Dragon's Dogma 2 - Best Vocation Progression Routes Guide

Best Vocation Progression in Dragon’s Dogma 2

Recommended Fighter Vocation Route

A big part of the Fighter vocation’s role in the party is being able to stand in front of enemies while guarding or parrying with a shield. This action consumes stamina so getting Augments like Endurance and Exaltation that upgrade your stamina pool and efficiency is highly recommended.

Ascendancy from the Magick Archer is another essential Augment for The Fighter class. Since your primary job is to tank hits and draw the attention of enemies, you will mostly be relying on Pawns that excel in ranged attacks using bows or magic for outputting large damage numbers. Because of this, you should grab the Ascendancy to boost your allies’ overall DPS in battle.

Vocation (Class) Change Order and Recommended Augment Skills

Order	Vocation	Augment Skill	Effects
1	Fighter	Mettle	Augments your physical Defense.
2	Archer	Endurance	Increases maximum Stamina.
3	Thief	Verve	Increases physical attack power
4	Mage	Exaltation	Augments your Stamina recovery speed.
5	Fighter	Thew	Enables you to carry additional weight.
6	Magick Archer	Ascendancy	Augments the Strength and Magick of pawns in your party.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Best Fighter Build: Recommended Skills and Equipment

Recommended Archer Vocation Route

Get the Augment skill Endurance as soon as possible when building an Archer to gain increased stamina in battle. Then, change to the Thief vocation to unlock Subtlety which lowers the chance of being targeted by enemies. Since you are mostly contributing to damage and support from the backline, you will want to attract as little attention from the enemy as possible.

Before changing to another job, get Verve from the Thief vocation to boost the Archer’s generally low damage output in the early stages. The last Augment skill you should grab is Lethality from the Archer vocation itself as you will have gained experience in aiming for enemy weak points to hit them reliably.

Vocation (Class) Change Order and Recommended Augment Skills

Order	Vocation	Augment Skill	Effects
1	Archer	Endurance	Increases your maximum Stamina.
2	Thief	Subtlety	Decreases the likelihood of being targeted by foes.
3		Verve	Augments your Strength.
4	Mage	Exaltation	Augments your Stamina recovery speed.
5	Magick Archer	Ascendancy	Augments the Strength and Magick of pawns in your party.
6	Archer	Lethality	Increases damage dealt when striking a target’s vitals.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Best Archer Build: Recommended Skills and Equipment

Recommended Mage Vocation Route

The best progression for an all-around Mage is to immediately unlock Subtlety from the Thief vocation to lower targetability in battle. Then, switch to Archer to increase your stamina pool for casting spells by getting Endurance.

From there, you will want to improve your Mage’s performance for providing support to allies by getting Beatitude and Perpetuation. If you want a more offense-focused spellcaster with less versatility, feel free to get Catalysis and Sagacity instead. Finally, be sure to unlock Exaltation to allow you to regain stamina to reduce the downtime of not being able to cast spells due to lack of stamina.

Vocation (Class) Change Order and Recommended Augment Skills

Order	Vocation	Augment Skill	Effects
1	Thief	Subtlety	Decreases the likelihood of being targeted by foes.
2	Archer	Endurance	Increases your maximum Stamina.
3	Mage	Beatitude	Increases the amount of Health recovered by curatives and curative magicks.
4		Perpetuation	Extends the duration of enchantments and invigorations.
5		Exaltation	Augments your Stamina recovery speed.
6	Magick Archer	Ascendancy	Augments the Strength and Magick of pawns in your party.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Best Mage Build: Recommended Skills and Equipment

Recommended Thief Vocation Route

From the starting vocation, be sure to unlock Subtlety immediately to lower the chances of drawing the attention of enemies.

The Thief vocation suffers from having naturally low HP and defense for a melee class. Because of this, it is recommended to improve survivability by getting the Mettle and Vitality Augment skills from the Fighter and Warrior vocations respectively.

From there, consider upgrading your stamina by changing into the Archer vocation for Endurance and the Mage vocation for Exaltation. Finally, switch back to Thief and get Verve to boost your damage output.

Vocation (Class) Change Order and Recommended Augment Skills

Order	Vocation	Augment Skill	Effects
1	Thief	Subtlety	Decreases the likelihood of being targeted by foes.
2	Fighter	Mettle	Augments your physical Defense.
3	Warrior	Vitality	Increases your maximum Health.
4	Archer	Endurance	Increases your maximum Stamina.
5	Mage	Exaltation	Augments your Stamina recovery speed.
6	Thief	Verve	Augments your Strength.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Best Thief Build: Recommended Skills and Equipment

Recommended Warrior Vocation Route

The Warrior is a tanky damage-dealer who lands powerful hits at close range so getting skills that improve your hardiness to soak up damage should be your first priority. Starting the game with the Fighter vocation, unlock Mettle as soon as possible to bolster your defenses.

Afterwards, switch to Warrior and grab Vitality to boost your staying power through increased maximum HP.

Another vital Augment skill to get for the Warrior vocation is Constancy from Sorcerer which will help prevent your from being knocked down, especially when charging a devastating blow on enemies in battle.

Vocation (Class) Change Order and Recommended Augment Skills

Order	Vocation	Augment Skill	Effects
1	Fighter	Mettle	Augments your physical Defense.
2	Warrior	Vitality	Increases your maximum Health.
3	Mage	Apotropaism	Augments your Magick Defense.
4	Sorcerer	Constancy	Augments your Knockdown Resistance.
5	Thief	Verve	Augments your Strength.
6	Warrior	Intrepidity	Reduces cumulation of the loss gauge when receiving damage.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Best Warrior Build: Recommended Skills and Equipment

Recommended Sorcerer Vocation Route

As with most backline vocations, it is recommended to get Subtlety from the Thief class immediately to be able to safely cast spells without worrying about being targeted by enemies too often. Afterwards, get Augment skills such as Endurance and Exaltation that accommodate the Sorcerer’s reliance on stamina to use magic.

To fill your remaining Augment skill slots, switch back to the Sorcerer vocation and unlock all spell-related passives, starting with Asperity to increase the odds of inflicting status ailments and debuffs. Then, boost elemental magic damage, especially those that different enemies are weak to, by going for Catalysis and Sagacity.

Vocation (Class) Change Order and Recommended Augment Skills

Order	Vocation	Augment Skill	Effects
1	Thief	Subtlety	Decreases the likelihood of being targeted by foes.
2	Archer	Endurance	Increases your maximum Stamina.
3	Mage	Exaltation	Augments your Stamina recovery speed.
4	Sorcerer	Asperity	Increases the likelihood of inflicting debilitations with your attacks.
5		Catalysis	Increases damage dealt when exploiting a hostile target’s elemental weakness.
6		Sagacity	Augments your Magick.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Best Sorcerer Build: Recommended Skills and Equipment

Recommended Mystic Spearhand Vocation Route

The Mystic Spearhand vocation relies heavily on skills to implement its unique playstyle of marrying physical attacks with magic in battle. Starting with the Archer vocation, get Endurance as early as possible to have enough stamina for using offensive and defensive skills. Afterwards, get Verve from the Thief vocation to boost your physical attack power.

From here, change into Mage to unlock Exaltation which greatly reduces downtime when you run out of stamina to throw out skills. Then, get Sagacity from the Sorcerer vocation to increase your magic damage. You can then cap off your set of Augment skills by switching back to Mystic Spearhand and going for Polarity which grants you improved damage numbers to either physical or magic skills depending on the time of day.

It is generally recommended to hold off of getting any defensive buffs and those that improve your survivability as the Mystic Spearhand can simply erect a barrier for the team for this purpose.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Mystic Spearhand Vocation Class Guide

Vocation (Class) Change Order and Recommended Augment Skills

Order	Vocation	Augment Skill	Effects
1	Archer	Endurance	Increases your maximum Stamina.
2	Thief	Verve	Augments your Strength.
3	Mage	Exaltation	Augments your Stamina recovery speed.
4	Sorcerer	Sagacity	Augments your Magick.
5	Magick Archer	Ascendancy	Augments the Strength and Magick of pawns in your party.
6	Mystic Spearhand	Polarity	Augments your Strength during the day and your Magick at night.

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Recommended Magick Archer Vocation Route

Subtlety is one of the most important skills for backline vocations such as the Magick Archer so consider getting it first by changing to the Thief class in the early stages. Then, upgrade your stamina pool and recovery speed by going for Endurance from the Archer and Mage vocations respectively.

From here, you want to boost elemental damage you deal using magic skills so spending some time to unlock Catalysis and Sagacity from the Sorcerer vocation should be your priority towards the latter stages.

Finally, you will be relying on Pawns adopting frontline classes like the Fighter and Warrior to distract enemies as you aim from a distance. Because of this, consider getting Ascendancy to boost your team’s damage output.

Vocation (Class) Change Order and Recommended Augment Skills

Order	Vocation	Augment Skill	Effects
1	Thief	Subtlety	Decreases the likelihood of being targeted by foes.
2	Archer	Endurance	Increases your maximum Stamina.
3	Mage	Exaltation	Augments your Stamina recovery speed.
4	Sorcerer	Catalysis	Increases damage dealt when exploiting a hostile target’s elemental weakness.
5		Sagacity	Augments your Magick.
6	Magick Archer	Ascendancy	Augments the Strength and Magick of pawns in your party.

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