I played it on console yrs back day it released but i loved it that much i got it for pc to once i sold my xbox and ps4. still love the game and REALLY hope they make another DD game.
@@jas6853 Yeah vanilla skyrim is pretty barebones but Skyrim Special Edition is a great sandbox game for modding, the modding community has done so much more for that game than Bethesda. I still prefer to play DDDA and Dragon Age Origins though.
Hey Maestro. Ummm, it depends on what you typically go for. I usually like Agile Dagger classes, so I like the Strider, Assassin and Magic Archer. If Sword and Shield is your style then Fighter, Assassin and Mystic Knight. Magic would be Mage, Sorcerer and maybe Magic Archer. Don't worry about your stat growths while playing for the first time. I would actually recommend trying every vocation (class) for at least 10 level gains, and then you will know which one was the most fun and which one you did best with. You can watch videos of these vocations and styles, and have an answer in your head already, but truly you wont know until you go through each vocation. Assassin may look perfect for you on pen and paper, but you may have missed "the favorite" because you promised yourself Assassin. Tank Classes are Fighter, Warrior, and Mystic Knight. Agile and Fast classes are Strider, Assassin and Magic Archer Sniper classes are, well pretty much Ranger and maybe Assassin Support classes are Mage, Mystic Knight and sometimes Magic Archer Magic Classes are Sorcerer and Magic Archer. Many will say Mystic Knight as well, but I feel like it is a small factor in that vocation.
Thanks Maestro. I don't mind helping out. If any questions, just shoot a comment. I do have a Library showing each vocation. Their role, style and skills. And I have taken each vocation as a 100% stat (no other vocations involved) run as well. ua-cam.com/video/EqHsGaUca7w/v-deo.html
@@PerpetuallyMalding I don't recall exactly, but it's all Two steps from Hell. I remember a few songs; Strength of 1000 men, Forge, Inferni, and Ring of Winter.
"Just remember, you have a giant shield use It, it can protect you, it can save your stamina and it can heal you!" Epic words dude, and no words for It.
This is the video I'd been most eager to see. It was well worthy of the weight. MK is truly a game breaker when utilized properly. Yes you can back and slash your way with it like you can with an assassin but it's capable of much more sophistication than that. Kudos for showing this vocation off and doing so with a musical score that is as epic as a well trained mystic knight.
Thank you Derek. I love trap style of MK, and the Shield counters with the Element. Especially the DemonsWrath, man that is bloody awesome. That skill can create an entire new style to play. I plan on doing a Dark Element only with MK, and that skill is going to be in dominant use.
If there's ever gonna be a DD2 - I hope you'll be the one making the guide videos. Professional and exciting Gameplay, good explanations and also damn good tunes. Liked and subscribed, without thinking twice
I finished the main story recently as a Mystic Knight. I would buff my party and stay in the back with double great cannons and use Full Moon Slash with Abyssal Anguish to finish off the bosses. There's just something so heroic and mighty about the Mystic Knight class and I love it.
Drawing your shield off of your back and securing it to your forearm, with one hand--in under a second--is the best display of magic being showcased here.
Your playlists are so perfectly organized and well done, and videos so extraordinarily informing. This is an awesome channel, thanks for making this stuff!
Nihil0.0 I just picked up DA a few weeks ago, I tried out the original game back in 2012 but I never owned it. I regret that so much! Dark Souls took my attention in 2011 until pretty much this game just a few weeks ago. Dare I say I enjoy this more than Dark Souls 😭😍
so that's how a mystic knight is used right...cool. Looks of neat tricks and stuff, definitely something to use when I get back into DDDA after a long break. Seeing you trash those elder ogres was a sweet sight since I loathe them greatly
I think I just got fed up with their movement and aggression while playing mainly as a sorcerer, once switching to mystic knight they'll probably be shredded easily once I get the timing down for blocking
Dude, I wasted hours searching about classes and thinking about what I should pick to main. Your videos did the job, I'm choosing Mystic Knight, awesome!
I never used the various ripostes very well and I never knew you could do that dps trap with the holy one. Good on you for still, after all these years of playing, bringing things into the light. Great video as always keep it up.
Thanks Little Dog. Blessed Riposte is a powerful one, similar to Holy Focused Bolt, but with way more satisfaction. When you land that successful Blessed Riposte on sigils, and the camera slows down a little, ooof, very nice.
Small thing I think is worth mentioning: Sky Dance/Rapture's startup, where you lift off the ground, can also pick up enemies, make them fly along with you. This makes it not necessary to line up the perfect distance shots.
Love your videos man. Watched you for MA a year or 2 ago when I played on PS4. Built a PC about a month ago and just got the game again today and I’ve never ran MK. This changed my mind on running MA again. Keep up the great work!
I know this a REALLY late comment, but wow, I just noticed I'm mentioned in this vid! :) (2:25) Thanks Nihil! Sorry for not noticing it sooner! Amazing video as always!
Thanks Xandra. Was some time ago. It was the video where I was comparing Abyssal Anguish on Cannons with enchanted weapons, if you can remember that. I only had that video up for a few hours until I found the help from you and others. So thank you
@@Nihil0.0 Yes I remember, lol Didn't think watching and helping in the comments of that vid would get me a spot in one of your Schematics videos! I'm super glad I was able to help you with info and make a great video in a way! :)
Found out recently that if you have a 3 star or more rusted magick shield, and buff your sword, the sword will apply the shields debuff like poison/torpor
Played on console when it first came out and just bought it recently for PC and I'm in love all over again and you're vids are awesome thank you for the great content!
I had 400+ hours on my gameplay in the X360 (before it died) and now im replaying on the PC. Yet i always see new content or game style i did not discovered before. I remember when i tried magic knight for the first time and was amazed about what stacks you can do with the cannon spell and doing multiple damages on it to almost kill enemies within seconds. Also the magic knight skilsl animations are great.
As much as I love Mystic Knight, I feel like I'm not fully optimizing the vocation. I'm really weak when it comes to timing, so I can't really pulla perfect counter everytime. Although Mystic Knight doesn't really need to revolve around counters, I still feel lacking due to it. That's why I avoided this vocation for the longest time.
If you're a mystic knight on BBI and you encounter death use demons periapts and use stone forest 3 times on him it should kill him very quickly if you have a strong enough one handed weapon.
wow - you really fully understood all the skills of MK. Thank you for this comprehensive demo. But can you show us what Augment/core skills you equipped ??
I'm working as a Mystic Knight now, though somewhere i think I messed up the stats for it. Went mostly fighter for a portion of levels, then mage, then sorcerer, assassin, MA, and then warrior. Pretty sure my Magic Attack is not supposed to be where its at now.
So your not supposed to max out your Vocations and get all their skills? Just started playing the game a few days ago and am level 50 on hard mode(had to jump to hard mode after I failed 3 quests and got thrown in jail, one of those quests was a timed one). Edit:Started out as fighter, maxed out the Vocation and got all it's skills then jumped straight to Mystic Knight. My Pawn Started out Strider then went to Ranger and is currently on Wizard(He maxed out his previous Vocations and got all their skills too). Edit 2:I've had to edit this thing like 3 times now cause I apparently can't type.
@@juliusaureo9740 Ultimately you will want to grab a lot of augments from other classes, yes. He was just saying he leveled up too much as melee vocations and didn't gain as much magic stat as he could have, but that happens over the course of, like, 100-200 levels, not just a couple level ups while you're training the vocation to get the augments. As long as you try to end up with your base magic stat fairly close to (or higher than) your base strength, you'll be totally fine. I leveled up mostly as a Strider and Ranger, but I cycled through a ton of classes to get augments, and I still ended up with a pretty balanced build I can use with any class and do good damage. Most of your damage is from weapons and gear anyway, your base strength or magic are a tiny portion of your total damage. In particular, Mage and Sorcerer each have a rank 9 augment you'll really want (Acuity and Attunement), getting those will boost your damage by a ton for Mystic Knight or Magic Archer. Also, leveling up as Sorcerer while you're getting that augment certainly won't hurt, it has the highest magic stat gain in the game. Warrior and Fighter have equivalent augments that boost your strength, those can also be good to grab if you plan on using your sword a lot instead of ripostes, especially if you're using an unenchanted weapon. Stat gains are also higher between level 1-100 than they are from 101-200, if you didn't know.
great video, I played Dogma for more than 1000 hours and also wanted to shoot a video on this topic but after your videos I think this is exhausted. :) P. S. very inspiring music
Great video I love the music as well and it answered most of my questions about ANGUISH only question I have is how does having a split weapon affect ANGUISH does it reduce its magic or does it lose the potential damage from strength by using it on a split weapon?
I am not sure what happens, but I think some of the magic vanishes. But only with cannon and sigil, when Anguish is used to create. If cannon is created and then Anguish is created, everything works as normal.
@@ppikach64 Indeed! They won't make dragon's dogma anime on Netflix for no reason. Some youtubers even speculate that this game will utilize the power of RE engine that was used in RE remake series, RE7, and DMC 5. I can smell the ray-traced game already! oh and... would be nice if they can have a hybrid-hybrid vocation like magick assassin hahaha! XD
I'm late as shit but dragon's dogma 2 is confirmed because it was on the big Capcom leak shit so yeah. It is truly only a matter of time and hopefully they advertise the game good this time
I love this class SO much i even made a homebrew D&D paladin oath based on it's greatshield abilities and control of the elements xD thank you Nihil0.0 for the in depth tutorial, i neven really knew how deep the stats and mechanics ran in DD, thatns for the information! :D
Thanks Swindo. I actually used to always skip Mystic Knight, mostly because I would treat it like a Fighter that could enchant. but once I understood the point of MK, I fell in love with it
Wait, what? Around the 21:50 mark, Abyssal is actually hampering your damage output? Care to elaborate a bit more if you can? Also, have you tried Abyssal with blink strike + master ring spam? It's pretty trolly.
Well, I don't completely understand what happens, but when you use a perma enchanted weapon, and create a cannon while Anguish is active, you do less overall damage, even if the enemy is weak to either element. Just like shown, Elder Ogre is weak to Lightning and weak to Dark. Both elements were present, but less damage when compared to non anguish. I tried this with Undead and holy, Eliminators with ice and Anguish decreases the cannon orbs attack, when a perma enchanted weapon is used. Pure strength, everything works fine. Buffed pure strength weapon? Not sure, I never tested it but I would say it will likely decrease as well. And yeah Anguish and lv3 blink is a heavy multi hit attack. I abused it in my Mystic Knight lv20 vs Drake.
I am now running 10Strider, MK the rest level play through, Level 36 now with only MK stats and augments. I am struggling with perfect blocking and most of the time just great cannon the enemies to death. Still learning how to MK effectively
I am not sure what happens. I have tested it with many scenarios and yeah, Abyssal weakens the Cannon orbs, but only when the weapon is permanently enchanted.
@@Nihil0.0 It must be because the anguish gives longer reach onto your weapon and it might proc the orb based on the anguish damage only from the hitbox. One of the many reasons I don't touch GMC
You can get one from Blue Moon Tower, the 2 chests that need to be jumped to reach. Also in the second quest in the Catacombs, it can be found in one the tombs.
Mystic knight is my favorite on here it's so versatile on many situations in combat, also because a'lot of times I can't choose between warrior and mage, So mystic is the perfect click in my opinion, ohh and on a side note Dragon's Dogma is a beautiful gem this game rules..
Vortex sigil is also good for keeping enemies away from your mage or ranged pawns ALSO I JUST came up with the idea to use sopor with stone forest on a solo MK the other day. I have not been creative enough with dogma these past years did you just...perfect block exequy?! You crazy
I remember playing this back in the day in my fruit o the loom underwear and now look at me 2021 just now learning how to play the damn game 💀 awesome videos
Some slight confusion on my end, first time trying out MK in my years of playing. I casted great cannon and followed up with sigil. Resulted in multiple AOE pulses before both skills dissipated. Can't seem to recreate this now. When I first discovered there were no enemies around either.
Maybe mice? You know there are rats that are kinda big but also there are some barely noticeable mice in the game. That or some other thing in the place you did it that triggered the pulses. Maybe bug (some dead enemy lingering hitbox or something).
Been going through your videos, and man there's a ton of good info. I see the effectiveness of the riposte spells, and have been practicing with them, but I get guard broken a lot. Is it the shield I use? I use a Goldforged Fine Magick Buckler because it looks lovely, but could it be that it's just inferior to the other shields? How can you tell?
Your Shield level matters. Fine Magic Buckler is kinda low level, so you will be broken from many enemies, and many attacks. That shield should be able to handle many enemies in Gransys though, like regular Ogre's and Cyclops, definitely Goblins no problem. But BBI enemies, not likely. You can get the Dark Buckler during post game (when skies are cloudy and ashy) in Everfall from the pawn selling weapons. You can try Angel's Sanctum during post game, from Caxton's armory. And you have probably already done this, but I should mention that you also need to purchase the Core Skill Reflect in order for Riposte to work. Great practice is on Greater Goblins. An on par shield will be able to riposte all of their attacks, and the most important attack of theirs is when they jump from far, and use their mace in a downward strike. In this video, the example goblins and the example attack can be seen at 19:43 If your shield can riposte that attack, then all other enemies' attacks should be able as well.
Ah I see. Well, I suppose I have to forgo my current fashion and change to another. Shame. Also, is the Periphery Augment of use for weaker shields? Thanks for your assistance by the way. Despite sinking hundreds of hours into this lovely game, my understanding on the mechanics isn’t near yours. I’m learning a lot though. Fun stuff.
Yeah, actually Periphery does help a little in a big way sometimes. I forgot about that augment. I put it on once when I was using a Rusted Shield, and it increased the success of many other attacks that were breaking my guard. Every enemy has it's heavy attack, which can often break a guard if it's too low of a level. If you know these attacks, then you can avoid them, or use Full Moon Slash instead. But give the Periphery augment a try and see if that bumps it up. I know how you feel about the Fashion Dogma, I am also a victim. But, I gave up on the shields with Fashion, and just settled for the more powerful and Ugly shields.
I did some testing and it helped quite a bit. Never knew it was such a useful augment. I don't get guard broken now, unless it's a heavy attack, which of course is something I'll have to work on learning the tells to as well. And yeah, watching you use Fullmoon Slash and seeing it has I-frames opened up so much for me. And being Fashion centered is kind of a curse. Usually I have to run about with some less than optimal gear to get the look I want, and usually that means I have to be more cautious, but in turn that means I really get to hone my skills and figure out how to play around it. But hey, Fashion is Passion. Again, thanks so much for the info.
Please someone explain in detail what happened in 21:50. Why is there a damage decrease? I know AA respectively adds the magick shield's STR & MAG in 3:8 ratio and the dark tongues do not affect the sigil.
Didn't quite catch the Anguish/Sleep interaction, will have to look into that a bit more. One thing I have heard somewhere is that Anguish takes debis from your mshield (I think there is only the Rusted Magick Shield?) and adds them to your mace swings (or swords... but who'd swing a sword when you can go clubbing?), and I have been just dying to try a Rusted Mshield, Aneled Mace, Fire Trance/Anguish build. Or maybe a golden mace. It sounds janky and not that good, but fun, but as I am still only on my first playthrough ever and still learning the game, it'll take a while. Also doesn't help that Reynard died in the beginning and I have no convenient means for Shackles right now...
Will 300-400 Magick suffice for a Mystic Knight? I kinda started with physical classes such as Fighter-Warrior-Assassin. I'm lvl 67 now so not much levels left to allot for Magick.
So basically the other vocations are classic fantasy archetypes while MK is a Star Wars laser turret mechanic that somehow wound up in Gransys. Got it. This is easily the most OP vocation I've seen, too bad Great Cannon feels so boring imo.
If making a lv11-200 mystic knight character, which class do you think is the best starter? Fighter for a bit more physical might and bulk, or mage for a bit more damage? And what type of pawn best synergizes with a MK?
Great video ! My magic shield can not handle elliminator or dragon swipe attack, i got knockbacked, some says only dragonforged shield can whitstand it, what is exactly the treshold? Does it relate with armor stagger resistance? I can not find any source regarding this, thanks !
Gameplay design is very very deep. Compare with Dark Soul, I still think this game is much deeper than Dark Soul. Dragon Dogma Dark Arisen's only flaw design is, anybody can beat the game when you have level up to 200 level. The game don't test gamer on skill wise (unlike Dark Soul). All you need to do is level up to 200 PLUS you need to know what skills to use - like this experienced gamer did.
Is there a bug with enchanted swords that affects the cannon skill? I've been using Ascalon with my MK because I can't find any decent maces yet. But every time I use the cannon skill, the sigil comes out standard instead of holy
Visually it looks standard, but the element is there. Ascalon will fire holy orbs, Almace will fire ice orbs. It just doesn't look the part. Same for ruinous sigil.
Im using warrior until level 60 right now, Really enjoy it. I think mystic knight look fun so i want to give it a try. but my magic is kinda low. Is it ok to try it without become sorcerer first? I can't stand using sorcerer more than 1 hour.
I also dread playing Sorcerer. You will be fine, but I would suggest to at least rank Sorcerer to Rank9 for the Acuity augment though. I have taken a 190 leveled Mystic Knight through BBI plenty of times, and always come out with ease. ua-cam.com/video/M6WBFYQHzcE/v-deo.html&t=
Can you explain to me why your Great Cannon ability renders and applies all projectiles it spawns, and why mine seems to delete projectiles after a certain cap is reached? When I Compass Slash (or whatever the upgrade of it is) on two Great Cannons, it fires all the projectiles, but as the backswing happens, it deletes the first 5-8 projectiles and doesn't even count their damage, if they don't hit the target before getting deleted. It did it on my XBox version, and it does it on my Steam version. This seems like an oversight on Capcom's side, as there's no reason to limit projectiles in this manner.
Just collection of music. I have a broad taste, so I tend to diverge outside of the more common. UA-cam has tons of music, and then I get lost in the recommendations, that's usually how I stumble upon new stuff. In my playlists library I have a Musik playlist, which has a lot of the songs used in my vids.
UR will leave after 8 to 11 minutes. Online UR is an online thing, completely different. Offline you have to kill him before timer runs out. Online you have to read forums and wait for grace period.
I'm not a massive fan of the enchanter/trance/invocation skills, but the Dark has such a cool name, Desecration Invocation, like its so cool but so useless
Heya. Me again. I saw the listing on the weapons you ate using but I'd also like to know the names and locations to acquire this character's armor pieces. Please and thank you 👍
The armor piece was Grand Surcoat, you can get it in the Treasury room, when the Duke unlocks the door after the Cockatrice quest. Or you can get it from a chest in Blue moon tower. Kind of tough to describe, but this page below shows chest locations and rewards - dragonsdogma.fandom.com/wiki/The_Bluemoon_Tower
Playing MK feels like cooking food. You prepare ingredients, then you mix them, put them on fire and give the right amount of fire and time, and yeah, delicious food ready. Anything off? Your food would be spoiled and you'll be given taste of your own recipe.
That's an awesome question. And a detailed answer. Technically they are the same. When you Riposte Thunder, you cast Levin. However there are 2 hidden bonuses with Riposte that make it stronger. The initial burst of any riposte does damage, and then the spell follows. Also, after a riposte, usually the enemy often times is staggered, and or knocked down. Enemies that are staggered take additional damage, and knocked down even more so. Short answer, usually (always) Riposte does more damage, as long as you are comparing the skill level to skill level, and element to element.
With Levin through the staff, you do have the ability to get a preemtive strike on an unaware enemy, which does more damage. But after that, the enemy is aware and wont receive that extra damage. The riposte costs no stamina, so the spell is free.
Well the answer you wont want to hear is; play at least 10 levels of each vocation and evaluate which one you did the best with, enjoyed and then continue as that. Detailed answer is; Dragon's Dogma magic classes are different than the usual magic classes you are familiar with. Dogma magic is better. So if you typically steer away from magic, try Sorcerer. Warrior and Fighter are the tanks and the aggro class. Strider is the fast dagger class and fast bow class. Ranger is the long range archery, sniper. Mage is the healer and the choreographer. Assassin is the counter attack class. Magic Archer is the exploit weaknesses class. Mystic Knight is tank, aggro, exploit. I would honestly suggest try Strider and Mage. You have already tried Fighter with the tutorial intro story. After you understand what these 3 roles are, decide which one of those 3 you liked. And then choose that color for the Advanced class. Red Fighter to Red Warrior. Yellow Strider to Yellow Ranger. Blue Mage to Blue Sorcerer. After that, are you more keen on the fast up close? The far sniping? The magic? Then I think you can answer your Hybrid class answer by that time. These vocations look great on paper, but until you are behind the pen, you can't write any story.
Thanks bro off all the mmo's and rpg's i have played i always end up picking assassin but this time i might go with Mage. I watched a ton of your videos before making the purchase and you're also one of the reasons why i chose to purchase this game. Keep it up and thank you for making videos! please do make more! :)
Thanks Ross. I am happy to hear this. Mage can be fun. Basically you can focus on the damage and have support pawns, or you can have damage pawns and you be the support. This is where the choreographer comes in. You can command your pawns, and give them the appropriate buffs and enchantments, you can torpor the enemies (slow their speed in half), you can Blind the enemies, and just watch as your party destroys them.
I feel pretty silly for ignoring Demonswrath this entire time. I might try it over Abyssal Anguish next time because it looks like it still packs the damage, but just not quite as... broken against enemies that don't resist dark. Great video, lots of detail and still fun to watch. What was the first song used, by the way? I can tell it's by Two Steps From Hell but I don't know the song name.
Hey PJ. I am not a fan of Abyssal Anguish, mostly because the long cast time and the short active rate. Demonswrath is pretty damn powerful, and fun to build up the charge. Two Steps from Hell - Strength of thousand men.
Ah, right. Thank you. Also I was trying Demonswrath out earlier. Took three health bars off a downed Elder Ogre when I aimed at its head, so I was quite stunned. It even one-shotted a Pyre Saurian that still had its tail on. I'm not level 110 yet in this playthrough and my magick is somewhere around 350, but I have a ring that boosts it by 59 along with augments. I find it's a bit situational though. I don't get many chances to use it with a full party but thanks for giving me a reason to try it out!
Anguish is still useful if you want more of a spell sword type of character. The extra hits and range is nice, anv casting time and active rate can be increased. All that said, Damon gives you hell trying to cast it in his fight lol
Abyssal Anguish is way more useful in some cases, but between the cast time, how long it lasts, and just how broken it is against enemies who don't resist darkness, it just isn't all that fun by comparison. With Demonswrath, there's just a better sense of reward when you successfully pull it off.
PJ McDaid oh trust me, I know. I guess it was just a personal thing. The entire animation was bad ass, and I love the idea of turning my mace into a dark light saber mace lol
How were you able to have your trance skills fill so fast? I know there is the Kings Ring and a Sorcerer Augment that reduces cast time for skills but that charge up to max is way faster than any ive seen.
I didn't have Articulacy or the Wyrmkings ring equipped. The cast for Trance took about 6-7 seconds, which is the normal speed. This video below shows the skill as well with about the same time. ua-cam.com/video/qdZSOJ5pyEU/v-deo.htmlm15s The ring and the augment are the only way to increase the speed. With a 7 second base, it would probably only take off 1 second from the charge time with both present. The Elemental Riposte charge times are much quicker, you may have visually mixed them up for a moment in the video.
Hey nihil, I currently have I character who's vocation I want to change to mystic knight. I've already started the game with this character and did 1-10 as strider, then went up to level 44 as an assassin. What do you suggest I do???
hmmmm, maybe get 20 or 30 levels as Sorcerer, and then go MK the rest of the way. Get the Clout augment from Warrior, and the Acuity augment from Sorcerer. you will be set
Most underrated game in the world
Hell yeah man.
I played it on console yrs back day it released but i loved it that much i got it for pc to once i sold my xbox and ps4. still love the game and REALLY hope they make another DD game.
I'd take this over Skyrim any day.
Ben M I completely agree!!!
Hitman Barnes yep me too, but I’m not holding my breath.
My friend said Skyrim is the best Rpg and you should play it. I bought him dragons dogma and now he screams All Roads Lead to Gran Soren at Night
Take care you aren't soaked in water!
Skyrim isn’t even that great honestly
@@jas6853 yeah I agree it kinda feels bland
@@jas6853 Yeah vanilla skyrim is pretty barebones but Skyrim Special Edition is a great sandbox game for modding, the modding community has done so much more for that game than Bethesda. I still prefer to play DDDA and Dragon Age Origins though.
@Mr.Nice Guy I agree tbh
Great to see people still making Dragon's Dogma content. Also this is a really useful, in-depth guide, great job
Thank you Khonshu. It is a great game.
Nihil0.0 what class you recomend for a new player?
Hey Maestro. Ummm, it depends on what you typically go for. I usually like Agile Dagger classes, so I like the Strider, Assassin and Magic Archer. If Sword and Shield is your style then Fighter, Assassin and Mystic Knight. Magic would be Mage, Sorcerer and maybe Magic Archer.
Don't worry about your stat growths while playing for the first time. I would actually recommend trying every vocation (class) for at least 10 level gains, and then you will know which one was the most fun and which one you did best with.
You can watch videos of these vocations and styles, and have an answer in your head already, but truly you wont know until you go through each vocation. Assassin may look perfect for you on pen and paper, but you may have missed "the favorite" because you promised yourself Assassin.
Tank Classes are Fighter, Warrior, and Mystic Knight.
Agile and Fast classes are Strider, Assassin and Magic Archer
Sniper classes are, well pretty much Ranger and maybe Assassin
Support classes are Mage, Mystic Knight and sometimes Magic Archer
Magic Classes are Sorcerer and Magic Archer. Many will say Mystic Knight as well, but I feel like it is a small factor in that vocation.
Nihil0.0 thx! You are really good at this game
Thanks Maestro. I don't mind helping out. If any questions, just shoot a comment. I do have a Library showing each vocation. Their role, style and skills. And I have taken each vocation as a 100% stat (no other vocations involved) run as well.
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Beautiful Music choice. It went perfect with Mystic Knight.
I thought so too. Very Epic and Melodic.
@@Nihil0.0 What's the specific tracks that you used?
@@PerpetuallyMalding I don't recall exactly, but it's all Two steps from Hell. I remember a few songs; Strength of 1000 men, Forge, Inferni, and Ring of Winter.
@@Nihil0.0 Alright, thanks man, i'll look them up
Guys! You've never hear of " Two steps from Hell" ? Thomas Bergersen. Someone needs to make a mod to include their music in the game. ha ha
"Just remember, you have a giant shield use It, it can protect you, it can save your stamina and it can heal you!" Epic words dude, and no words for It.
Fighter's perfect block: eeeeeeeeh. It's okay, I guess...
MK's (enchanted) perfect block: HOLY SHITBALLS, DID A NUKE JUST DROP OR SOMETHING?!
Hee basically Magick archer,fighter and sorcerer if they had a kid
This is the video I'd been most eager to see. It was well worthy of the weight. MK is truly a game breaker when utilized properly. Yes you can back and slash your way with it like you can with an assassin but it's capable of much more sophistication than that. Kudos for showing this vocation off and doing so with a musical score that is as epic as a well trained mystic knight.
Thank you Derek. I love trap style of MK, and the Shield counters with the Element. Especially the DemonsWrath, man that is bloody awesome. That skill can create an entire new style to play. I plan on doing a Dark Element only with MK, and that skill is going to be in dominant use.
If there's ever gonna be a DD2 - I hope you'll be the one making the guide videos.
Professional and exciting Gameplay, good explanations and also damn good tunes.
Liked and subscribed, without thinking twice
Good news, it's coming.
I finished the main story recently as a Mystic Knight. I would buff my party and stay in the back with double great cannons and use Full Moon Slash with Abyssal Anguish to finish off the bosses. There's just something so heroic and mighty about the Mystic Knight class and I love it.
Ironically the most cowardly and laziest tactic there is, heroic and mighty really don't fit that playstyle lol.
It's cool but I hate it.
hiding in the back sounds like the opposite of heroic
@hannes2211 heroic is when you go up to the boss and parry every attack and come out unscathed
I pray the west will have a chance at DD online someday. Why god why
But already exists, only on japan
@@Calistopheles that's Japan only and not in the West. So that sadly does not count...
You can play with emulator
It's sadly shutting down too. At least we are still getting pso2.
iCMan//Child I don’t think they even like it
The one man army, that makes his army stronger anyway 'cause he is that nice.
Drawing your shield off of your back and securing it to your forearm, with one hand--in under a second--is the best display of magic being showcased here.
Your playlists are so perfectly organized and well done, and videos so extraordinarily informing. This is an awesome channel, thanks for making this stuff!
Thank you Michael. I appreciate your words. I shall continue, can't get enough of Dogma
Nihil0.0 I just picked up DA a few weeks ago, I tried out the original game back in 2012 but I never owned it. I regret that so much! Dark Souls took my attention in 2011 until pretty much this game just a few weeks ago. Dare I say I enjoy this more than Dark Souls 😭😍
haha. We had different paths. I also was playing DS and Dogma around the start. But Dogma was more enthralling for me, so I left DS at the side
so that's how a mystic knight is used right...cool. Looks of neat tricks and stuff, definitely something to use when I get back into DDDA after a long break. Seeing you trash those elder ogres was a sweet sight since I loathe them greatly
I love Elder Ogres, they are my favorite. I hate Wraiths. Thanks for checkin' it out Mark
I think I just got fed up with their movement and aggression while playing mainly as a sorcerer, once switching to mystic knight they'll probably be shredded easily once I get the timing down for blocking
Thanks for the help, watching the other videos of yours for more ideas/tactics and combos, very nice to see
I love your videos thanks for continuing to post DD 6 years after its release I love the game so much
Sure thing Jaegar. It's a great game. Deserves attention.
Dude, I wasted hours searching about classes and thinking about what I should pick to main. Your videos did the job, I'm choosing Mystic Knight, awesome!
I never used the various ripostes very well and I never knew you could do that dps trap with the holy one. Good on you for still, after all these years of playing, bringing things into the light. Great video as always keep it up.
Thanks Little Dog. Blessed Riposte is a powerful one, similar to Holy Focused Bolt, but with way more satisfaction. When you land that successful Blessed Riposte on sigils, and the camera slows down a little, ooof, very nice.
Lol nice, talk about making a cinematic moment huh? Plus maybe you can use the camera feature to take some great photos.
Small thing I think is worth mentioning: Sky Dance/Rapture's startup, where you lift off the ground, can also pick up enemies, make them fly along with you. This makes it not necessary to line up the perfect distance shots.
ah, I don't think i knew that. Sky Rapture is not a skill that I normally roll with, but that would be helpful
"From now on, we are enemies. You and I"
Amadeus right?
It is a fitting intro
Yep. Good film.
WTF. you could perfect block the instant death spell ? damn. thas something new.
Late, but, Mystic Knight was my favorite back in the day…
Love your videos man. Watched you for MA a year or 2 ago when I played on PS4. Built a PC about a month ago and just got the game again today and I’ve never ran MK. This changed my mind on running MA again. Keep up the great work!
18:00 that slide though. OMG
I kinda like how Abyssal Anguish can make staffs look like dark lightsaber spears
Best RPG if the last gen. Really appreciate the video.
I play on Ps3. I just made a Goblin Slayer reference pawn.
I know this a REALLY late comment, but wow, I just noticed I'm mentioned in this vid! :) (2:25)
Thanks Nihil! Sorry for not noticing it sooner!
Amazing video as always!
Thanks Xandra. Was some time ago. It was the video where I was comparing Abyssal Anguish on Cannons with enchanted weapons, if you can remember that. I only had that video up for a few hours until I found the help from you and others.
So thank you
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Yes I remember, lol
Didn't think watching and helping in the comments of that vid would get me a spot in one of your Schematics videos!
I'm super glad I was able to help you with info and make a great video in a way! :)
Found out recently that if you have a 3 star or more rusted magick shield, and buff your sword, the sword will apply the shields debuff like poison/torpor
Mystic Knight does indeed have the strength of a thousand men.
Woah, I had no idea you could use weapons that grant torpor and make sigils based around it! That's insanely OP.
Played on console when it first came out and just bought it recently for PC and I'm in love all over again and you're vids are awesome thank you for the great content!
Thanks LambSh4nk. It's a tough game to leave behind.
I had 400+ hours on my gameplay in the X360 (before it died) and now im replaying on the PC. Yet i always see new content or game style i did not discovered before. I remember when i tried magic knight for the first time and was amazed about what stacks you can do with the cannon spell and doing multiple damages on it to almost kill enemies within seconds. Also the magic knight skilsl animations are great.
It’s official, I’m making Alucard, and making him a mystic knight
Nice
Epic gamer moment
3:45 incorrect for me. my fire sword won't change cannon do shoot fire orbs. not unless my mage enchants me or I use my own enchant spells.
As much as I love Mystic Knight, I feel like I'm not fully optimizing the vocation. I'm really weak when it comes to timing, so I can't really pulla perfect counter everytime. Although Mystic Knight doesn't really need to revolve around counters, I still feel lacking due to it. That's why I avoided this vocation for the longest time.
If you're a mystic knight on BBI and you encounter death use demons periapts and use stone forest 3 times on him it should kill him very quickly if you have a strong enough one handed weapon.
2 seconds into the video
realizes it´s TSFH music
"Huzzah, A MAN OF QUALITY!"
hehe. It goes well with the game
@@Nihil0.0 TSFH goes well with almost everything. Especially fantasy rpgs
wow - you really fully understood all the skills of MK. Thank you for this comprehensive demo. But can you show us what Augment/core skills you equipped ??
I'm working as a Mystic Knight now, though somewhere i think I messed up the stats for it. Went mostly fighter for a portion of levels, then mage, then sorcerer, assassin, MA, and then warrior. Pretty sure my Magic Attack is not supposed to be where its at now.
Mystic Knight does rely more on magic over strength.
So your not supposed to max out your Vocations and get all their skills? Just started playing the game a few days ago and am level 50 on hard mode(had to jump to hard mode after I failed 3 quests and got thrown in jail, one of those quests was a timed one).
Edit:Started out as fighter, maxed out the Vocation and got all it's skills then jumped straight to Mystic Knight.
My Pawn Started out Strider then went to Ranger and is currently on Wizard(He maxed out his previous Vocations and got all their skills too).
Edit 2:I've had to edit this thing like 3 times now cause I apparently can't type.
@@juliusaureo9740 Ultimately you will want to grab a lot of augments from other classes, yes. He was just saying he leveled up too much as melee vocations and didn't gain as much magic stat as he could have, but that happens over the course of, like, 100-200 levels, not just a couple level ups while you're training the vocation to get the augments. As long as you try to end up with your base magic stat fairly close to (or higher than) your base strength, you'll be totally fine. I leveled up mostly as a Strider and Ranger, but I cycled through a ton of classes to get augments, and I still ended up with a pretty balanced build I can use with any class and do good damage. Most of your damage is from weapons and gear anyway, your base strength or magic are a tiny portion of your total damage.
In particular, Mage and Sorcerer each have a rank 9 augment you'll really want (Acuity and Attunement), getting those will boost your damage by a ton for Mystic Knight or Magic Archer.
Also, leveling up as Sorcerer while you're getting that augment certainly won't hurt, it has the highest magic stat gain in the game. Warrior and Fighter have equivalent augments that boost your strength, those can also be good to grab if you plan on using your sword a lot instead of ripostes, especially if you're using an unenchanted weapon. Stat gains are also higher between level 1-100 than they are from 101-200, if you didn't know.
@@eldonhill4840 Thanks for the information.
I have Eden warden and my sigils won't carry over the fire enchantment to cannon or ruinous. why??
dammmn getting back into the game again, thanks for all the awesome info mate!
Sure thing Leebron. I recall you from a long time ago I think
great video, I played Dogma for more than 1000 hours and also wanted to shoot a video on this topic but after your videos I think this is exhausted. :)
P. S. very inspiring music
Thanks Evgeniy. I would still encourage to upload some Dogma videos. I love watching them. The music is pretty good, it's Two steps from hell.
The immortal helm with that shield healing spell would be epic together
the quote at the beginning makes me wanna play with only dark magic skills and full on chaos armor
Great video I love the music as well and it answered most of my questions about ANGUISH only question I have is how does having a split weapon affect ANGUISH does it reduce its magic or does it lose the potential damage from strength by using it on a split weapon?
I am not sure what happens, but I think some of the magic vanishes. But only with cannon and sigil, when Anguish is used to create. If cannon is created and then Anguish is created, everything works as normal.
Sir, you are an artist. This is a powerful build.
Been waiting for this one, thank you!
Sure thing Abdelkader. Thanks for your patience and praise
Petition to have dragons dogma sequel on PS5
100% their next project
@@ppikach64 Indeed! They won't make dragon's dogma anime on Netflix for no reason. Some youtubers even speculate that this game will utilize the power of RE engine that was used in RE remake series, RE7, and DMC 5. I can smell the ray-traced game already! oh and... would be nice if they can have a hybrid-hybrid vocation like magick assassin hahaha! XD
I'm late as shit but dragon's dogma 2 is confirmed because it was on the big Capcom leak shit so yeah. It is truly only a matter of time and hopefully they advertise the game good this time
Omg mitick knohht is a ranged tank basically you pop grate cannon and bop all enemys when it gets heated shield
I enjoy your videos a lot and I love the soundtracks. congratulations
Now all we need is that sequel. Will be more refined and will blow any competition out of the water.
I love this class SO much i even made a homebrew D&D paladin oath based on it's greatshield abilities and control of the elements xD thank you Nihil0.0 for the in depth tutorial, i neven really knew how deep the stats and mechanics ran in DD, thatns for the information! :D
Thanks Swindo. I actually used to always skip Mystic Knight, mostly because I would treat it like a Fighter that could enchant. but once I understood the point of MK, I fell in love with it
@@Nihil0.0 hopefully Dragon's Dogma 2, with multiplayer, keeps this class
Wait, what? Around the 21:50 mark, Abyssal is actually hampering your damage output? Care to elaborate a bit more if you can?
Also, have you tried Abyssal with blink strike + master ring spam? It's pretty trolly.
Well, I don't completely understand what happens, but when you use a perma enchanted weapon, and create a cannon while Anguish is active, you do less overall damage, even if the enemy is weak to either element. Just like shown, Elder Ogre is weak to Lightning and weak to Dark. Both elements were present, but less damage when compared to non anguish. I tried this with Undead and holy, Eliminators with ice and Anguish decreases the cannon orbs attack, when a perma enchanted weapon is used. Pure strength, everything works fine. Buffed pure strength weapon? Not sure, I never tested it but I would say it will likely decrease as well.
And yeah Anguish and lv3 blink is a heavy multi hit attack. I abused it in my Mystic Knight lv20 vs Drake.
@@Nihil0.0 interesting really, peculiar as to how they managed to fuck that one up haha.
I'll check your low level MK video as well!
Very helpful thanks mate. Of course it's also very helpful to have top of the line weapons and armor but such is life.
I am now running 10Strider, MK the rest level play through, Level 36 now with only MK stats and augments. I am struggling with perfect blocking and most of the time just great cannon the enemies to death. Still learning how to MK effectively
I'm fond of using the holy spells as I noticed they heal you.
Does abyssal anguish make split damage weapons weaker? I'm not sure what's going on in the ogre great cannon demonstration.
I am not sure what happens. I have tested it with many scenarios and yeah, Abyssal weakens the Cannon orbs, but only when the weapon is permanently enchanted.
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It must be because the anguish gives longer reach onto your weapon and it might proc the orb based on the anguish damage only from the hitbox.
One of the many reasons I don't touch GMC
Nihil what class would u suggest would be the best to build?
Hi friend, i am cuban, si possible My English is bad, My answer, how You take The shield Dragon Faith
Fight Grigori while using Mystic knight.
You automatically get it at the end of main story.
Can't seem to get Crescending Roar for ps4 I've given gold idol to Smith but nothing for it is showing up even on new game plus ugh I'm so sad
You can get one from Blue Moon Tower, the 2 chests that need to be jumped to reach. Also in the second quest in the Catacombs, it can be found in one the tombs.
@@Nihil0.0 really dang I'll need to be on the look out for sure thanks so much for the tips I've been after it for so long but no luck
Say does slash damage be effective against particular enemies? Like how blunt works well against skeletons?
Saurians, Hydra, and Dragons take more damage from slash over blunt.
Thanks, Nihil
Which are better? Enchanted Swords or Enchanted Maces?
Only a Mystic Knight is Chad enough to parry an death spell with "Fuck you, have lightning".
Mystic knight is my favorite on here it's so versatile on many situations in combat, also because a'lot of times I can't choose between warrior and mage, So mystic is the perfect click in my opinion, ohh and on a side note Dragon's Dogma is a beautiful gem this game rules..
Vortex sigil is also good for keeping enemies away from your mage or ranged pawns
ALSO I JUST came up with the idea to use sopor with stone forest on a solo MK the other day. I have not been creative enough with dogma these past years
did you just...perfect block exequy?! You crazy
I remember playing this back in the day in my fruit o the loom underwear and now look at me 2021 just now learning how to play the damn game 💀 awesome videos
Some slight confusion on my end, first time trying out MK in my years of playing.
I casted great cannon and followed up with sigil. Resulted in multiple AOE pulses before both skills dissipated. Can't seem to recreate this now. When I first discovered there were no enemies around either.
Maybe mice? You know there are rats that are kinda big but also there are some barely noticeable mice in the game. That or some other thing in the place you did it that triggered the pulses. Maybe bug (some dead enemy lingering hitbox or something).
Been going through your videos, and man there's a ton of good info.
I see the effectiveness of the riposte spells, and have been practicing with them, but I get guard broken a lot.
Is it the shield I use? I use a Goldforged Fine Magick Buckler because it looks lovely, but could it be that it's just inferior to the other shields? How can you tell?
Your Shield level matters. Fine Magic Buckler is kinda low level, so you will be broken from many enemies, and many attacks. That shield should be able to handle many enemies in Gransys though, like regular Ogre's and Cyclops, definitely Goblins no problem. But BBI enemies, not likely.
You can get the Dark Buckler during post game (when skies are cloudy and ashy) in Everfall from the pawn selling weapons. You can try Angel's Sanctum during post game, from Caxton's armory.
And you have probably already done this, but I should mention that you also need to purchase the Core Skill Reflect in order for Riposte to work.
Great practice is on Greater Goblins. An on par shield will be able to riposte all of their attacks, and the most important attack of theirs is when they jump from far, and use their mace in a downward strike. In this video, the example goblins and the example attack can be seen at 19:43 If your shield can riposte that attack, then all other enemies' attacks should be able as well.
Ah I see.
Well, I suppose I have to forgo my current fashion and change to another. Shame.
Also, is the Periphery Augment of use for weaker shields?
Thanks for your assistance by the way. Despite sinking hundreds of hours into this lovely game, my understanding on the mechanics isn’t near yours. I’m learning a lot though. Fun stuff.
Yeah, actually Periphery does help a little in a big way sometimes. I forgot about that augment. I put it on once when I was using a Rusted Shield, and it increased the success of many other attacks that were breaking my guard. Every enemy has it's heavy attack, which can often break a guard if it's too low of a level. If you know these attacks, then you can avoid them, or use Full Moon Slash instead. But give the Periphery augment a try and see if that bumps it up.
I know how you feel about the Fashion Dogma, I am also a victim. But, I gave up on the shields with Fashion, and just settled for the more powerful and Ugly shields.
I did some testing and it helped quite a bit. Never knew it was such a useful augment. I don't get guard broken now, unless it's a heavy attack, which of course is something I'll have to work on learning the tells to as well. And yeah, watching you use Fullmoon Slash and seeing it has I-frames opened up so much for me.
And being Fashion centered is kind of a curse. Usually I have to run about with some less than optimal gear to get the look I want, and usually that means I have to be more cautious, but in turn that means I really get to hone my skills and figure out how to play around it.
But hey, Fashion is Passion.
Again, thanks so much for the info.
Please someone explain in detail what happened in 21:50. Why is there a damage decrease? I know AA respectively adds the magick shield's STR & MAG in 3:8 ratio and the dark tongues do not affect the sigil.
Using Impossible by Two Steps from Hell? Man, you got my vote.
They have some awesome music, and it goes very well with Mystic Knight
His spells looks like a mage and sorcerer light attack but on steroids
Yeah, the Great Cannon orbs are much bigger than the Magic bolts
Didn't quite catch the Anguish/Sleep interaction, will have to look into that a bit more.
One thing I have heard somewhere is that Anguish takes debis from your mshield (I think there is only the Rusted Magick Shield?) and adds them to your mace swings (or swords... but who'd swing a sword when you can go clubbing?), and I have been just dying to try a Rusted Mshield, Aneled Mace, Fire Trance/Anguish build. Or maybe a golden mace. It sounds janky and not that good, but fun, but as I am still only on my first playthrough ever and still learning the game, it'll take a while. Also doesn't help that Reynard died in the beginning and I have no convenient means for Shackles right now...
Will 300-400 Magick suffice for a Mystic Knight? I kinda started with physical classes such as Fighter-Warrior-Assassin. I'm lvl 67 now so not much levels left to allot for Magick.
It will, because the weapons and augments are the majority. But definitely use the augments Acuity, maybe Attunement, and Clout wont hurt
@@Nihil0.0 Thanks!
So basically the other vocations are classic fantasy archetypes while MK is a Star Wars laser turret mechanic that somehow wound up in Gransys. Got it.
This is easily the most OP vocation I've seen, too bad Great Cannon feels so boring imo.
If making a lv11-200 mystic knight character, which class do you think is the best starter? Fighter for a bit more physical might and bulk, or mage for a bit more damage? And what type of pawn best synergizes with a MK?
Great video ! My magic shield can not handle elliminator or dragon swipe attack, i got knockbacked, some says only dragonforged shield can whitstand it, what is exactly the treshold? Does it relate with armor stagger resistance? I can not find any source regarding this, thanks !
Amazing video
Gameplay design is very very deep. Compare with Dark Soul, I still think this game is much deeper than Dark Soul.
Dragon Dogma Dark Arisen's only flaw design is, anybody can beat the game when you have level up to 200 level. The game don't test gamer on skill wise (unlike Dark Soul). All you need to do is level up to 200 PLUS you need to know what skills to use - like this experienced gamer did.
Is there a bug with enchanted swords that affects the cannon skill? I've been using Ascalon with my MK because I can't find any decent maces yet. But every time I use the cannon skill, the sigil comes out standard instead of holy
Visually it looks standard, but the element is there. Ascalon will fire holy orbs, Almace will fire ice orbs. It just doesn't look the part. Same for ruinous sigil.
Dang this game is deep! Love this type of educational content. Going to replay Dragon's Dogma on PC now! Thanks!
Great game. Plenty of replay options. Thanks for your words Dinakol.
Im using warrior until level 60 right now, Really enjoy it.
I think mystic knight look fun so i want to give it a try. but my magic is kinda low. Is it ok to try it without become sorcerer first?
I can't stand using sorcerer more than 1 hour.
I also dread playing Sorcerer. You will be fine, but I would suggest to at least rank Sorcerer to Rank9 for the Acuity augment though. I have taken a 190 leveled Mystic Knight through BBI plenty of times, and always come out with ease.
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@@Nihil0.0 thank you so much for suggestion ;)
Can you explain to me why your Great Cannon ability renders and applies all projectiles it spawns, and why mine seems to delete projectiles after a certain cap is reached? When I Compass Slash (or whatever the upgrade of it is) on two Great Cannons, it fires all the projectiles, but as the backswing happens, it deletes the first 5-8 projectiles and doesn't even count their damage, if they don't hit the target before getting deleted.
It did it on my XBox version, and it does it on my Steam version. This seems like an oversight on Capcom's side, as there's no reason to limit projectiles in this manner.
My class at the time 2 sigils and frozen screens was my basic.. Also works with abyssal and Holly dmg
Great video. I still have not finished my first run though. Using MK as of the moment and this will help me a great deal.
Cool Ramel. Enjoy, Mystic Knight is fun
Where do you find the music! Every single one of these videos have such great music!
Just collection of music. I have a broad taste, so I tend to diverge outside of the more common. UA-cam has tons of music, and then I get lost in the recommendations, that's usually how I stumble upon new stuff.
In my playlists library I have a Musik playlist, which has a lot of the songs used in my vids.
First song is Two steps from Hell. Did loads for Gladiator, Inception and other epic films
Two Steps from Hell have nice songs. I can hear the Gladiator score, now I'm curious about Inception. have to watch that again and listen.
im lvl 60 and mystic knight can u tell me how to beat the glazer at bitterblack?
Holy Focused Bolt, like seen here. But Holy Focused Bolt does not last as long with MK
okay so i progressed alot and i can take the ur dragon on but he keeps running away
UR will leave after 8 to 11 minutes. Online UR is an online thing, completely different. Offline you have to kill him before timer runs out. Online you have to read forums and wait for grace period.
I'm not a massive fan of the enchanter/trance/invocation skills, but the Dark has such a cool name, Desecration Invocation, like its so cool but so useless
Heya. Me again. I saw the listing on the weapons you ate using but I'd also like to know the names and locations to acquire this character's armor pieces. Please and thank you 👍
The armor piece was Grand Surcoat, you can get it in the Treasury room, when the Duke unlocks the door after the Cockatrice quest. Or you can get it from a chest in Blue moon tower. Kind of tough to describe, but this page below shows chest locations and rewards -
dragonsdogma.fandom.com/wiki/The_Bluemoon_Tower
What is the bgm that plays at the beginning?
Playing MK feels like cooking food. You prepare ingredients, then you mix them, put them on fire and give the right amount of fire and time, and yeah, delicious food ready. Anything off? Your food would be spoiled and you'll be given taste of your own recipe.
That's a pretty good analogy. MK requires some preparation and decisions
what does more damage, a perfect repost or a casting a spell, so thunder repost verses a levian?
That's an awesome question. And a detailed answer. Technically they are the same. When you Riposte Thunder, you cast Levin. However there are 2 hidden bonuses with Riposte that make it stronger. The initial burst of any riposte does damage, and then the spell follows. Also, after a riposte, usually the enemy often times is staggered, and or knocked down. Enemies that are staggered take additional damage, and knocked down even more so.
Short answer, usually (always) Riposte does more damage, as long as you are comparing the skill level to skill level, and element to element.
With Levin through the staff, you do have the ability to get a preemtive strike on an unaware enemy, which does more damage. But after that, the enemy is aware and wont receive that extra damage.
The riposte costs no stamina, so the spell is free.
Hi bought the game yesterday for ps4 and planning to start. Can you recommend any class for new players?
Well the answer you wont want to hear is; play at least 10 levels of each vocation and evaluate which one you did the best with, enjoyed and then continue as that.
Detailed answer is; Dragon's Dogma magic classes are different than the usual magic classes you are familiar with. Dogma magic is better. So if you typically steer away from magic, try Sorcerer.
Warrior and Fighter are the tanks and the aggro class. Strider is the fast dagger class and fast bow class. Ranger is the long range archery, sniper. Mage is the healer and the choreographer.
Assassin is the counter attack class. Magic Archer is the exploit weaknesses class. Mystic Knight is tank, aggro, exploit.
I would honestly suggest try Strider and Mage. You have already tried Fighter with the tutorial intro story. After you understand what these 3 roles are, decide which one of those 3 you liked. And then choose that color for the Advanced class. Red Fighter to Red Warrior. Yellow Strider to Yellow Ranger. Blue Mage to Blue Sorcerer.
After that, are you more keen on the fast up close? The far sniping? The magic? Then I think you can answer your Hybrid class answer by that time.
These vocations look great on paper, but until you are behind the pen, you can't write any story.
Thanks bro off all the mmo's and rpg's i have played i always end up picking assassin but this time i might go with Mage. I watched a ton of your videos before making the purchase and you're also one of the reasons why i chose to purchase this game. Keep it up and thank you for making videos! please do make more! :)
Thanks Ross. I am happy to hear this.
Mage can be fun. Basically you can focus on the damage and have support pawns, or you can have damage pawns and you be the support. This is where the choreographer comes in.
You can command your pawns, and give them the appropriate buffs and enchantments, you can torpor the enemies (slow their speed in half), you can Blind the enemies, and just watch as your party destroys them.
I feel pretty silly for ignoring Demonswrath this entire time. I might try it over Abyssal Anguish next time because it looks like it still packs the damage, but just not quite as... broken against enemies that don't resist dark.
Great video, lots of detail and still fun to watch.
What was the first song used, by the way? I can tell it's by Two Steps From Hell but I don't know the song name.
Hey PJ. I am not a fan of Abyssal Anguish, mostly because the long cast time and the short active rate. Demonswrath is pretty damn powerful, and fun to build up the charge.
Two Steps from Hell - Strength of thousand men.
Ah, right. Thank you.
Also I was trying Demonswrath out earlier. Took three health bars off a downed Elder Ogre when I aimed at its head, so I was quite stunned. It even one-shotted a Pyre Saurian that still had its tail on.
I'm not level 110 yet in this playthrough and my magick is somewhere around 350, but I have a ring that boosts it by 59 along with augments.
I find it's a bit situational though. I don't get many chances to use it with a full party but thanks for giving me a reason to try it out!
Anguish is still useful if you want more of a spell sword type of character. The extra hits and range is nice, anv casting time and active rate can be increased.
All that said, Damon gives you hell trying to cast it in his fight lol
Abyssal Anguish is way more useful in some cases, but between the cast time, how long it lasts, and just how broken it is against enemies who don't resist darkness, it just isn't all that fun by comparison. With Demonswrath, there's just a better sense of reward when you successfully pull it off.
PJ McDaid oh trust me, I know. I guess it was just a personal thing. The entire animation was bad ass, and I love the idea of turning my mace into a dark light saber mace lol
Still trying to figure out how to do that side to side swing with weapon on the orbs :(
Compass Slash, then upgraded to Full moon slash
@@Nihil0.0 thank I was driveing me crazy cause I didn't see you activate it im trying it now im on my 1st MK build 😁
How were you able to have your trance skills fill so fast? I know there is the Kings Ring and a Sorcerer Augment that reduces cast time for skills but that charge up to max is way faster than any ive seen.
I didn't have Articulacy or the Wyrmkings ring equipped. The cast for Trance took about 6-7 seconds, which is the normal speed. This video below shows the skill as well with about the same time.
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The ring and the augment are the only way to increase the speed. With a 7 second base, it would probably only take off 1 second from the charge time with both present.
The Elemental Riposte charge times are much quicker, you may have visually mixed them up for a moment in the video.
Why do you only attack twice in a row? Why not use the whole chain available?
Hey nihil, I currently have I character who's vocation I want to change to mystic knight. I've already started the game with this character and did 1-10 as strider, then went up to level 44 as an assassin. What do you suggest I do???
hmmmm, maybe get 20 or 30 levels as Sorcerer, and then go MK the rest of the way. Get the Clout augment from Warrior, and the Acuity augment from Sorcerer. you will be set
Magic Knight is my favorite because i like bashing heads in with the mace.
wait so why does abyssal anguish lower the damage of great cannon? i thought it added magic damage, not replaced it with the shield's magic damage
21:47 so you lose magic attack with abyssal anguish?