
I stumbled upon a 416 attack bow in a chest for MA, and it was great, until I bankrolled half my money into getting the 500 bow from the volcano island, it was nice to have that at Vocation 2 lol
EDIT: The Old Man is a Dwarf, it's part of why him and his wife are shunned by towns
Ah ok i g9t a bunch of wyrmfire crystals from my 1st drake i kill before and had no idea what to do with them
The end game vendor will only enhance my equipment, vocations , and skills. I don't see an option to buy anything, does she only sell at a certain point in the game? I'm in New Game + right now
I got a bow that heals me so ima stay with that
I got magik archer and warfarer same time at like level 20 something im level 67 now and still havent got blazefang arrow my loadout has been frosthunter bolt skullsplitter and flamefang for a long time raked up all skills almost but still cant get blazefang what am i doin wrong.
Volcanic bath? Sounds painful.
I think you're looking for the name Hot Springs 😂
What is the best armor for male magick archer
Y porque no el arco ala negra? Tiene más magia
Holy shit I didn't know it cancels it. Okay that skill is never leaving my bars again, thanks!
Yeeeeeees
Did you upgrade gear with Dwarven or Elven for MA?
Dwarves is better imho as it gives more knock down
@@Maya-pap agreed, did all mine with dwarven, then reduced weight with final upgrade.
I disagree with that you only get the magick archer vocation with the bow in the late game. You can easily go there when you are low level. I got magick archer around level 25. On the other hand, you have to walk the whole way to the cave. And with a low level it can be quite challenging. A lot of enemies but doable.
Absolutely agree.. I did it at level 23 just ran through the whole cave list my team but got the there
What armor would you recommend for a male character?
Can you explain how climactic arrow really works? is is based on the bowstring draw animation, or the charges inside the reticle?
I definitly would change blazefang arrow for frosthunter bolt. Frosthunter bolt keeps hiting the enemy for a good time and has even more damage than blazefang arrow plus it doesnt keep you vulnerable.
You can get that bow in a chest I have it but not sure what cave it was from
Min max wise what would be the best leveling path? In dd1 I remember 1-10 is mage and then just do sorc till max level and you switch to MA when you’re max level.
I heard thats not a thing here. When you change vocations all the stats change to that vocations stats. So only augments from the vocations matter. At least thats what i heard
It doesn't swap instantly, but when you level up the stats catch up very quickly, so it doesn't really matter.
I hope they make vocations available at the start if you have unlocked them in a previous playthrough, as in remnant 2. I sucks not being able to use the fun ones untill you get to the last area of the game.
when you start ng+, you will choose one if the 4 starter vocations but when you get to a place where you can change your vocation, you'll have all the vocations you've previously unlocked ready to go
Where is the Lethality who is one of the most importan augments here who do insane damage to the weakspot!
You didnt run with a mage?
Hello! Need Warrior Build ^)
YOOOOOOO
You can go the back way and get there faster without having to play through the game
Where you get the outfit from ?
Jusr to let yall know you dont have to be in the unmoored world to get the end game items, the dragon forage dude each playthrough has random end game gear to buy, he has the magic archer bow for me but i have no wrymcrystals😢
Where to find ring. Of disfavour
There are several in the game you can find by quests and in chest - Isaac the merchant is bakbathahl has a quest with a bad ending that gives you that ring but I would be careful has he will no longer be avail as a merchant.
Must have not seen one shot sorcerer builds
Why aren't you using lethality
Im in the true ending, and i can not found the the guy who sells the bow (he is no in his cave) or the isle 🤔
I have the same exact problem…I can’t even find the cave in the true ending….its like the island was destroyed and he’s no longer in that area….please let me know if you find a fix
He moves to the seafloor shrine
Took 3-4 hours but got it at lvl 25😂
Why would they make archer class and then make a magick archer class serious question like it just invalidates whole class am I wrong?
Well one is magic and one is physical. Like a magical archer isn’t going to be able to do much against a Metal Golem. But in this game, both of the have auto aim. The hybrid class are always going be stronger than the regular ones as that’s kinda the whole point but in turn, only the Arisen can be a hybrid vocation.
TLDR Not invalidating, simply a magical upgrade
Where u get that armor
Watch the video lol
I'm not a huge fan of Magick Archer right now. Martyr's Bolt is amazing but situational.
Hey Moxsy, for the first time ever i have to say, your build is not very well min/maxed 😅
The stat increased for strength and magick are very minor (30 points) and you are better off using increased damage to weakspots since you auto-target them anyway and increased elemental affliction. Nonetheless great video , iam always enjoying your content 🙂👍
Yeah, wait until you get Warfarer and can use things like Augural Flare from sorcerer to absolutely melt bosses. . .
Martyrs bolt is absolutely amazing and b
It better not get nerfed
it wounds you to use, they shouldn't
Could anyone possibly tell me where to find the unilers mantle?
You can find pretty much everything on the fextralife wiki.
I checked on there and all that’s there is a placeholder. Rip 😅
@@KrYzXzT check volcanic island armory shop as well with other armory
You find it in a chest during one of the main story quests. I believe it’s when the castle rises by harve village.
As good as thus playstyle is and with the composition he said I feel like he should have went above and beyond letting people know that if you're not a very attentive player you should not try it. Because you will be your teams healer. And that's a huge job if you're not great at multitasking.
Wait so Magick archer’s no longer have access to daggers or swords like in the first game?
Why would they? 🙄
With no strat and meh setup gear and party you can just face tank and staffer then kill incredibly quickly anything g except Medusa ….. warrior makes the game way too easy
Rogue is best class! Immortal rogue is s tier ++
There is no rouge there genius 😒
@@project_Akira thief is no rogue? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@@ozunad144Well, if we’re being accurate, there is no rogue class. If we’re being technical (and nerds), thieves and rogues are similar but have different motivations, so still different.
@@NrdDy Rogue is main. then there is Assassin Thief Arcan Trickster! You dullis have no idea
If you sacrifice 95% of ur health martyrdom bolt will melt dragons faster than it can process it 💀
not the best bow wtf
Best vocation? 😂 Not even close. Nothing comes close to the DPS a Sorceress can deal, not even a Thief.
cope
@@TheHotShotProject 1d10t. Watch Rage’s video about how to use Augural Flare and then come back and tell me a skill or vocation in the game does that much dps.
@LordAsturgis I miss my Mystick Knight...
spells are slow as fuck though, youre even more vulnerable than magick archer. not worth it personally
@@mari-anne You can fast cast by holding the right bumper on controller and there’s a ring that increases cast speed. It takes me less than 3 seconds to cast Augural Flare. And unless you’re fighting Drakes who actually target you and force you to run around a little, there are augments and rings that diminish aggro. Sorcerers also have a crazy channeling life-leech that does true damage and can one cast a Wight (or any other that doesn’t move much).
This set up is AWFUL. Maybe the worst I've seen.
The skills you use are horrible, and the recommendation for the base game bow is also inaccurate. There is a MUCH better bow in the elf town.
Blackwing bow is the 2nd best bow and it's not unlocked for purchase until after you reach the end game. The best bow in the elf town until this point is militant dove which is weaker and makes you take more damage while healing you if you aren't doing anything.
His skills are fine. He's missing frosthunter and his augments are more about QoL instead of raw damage which is also fine.
@maijqp the best bow in the elf town is actually the ice bow (sicadh, I think). It allows you to freeze enemies without even using ice skills. It scales just fine, and its utility is unmatched.
As for his skills:
The exploding arrow is entirely unnecessary, and the remedy arrow is unnecessary if you have a mage in the party (and you always should).
He absolutely needs the skill that shoots the ice berg since it's actually coded as physical damage and will allow the bow to hurt enemies that are Magick immune, not to mention it does a ton of stagger to enemies hit and will topple big enemies that are off balance.
Using the ultimate skill is not recommended outside of very specific boss fights. There is no reason to have it on equipped all of the time. He should add ricochet shot and add the ice block one. Candescent orb is also a much better skill than he pretends it is. It CCs enemies by setting them on fired and has a huge AOE.
I could care less about his augments. They don't make a huge difference in the end outside of the thief one and endurance one.
His setup is pretty bad. If his goal was to "min/max," like he said, he did a really bad job.
@@FlashesSoccer011 ok not even close. Ice bow prevents other buffs like enemies weak to fire and the damage is like half of the other bows. Blazefang is unmatched dps against enemies weak to fire. I have taken 2 full bars off of a gore minotaur and a Griffen using the skill. The ice berg skill takes forever to charge and does less damage then frosthunter. Candecent orb sucks because not only does it fuck with lighting but it's damage is all over time with no stagger potential. Blazefang is an instant huge burst of damage that knocks down. And having martyrs bolt helps if you just want to end the fight immediately. It literally one shot the grigori for me and I didn't even use savagery extract or anything like that. It trivializes most large monsters except for the end game pillar fights because those are immune to being 1 shot.
And you're reasoning for things is so ass backwards. You say blazefang is useless yet praise the ice berg skill (artic bolt btw) for its stagger potential when blazefang does the same thing. Oh and mages can't revive. Which is why he said he brought it. And if an enemy is vulnerable to ice then you should be using frosthunter because of its huge damage potential, auto targeting and only hitting the exact spot you target, and cc.
You sound like someone I wouldn’t want to be around lol
There’s always one guy who has to respond like an asshole. Always got to put down someone to make yourself feel superior. Even if you’re right you sound like a dickhead.
the sheer joy this game is. Being able to pick all black pawns and the endless praise they give their Master lol priceless