Why Strider is my favorite. Dragon's Dogma

Thanks to ThePermanentMoose for the Ingle trick Mystic Knight's Cannon targeting.

[@The_Rift]

6:22 That was a damn impressive trick, these guide vids are gold.

[@raphathekid]

Indeed was, it's something i never payed attention ;o And one of coolest things about having a shield is that you can even block in MIDDAIR

[@AmySorrellMusic]

That WAS a cool trick.

[@badtupram]

If Dragon's Dogma 2 actually does become reality it is required that you create content for the game. You have no choice in this matter. 🙂

[@gael683]

ITS REAL,DDG 2 ITS REAL

[@kmater356]

I expect him to probably take his time with the game but eventually....oh yes that content.

[@SchradeDemise]

Where is he? :(

[@jacobbuchanan5017]

This comment aged well.

[@jacobbuchanan5017]

@John J. Mercer Hopefully he comes back but it’s understandable if not. But he also may have gotten burnt out on making videos, he’s done countless playthroughs for every vocation.

[@KubinWielki]

10:10 Nihil casually showcasing an IQ 200 strat of removing a wraith from yourself by wallsmashing a box, and completely glossing over it.

[@Darumaster]

That Ingle trick is actually really cool. How have I not heard of this earlier?

[@SquirrelGamingProductions]

It was on wikia under Metal Golem. Read through monster entries on wiki, players upload their strategies over the years

[@solarupdraft]

That's what I came to the comments to talk about! That's so useful! And for so many other situations too!

[@elk4262]

I choose to believe that we live in a world where Nihil stopped uploading Dragon's Dogma content because he was hired by capcom to consult for Dragon's Dogma 2. Don't take this fantasy away from me.

[@7Roxer]

Hopefully this holds true. The second one as confirmed!

[@raven75257]

@@7Roxer nah, he would've confirmed it already. And it's made by Japanese company, so it's impossible

[@veteran0121]

@@raven75257 There are English speaking people that consult Japanese corporations all the time. Sony is a prime example of this so....your comment makes no sense. You're assuming Capcom doesn't have operations outside Japan which is utterly false and ignorant. So no it's not impossible.

[@elkmeatenjoyer3409]

Boy he didn't do a good job if this was true.

[@Xemnas1211]

I've put so many hours into this game, and I never realized that Ingle could make your Magic Cannon target a medal. Still learning things about this game, and I love it!

[@ugn154]

What do you mean by "a medal"? Sorry I'm just starting to play the game myself

[@markth078]

My favourites are Strider and Magick Archer (Physical Immolation Build) so basically Strider on Fire!

[@TSotP]

Yeah. And if you play on PC and install dl8hook mod, you can become a pinwheel of fire!

[@raphathekid]

Magick Archer BEST job, imo

[@Goro_Goro_Demon]

Ayooo Nihil wake up man. Dragons Dogma 2 announced bro!!!

[@shrekrecker]

strider has so much utility, its definitely my favorite.

[@hiredmuscle404]

Finally cracked and started another playrhough...this will be my 6th time playing the game yet your videos make me feel like ive never played the game before..thanks alot mate keep up the good work

[@sallgoodman2323]

I'm playing this for the first time and it's a blast. Got it based on the recommendations of numerous channels like this one. I'm hooked!!

[@zerfyx]

Every time i see one of your vids, i want to install the game again.

[@zerfyx]

@Ebisu Been playing it on and off since the original game came out on ps3. I tend to play it in bursts though and reinstall it every time i'm "reminded" that i haven't played it in awhile. xD

[@kaipacifica1289]

@@zerfyx Played it through a few times on PS3... started about a year ago on PS4 and leveled to near 160 purposely not finishing game... and now starting on PC! And before this game I really didn't care for the fantasy genre! Crazy.

[@jamjambo351]

Thing is bitterblack isle made this game soo much better like i would skip the whole story straight to bitterblack isle, i can't get enough of it.

[@matheusalvarenga7820]

well did you reinstall it already?

[@aeroga2383]

every time I play the game, I feel like uninstalling it

[@kientran92]

The mad man is still making DDDA videos in April 2021.

[@sebastiennault8466]

the game is going to be release or has been released on Nintendo Switch so theres no reason he shouldnt be releasing videos in 2021 .. also its great to return on good games

[@TheDabehofa]

People playing it now in anticipation of the second one

[@usainwult2414]

You never fail to upload videos the moment I forget about this masterpiece. Motivated to get back and start a strength build (last was a magick build). Thanks!

[@icebox1954]

There are only three constants in life. Death, taxes and Nihil0.0 making DDDA content. I never liked playing strider but watching so many of your videos makes me really appreciate how well crafted the class is. To me ranger was always my calling. It's not as interesting but can do everything and like warrior has some cool abilities that when used right melts the enemies. Never stop making videos man, we love them.

[@FACM.]

I can't wait to watch your videos about Dragon's Dogma 2 in the future!

[@eddielim3909]

Thanks for the “lock on” trick with staff for MK, I would never ever find out about this if I didn’t watch your channel.

[@holyloli69420]

Thank you so much for this video man. I really struggle to choose between MA, Ranger or Strider because of this "specific enemies" but now I know which vocation to pick

[@Browsley]

Thank you for these, Nihil! Still learning so much about this game even after all this time thanks to you!

[@Mannails]

More of a exploit than legit tactic, staff users can use frigors ice platform to partially cover a chest that contains a maneater. This will prevent the maneaters ambush grab when opened. Fighters and warriors have the option of placing barrels on top of the chest (has to be barrels like the one seen at 13:08 , not crates or pots). This will have the same affect as the frigor platform. Maneater will still appear, just not ambush grab.

[@overlystrategic]

I've heard putting a barrel on top of a deep-throater will prevent him from gobblin you,, it's on the wiki or reddit, can't recall.

[@cody4110]

Havent played in years but I still fucking love your videos man

[@themerchant5567]

Nihil it is finally here...DD2 announcment. I can't wait to see you dissecting how the mechanics work for the next installment.

[@Dirkei]

looking forward to seeing your DD2 builds in the future!

[@ArantyrDarkhand]

Where are you... DD2 fianly.

[@RJ__927]

Your channel just popped up on my feed again after a long time and I’m glad it did, I’m back playing DD after soo long, your videos managed to spark my interest and entertainment with it due to some new things I discovered from you.. Thanks for everything you’ve done on this game and for your very descriptive videos brother.

[@smolchild1057]

I hope you are doing well :) so many including myself would love to hear from you, you are a major inspiration, I'm sure you got burnt out on this game at some point, which is understandable, if there's any other games you're passionate about right now and you have the time, i hope you could make another video, if not, i hope you are in a good place right now and taking care of yourself

[@bamul4595]

hey man!!! dragon's dogma 2 is in developing!!! the vid is just updated

[@humblehomunculus2722]

Bro comeback dragons dogma 2 was announced!!!

[@morallessandre]

Hey brother, just wanted to say thanks. I was aware of this game, and that it had some good combat but I never tried to play it. Your videos convinced me to finally pull the trigger and I've had such a blast with this game. It's not just the good information you give us through personal testing, its also that you have a certain charisma integrated into your videos, whether it is your excellent speaking voice and relaxed tone or the intro and songs you choose for each video, each culminate in the best source for both entertainment and information in regards to DDDA. It's been a while since your last video so you may not see this, but you don't owe us a thing, so I wish you success in whatever your next venture is in life. If it happens to be another video, then we will be here.

[@cameronchenoweth3461]

I recently started playing dragons dogma and you've help me to understand the game way better, and this video made me try strider and I absolutely love it

[@koskakonnar950]

I would just like you to know that befor I came across your videos I was playing and building some characters on my xbox 360. They were alright but then I watched quite a few of your videos, I must say they helped me out alot with my builds. Thak you for the most welcomed insight.

[@yungjose3369]

Came here to check out on Nihil now that Dragons Dogma 2 is announced, wonder what he thinks of it

[@rb98769]

It's coming bro

[@connergroft1218]

Nihil my brother. It's time to wake up. Dd2 is real, it isn't just in our dreams.

[@iremackgoz7331]

Wooow a Dragon's Dogma player in 2021, i'm not alone😂😅

[@catharticcathexis4527]

There are three of us!

[@potatopower2144]

Hope all is well. Always come back to your videos when life gets hectic.

[@tracelawrencex]

hope you’re doing well man, dd2 is almost here and i can’t wait for more videos from you

[@EnjoyerofSpinach]

BRO WAKE UP DRAGON'S DOGMA 2 WAS ANNOUNCED

[@ProGamerLee21]

👀

[@jefperito]

yeah!!!!!!

[@luispereira3704]

Hey Nihil, i just want to say thank you for uploading these videos , its because of them that i eventually decided to buy the vanilla game on ps3 , and 2 days ago i found an unopened brand new copy of dark arisen in a retro gaming shop , youre videos on BBI have been helping me a lot to understand many of the tactics you can employ with all classes , especially mystic knight , it became my favorite because of your vídeo "For those who want to understand Mk". Youre the GoaT of the DD community.

[@Floridamangaming729]

I like the utility. You have a answer for everything and you have some unique tricks of your own.

[@MyBodyIsReggie1]

Wake the fuck up man, it's christmas

[@GarettGK]

DRAGON DOGMA BROTHERS!! TODAY IS A GREAT DAY

[@XyzgorYT]

Dragon's Dogma 2 was announced!

[@captainlcm]

Can't wait for you to be back when Dragon's Dogma 2 comes out

[@bluezzz604]

You can use vortex trail as Magick archer to pull the disks of the golem, great video!

[@noel2002]

DRAGON'S DOGMA 2 I'M SO HYPED IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY!!!! WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[@larrymad2244]

nihil it is time to wake up

[@BlaireWisteria]

Well, Dragon's Dogma 2 is officially announced. I hope to see you when it's out and what yer thoughts of it are.

[@NewfieVortex]

The fact that this video has 1.2k likes and is on a like decade old game is awesome. My favorite game of all time and seeing it through your eyes has helped me play better. I wouldn't of thought of doing the arrow rain to help with the man eater. Thanks my dude!

[@Solidhatzi]

hey nihil, I would like a video about your thoughts and what you would want from the newly announced dragons dogma 2

[@kolbywilliams7234]

Had no idea that targeting with ingle did prioritized cannon targeting! That’s a game changer for my MK. I have hundreds of hours logged in DD and never knew that. Thank you!

[@H.barnier]

😢pls come back its been to long

[@BlackTusk.]

Nihil, ITS TIME MY FRIEND...

[@mago2486]

King, all of us Arisens need your guidance once more with the announcement of DD2 , all hail Nihil0.0

[@Razortail2000]

Strider's been my first love in this game since it's initial release, really turns the game into a swash buckling adventure instead of a point and click shooter or hack & block & slasher.

[@NavyPharmD]

I think you might be underselling how unique and deep the Mystic Knight playstyle can be. Putting down a Perilous Rune, activating a Holy Riposte, slapping down two Greater Cannons and then perfect blocking a big attack only to one-shot the enemy is a bliss unlike I've found elsewhere in Dragon's Dogma :)

[@xiko80]

DD2!Yes yes yes 1000 times yes!!! Guy's it's confirmed. I'm literally tearing up.

[@kanyemiddleeast4222]

Dragons dogma 2 will be revealed to us soon. That is all.

[@yourguykhonshu3972]

Hope you're good, and if you are I really can't wait to see you make DD2 content whenever it's released

[@BrotherSham]

Came back to remember the person that showed me so many fun builds and taught me so much about the game. if you're ok man you gotto come back and make some more content, especially when the second game comes out.

[@AmySorrellMusic]

You can use maelstrom to move the medals around the room until you can reach them with a simple strong attack which does physical damage. I have been playing with sorcerer sync 3 sorc and a mage. It has been an enjoyable challenge dealing with some enemies, coming up with new ways to handle magic resistant enemies.

[@kilivanjg2813]

How did you handle run of the mill golems>?

[@zidoknight8381]

​@@kilivanjg2813Gicel, Bolide, and exequy all work on regular golems. They're still annoying, but with 3 Sorcs you can spell sync a bunch of times while the pawns charge High/Grand Bolide or Gicel, and send out 3 or 4 casts near instantly. Stamina intensive af, so you'd likely want Grit augment to reduce the catching breath animation, but it can be done.

[@zzzsaga]

Your videos are great!

[@AM-uy1ez]

Thing that dragons dogma 2 NEEDS: - Better storyline and quests where you can join thiefs guilds or become a vampire or werewolf ect. (like Skyrim / Dragon Age Origins/ Age of Conan / Kingdoms of Amalurs) - Better World design: Medieval western world is boring. What would be nice is Eastern style Demon world Humans that have yokai/ demon powers (like Nioh). The world also needs much more interresting NPC with their own story and dialogue. - No more pawns. The pawns seem lifeless and dull. Instead give a party option to play with your online friends and form a party together or you could recruit NPC's from the game. There shuld be lots of NPC with voice dialogue that are specialized in diffrent classes that you can recruit on diffrent quests or to fight dungeons. - Better enemy AI, enemy difficulty and random enemy spawn locations. Also there shuld be human NPC's who have diffrent classes that you have to fight aswel, only fighting dumb monsters that can't specialize or use weapons gets boring. ( A nemesis AI system like middle earth shadow of war would be very cool) - Better balaced combat system: balancing the damage you do to the enemy and the damage the enemy does to you/ stamina regeneration/ poise/ stealth options. (this is what Dark Souls does good except for stealth) - An player home where you can design your own house and store stuff in there. Trading with other players in game and a free market where you can buy stuff that other players have sold. - PvP: Outside the cities players can kill other players. This would be awesome and would require you to be on the lookout when exiting cities. Also add a Colloseum/ Arena where you can 1vs1 / 5vs5 pvp. - Keep the combat/ jumping /grabing / sheathing weapon mechanics. They are awesome and makes you feel like a Ninja. Add Bare hands fist fighting mechanic aswel. - Add a [ Kill or Spare, but take all their loot ] mechanics to enemies you have beaten when they lie on the floor (like gothic 3). This will be great for human NPC characters in game or for PvP. -Add more classes and class system shuld be expanded and be more in depth. There shuld be a huge skill tree to optimize your build (like Path of Exile). - The level up system should be like skyrim where if you are attacking with a sword you level up your sword skill ect. - There shuld be a detailed worldmap, fast travel from city to city or have some mounting animals (but done right) and there shuld be a quest book in the pause menu where you have detailed information on every quest location/ city / monster / human NPC ect. Also 3D models of every enemy and NPC and item in your inventory.

[@The1Monty]

So you followed the algorithm and where has it has brought you? Right back to me.

[@Matt-sk6hi]

The reward of landing and chaining fracture darts together is my favorite part of strider.

[@Triixster]

The lock on trick is so handy, I wish I knew about that sooner. Yeah, Fighter and Warrior as your vocation means you NEED yellow and blue vocation pawns to save your ass. The metal Golem in the Witch Forest had me realise the weakness of Fighter and Warrior.

[@charliethecockatoo2159]

Another hyper helpful video, thanks for putting these out there! ps Exequy actually means funeral rites. ;)

[@sallgoodman2323]

I just got this game for $10. Having a blast with the battles, exploring at night just to get into fights. Started with Fighter and wanted to check out Assassin next, but you make Strider look like cool.

[@YgorTaythson]

hey man! really big fan here. I have more than 3k hours on my ps3 (mostly because of your videos), and just bought it on steam today. Really anxious for your next video, hope you post it soon, even if on your second channel. hope you're good.

[@Kecapsoya]

Strider and climbing to your opponent basically my strategy in this game

[@LordSoul4471]

Sad to see you are gone once again...

[@TomaisMac]

Thanks I was just thinking of trying out Strider after finishing MA and Ranger.

[@vj7248]

see you in the sequel homie o7

[@ivanlagayacrus1891]

Youre telling me you've been uploading all month and youtube hasn't told me anything?! Edit: THREE MONTHS?!

[@Nihil0.0]

KZbin is often lame. They're too busy pushing agendas and silencing freedom of speech. But, yeah, got a few videos to catch up on Ivan

[@shaolinwarriormark]

@@Nihil0.0 What happens to reynarx after u kill both forms of daimon and kill both grigori dragons? The guy just disappears

[@boesc1443]

@@Nihil0.0 spot on my friend

[@mordrynnvaalenjorn2648]

Did i just watch you break a ghost's hold by thowing a crate and breaking right next to it? Been playing this game since it first released and every time i see your videos there is little things i catch that make me feel like a newb. Your videos on strider though are really helpful cause im thinking of switching mains. This one was really educational. Thank you again.

[@mcsuchnsuch]

I played this game a while back as the mystic knight. 2 enemies that I remember struggling with were the griffin on that harpy tower and the cockatrice in the castle yard. Greatly underrated game.

[@fahiemabrahams]

finally started playing this game. This game is so overwhelming. 20 Hours or so in and I have no idea what's going on. Guess this channel will be my home for the next few months.

[@sallgoodman2323]

I'm in the exact same boat. I'm doing missions, go off the beaten path and explore for fun. The combat is freaking addicting, but yeah the story is kinda whatever

[@LolaliciousSmiley]

Happy 10 years. 🍾

[@DerdOn0ner]

Not using throwblasts is the true hard mode of the game

[@matthewhenry86]

BBI Post-Daimon itemless without any of the cursed armors and weapons is a real man's challenge

[@xj506]

i would love to watch you playthrough the game as strider. even if it was super long

[@jac1011]

:) they did it!!!! DRAGONS DOGMA 2 CONFIRMED!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kmater356]

fingers crossed for dragons dogma 2 fellas. well.....shit.

[@mkv2718]

...and, as it’s lifecycle dictates, the rare Bitterblack Nihil has gone into hibernation. only time can tell when it will next emerge. and if we’re lucky, it hopefully will see it’s shadow

[@ianbraun271]

2 days ago. he just posted 2 days ago.

[@redwolf4611]

it never ceases to amaze how you can create so many awesome guides on 1 game. lol

[@kolbywilliams7234]

It helps when the game is as mechanically deep, and vaguely explained, as DD Lol.

[@mad4like808]

Waiting for another video man .

[@ThirtyfourEC]

Best life lesson in the intro

[@blight4519]

Sorcerer can move the discs around with maelstrom. It is slow af but if you bring them to the stairs they can be easily accessed

[@tomidomusic]

One (including all vocations in BBI) can coax the metal golem to run toward you ; leaping to his death by standing between the 2 chests where the amulet is and moving past him in the opposite direction between his legs while it attacks you, allowing its demise but there are no rewards.

[@plug9845]

This is extremely helpful

[@rudolphvonstroheim3551]

0:17 I feel like this is a significant design flaw. It's just clear as day that some enemies were specifically designed for certain vocations, and pawn mechanics are NOT refined enough to offset that. Like, tell me that the two ur dragon hearts on the tips of his wings are reasonable. These are noly not climbable, you can reach them as melee during literally just one of his attacks and when he falls down, and just for enough time to squeeze one-two jumping attacks. You are literally forced to either suffer through this process and pray to lord RNGsus that your pawns decide to attack his wings, or to change vocation. And this is an example where you can still deal with the enemy, and in still the base game The point being - I love DD, but the game heavily insetivises you to pick a class with both range AND magick options, because pawns are not good enough to be fully in conrol of getting hard - reachable spots and physical resistant enemies relieably, and I've really grown to dislike that, sadly Kinda reminds me of HOMM3 - "Heroes of Magick and Sometimes might, if you're unlucky" (c)

[@NavyPharmD]

In the interest of fairness to the developers, the game was clearly intended to have the player experiment with numerous vocations and switch through them like a swiss army knife to deal with the various game challenges thrown your way. It's a player peculiarity that so many people seem so deadset on "purist" playthroughs where they exclusively main one vocation and refuse to utilize other ones. There is nothing stopping a player, besides sheer stubborness, from swapping from Fighter to Strider purely for a metal golem or Ur Dragon fight, you know? It takes about 5min to get rank 5 in a vocation and a couple hours to max one. My main is a Mystic Knight, for example, but I've maxed out Strider, Fighter, Warrior and Sorcerer for various augments and sometimes I just outright swap to one for a specific task. Cheesing Death on Strider, for example. I think too many DD players approached the game set in their ways from other RPGs and refused to acknowledge the clear developer intention for any character to be any vocation at any time, and leverage that versatility to optimally solve problems presented to them.

[@albertsmith99]

Dude...thanks you made me fall asleep. I thought i was watching golf

[@Phandiw]

If DD2 is actually good then let's get ready for another 10 years of content BOYEEEEEE

[@officialyungkb]

By far the best DD content on yt.

[@JakeWake]

Since Dragon’s Dogma 2 got announced, I hope you will come back to cover it! :)

[@eduardolimashadowks]

just had to check your channel you know why :) hope you make some content for it day one once it releases.

[@0The_Farlander0]

After watching, wanted to add that I chose the strider to lvl 200 because of you and even after maxing out each of the other classes, I keep coming back to it for its versatility and surprising amount of power. I remember way back when I first played DD and stick with fighter all the way through, but I really could have saved myself a lot of frustration. Lastly, I was wondering how you were going to handle the maneater right up until the end, and can't believe I didn't think of it sooner. All in all, great vid.

[@ianbraun271]

i believe you need the ring that levels up the "Volley" skill to tier 3 to do the trick with maneaters.

[@SchradeDemise]

I will trust my DD2 content to only 3 KZbinrs. Nihil for the knowledge, Infinite Cringe for the entertainment aka memes, The Rift for basically anything. There are bigger content creators out there for sure but you guys are the true fans of this game and the real members of DD community

[@cannedsoap6373]

bruv fr my top 3 are the same

[@halcionjoy7]

I think Strider is a good recommendation for a first playthrough just because they're the best at clinging to large enemies. That's one of the biggest initial draws of this game, and there's plenty of other things the Strider does well on top of that.

[@mausb]

Cannon is also physical? omg thanks for the info lol😮I swear after all this years I keep discovering new things about this masterpiece

[@gameaddict1074]

Well, it's time for strider to be your favorite class yet again.

[@TheLastOli]

See you in the sequel i suposse 😁

[@yummyhamburger]

First person I thought of after the immediate excitement died down hopefully we see more Nihil content with the sequel

[@TheLastOli]

@@yummyhamburger Yeah It would be awesome!

[@kmater356]

Lets freaking go.