Soul Skewer

Soul Skewer is a skill available in Dragon's Dogma.

Description[]

"An advanced form of Flesh Skewer. Pins the target with the blade for an extended time and pelts them with blows.."

An advanced version of Flesh Skewer; in Dark Arisen, becomes Fate Skewer with a suitable Fighter's Ring or Fighter's Band equipped.

Continuously press the skill button for the follow on hits.
Attempting to use this on large enemies will produce only the stabbing animation without pinning the target nor unleashing the barrage of hits to the pinned target.
- A few of the larger creatures that can be skewered include Giant Saurians, Poisoned Undead and Skeleton Brutes.

When the final hit connects knockdown is usually guaranteed.
- This makes it particularly useful against resilient foes such as Undead.
- This knockdown throws the enemy backwards. Thus, this skill can be a reliable way of throwing enemies off of high places.
- Additional targets may be knocked down if are close enough to be hit by the "release kick".
- Skill spam effectively allows one to pin an important target in place to allow the party to inflict damage.

Only first and last hits are strong.
- The first strike is the same strength across all three tiers of skill.
- The final strike has slightly higher base attack for Fate skewer than the other two lower tier skills.
The multiple stabs have modest strength - comparable in scaling to the multiple strikes of Sheltered Assault, Compass Slash, or Heavenward Lash. (see Skill Multiplier Data for details).
- Generally the 'Skewer' skills have lower rate of damage than Sheltered Assault and related skills.

Pawns will complete the full number of strikes on a foe even if it is already obviously dead..
Medium-sized enemies struck with this skill will end up partially in the floor for the duration of it. This is a purely visual error and has no consequences.
Warning! Character using the skill is vulnerable to attacks from other enemies while doing so.