The Magick Archer is one of three Hybrid vocations in Dragon's Dogma. Hybrid vocations are exclusive to your main character, the Arisen. It costs 1,500 Discipline Points (DP) to switch to this vocation, then costs nothing to switch back to it later after the initial purchase.
Description
Equipped with magick bows, the Magick Archer is a class that weaves sorcery into every shot from their bow, ensuring that they always hit their mark. Magick Archers also blend sorcery into their daggers as well, making them a deadly class up close or from afar.
- Secondary Weapon: Magick Bow
- Primary Offensive stat: Magick
- Armor: Magick Archers have access to amongst the widest range of armors of all vocations - almost all general melee and spellcaster pieces can be worn - only a few heavy armor items restricted to sword users only cannot be equipped. There are three armor sets wholly or nearly wholly restricted to this class alone: the Novice's Armor Set, the Raptor Armor Set, and the Holy Armor Set.
Strengths and Role
Magick Archer discharging magick arrows.
Magick Arrows: Magick Archers have fused magick into their very bows, allowing them to fire magickal arrows. The basic damage of the bow will affect Phantoms and their cousins.
Homing Shots: Magick bows lock onto enemies within the targeting reticle either on the ground or through the air, automatically aiming with pinpoint accuracy.
Mystical Daggers: Magick Archers are able to weave their sorcery into their daggers, allowing for spectacular magickal attacks.
Elemental Attacks: Magick bows skills are naturally infused with an element (Ice, Fire, etc) and allow for immediate access to an enemy's particular weakness. A regular shot from a magic bow deals pure magick damage, not physical like from normal bows.
Short Special Skill Cast Time: The Dagger and Magick Bow skills of the Magick Archer charge slightly faster than those of normal Magick spells. The Wyrmking's Ring and the Articulacy augment will shorten charge times even further.
High Mobility: The Magick Archer is the only vocation that can either double jump OR levitate. When wielding daggers they can double jump and dodge roll which make them highly maneuverable on the battlefield. If wielding a staff, they can use levitate to bridge large gaps inaccessible to double jumps. Certain treasure chests and hidden areas are ONLY reachable by levitating.
Versatility: The Magick Archer can easily adapt to fight off a variety of enemies and provide much needed support to the party. The Magick Archer's available skills can suit any playstyle. Magick Archers are also able to wield all elements at once, provided you choose the correct skills, thereby making it easy to exploit elemental weaknesses. They also have skills suited to both fighting a single strong enemy and skills for crowd control.
High Magick Defense Growth: Magick Archers have a high Magick Defense growth making them resilient to magick attacks. Above level 100 they overtake the Sorcerer and Mage in highest Magick Defense growth. (Not true in Dark Arisen, the Magick Archer's Stat Growth has been adjusted.)
Living Armor: While Living Armor can be a headache for most other vocations to deal with, the Magick Archer's Ninefold Bolt can finish them faster and more easily than any other skill in the game. As few as 4 shots from a considerable distance can slay Living Armor in under 20 seconds, without a single bruise on the Arisen or pawns.
Weaknesses
Silence: If Silenced, Magick Archers will not be able to use magic bow skills or magic oriented dagger skills, however they can inflict magick damage with their bow using the single shot, and physical based dagger skills such as Cutting Wind will still be active.
No Other Arrows: Cannot use special arrows (like Blast or Silencer arrows) or the Maker's Finger.
Necessity of Magic: Strength of magic bow and most magic dagger skills comes from magic damage instead of physical damage. Physical damage comes from basic dagger attacks and some dagger skills.
Slow rate of fire: Basic shots from Magic Bows are executed more slowly than the short bow and long bow. Their skills are also slower to charge than the other Ranged classes. Carrying the Wyrmking's Ring and equipping the Articulacy augment will shorten skill charging times considerably.
High Stamina Consumption: The quick execution of some skills and the high use of stamina from others can leave the Magick Archer vulnerable while waiting for stamina to recharge. No augment reduces magic bow skill stamina usage.
Less Precision: While Magick Bows are able to seek out and hit targets reliably, regular bow shots are restricted by what they can lock on to. Individual parts of larger enemies can still be targeted, like the head of a Drake, but the targeting reticle will not lock on to the horn directly. Other enemies (like Gorecyclopes) can flail about and defy the target lock, making the Arisen hit another body part instead. For many smaller enemies, the reticle targets the torso so the bow cannot be directly at the head.
Golems: Their weak spots are immune to Magick arrows. The Magick Archer must use daggers to attack them.
Low Attack Power: Of all available Vocations the Magick Archer has the lowest stat growth for attack power.
Skills
Augments: 35,000 DP
Core: 16,000 DP
Dagger Skills: 33,500 DP
Magick Bow Skills: 51,900 DP
Staff Skills: 23,100 DP
Total: 159,500 DP
Skills in bold are unique to the Magick Archer.
Skills in italics can only be obtained via skill rings found in Dark Arisen.
Dagger Skills:
| Skill | Element | Rank | DP | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Kisses | None | Already learned | - | Concentrates a flurry of slashes on a single point, easily shredding foes with meager endurance. |
| Biting Wind | None | 1 | 200 | Dashes past the target with blades extended, delivering slashes that can be followed with further attacks on contacs. |
| Sunburst | Fire | 1 | 300 | Kicking downward, plunges the blades into the earth, channeling magick so that a pillar of flame erupts directly ahead. |
| Toss and Trigger | Fire, Physical | 3 | 700 | Steps in with blade strike that sends the target aloft. Additional button presses throw and detonate a store of powder. |
| Scension | Holy | 3 | 1,100 | Imbues daggers with magick before an upward slash sends forth a shockwave. Saps foes' Health with holy power. Hold the assigned button to incant, release it to deploy. |
| Sunflare | Fire | 3 | 1,100 | An advanced form of Sunburst that creates an even larger pillar of flame. |
| Cutting Wind | None | 4 | 900 | An advanced form of Biting Wind. Slashes past the target, appending more strikes to the onslaught upon connecting with foe. |
| Dazzle Hold | None | 4 | 900 | Casts a firework explosive into the fray that stuns nearby foes. |
| Reset | None | 4 | 900 | Returns the user to a neutral stance, eliminating openings caused by other actions. |
| Shadowpin | Dark | 4 | 1,500 | Plunges the blades into the ground to form a magick sigil that traps enemies within its confines. Hold the assigned button to incant, release it to deploy. |
| Advanced Trigger | Fire, Physical | 5 | 1,200 | An advanced form of Toss and Trigger that both strengthens the upward slash and broadens the subsequent blast. |
| Grand Scension | Holy | 5 | 2,000 | An advanced form of Scension that extends the shockwave's reach. |
| Magick Rebuffer | Holy | 5 | 2,000 | Plunges the blades downward to form a magick sigil that improves Magick Defenses except when facing the undead. hold the assigned button to incant, release to deploy. |
| Shadowshackle | Dark | 6 | 2,500 | An advanced form of Shadowpin that extends the effective range of the sigil and persists for a longer period of time. |
| Dazzle Blast | None | 7 | 2,000 | An advanced form of Dazzle Hold that tosses an explosive crafted to stun foes within a broader radius. |
| Hundred Kisses | None | 7 | 2,000 | An advanced form of Scarlet Kisses that focuses a quick flurry of slashes on a single point, allowing for more strikes. |
| Instant Reset | None | 7 | 2,000 | An advanced form of Reset employable even while under attack that returns the user to a neutral stance, eliminating openings caused by other actions. |
| Backfire | Fire, Physical | 7 | 3,200 | Sets the user's body ablaze, eroding their own life but also causing harm to all they touch. Press the assigned button to light, press it again to extinguish. |
| Magick Rebalancer | Holy | 8 | 4,000 | An advanced form of Magick Rebuffer that boosts the beneficiary's Magick as well, save when facing the undead. |
| Immolation | Fire, Physical | 9 | 5,000 | An advanced form of Backfire that harms the user less while ablaze. |
| Thousand Kisses | None | Requires Daggerist's Ring/Band | - | An advanced form of Hundred Kisses that heightens the speed and number of slashes in the flurry. |
| Shearing Wind | None | Requires Daggerist's Ring/Band | - | An advanced form of Cutting Wind that increase the attack range, the amount of strikes, and the speed of dash. |
| Shadowsnare | Dark | Requires Magick Archer's Ring/Band | - | An advanced form of Shadowshackle that expands both the range and duration of its enemy-trapping sigil. |
| Flameshroud | Fire, Physical | Requires Magick Archer's Ring/Band | - | An advanced form of Immolation that erodes even less of the user's life yet extends the duration of the flames. |
Magick Bow Skills:
| Skill | Element | Rank | DP | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Threefold Bolt | Ice | Already learned | - | Fires three magickal arrows at a single target. |
| Seeker Bolt | Holy | 1 | 300 | Fires magickal arrows that seek out their targets. Up to five foes can be targeted at once. |
| Hunter Bolt | Holy | 3 | 1,100 | An advanced form of Seeker Bolt that allows up to ten foes to be targeted at once. |
| Magickal Flare | Holy | 3 | 1,100 | Fires an arrow of magickal light to illuminate the area. The flash it creates surprises foes and damages the undead. |
| Ricochet Seeker | Lightning | 4 | 1,500 | Looses a magickal arrow that increases in power as it ricochets towards its target. Quite effective in cramped quarters. |
| Sixfold Bolt | Ice | 4 | 1,500 | An advanced form of Threefold Bolt that fires still more arrows. |
| Funnel Trail | Dark | 5 | 2,000 | Looses a magickal arrow that draws in nearby lightweight foes. |
| Magickal Gleam | Holy | 5 | 2,000 | An advanced form of Magickal Flare that illuminates a broader area for a longer period of time. |
| Explosive Bolt | Fire | 6 | 2,500 | Fires a magickal arrow that remains lodged in the target for a time, which explodes when struck with a blow. |
| Ricochet Hunter | Lightning | 6 | 2,500 | An advanced form of Ricochet Seeker that fires three magickal arrows. |
| Bracer Arrow | Holy | 7 | 3,200 | Looses a magickal arrow that fortifies an ally against reeling from enemy blows for a time. |
| Ward Arrow | Holy | 7 | 3,200 | Looses a magickal arrow that makes an ally impervious to all manner of debilitations for a time. |
| Explosive Rivet | Fire | 8 | 4,000 | An advanced form of Explosive Bolt that remains lodged in its target for a longer period of time and causes more damage. |
| Vortex Trail | Dark | 8 | 4,000 | An advanced form of Funnel Trail that persists for a longer period of time and boasts an expanded range. |
| Great Bracer Arrow | Holy | 9 | 5,000 | An advanced form of Bracer Arrow that bolsters the whole party's resistance to enemy blows. |
| Great Ward Arrow | Holy | 9 | 5,000 | An advanced form of Ward Arrow that protects the entire party from debilitations. |
| Sacrifical Bolt | Dark | 9 | 5,500 | Summons forth the ultimate magickal bolt at the cost of one pawn's life. Time slows while the user is aiming. |
| Great Sacrifice | Dark | 9 | 7,500 | An advanced form of Sacrificial Bolt that boasts greater destructive power and slows time further while aiming. |
| Ninefold Bolt | Ice | Requires Magick Bowman's Ring/Band | - | An advanced form of Sixfold Bolt that fires yet more arrows. |
| Magickal Radiance | Holy | Requires Magick Bowman's Ring/Band | - | An advanced form of Magickal Gleam that further extends the breadth and duration of the magickal light. |
| Explosive Volley | Fire | Requires Magick Bowman's Ring/Band | - | An advanced form of Explosive Rivet that fires additional magickally explosives arrows. |
Staff Skills:
| Skill | Element | Rank | DP | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingle | Fire | Already learned | - | Looses a ball of fire that explodes upon contact, engulfing both the target and surrounding foes. |
| Frazil | Ice | 1 | 200 | Creates a concentrated field of cold in front of the user that freezes solid whatever enemies it visits. |
| Levin | Lightning | 1 | 200 | Smites the enemy from abovde with tongues of lightning. Especially effective at driving foes out of hiding. |
| High Ingle | Fire | 3 | 700 | An advanced form of Ingle that looses a number of fiery projectiles that explode on contact. |
| High Frazil | Ice | 3 | 700 | An advanced form of Frazil that creates an expanded field of cold around the user that deals ice damage to those it touches. |
| High Levin | Lightning | 3 | 700 | An advanced form of Levin that smites foes with multiple lighting bolts from above. |
| Comestion | Fire | 5 | 1,400 | Generates a towering wall of flame; though only modest in power, it ignites adversaries with ease. |
| Frigor | Ice | 5 | 1,400 | Generates a giant chunk of ice that can serve as a stepping stone. |
| Brontide | Lightning | 5 | 1,400 | Wraps the users body in a whip-like bolt of lightning capable of damaging foes. (Attack with heavy and light attacks, press Jump to cancel) |
| Perdition | Dark | 6 | 3,500 | Invokes a magickal sigil that curses foes who enter it. |
| High Comestion | Fire | 7 | 1,800 | An advanced form of Comestion that invokes an even longer wall of flame easily able to ignite foes. |
| High Frigor | Ice | 7 | 1,800 | An advanced form of Frigor that generates three spires of ice. The last one can serve as a stepping stone. |
| High Brontide | Lightning | 7 | 1,800 | An advanced form of Brontide that calls forth a longer-lasting whip of lightning that drops more bolts when dismissed. |
| High Perdition | Dark | 7 | 7,500 | An advanced form of Perdition that invokes a larger, longer lasting fog that curses foes who enter. |
| Grand Ingle | Fire | Requires Staff-Bearer's Ring/Band | - | An advanced form of High Ingle that looses a greater number of fiery projectiles that explode on contact. |
| Grand Levin | Lightning | Requires Staff-Bearer's Ring/Band | - | An advanced form of High Levin that smites foe with an even greater number of lightning bolts. |
| Grand Frigor | Ice | Requires Staff-Bearer's Ring/Band OR Mage's Ring/Band | - | An advanced form of High Frigor that generates an even greater quantity of icy spires. |
| Grand Brontide | Lightning | Requires Staff-Bearer's Ring/Band OR Mage's Ring/Band | - | An advanced form of High Brontide that erodes less Stamina and periodically drops lightning bolts around the user. |
Core Skills:
| Weapon | Skill | Rank | DP | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magick Bow | Seeker | Already learned | - | Fire magical arrows with additional properties. Loses effectiveness with distance. Hold Left Bumper/L1 and press Right Trigger/R2. |
| Magick Bow | True Seeker | 6 | 4,000 | An advanced form of Seeker that boasts improved seeking capabilities. Hold Left Bumper/L1 and press Right Trigger/R2. |
| Dagger | Carve | Already learned | - | Continuous attacks with a dagger. Press X/Square repeatedly. |
| Dagger | Two Step | Already learned | - | A two-level stabbing strike straight forward. Press Y/Triangle. |
| Dagger | Vault | Already learned | - | Executes a jump to a higher location. Press A/X. |
| Dagger | Roundelay | 1 | 600 | An advanced form of Two-Step that appends a whirling slash to victims. Hold Y/Triangle. |
| Dagger | Engrave | 1 | 800 | An advanced form of a Carve that includes kicks after a flurry of dagger blows to strike at a broader range. |
| Dagger | Double Vault | 5 | 1,800 | An advanced form of Vault that kicks at the air to propel the user in a second leap. |
| Dagger | Forward Roll | 5 | 2,200 | Curls forward into a tumble effective as an evasive maneuver. Hold Right Bumper and press X/A. |
| Staff | Feather Jump | Already learned | - | A light jump. More effective when grabbing to platforms or rocks. Press X/A. |
| Staff | Magick Billow | Already learned | - | Swing your staff downward to stagger the enemy. Follow-up attacks can send the enemy to the ground. Press Y/Triangle and again for follow-up. |
| Staff | Magick Bolt | Already learned | - | Launches a magick bolt from your staff. Press repeatedly for additional effect. Can add elemental effect via enchantments. Press X/Square repeatedly. |
| Staff | Levitate | 2 | 600 | An advanced form of Feather Jump that mitigates gravity's pull, enabling a gentle landing even from great heights. Hold X/A in mid-jump. |
| Staff | Focused Bolt | 6 | 3,000 | An advanced form of Magick Bolt. Focuses the user's active enchantment into a powerful burst that can be fired from the ground or air. Hold the X/Square button until the staff charges (it "pops"), then release. |
| Staff | Magick Agent | 6 | 3,000 | An advanced form of Magick Billow. Conjures spheres of magickal energy around the user to attack encroaching foes. Also employable from mid-air. |
Augments:
| Skill | Rank | DP | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detection | 2 | 1,000 | Expands one's field of vision, more easily revealing unknown areas of the map |
| Potential | 2 | 1,000 | Increases your maximum Stamina by 100 |
| Resilience | 6 | 4,000 | Halves damage received from falling, though it still doesn't save you from death. |
| Allure | 8 | 7,000 | Doubles the increase in affinity when you give items to non-pawns |
| Regeneration | 8 | 7,000 | Causes your HP to slowly return over time at 1 HP every 3 seconds |
| Magnitude | 9 | 7,500 | "Increases the effect when you debilitate adversaries with the Five Archmagicks." - only affects spells with debilitation as their primary effect |
| Resistance | 9 | 7,500 | Reduces cumulative damage when you are debilitated by non-Archmagick |
Stats
Stat Growth
| HP | Stamina | Attack | Defense | Magick Attack | Magick Defense | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lvl 10+ | 21 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Lvl 100+ | 10 | 10 | 0 (1)[1] | 0 | 1 | 3 (2)[1] |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Parenthesis enclosed values are changes from Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen.
Non-Arisen Magick Archers
Pawns may not learn the Magick Archer vocation, though some other humans have done so. Ophis wields a Magick Bow, and a Magick Archer is encountered in the Bluemoon tower during The Wyrmking's Ring quest (on top of the exterior stairs, on a wall). Some more experience bandits, such as found in the Cursewood and in the Pastona Cavern have mastered the magick bow.
In Dark Arisen, Corrupted Pawns in Bitterblack Isle may also be Magick Archers, as seen in The Pilgrim's Gauntlet.
Notes
- Because the Magick Archer, like the Mystic Knight, uses both physical and magickal skills, the Magick Archer is not left without skills if subjected to Silence or Skill Stifling.
- Magick Archer's have access to a wide variety of armor and robes - three armor sets can be said to be Magick Archer specific - the Novice's Armor Set, Raptor Armor Set, and Holy Armor Set
Bows
- An enchanted magick bow does not affect the properties of spell cast with it, similar to the elements of spells cast with Staffs or Archistaves .
- Magick Archer bow spells are capable of 'locking on' to one or multiple targets via a targetting sigil, similar to staff spells. This, as well as the Magical Gleam skill, makes Magick Archers effective while fighting in darkness.*Excluding the core skill Seeker all bow spells are enchanted with one of the Five Archmagicks, indicated by the color of the charging bolt and its targeting sigil.
- Threefold Bolt and similar spells uses ice magick and can inflict frozen.
- Explosive Bolt and similar spells is enchanted with fire magick and can inflict burning.
- Ricochet Seeker and similar spells fire lightning enchanted bolts which may cause Thundershock.
- All the Magick Archer's healing and curative bow spells are holy based.
- Funnel Trail based magic arrow bolts, and Sacrificial Bolt and its variants use dark magic.
- Enemies can be sniped with magick bow spells beyond the targetting distance if correctly aimed, and assisted by the augment Trajectory.
- Sacrificial Bolt (or Great Sacrifice) has sufficient power to damage even usually magick resistant enemies, such as Golemns.
- Magickal Flare can generally only damages Undead (including skeletons and ghosts), but has an additional use in providing a bright illumination.
- Ward Arrow and related bow spells grant impervious, and so protect from all debilitations for a time.
- Magick Bolt damage is generally unnaffected by distance - though after a certain travel the spell dissapates. The augment trajectory extends the range of the magick bow.
Daggers
- Since Magick Bows can only inflict magickal damage it may be a good idea to equip strong physically based dagger skills for use against magick resistant enemies. In addition, this set-up will serve as a useful fallback when Silenced during battle.
- By combining Double Vault and Sunflare it is possible to extend the Arisen's jump further to land on otherwise unreachable ledges . For more detials see Sunflare.
- Magick Rebalancer allows the Arisen to boost the entire party's Magick and Magick Defense with a similar effect to drinking both a Decoction of Bandlily and a Salomet's Secret at the same time - but with no heavy items to carry.
- After felling a large enemy, such as a Cyclops, it is possible to heal any grey health with the Scension based dagger spells whilst the corpse is decomposing.
Trivia
The Equipment of the Magick Archer in the Change Vocation Menu is:
- Weapons: Magian Crutch and Thunderclap
- Torso: Brigandine Jerkin and Hunter's Jacket
- Arms: Bronze Bangles
- Legs: Braided Hosen and Raptor Cuisses
- Cloak: Ebon Neck Wrap
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