Dragon's Dogma 2 - Ultimate Magick Archer Guide

Thanks to Capcom for a copy of Dragon's Dogma 2!
0:00 Intro
1:10 Equipment
2:14 Skills
7:13 Augments
8:02 Showcase
17:30 Support Variant
Set forth on your grand adventure, Arisen!
Dragon’s Dogma is a single player, narrative driven action-RPG series that challenges the players to choose their own experience - from the appearance of their Arisen, their vocation, their party, how to approach different situations and more. Now, in this long-awaited sequel, the deep, explorable fantasy world of Dragon’s Dogma 2 awaits.
On your journey, you’ll be joined by Pawns, mysterious otherworldly beings, in an adventure so unique you will feel as if accompanied by other players while on your own adventure.
All of these elements are elevated further through physics technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and the latest in graphics, to create a truly immersive fantasy world in Dragon’s Dogma 2.
Wield swords, bows, and chant magick. The vocations in Dragon's Dogma 2 give you the ability to approach combat the way you want.
Players can customize their own main Pawn, who will always accompany your Arisen, and enter a covenant with up to 2 additional Pawns from other players through the network.
Beyond the town borders, you will encounter diverse monsters that inhabit the lands. You will need to decide between engaging in battles or finding alternatives; so be aware of your party’s setup, the terrain around you, and the monsters you face.
Travelers, merchants, soldiers and other folk go about their daily lives.
Preoccupied by their own objectives and motives, they all exhibit different emotions. At times, they may lead you to a quest by approaching you and asking for a favor.
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[@oOYourdadOo]

Imagine being an adventurer, and you and your party are exploring your first cave and gaining experience, and then all of sudden you are all wiped out by some carless and lazy archer firing off ricochet arrows aimlessly into the cave you’re in. 😭

[@jezebelmorningstar1415]

I really needed to get through and those saurians are annoying 😅

[@jezebelmorningstar1415]

-huffs on copium-

[@nathanieljenkins1368]

Not sure if you were doing it but a quick tip for yah: you can press R3 to change from rivet and pinpoint while aiming down sight

[@FightinCowboy]

Was not aware of that good tip

[@arthus2161]

Ricochet Hunter is just nutty, killed a gore-minotaur in a cave before it even knew what hit it.

[@OD91MJ]

I keep it on war farer for this reason. You just stand at the entrance and wipe it pick up the loot.

[@dylanleff373]

I like the other lightning ability way moreeeee

[@Pokefan000000]

Ricochet is stupid op in caves lol it’s actually better then martyrs bolt

[@cloudbloom]

If I remember right from the first game, magick archer attacks count as casting a spell so you can use augments and rings to quicken casting speed to get your shots off faster

[@FightinCowboy]

I considered it but I think it depends on which arrows you're using. I don't think it helps things like blazefang or martyrs.

[@EStephensII]

“Someone” should do a DPS calculation. 😉

[@djagentorange]

In my testing and what I've seen on Reddit, cast speed does not apply to MA in 2 unfortunately. Weirdly, silence does seem to apply, though, and afaik neither silence nor cast speed affect Mystic Spearhand.

[@cloudbloom]

@@djagentorange interesting, thanks! I didn't even consider mystic spearhand

[@bruncleson678]

Something that I found really helpful about Blazefang Arrow is that if you press the sheath button at any point after firing, it'll take you out of guiding the arrow and it will continue straight from where it was going. Really useful for repositioning in a fight, or readying another attack without having to wait until the arrow explodes to regain control of your character.

[@DustinLittlefield]

That is pretty cool if you want to position it in a certain way. Cause you can fire it off straight from wherever you are without guiding it but that is pretty cool if you want to put it up in the air and then aim it down and then get out!

[@cjoshbrown]

Yessss, I was waiting for this upload from you! I enjoy your RPG vids, man. I found you through Demon Souls and listening to you or watching you helped me through that game like I had a friend next to me 😂. I appreciate your work, man. Keep it up.

[@TheGrades90]

I cannot wait to unlock this class. Archer alone is a blast, but getting to use martyr's bolt is the dream.

[@andypina4478]

Uuuuuuuhh, archer is amazing. I, as a meele player, thought it would be "boring" but BOY WAS I WRONG. I kill drakes faster than with fighter or warrior. Can't wait to upgrade the Magick archer.

[@lynnz7501]

Archer was really fun. I honestly kind of miss it as OP as magick archer is. Genuinely thinking of turning my main pawn into an archer instead of a fighter at this point just to have an archer on my team at all times. Plus, I think the archer armors look really cool. I was quite sad about the magick archer armors in comparison. They just don't look as good.

[@pacman5800]

I just got the magic archer. About 75 hrs in the game now. I think this is gonna be a long playthrough for me as I wanna go through all the caves and upgrade all vocations before I hit new game+ Appreciate the video great info and I love this vocation.

[@TurboGuy979]

Nice guide with actual demo play. If you guys think MA is OP/easy mode, thief will blow your mind. Played through the game twice and it’s a blast. Only downfall is mega bosses(end game) CAN get annoying but not always. Comparing my fights with the headless horseman to yours, I just pop formless feint(has augment for lower stam useage), hack away with zero concern for damage, a few helm splitters…done. Literally seconds. Give it a try guys! BTW, I never play rogue/stealth builds I’m usually front line tank, but thief is great!

[@camelbro]

These are literally the best dd2 guides on the internet

[@Dxwill10]

Enjoyed the support segment. I do something similar on NG+ Wayfarer with mage staff and trickster weapon running 1) Aromatic resurgence 2) High Celerity 3) High Paladium and (obviously) rearmament so I can buff my thief pawn and watch her kill everything by herself lol. I also use magick archer bow just to help with annoying ranged enemies.

[@FightinCowboy]

That's pretty close to my own support Warfarer build. I go aromatic, the thorns shield from MA and high celerity.

[@Meme_dad1]

This class definitely eats a lot of stamina, I would definitely suggest 1 ring of quicking and a ring that boost magic since your augmenting the MA bow for knock down power

[@djagentorange]

Celestial Paean on your mage also does wonders, basically infinite stamina while it's up.

[@CrystronHalq]

Stamina isnt an issue for me since I upgraded sagittate at dragonsforged cutting its stamina in half

[@Meme_dad1]

Thanks for the tips guys

[@bossedup957]

​@ainzoalgownz1570 what's saggitate

[@MrRemi1992]

​@@CrystronHalqwhat is sagitate?

[@darksavior1187]

You can machinegun a large monster's weakpoint with Ricochet hunter up close as well, its pretty fun.

[@earlbandit]

Can we just take a minute and appreciate the amazing work Cowboy is doing for the community! Content is best of the best. Also, cant thank him enough for being down to earth and not one of those screaming, yelling and annoying dudes! Keep up the good work! You the king ✌️💫

[@bladetofall]

really like the Support Magick Archer build. i love doing big damage but holy hell, it is genuinely overpowered. no memes, it just truly is haha xD excited to see what we get tomorrow!

[@thenson1Halo]

Swapping in sagittate avalanche for the arctic bolt can bring some of the big damage back and the cost of a few knockdowns.

[@properwaffles]

You’ve got some of the best informational videos is DD2 hands down.

[@lexd4081]

i find the best way to use bolt chain steak is a really good skill to restrict u can shoot them at a bosses lets say minoutor then the wall behind it it stops its from rushing u and keeps it in one place really nice to use with the Sorcerer for the spells that hit one area . its also fun to hit harpies with u can pin three together then put another one low on a cliff wall allows your melee pawn to attack them. this is just my opnion sorry if i over stepped

[@LelloDalamiq]

Ricochet Hunter, cheeseing Bitterblack Isle since 2014 baby! Glad to see it's still just as busted. Btw, you can throw Pawns off of cliff-faces, use Recovery Arrow to revive them, then drop down on them to have them catch you and avoid fatal fall damage. Great for getting places!

[@ravenuchiha1046]

Don't sleep on the damage of Lifetaking Arrow. Against dragons with the boils and other large enemies with multiple weak points, it drains all of them in range and deals some massive damage

[@NoGloryForZombies]

Lifetaking Arrow is oh so great !! i love it ^^' (don't aim yours pawns, you'll lose lot of damage for a crappy heal ; just aim "in the direction" of monsters -way better!) But - i don't know yet the differences between Rivet Shot takes and Pinpoint Volley for that skill yet...

[@dsluus]

Hey cowboy. Always enjoy your videos. One thing that would help us noobs would be when you’re showing these videos to maybe say the attack you’re doing each time or whatever spell you’re doing at the time. It’s hard to tell just by watching exactly what’s going on. Thanks.

[@roylanfernandez6860]

Will you do a post-game guide ? Like how to be prepared, anything we need to do to get the most out of it.l, etc. Thanks

[@NerdHerdForLife]

My magic archer guide: Spam Frosthunter bolt and blazefang arrow over and over.

[@razgriz2276]

Why? I'm curious, is it like frost resetting from souls?

[@mr.xenosvarietygarden3695]

​@@razgriz2276Frost hunter applies the freezing affect real easily, plus flamefang does alot of damage.

[@ToastyTstdToast]

The sleep bolt specifically makes warfarer super fun. Earlier tonight i put a griffin to sleep with one arrow, and then just indomitable lashed it in the head twice for a ridiculously easy kill. The sleep bolt is no pun intended slept on because it just lets you do whatever you want to big enemies.

[@zowbaid89]

Does Ring of Articulacy boost the cast speed of some of these skills? Or does that ring only work on mages/sorcerors?

[@princesilver1387]

dude the best part about Dragon's Dogma 1/ Dark Arisen was the overly powered classes. i like feeling OP against stuff that would be hard otherwise. that what me and others enjoyed about it. that's why i wish mystic knight was in this game, that was my class. i like being a magic knight paladin type of character.

[@adamtheexplorer8725]

Frosthunter is so op, it can kill drakes easily and even those red enemies that spawns in beacons.

[@goodbrothernero9732]

What's the next best thing instead of ancient galea, fashionwise to make it fit? It doesn't fit the godsbeast scalegoat and the strider greaves.

[@EStephensII]

People sleep on Frosthunter, but it’s a “Matyr Bolt over time” attack. The frost arrows chase down enemies and hit them repeatedly for about 20 seconds or so, you just have to lock on all five arrows. For example, if you use it three times, you have 15 arrows hitting an enemy- BUT the arrows will hit about 5-8 times each with magick AND elemental damage. Plus it slows enemies down so pawns can attack it. When I fight a drake, the first two health bars melt at a moderate pace. However, those last health bars melt FAST! The reason being is that the number of arrows cause the elemental damage numbers to multiply to huge amounts. So don’t sleep on it, I was killing drakes by myself at level 20 because I went for this vocation first.

[@FightinCowboy]

I wouldn't say it's slept on. Damage is good, great freeze potential, it's just a very vanilla-ish ability whereas others are a lot cooler.

[@EStephensII]

@@FightinCowboy when I run Warfarer, I start with two Frosthunter Bolts and run in there with melee while the bolts keep circling around to hit it. Since I’ve used up two skills slots already, the added challenge is fun because I’m switching from Thief to Mystic Spearhand. It’s like having an extra pawn hitting while I’m in melee mode. Since the bolts are generally the last hit, I don’t have to worry about pawns stealing my XP credit. 😏

[@CrystronHalq]

The Frosthunter bolt is indeed extremely powerful. With the freezing bow from elven arbor, you can pretty much permafreeze almost the entire game with it.

[@Stalkingwolf]

after i unlocked MA i thought i unlocked easy mode of the game. very funny but makes the game very easy. and i dont use that oneshot Martyr's Bolt. my favorite spell is sagittate avalanche. it kills everything. it melts dragons.

[@Atom-yb5dy]

100 percent, right up there with skull splitter in terms of damage. love it

[@lynnz7501]

Definitely. I was scared of drakes until I finally got sagittate avalache. Now, drakes fear me 😂 I only discovered how op I had become after a drake landed in the middle of the capital last night and I had no choice but to take it on. I was really nervous until I discovered I was actually doing A LOT of damage FAST. Sadly, it flew away when it had one health bar left. Now, I have the urge to go hunt all the drakes I've avoided thus far

[@rovers141]

Seeing that support role makes me think about how good this game would be with dungeons, and i mean legit dungeons with bosses you would see in most MMO's, not the caves and stuff that we currently have. Imagine playing a support MA with a group of friends in a place like that, it would be great. But if they did that then theres certain a abilities that would have to be nerfed. Things like ricochet hunter and that ability that sacrifices health would take all the fun away, along with some of the other vocation abilities.

[@043Tarzan]

Do the base attacks do holy damage or is it just vfx?

[@tpemp]

are the archer, fighter, and warfarer guides always going to be member’s only?

[@rey_azteca_009]

Why am I here lol? I just discovered the magic archer and haven't finished the game, but I can't help myself. 😭😭😭

[@jamescalkins8336]

Sparklechain works better if you swap to Rivet Shot, can only target 1 "point" per stake, so the larget Reticle and the "seek multiple points" tendency works well. also seems better with FrostHunter for freezing targets, hitting more different body parts (may just be my mind playing tricks on me)

[@FightinCowboy]

Frost hunter is definitely better for freeze, arctic is more for KO

[@jamescalkins8336]

@@FightinCowboy I was saying that for FrostHunter Bolt, Rivet Shot prioritizes multiple target points over the single target that Pinpoint Volley goes for. It seems to freeze enemies more effectively when you're hitting multiple points (although I'm not sure why, maybe an Internal Cooldown on each point, limiting freeze buildup?) Sorry if I wasn't clear that I was making a point about Rivet vs Pinpoint

[@Riggs.X]

Was gonna ask you for the best support mage or sorcerer could you make a video on both

[@5lim.0]

You can also stop controlling the blazefang arrow mid flight and it will still hit a target in the path

[@Raven_Blackwood]

Confidant’s Hood has knockdown Res of 150, compared to Ancient Galea of 132. Difference between other resistances is negligible, plus it goes with rest of outfit better.

[@jcdenton9569]

Is the Resonance armor chest piece not better than Godsbeast?

[@rogerjuniorchabot]

"Yeah. that's Magic Archer" mic drop ends video

[@TheWorkingRobot]

Try Lifetaking Arrow again, use it as a damage ability this time. It deals those ticks of damage every second of its flight, if it locks onto a pawn or npc it ends as soon as it reaches the target. Otherwise just keeps flying in a straight line going THROUGH terrain and dealing holy damage and massive stagger (for something this fast) to everything in its AoE. Shooting 2 of those at a golem results in an immediate stagger. Also, about that terrain peirce... Why bother coming to the enterance of the cave to clear it? Just shoot some Lifetaking Arrows in the direction of a cave, that'll do the trick!

[@809Bman]

Whens the trickster build coming

[@HonestlyWhoCares]

You essentially have a free martyr shot if you have a wake stone or 2. 99% a shot, if you get killed revive, then you’re at full health.

[@thenson1Halo]

For support MA I have been using sagittate avalanche instead of arctic bolt. The knockdowns are nice on AB but it is too slow and doesn't do nearly as much damage.

[@wei8280]

how did you get so much RC and gold?

[@cinder_phoenix3333]

Love this class, my only issue is the dragonforged helmet is so damn ugly, i run the armor with a hood instead of it

[@shanehunter2443]

What does conversion do? The class ability is click Y nothing happens

[@marcosgalfre431]

Frosthunter bolt is a must have, you would kill this enemys much faster with that ability plus it gets them frozen. Blazefang arrow is totally unnecesary

[@jesternonsense5516]

You may know this, but if you take you're all heal elixir to the counterfeit gyu at the checkpoint rest town he'll copy them. These are real and work I've tested them it will cost I don't remember how much it cost of hand it at least 10000. IDK if you can make these yourself or not not that far in the game I've just been exploring and just smuggled myself across the border. I hope this helps take care everyone.

[@UchihaItachi1986]

I looked up the best armor for a magic Archer online, and it turns out I was already wearing all of it. I also have the Black Wing bow,

[@TheMrrccava]

I knew i wasnt crazy going for knockdown power lol

[@williamsonoftom7257]

I screwed up and let the dwarf die. Will he respawn? Can I do the quest over? Any suggestions?

[@FightinCowboy]

Bring him back with a wakestone

[@williamsonoftom7257]

@@FightinCowboy I tried. Didn’t work. I carried him all the way to the site where the spring is, but I couldn’t get him up the ladder. I went back a day later his body was gone. I went back to the house he wasn’t there. 😕

[@FightinCowboy]

@@williamsonoftom7257 prob im the batahl morgue house

[@williamsonoftom7257]

@@FightinCowboy That’s exactly where he was. Thanks 👍👋

[@hair_jordan6915]

How do I hire serosh, what's your pawn ID?

[@FightinCowboy]

He's under official pawns on PC

[@hair_jordan6915]

@FightinCowboy I only see a level 30 one, am I doing something wrong?

[@pattonramming1988]

But where do we unlock the vocation

[@FightinCowboy]

Volcanic isle, I have a separate guide that covers it

[@pattonramming1988]

@@FightinCowboy what's your favorite vocation? mine is mystic spearhead

[@gadgetvolt3640]

Did a video about that too. Recently.

[@DustinLittlefield]

Honestly, even with the support variation, I seem like you were doing most of the damage lol between . Technically, the damage still comes from you with the shields! Lol

[@majorcosmos2]

Ricochet shot will shred bosses in fully enclosed cave

[@Atom-yb5dy]

hate when dullhan's go into their immune to magic phase at the end

[@theobell2002]

Lethality is only 5% weakspot damage. And Zeal is also only a 5% reduction to stamina usage. I don't really think these augments are worth it at all.

[@FightinCowboy]

Without a hard mode tho do we even need more defense though? You could always go utility like radiance but damage is akways nice imo.

[@theobell2002]

@@FightinCowboy I think Exaltation (10% Stamina Regen) and the magick defense augment is definitely good because there are some spells that do a lot of damage (meteors). There are a ton of other great survival augments like getting HP or stamina back on kills. I understand not wanting to use Mettle, though.

[@CrystronHalq]

Magick archers shoots multiple arrows. Does the entire ability count for 5% only, or does each hit of arrow get a 5% boost?

[@FightinCowboy]

@@CrystronHalq Each arrow getting 5% and overall 5% would likely be the same math. It would be like 1+1+1+1+1 vs 5

[@CrystronHalq]

@@FightinCowboy I see. I thought rivet shot would get like a 30%+ dmg boost cause of the amount of arrows shot.

[@DustinLittlefield]

I’m surprised you don’t have anything that makes it so you’re less likely to be attacked!

[@Josek0829]

Me patiently waiting on fighter😬

[@nicholascottingham8360]

Must be nice to have 11 place to teleport to bro... How the hell did you get that many port crystals???? You can only purchase 1 with real money on the app,unless steam is different the PS5.

[@FightinCowboy]

People gifted em to me but you can also just purchase them on PC with mods so people were likely buying them and sending them

[@fakejasonlawless]

martyr's bolt is pretty boring but quite useful when farming drakes

[@d3knot]

Does magick archer do any physical damage?

[@Atom-yb5dy]

only the ice glacial skill. Everything else is magic only

[@FightinCowboy]

The ultimate attack can hurt magic immune, otherwise I believe everything else is magical/elemental

[@CrystronHalq]

Arctic bolt ability is physical. Sagittate avalanche is also physical Ive read but it counts your magick power as damage.

[@stealthninja4195]

Probably the most broken class in the game. Stopped using it once I got it to max lol

[@ghalibghalib7052]

Hello

[@maow9050]

This class is made for hard mode. I love Magick Archer but the game is too easy that way.

[@DasheFelton]

This class was so boring and OP to me. I was excited to unlock it but I felt so braindead when it came to actually using it lmao I swapped to Thief immediately. And even that one is lowkey too easy. This game needs a difficulty slider or something

[@nickkelly3199]

I agree, I might just nerf myself with crappy gear to keep the game challenging. I started to min max a bit as warrior and I'm starting to get pretty OP

[@djagentorange]

Every class is OP eventually. Spamming Formless Feint and Skullsplitter is arguably even more OP than MA. Martyr 's Bolt is a meme, it's not worth using in actual gameplay because a goblin fart kills you after you use it.

[@CrystronHalq]

​​@@djagentorangeWhy is martyr bolt a meme. You do know that like atleast 90% of big elite mobs/bosses have a campfire very closeby right? Allowing you to just keep using it. Not to mention you got wakestones amd allheal elixers. Its 100% worth using it if your perception is actually good.

[@djagentorange]

@ainzoalgownz1570 having to rest after every single fight sounds tedious AF. If you wanna play like that, all the power to ya. In post-game you're going to have stretches of multiple big boys before you see a campfire. If you're relying on Martyr, you'll be boned. You'll also be burning your limited time in post-game. Flare + rivet shots kills just as fast without killing yourself in the process. Or frankly just a few Frosthunter Bolts and Avalanches to the heart is enough for drakes specifically.

[@CrystronHalq]

@@djagentorange Its literally not tedious at all cause the boss you just killed took like 4 seconds. faster than anything in the game. Campfires are like a 15-20 seconds walk and should signal the end of your short trip that youve done in most cases. Ive done NG+ this way with martyr bolt the entire way using just my main pawn and it felt so amazing that we can remove the downside of martyr bolt this easily, making it just extremely busted over and over again for big fights. Campfires and big fights give each other way. If there is a big elite or boss fight, a campfire is very closeby. If there is a campfire closeby, you know a big fight is coming up.

[@nicholasblessing1907]

Lifetaking arrow absolutely destroys anything in my game, don’t know what you’re talking about.

[@johnhuddleston1986]

Sucks this game is so easy. Might do a run with just main pawn.