The best skills for each Vocation in Dragon’s Dogma 2

As you level up your Vocations and character in Dragon’s Dogma 2, you will earn XP and Dcp. The former will contribute to you leveling up and passively getting stronger, while the latter needs to be spent on unlocking new skills for your current Vocation. There are 10 total Vocations you can eventually unlock and use, and each one has a dozen or more skills to unlock and test out, and yet you can only use four at any given time. That’s a lot of possible skills to try out and potentially waste your DCP on. Instead, we’ll help you min-max your build right from the start by recommending the best skills you should get for each and every Vocation in the game.

Best skills

The best skill will vary for each Vocation based on what role they are most suited to in combat. Some skills can be upgraded to better versions as you level up your Vocation, so check back in the skills menu every so often to make sure you’re using the best version available.

Fighter

Airward Slash — Fighters are limited in range, but Airward Slash gives you an option to at least attempt to attack flying enemies with this leaping strike.

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Gouging Skewer — Great for targets of all sizes, this move has you impale your sword into an enemy and mercilessly assail them. If it is done against a large foe, you also automatically grab onto them.

Archer

Torrent Shot — This move makes you immobile but fires off a near-constant stream of arrows at an increasing rate as you tap the button.

Exploding Shot — If you like sticky bombs in other games, this is effectively that. You fire off an arrow that sticks to whatever it hits and explodes either after a short time or if it is attacked. Great for knocking down unstable enemies.