Dragon's Dogma 2 - How to Make Pawns OP Early & Best Party Set Up Guide - Powerful Pawn Secrets!

[@lakeofrot4198]

The real reason you need a mage is your pawns won't shut up about it if you don't.

[@thevoicewithin9845]

This! Lol But they are also life savers, literally. If you want to play hard mode, don't take one.

[@krislarsen6546]

There's actually a class specialization that literally forces them to shut up. Lol

[@EihaMudo]

only reason i like mages is Palladium. Those without Palladium get fed to the brine

[@Head2big4hats]

They don’t Shutup about me having a bow… I’m on a thief build!

[@exxy9931]

@@EihaMudo I recommend trying one with High Palladium/Celerity. Definitely worth it.

[@uniteduniverse9107]

Side note for the people here actually enjoying the game, you can get rift crystals from people renting your pawn and repairing rift stones in the open world, i dunno if there's a third way but it's not a premium currency, art of metamorphosis is even the cheapest item you can buy with rift crystals so don't listen to the people complaining about the "micro transactions" they exist but it's not necessary. You can get everything except the pre order weapons and the pre order ring from the game itself

[@Absoletion]

Killed a few ghosts at night and they each dropped 30. Doesn't seem to be a 100% drop but I got twice in one encounter.

[@uniteduniverse9107]

@@Absoletion Nice, I'll keep that in mind

[@Playitforthenarrative]

Is 1500 lot of rift crystals? And what do they actually do in this game?

[@boshwa20]

So there's no point for them existing?

[@uniteduniverse9107]

@@Playitforthenarrative it's alot yes but you can get enough by just playing the game casually, they help you buy cosmetics and items to customize your pawn's a.i.

[@dr.calibrations7984]

"Mage is kinda wasted on your main pawn" Buddy, all those mages ARE someone's main pawn. I get what you're saying but its funny to me because someone has to have their Main Pawn be a mage so we can use them

[@Big-Hat-Logann]

Unless it's one made by capcom.

[@CodFishay]

Yeah it honestly irritated me when I’d hear that lol

[@andaiandaigaming5131]

need mage? i got you

[@JustDracontius]

I don't see your pawn ID posted here... you aint got no one. haha jk. Mages are fun to have. Friend of mine is 90+. Only mage I'll ever need.@@andaiandaigaming5131

[@ThellUndeadll]

@@Big-Hat-Logann yeah pick it and ruin overall idea of sharing :)

[@agentofchaos4728]

As someone who appreciates defensive/support spells over offensive ones i believe palladium to be the universally most broken spell i have ever used. An omnidirectional 3 times perfect block if you are not getting rushed down that thing is broken and i love it

[@RageGamingVideos]

It's so good right and so satisfying seeing the barrier block a huge swing like its nothing

[@notrelatedtobacon1282]

I got saved once because of it, I ran into a fire drake and it killed my main pawn and I was rezzing, then he did the belly flop right as I finished the rez...the palladium blocked it and I booked it immediately

[@bigfoot5725]

I've been using mystic spearhead and it gives a shield to everyone close by for like what feels like 10 seconds? maybe, and has a super quick cast time, called mirour shelde

[@jrago73]

​@bigfoot5725 this 100 times. I feel like I could never switch off spearhand because I don't want to lose this ability that badly lol.

[@miorioff]

Mirour Shelde is aoe immunity to damage for like 8 seconds to everyone. Thankfully pawns can't be Mystic Spearhands

[@JararoNatsu]

So basically, abide by the Holy Trinity: Tank, Healer, 2 DPS (one melee and one ranged). Sounds about right!

[@Madchemist002]

So far, Sorcerer has been very fun. The amount of damage that I deal is insane. I started as a mage, which is lackluster in combat, so I was so happy to switch

[@AverageJ03Gaming]

Sorcerers group cast too, so take a pawn or two with sorcerer as well and the same skills as you. If you cast a skill, they will join you at your progress and cast a second or however many more of the same cast.

[@Midtierman]

Never played as spellcaster in DD1 played in DD2. Way more fun than I thought. Played as a sorcerer with my pawn as a sorcerer. Got a mage for healing and and fighter to distract enemies. Wrecking whole groups of enemies and even ogres and cyclops has been a blast.

[@Theosis10]

I recently added a sorcerer pawn to my group...and now I want one in my group permanently lol. I was originally going to play thief or mystic spearhand but I may find myself swayed to sorcerer o'er long.

[@Madchemist002]

@@Theosis10 There's naught wrong with that. I would say that one could be a sorcerer fore'er and still enjoy the vocation

[@thevoicewithin9845]

Sorcerer is very badass. Especially once you get those elite magic skills. I was playing as sorcerer until dragonsplague destroyed my save. Now I'm a big boy bog standard sword and shield kinda guy. My main pawn is also a big hefty brute but he's a two hander try hard. But, between the two of us, we can carry the whole party. Literally. Carry weight is through the roof! Lol I then have a mage for heals and a sorcerer for range dps while me and my lion bro main tank a boss and climb that sum-bi**h! 😎

[@ArtaherDuron]

@6:03 While it's correct that healers can't repair your max health upon taking damage. The pot Allheal can.

[@zazoreal5536]

My mage pawn got 2100 points People even gave my pawn better gear that they left on my pawn for me and many heart ratings. I basically gave her a Boon,damage spell, support (celerity) and the support light spell that does holy damage and leaves a large area of light.

[@TellisTorterra]

No lie, chief, but that set up is simple and goes a LONG way.

[@corneliuspraeda6452]

Alright, so drop me the ID plz! I haven't started this game yet, and that'd save me the trouble of shopping. ;)

[@NingjaTerdo]

Personally, I prefer a mage with High Celerity. Speeding around the map is the best! Plus, the attack speed boost is a HUGE plus. You should see Theif with it!

[@PrimalDirective]

It's insane and honestly the power of a Sorceror I can just ignore if I can get the same from my Warrior Pawn and myself as a Thief.

[@lronjack]

​@@PrimalDirectivethief is so cracked. I stumbled into the ultimate abilities nearly as soon as I left the big city and it's hard to switch to anything else

[@royloplays]

​@@lronjack agreed, thief is crazy but it's a base vocation lmao, I wish we could unlock a more advanced version of thief since it outshines even most advanced vocations as is

[@slandergames9494]

​@@lronjack I haven't played the other vocations yet but thief is soo good so far.

[@lronjack]

@@royloplays Yeah, I wouldn't mind a more advanced version, but already having access to crazy mobility, damage, stunlock and functional immortality doesn't really leave a lot of directions to expand into

[@drmedicechsrick8702]

if everyones main pawn is not a mage, then no ones extra pawns is

[@robertjohnston9023]

Lol, true!

[@tropicalturtlez6988]

Good thing a bunch of other videos recommend that u make your main pawn a mage 🌚

[@cyrusbm]

And official pawns exist

[@drmedicechsrick8702]

@@cyrusbm but will the officials have the good skills?

[@raincloud1313]

Only up to level 30 ​@@cyrusbm

[@thecrimsondragon7906]

Josh: "Kindhearted fits Cotton the most." Meanwhile Cotton: *Trying to figure out how to make another head on a stick weapon.*

[@eddyram4932]

My main pawn is a 7’ tall amazonian brute that loves smashing goblins with her giant hammer😂

[@Flameancer]

I found that you can get by with an offensive mage pawn if you’re playing mystic spearhand with your shield. Also side note if pawn skills work the same a PC skills then a pawn sorcerer would only have “High Figor” if you’ve unlocked as sorcerer

[@P0ET0L0GIST]

Some of us are going to have to be the ones to make that support mage tho. Can’t even rely on randoms to make a good support mage. So that’s what I’m building for my pawn. I plan to be a Mystic Spearhand, so hopefully it will work out.

[@tonyjokster55]

Thats what i'm doing. Mystic spearhand is actually extremely tanky if you use their shield ability. basically a 10 second invincibility for about 20% stam.

[@dagripper77]

I've been running a pure support mage and damage hasn't been an issue.

[@nicholasmascitelli8129]

Some good tips and a basis for how you want to think about party comp. My only slight concern with a sort of meta forming around making your main pawn either warrior or sorcerer is that it would mean the rift would be flooded with those vocations and pawns not of those vocations, ie; the crucial mages, would become less common to find and hire...

[@bwestacado9643]

I'll likely keep mine as a mage. I'm liking my pawn setup on DD1 of 2 mages and a sorcerer. Having duel healing coupled with one who can devastate the battle field has helped me stroll through a drake with little to no damage on myself lol. That was a fun and surprisingly quick battle

[@Erocks301]

There will always be pawns created by capcom to fill any roles people need

[@dhaynes325]

If you use another player's pawn have the respect to leave a like and a gift. I do not care if you give me a health potion

[@ben130i8]

1 rotten shorefish coming up

[@LouisAuguste]

Dude i already pay the AC price for your fucking pawn. They dont come for free !

[@devinbuettgenbach2941]

Bro if I get a high end roborant then I'm delighted.

[@Ishplx]

Some pawns don't deserve it. I try to always like and gift, but man, some pawns have the ai equivalent of a goldfish.

[@devinbuettgenbach2941]

@@Ishplx Yes and those are the ones you leave rotten shorefish for.

[@adriancaraza5940]

My pawn and I are both fighters so we can tag team monsters. Taught them how to use launchboard and can know reach vital points easily to beat monsters. Sometimes I do bring a mage but usually just use items for healing and tomes for quick casts. Pretty fun gameplay actually.

[@zazoreal5536]

I have a lot of experience from DD1 and know the importance of doing everything I can to upgrade my pawn so I can maximize people using my pawn.

[@devonhughes5218]

Rule #1 they gotta look cool 😂

[@dependent-ability8631]

Dragons dogma really is a pimp simulator

[@Erocks301]

Here you go, good job ⭐️

[@corxiiifelinike2643]

My mage is currently running high palladium, celerity (hopefully upgrading this soon to high celerity), fire affinity, and high halidom. My party travel for days at a time without needing to rest. Don’t even need the mage to have any offensive skill, cuz celerity basically helps with the party dps buff already. Idk why they decided to make this move buff your movement speed AND your actions. Cuz holy, the fighter and the thief in my party, the moment they get buffed, melts anything they see. All I have to do is keep an eye on my mage pawn and make sure to tap him every now and then to help him recover stamina, and he will carry the whole party.

[@ozzysmith2571]

Saw the thumbnail with the X over the mage and was worried. Very happy to get to the mage section and learn I was correct keeping a Mage around

[@anotherfacelessname9270]

I'm an archer and I have the heavenly shot skill, so my party comp is fighter, warrior, mage and myself currently. Although, I find that fighter, fighter and mage works better since the pawns are better at using fighter and mage than any other vocation. Also, since I'm in the back dealing massive damage, I like to have two tanks drawing aggro from the bosses; and and vocation can fairly easily deal with trash mobs.

[@eddyram4932]

How I made my pawn strong? Remade it to look like Guts, gave him a giant sword and now he’s cracking skulls👌

[@immersion9880]

I’m actually running three archers (myself included) and a mage. Works pretty well. Usually I make sure the mage has high palladium.

[@Jynogre]

I played DD1 the same way I'm playing DD2 1 support pawn, 1 tank pawn, and then my main pawn. I can swap between being a physical damage or a magic damage vocation, it's really fun. Very flexible.

[@robcampion9917]

I'm currently going as a fighter with a mage main pawn and the other 2 pawns are an archer and a sorcerer.

[@zwei3179]

Since i intend to max out alot of classes and main warfer I think I'll be fine, I'll get hp increases and stuff from other classes to keep me beefy maybe take a heavy piece of armor and light armor and stuff

[@bwestacado9643]

Yeah that's what I like doing. The only things I haven't maxed out on DD1 is Mystic Knight, Mage and Sorcerer. Everything else is contributing to my Arisen being powerful and hard to hurt

[@Parwitch69]

This is contradicting itself. If you recommend every one to config main Pawn as DPS. You would not be able to find extra pawn in Tank or support roles because extra pawns are other people main pawn. AND you won't get any RC point because no one gonna hire your main pawn since yours are DPS.

[@ryanmcmillen9871]

I've been playing it all weekend on my ps5 and haven't had an issue other than one griffin that wouldn't let me stand up until my pawn hopped on its back. Gave me time to craft more explosive arrows and lucked out with a face shot. Took it down and even the farmers in the field came to fight it. It's hilarious and awesome. The fps hasnt bothered me at all then again, the last game i played was dark arisen. Most games i play are almost a decade old I can't wait for more crazy experiences.

[@angrysquirrel8816]

My weirdest experience so far has been minding my own business in vermund’s capitol, hearing a roar, and turning around to see a masked cyclops. I go to fight it, trigger a cutscene for a side quest, then it’s just gone, everyone’s still standing where it was, and Brant’s just like “All is peaceful here.” And I’m just standing there like wtf just happened

[@thevoicewithin9845]

I had a moment the other night where I stumbled across two cyclops fighting a band of goblins and a pack of wolves. We whittled the health of one cyclops down to just a small bit left and the other was about half health. Then, from out of nowhere, a Griffin swooped in, flattened my party then pretty much one shot me (had a small bit taken off my max health from the fight with the two cyclops)... Like, totally random and just all-out carnage! Also, I couldn't stop laughing for a good 10 mins after lol

[@MishaXG]

First thing first: there's no "best pawn" for the simple reason that you have YOUR pawn + 2 other pawns. So if there was a "best pawn" then you would have 3 times the same pawns which would be useless. In reality the best thing if you want to focus on pawns for allies: support pawns like "Tank", "Healer/Support", "Sorcerer/Archer" (with good stuff abilities). Dmg fighters & Rogue will bring less to a majority of comps cause most players will play dmg dealers in a way or another. The 2nd best thing is "Specialisation" which is super important, you can make a pawn to make farm easier, heal in combat and so on... so better try to use things that other pawns arent doing. The 3rd is knowledge that is great to give usefull tips / tricks for combat (all those medals) + ofc quests but it's less important. (medals also give a good idea if the pawn discover a lot of the map or not which is a great advantage to find chests and so on)

[@digiass2135]

Pick thief as main pawn, give him a bit of gear, all damage skills but legendary one that is the one that makes him dodge for free one attack and he will be both pretty much since he dodges often and most of the time will be running the legendary skill, so they will be unkilleable and do an atrocious ammount of damage. As it was on the first game, helm splitter (or whatever the english name was, the skill that you jump and do an attack roll in the air) is absurdly strong for pawns

[@KingEaglez29]

I'm running around with my risen fighter named "goblinslayer" and my mage pawn named priestess followed by a pawn archer and a another thief that I randomly picked up. I'm having so much fun and I haven't died or really had any hard fights. :)

[@TheLoops73]

My toon is a magic archer...main pawn warrior..other 2 are mage and fighter..I'm wrecking everything that crosses my path

[@Harbinger421]

I'm running Warfarer (Magick Archer/Sorc) with Figjter as main Pawn. My Friend uses a Thief so we use each others as our 3rd to cover that roll and my 4th Pawn is a mage I found that is updated when I out lvl them and they haven't been updated in a while.

[@coraline2770]

Ive been loving playing as warrior its so good

[@RageGamingVideos]

Yeah I was super torn between Warrior & Sorcerer but hey Warfarer lets you be both at once!

[@coraline2770]

@@RageGamingVideos yes bc I need better mobility options so I might go that route

[@nolies8312]

I just became a warrior, the damage boost on perfect release it’s insane 🤣🤣🤣

[@bryanhuggett7919]

Same here soon as I unlock the warrior I just haven't stopped playing with it

[@sneakytrip6594]

SAME! I completely ignored it in the first game, and it took some getting used to after switching into it from Archer. But, good lord, those charged-up, weighty hits are so damn satisfying. Especially when there's tangible, meaningful feedback to playing well with staggers and knockdowns. So good!

[@bringbkth90s]

7 minute video stretched into a 20.

[@kituwahband]

That's how you know he'll be good at writing a research paper or some other term paper!! 😂

[@Zoze13]

Your comment alone is enough for me to dislike and close the video, and avoid this channel completely. Thanks!

[@MinecraftMartin]

Just click videos that you want to watch, skip the ones you don't. Why is this so hard? Gamer Karens at their finest here.

[@emmanueldufresne]

@@Zoze13danm 😂

[@Poppy_AndFriends]

@@Zoze13Yeah it might not be for you. This channel kinda has fun with his vids. That isn't to say it isn't informative, but a lot of people just want guides. Whenever I see a Rage vid I know I'm gonna learn a fuckton from a familiar voice, and if I just wanted a blank guide then I'd just find like, some reddit post from a guy who lives and breaths this game or smth. I recommend looking at KZbin Shorts instead. They'll give a lot of info. Rage will always give you good info, but know you're getting Rage and not just a guide. Same with most youtubers tbh

[@kjvmsc]

i think you undersell the value of thief pawns; they tend to target weak points, and a pawn with Pilfer just nets you so many free items - some very valuable

[@moosiemoose1337]

Thief pawns also use the ultimate that makes them dodge everything which means they almost can't die! I saw my pawn 1v8 the big hobgoblins

[@FrostyRose]

I came here trying to find ideas on how to make my pawn more rentable and basically what I've heard is any vocation but archer XD

[@oompaloompadoompa-de-doo3614]

My go to is fighter pawn from the rift making sure they’re set up as a tank with provocation and shield summon, my main pawn is a sorcerer with meteor equipped (u get it from finishing spellbound quest, GET IT if you don’t have it!!), mage from the rift making sure they have mostly healing and buffing abilities set up when picking one out, and then I usually play as mystic spear putting the invincibility bubble on everybody as much as I can and sapping stamina as soon as I run out or sometimes I play as magic archer just for fun and extra healing/revival. I can really be about any vocation with that setup and it’s easy mode as long as everybody’s stats look good (good weapons and armor equipped. ALWAYS compare pawn’s stats and skills equipped when picking one out). If they don’t have fighters set up like tanks and mages set up like white mage/healer/buffers, they’re playing the game wrong. If someone managed to transfer the provocation augment to a warrior, they can make awesome tanks as well, but unfortunately they don’t have shield summons or whatever the advanced form of shield summons is called…

[@McKnabbZ]

Cotton is a beast. Through explanation but clear about the basic mechanics. Love you guys.

[@t.s.1156]

Honestly feel like Trickster can be included with Fighter and Warrior, it’s like a tank in that it has enemies attacking your clones which is even nicer than someone probably getting hit. It’s like a tank/support more than anything.

[@arcanumelite4853]

yeah trickster is like a support tank... they are the best tank in the game cus their illusions are essentially immortal cus even if they die you can just quickly make a new one.

[@Defc0n2008]

9:46 if you want a hybrid of support and tank, there’s a certain vocation only YOU can undertake. Extremely strong with you and a mage buffing your two damage dealers. Only thing people have an issue with is being a nigh-zero damage class. I enjoy it though

[@quickpawmaud]

I found the perfect mage pawn from the discord and added the person so I am just going to keep that pawn with me always, then my main pawn is a simple thief with woodland wordsmith to do good damage and also steal and collect items for me and make dealing with elves easy, then the last slot will be either an archer if I am playing a frontliner or a Warrior if I am not will also try to get one with quest knowledge too. The mage I got has Celestial Paean, Fire Affinty, High Palladium, and High Levin so a bit different than what you said but I think these skills are still really good.

[@happyduke99]

I wanna do 4 sorc for the maelstrom and meteor spam lol, or at least at the beginning i should go for 2 sorc (main pawn and I) + mage + warrior

[@bwestacado9643]

My beginning setup will be my guy as Archer, my pawn as mage, one thief, one warrior. Once I have Mystic Spearhand, it'll be 2 mages and an archer. Finally, as Magic Archer, 2 mages and a sorcerer for the duel healing and buffing and one who can drop meteors and otherwise devastate the battlefield

[@Poenitus92]

keep an eye out for pawns with augments from vocations other than the one they're currently using. That generally means they're the pawn of somebody who knows how the game works and has set them up in a useful fashion. Like a mage with the increased intelligence augment from sorceror, that sort of thing. Stuff that makes sense for the role you want them to play as opposed to random augments slapped together.

[@MrMentalrevolution]

The golden rules of gaming: 1. don’t preorder 2. don’t rely to much on internet‘s opinion I am having fun with this.

[@marlowemorris752]

This is good food for thought, my main pawn is a mage, but now I think I’ll change her to sorcerer.( seeing how I just got it) I’ve been running thief till I get Mystic spearhand or Magic archer. So looking forward to seeing how this plays out

[@Erocks301]

So how'd it all play out?

[@corxiiifelinike2643]

12:30 this is exactly what I’m talking about. Bro and the pawns literally stood there and tanked a swipe from the Minotaur. Took 0 damage because of high palladium. 😂

[@johnbumder]

13:38 "leaving you with two great gaping holes that need filled in" Can we get phrasing back in the mix?

[@dependent-ability8631]

nah get yo mind out of the gutter

[@theheartofgaming2180]

Haha, ikr when he said that I was 😂

[@confusedlemur12]

I just finished the game, i refresehed my side pawns, one happened to be a mage with the meister ability with the dome.... that skill alone carried me through endgame.... it was SO GOOD

[@adammauer6424]

As a rule of thumb for pawns , always have a healer , a tank and a dps with you that way you always have support classes as to what you want to play and can play whatever style if you do your pawns in that fashion me personally I like have a warrior / mage / archer pawn

[@Joseph-vc7uk]

You don’t need a front liner if you’re MS, you just make your whole party the front line. Not hard to keep the invul bubble up.

[@chasemauldin3345]

I play warrior, big slashy boi. My main pawn is a sorcerer, big zappy girl. So for pawns I pull from the nether are a fighter and a mage. The fighter pulls aggro and can launch me onto larger beasts and my mage drops heals the whole time. I’m level 34 and I’ve only legit died one time with this party configuration. It’s also super important to constantly upgrade your main pawn along with your MC. Don’t worry about dropping gold for yourself and your pawn because the game seems to rain gold.

[@kilbymorgan8626]

I don't want my pawns to be too powerful. I hate it when a mage has anything other than healing. Sometimes I only use my main pawn and the reason is I want to play the game and feel like I contributed something. You can mid max and go full offensive power but then fights are over before you draw your weapon and the game gets converted into a walking sim.

[@JubJub958]

Just got magick archer, my main pawn is a nornal archer and I normally hire a fighter/warrior and mage. My pawn and I MELT anything of worth due to the skills I've given them, but I may give myself the recovery arrows and scrap the mage for another fighter

[@JordTheeNord]

Frankly I've been most happy with making my main pawn a mage. That is the only class where I'm looking for very specific skills so it's nice not having to sift through dozens of pawns looking for what I want. Palladium specifically is busted and depending on what I'm hunting I want different boons. Halidom is essential too unless you want to carry a bunch of situational potions with you at all times.

[@Bignuke87]

Im running warfarer as sorc/glaive and using my level 46 Aragorn as a fighter tank (just got him the Dragon weap and shield). Then I run a 2nd sorc and a mage. If you give all the aggro increasing stuff to a sturdy fighter, they will work as an awesome tank

[@janovmi2]

you have it balanced wrong, if everyone would do this then the game would be unplayable because every pawn would be mele/ranged DPS because the pawns 2 and 3 are someone elses main pawn, you have to balance it in a way so all roles are represented in the "main pawn"

[@osric729]

I Macey main a mage because of 3 reasons. 1: I like to easily change buffs and remedies based on the situation. 2: Your pawn's personality seems to have a significant effect on how they perform their role and I want my mage to be consistent not just in their spells, but how they use them and how they use their specialization. 3: Many people I ple have the same thought you do on hiring mages. Mine gets hired ALLLLL the time as a result and I'm swimming in RC.

[@CorrelationComposite]

Thank god playback speed exists

[@SteamChaser96]

the frequent crashing is insufferable so no im not enjoying myself, however when it gets fixed i will try this

[@LuckyLeroy777]

It’s worth noting the Allheal Elixir actually does heal ALL your health back. Only thing in the game that I have found that does.

[@serwalkerofthekeynes8761]

If anyone still plays, an easy money maker is setting up thief with implicate and plunder. Implicate guarantees that plunder will steal an item if one is available.. take that combo in to the field and youll be oozing every type of item, in no time. That includes wakestone shards, gold, ferrystones and all the gem types. Definitely worth it for the easy dolla.

[@TheUnrealjester]

Genuinely I have a hard time recommending anyone take an archer pawn. You would think they would be hard coded to prioritize taking out flying/hard to reach enemies so you can focus on the things on the ground as a warrior or fighter, but as someone playing my party's main tanky chunky melee boy, my number one frustration is falling asleep to harpies when they should be plucked out of the sky in moments.

[@RaidenKaiser]

Similar to people recommending fighter over warrior pawns. In theory they would be right but in practice both thief and warrior are leagues better than archer and fighter in my experience. Warrior pawns have alot less trouble holding aggro and making foes flinch/knocking them down which fighter is OK at until you run into anything stronger than a goblin/wolf. Thief is stupid busted early game like they kill shit so fast its almost too good I feel disappointed that I wasn't able to participate cuz they wiped everything out lol.

[@babayaga4320]

The best mix so far I've found is fighter/mage/archer/warrior. Fighter to tank, mage for healing, archer to take down monsters like harpies, and a warrior to do massive damage, and kill whatever is left.

[@Fenum]

So far playing mystic spearhand, I have my main as thief and 3rd is another thief and a mage. Both thieves have legendary skill and I'm using bubble on spearhand. So far we're destroying everything in post game.

[@jkteddy77]

Selflessly configuring Mage for everyone, but also Selfishly because I'll give up the DPS to avoid the whack public pawns lol

[@elwourmo993]

the mage also gets a very good haste spell tha increases movement speed and attack speed, I always look for mage pawns that have paladium and celerity

[@LoliFoxQueen]

you can equip hired pawns with equipment you have, just note this wil gift the item to the pawn's owner so i'd sugjest ONLY doing it with pawns of players you know and trust to make use of it.

[@drewcarry8280]

I was thinking about making my main pawn Mage I just got legion's Might, and then eventually trying out warfarer with sorc and thief combo which covers lots of damage.

[@fvb7]

Mage is easily the trickiest pawn to build for me. Speed, Mega heal, Palladium, Purge all feel mandatory because they're so good but I seldom take a second caster so a single damage spell would be nice.

[@CrunksUchiha]

I like bringing an ice boon w8th flagration. Freezing enemies is amazing when you cant burn them

[@wildmike5707]

Best tank ive seen so far was a kind hearted warrior with the healing items inclination. He kept aggro and used healing items

[@RedLineOneGC]

Thief main with a main mage pawn...i def try to make sure i have a fighter/warrior and either sorcerer for more dps or archer (for annoying birds)

[@shrillcrayfish6168]

I had a good support mage pawn. Now hes a theif with the daggers that glow near tressures so others can find them early. And he has steal to give them more loot lol haha

[@be9240]

The best set up is 100% 2 fighters, one mage, and whatever the heck you want to play (mystic spear with the slow pretty much means the two fighters get to go ham, and there are very few bosses ive found that are not on the ground 70% of the battle, plus your main attack with the spear is just the swirl of death no stam cost sooo use that sheild left and right makes the game easy mode once you get the timing down of slow attack shield when needed)

[@sekory88]

I play fighter, main pawn Warrior and the 2 rift dudes are most of the time archer and mage.

[@edgargonzalez89]

I play thief going into mythic spear hand and my main pawn is a mage. I might make him into a sorcerer and my 3 and 4 pawns are warrior and archer.

[@draconicgames50k8]

Honestly makes me wonder about an ALLL MAGICK party, like either ALL Mage/Sorcerer Group, or that with Magick Archer and etc. etc. would just love to see something so silly yet worth the good game XD

[@corxiiifelinike2643]

1 thing that baffles me that people aren’t talking more about is high palladium. In a game where you want to avoid taking damage to stay adventuring longer, and mage got a skill that help do just that, makes mages hella amazing to have in your party.

[@Footyweekly]

Added it as soon as it as available

[@masalanicholoff3593]

I agree it’s an amazing skill. I was basically taking no damage as a mage 90% of the time once I got Palladium. They really did a lot more damage to make mage and sorcerer feel distinct in this one than in the original, and Palladium is a major component to that. I felt a lot more squishy but a lot more DPS oriented once I switched to sorcerer.

[@KawaiiFive_O]

Have to say, I'm really glad that I made my main pawn a mage with how often I swap out elemental boons/spells. I feel like you could easily flip your argument around for not making your main pawn a mage and apply it to fighter. Just find the particular fighter build you like and then you're set and never really need to change it. Fighter just seems much less situational compared to mage in that regard.

[@wolflavellan2170]

Honestly Ive been running with a beautifully created Mage pawn that her Arisen namsd Lansseax and holy crap she comes in clutch so much. She is the perfect compliment to my Fighter/Warrior Pawn. I cant decide which I like better. Meanwhile Im just invincible with Mystic Spearhand 😅

[@GreyKingZero]

I just wanted remind and tell players that the first game had a prologue or intro character that had a set up that I personally always used. It was two fighters, a mage, and strider. I only changed the vocation of the pawns later and only when skills were more powerful. I was the one that changed as the situation demanded.

[@silveruprising8567]

Dude I had a couple of pawns that I was using to get to Vermund but they just disappeared like I was crossing a large area of walkable river and they’re just GONE. One even had the camping set cause of weight reasons, now I’m using the explorers pack on my main pawn just so that I can have one in a situation where it would happen again. Idk know if it was a bug but it ticked me off and nearly had me killed multiple times. Also being sat on by a cyclops is very enlightening.

[@Bignuke87]

They can and will fall off bridges and ledges. Of they fall I to water the brine gets them and it's a wrap

[@troydejong6206]

Fire and fire are ok but... Ice on weapon can lead to freezing the enemy - even large ones - then there is the attack spell... Lightning to deal with Harpy's! Thats my recommendation...

[@nootsgaming5517]

Oddly enough my fighter turn warrior is clam and its working

[@LmanWebbo]

Great guide ! Very helpful

[@BookkeeperGaming]

Great video.....if you want to solo the game minus the need for elemental ice or lightning DMG play a thief. Thief literally has auto dodge master lvl skill and can climb/topple monsters easily.

[@Padfooted04]

Hopefully not too many people take this advice about using a hired pawn as your mage, there won't be any cool ones to choose 😂

[@firstswordcorvus7368]

Not gonna try to read 100+ comments, but I want to point out the speciality chrirugeon cause you'll find a lot of plants to craft into potions. Give the pawns a portion of your potions and they'll try to heal you or your other pawns when they can. And it's easy to get from an early side quest, but the NPC won't give it to you until after you arrive in the first big city. Still very early in the game. I haven't put it on myself or my pawn yet, but have recruited pawns with chrirugeon speciality. It's been a pretty good replacement for having a mage, is it better than a mage? I don't think so, but it isn't bad at all when you remember to craft. I always have an overabundance of potions from gathering everything like I'm playing Skyrim. Ofc Josh covers it at the end of the video 😂, but that speciality with kind-hearted thief has worked wonders for me cause they get around fast

[@Jalapayneo]

Why did you toss me off the bridge? 😂 That's my name

[@freshness2569]

My main core is i run warfarer, with the duospear sklill that shields plus a support mage. Then a warrior and a sorcerer. Warfarer may not get a lot of skills but it gets the core abilities so its fun using them .

[@freshness2569]

Or as a warfarer you can put both shields and use a shield and use the skill to draw aggro on yourself and run 3 sorcerers. Warfarer may not be the hardest hitting class , but brings a lot of party comps to life.

[@freshness2569]

Then you yourself can use the flamethrower as well after all the buffs

[@Darkassault42]

I just learned that Anodyne hurts undead

[@Moonedo]

Didn’t like Sorcerer in the first game too much but been having a blast playing them here Quickcast and moving while incanting was a nice change but we lost 8 spells 😢

[@callesino9201]

I put my pawn as thief for the pilfer ability lol

[@jerryurbina6190]

No brainer for me to have a hireable mage pawn with looks and just the right tools to be useful in every single scenario. Also I'd say early on being a fighter is way better, and even having 2 fighters is better than one fighter and a thief. But at around lvl 20s, you can definitely have a combo of each of single vocations. Fighters are not to be underestimated in the damage department either, just they're a little more gear dependent. Also Imo, there is such a thing as TOO much damage, don't over level your team in such a way where you're ending battles too quick, or at that point, you've switched mentality to trying to win the game, instead of adventuring.

[@panjibagaskorowisnumurti482]

I set the graphic settings to 5gb vram, it runs smooth.. I'm here for the nostalgia tho.. i don't give a damn on people's opinions about performance and bla bla bla.. I'm enjoying it so far, and i hope you too 😊

[@happycrowley]

It would be so good if we could utilise the character creator mode to interchange different main characters and pawns. Having five different pawns to call on .

[@moonlight2870]

If everyone thinks "mage is wasted on you or your pawn" then how are you gonna hire a mage pawn? Imma make my pawn a mage.

[@giogarcia4359]

I steam rolled this game to 50 both endings and just started new game plus by starting out warrior for me and then 3x archers. Archers and are so agile and do so much damage it was stupid how easy the game was.

[@franksunderland7039]

I totally made my cat, Carrot Cake. He is head strong and leaps into battle, a true orange tabby good boi.

[@timothyblack4913]

Orange cats are the best for a adventure. All I've known have lived up to the title

[@Willow4526]

Personally started as mage with pawn fighter, getting thief & archer pawns. Once vocations maxed, swapped both of us to the advanced vocations as the goal set up, with theif & mage pawns for the support. I'm possibly going to go through all the vocations at least for myself but my pawn probably going to stay warrior, unless there's some passives he'd be better with, with having the same back up pawns.

[@thorticus8864]

So for drakes and lesser dragons i run a mage, sorcer, thief and archer, mage runs ice affinity, high pall, argent succ and high halidom, sorc has 2 ice spells. Makes the drakes and dragons pretty quick and easy to take down.

[@alvinpeterson1039]

Allheal Potions give you back your FULL health and Stamina and removes stat down effects. That's the only thing in game that ives you back your FULL Max Health even if greyed.

[@calyxatlas]

Counterpoint on mage as main pawn - mage has 2-3 abilities I always want (shield, cleanse, and distant heal) and it’s annoying to check every pawn has them so just set up my own