Had this game in my library for about 6 months saying gotta play b4 dd2 or I'll never play it. It's Pretty impressive considering I played the demo on 360. Game was ahead of its time. I'm hoping for a dodge roll in the 2nd iteration tho ha.
Strider is by far my favorite vocation, I will be bummed out if it's not in DD2. Anyways Here's my build. It's mainly about attacking but with aside of exploration. 1. Dagger skills: Mad Dash (or Hundred Kisses), Leaping Stone, and Brain Splitter - MD: It's just go to destinations quicker, I'm all about speed (sometimes I change it for HK for damage). - LS: It's good skill to fling low weight enemies into the air. But you can use this skill on grabbable or destroyable objects to get an extra boost and reach certain places you're not meant to reach in normal gameplay. - BS: Pure damage and works well with LS. Also if you do the skill when going down an edge or a big fall you don't take 0 damage. Just make sure to not actually press the jump button, the skill does a jump in the animation. 2. Bow Skills: Mighty Bend, Fivefold Fury, and Fracture Dart (or Downpour Volley) - MB: To brind down big beast, mainly winged enemies - FFF: Pure Damage, works really good with Blast Arrows - FD or DPV: Works to do distance damage
Min/max really stemmed from base DD before the dlc came out. The gear in BBI outshines the need to min max at all. The only time it really becomes a potentially worthwhile endeavor is hard mode, since stamina cost is increased and enemies are harder to stagger. They also deal more damage. But realistically, you only need to min/max health and stamina, and maybe some defenses too. Attack will come mostly from BBI gear and periphats. I'm currently debating on whether or not I wanna 100% DD before 2 comes out, but we will see. Great video!
Just came here from your best vocations tier list. Have been looking for a clear and simple to follow guide like this for awhile. Hope you put out Dragons Dogma 2 content like this cause I'm gana be looking for it!
Stepping/Leaping Stone triggers the Strider's jumping damage augment. And it's a great dash/interupt skill that is HIGHLY underutilized. Leaping Stone into Brain Splitter is hilariously broken 😅
I use strider as my base for everything. Since the biggest chunk of your stats comes from gear you can do all 200 levels as strider for balanced stats that slightly favor offense. Useing that as a base lets you gear for any other class easily. If you are enjoying climbing try out an immolation build on magick archer
Magick archer is the next big build I am going to set up. I have played the crap out of it but not optimized armor and stats yet. (Still can't get the ring for upgrading 6 fold bolt...)
@@SheenShots nice. Highly recommend going with strider leveling for MA just for the balanced str and magic. Max strength will give you more mileage on immolation but leaves your arrows feeling a bit weak imo
A good defensive alternative to this is starting fighter, then level 10 to 18 as warrior, then mystic knight all the way to cap. gives exactly 5k hp which is nice for anyone who's OCD with health numbers, and only around 50 or so less strength, it does have much less stamina, but since max stamina doesn't change stamina regen, you pass the point where more stamina matters pretty quick.
@@tlotpwist3417 ranger favors stamina which is best for rangers using the big gamble skill. I may have the name wrong but the skill burns all your stamina for huge damage. The more stamina the better. MA really comes down to preference. Leveling as a strider entirely or min maxing in any other way only changes your clear time of mobs slightly. I like to change vocations and hunt gear sets for multiple vocations in a single playthrough so always lean into strider for the balanced stats
level 1-10 as fighter and 10-200 as assassin for highest attack stat possible. Max strength bonus gear is Dragonroar helm slot, Marshall Bracers clothing, Golden Belt body armor, Silk Tights (for resistance mostly). Assault Boots, Assailants Bracers, and sovereigns Mantle.
@@hugodogobob If you want a hybrid build with high stats all around strider is not it. 1-10 mage, 10-97 assassin, 98-200 as sorcerer and you will have 3570 HP, 4114 Stamina, 606 strength, 605 Magic, 264 defense, and 309 mag defense. and yes stats matter since most of the stat boosting augments are % based.
@@cerebrallag7672 finally someone who has a brain of there own. All the people saying stats don’t matter are slow af. If stats don’t matter take one of those lvl 5 pawns to bitterblack island versus one of your max lvl pawns and let’s see who goes down first. I’ll wait..😂
Mystic Knight. I like having sword and magic. plus it rips through everything in seconds. Done a few playthroughs this week got all my dragon forged gear ready to tackle BBI tonight. I don't think I ever actually beat Daimon the last time i played a few years ago..
Gloves of might do nothing for strider (just like adhesion augment) since they have innate faster climbing speed and innate dmg bonus when climbing. Those gloves are meant for all other classes that wanna climb.
the insane power bonus from BBI gear and weapons means min-maxing isn't necessary. in the OG game, before Dark Arisen, min-maxing was more necessary since the best weapons were worse(Dragon weapons were buffed with Dark Arisen) and there weren't any BBI rings and gear for crazy stat buff.
Armor in dragons dogma is really just cosmetic. Magic gets a lot more boosts, but I typically just find myself rocking the most solid fit I can make. I find 2 barbed nails to be by far the best accessories in the game, even better than skill upgrades in a lot of cases. Especially for strider, a lot of tougher enemies get a lot weaker once staggered, or their weak spots a lot more accessible. The faster you stagger an enemy often equates to killing them faster, sometimes even more than damage rings would provide. Doesn’t make a huge difference either way though, and more damage is better for a lot of the smaller enemies. I’d take an augment other than ferocity as I find myself never using the basic attacks. Autonomy going solo is an easy pick, but I’d just replace it with a QOL augment otherwise. Also, min/maxing is absolutely pointless. Nihil0.0 did a great video on the topic, but the gist of it is that the stamina you get from leveling classes other than the most optimal damage growth gets you much better damage in anything other than the immediate short term. Most of your stats are coming from weapons and augments. Full physical leveling and then playing sorcerer is still shred everything in the game, with maybe a somewhat non-negligible difference than actually leveling magic.
Not really cosmetic in some sense because armor in dragon's dogma still give physical/magik/debilitation resistances like the endgame armor set (you would have probable grinded in BBI) give almost full immunity to debilitations/elemental damage/even knockdowns. It really just depends on you if you want to sacrifice these stats for fashion which is totally cool.
So basically use armor as defense and fashion more than for stats. I really like the stats, tbh, because its fun to have extra bonuses, but most of them are so minimal. Only major ones are the boots and the climbing gloves. At least for this build.
@@SheenShots I'm not really recommending armor only for fashion, armor stats can still significantly improve survivability/sometimes damage but still having the armor of your choice for fashion (but still is upgraded) can still work. I'm just saying that if you look cool in it but still has defense it would still probably work. I love the full shadow armor set because of the debilitation and knockdown resistance. It does not give damage like what you have in your build but more survivability causes more overall damage too right?
@@SheenShots basically yeah. Stats are minimal but can be a nice bonus. Armor doesn’t really matter much in my experience. Even the weakest armors will provide you with enough defense when fully upgraded. Daimon’s big kill move are going to deal a ton of damage no matter what you got on. Maybe you’ll be able to take an extra hit or 2 from them, but I personally don’t really care for the difference. Debilitations are the biggest thing to look for. Skill stifling can be a real pain in the ass to avoid, and petrification is just really annoying.
Everyone keeps mentioning this Nilhil video about min/maxing but none of y’all are taking into consideration is when building for a specific purpose you will in fact get a better build and will be more optimal in the end. Why would you get a better build because you’re wasting less stats. For instance for a strider building for attack and stamina defense will always grant you a better build then someone who doesn’t care about stats. The exact same thing applies to defensive stats if you put in enough effort you will be immortal to everything but death. In his video he chose to put the test to the extremes by going full in one class and calling it min/max . When in fact the way he built it wasn’t smart. Most min/max players would have taken that into consideration 😂. His test was hella flawed.
That settles it. I'm doing most of my lvl ups as a Strider. I want to climb monsters and it seems like the best class to do it and stat-wise it's not going to be much of a problem to switch later to, let's say a magick archer. Plenty depends on gear and as a Strider I already will have most of the stuff also useful for Magick Archer anyway.
If you level up mostly as strider you can easily switch to any class and play very well. It is probably the best class for just general play and its easy to switch into magick archer afterwards like you said.
My tip for fighting spirits when you build is pure physical Is always carry throwblast or blast arrow They do good damage to spirits Or if want some good magic based dagger I suggest getting heavens key or sapfire daggers Heavens key is a holy imbued weapon obtainable via ur dragon via late game Sapfire daggers is a fire imbued weapon obtainable in BBI If you ask me a question which is easier to obtain Personally heavens key is easier Just bring a fuckton of blast arrow and conquerors periapt It might take you 2 days if you dont make much damage but its easier than going to BBI trying your luck that might take you days
What would make a good Pawn to go with this build? Something with fast magic attacks, I presume. There isn’t a need for magic debilitations given the effective use of the player’s torper. Still, I’m unsure who to build along with this Stider build.
Fighter. A well build fighter will keep enemies off of you so your bow attacks and hit letting you move in after. As long as you have one mage to back you up for healing a main fighter pawn will dominate here.
Heya, got dd1 several years ago but dindt start to play it since a few days. Im ofc hooked 😅 My question is: With this build I have to go fighter vication at start of the game, then at lvl 10 switch weapons for daggers and bow and go all out to max lvl? I got a char lvl 11 which im only strider with since start. Thanks for nice vids!
one thing that is never once mentioned is what you brought up with min maxing. i had literally no clue that leveling with a vocation gives specific stats. so yeah just wasted a ton of leveling maxing several vocations. nearly level 50 but hey at least i only maxed magic archer ranger assassin and strider. so at least i got a lot of stats for the build i want.
Don't worry too much about Min Maxing though. It is better to simply have fun and play the classes you want. Equipment makes up for any stat difference once you get the higher level weapons.
Would love if you could make a favorite vocation for a beginner video or help me find one if you do already :))))) or does it not really matter in the long run and they are easy to get used to?
Hey sheen question, what do you think of that statue in monsoon represents? Is the statue of three bronze voluptuous women climbing out of an onyx tree towards a light.
Strider without leaping stone is a no no. Also, cloudspour volley and fractured dart is better than everything the ranger has except from tenfold (and MAYBE great gamble).
I mean yes and no. Mighty bend (strider/assassin) and Comet Shot (ranger) are significantly better for consistent knockdowns, especially on hard mode, and knockdowns are pretty imperative on hard mode.
Strider's a lot of Fun ;) ATM i go for pure DMG. Me as a Ranger, a Ranger Pawn, a Strider Pawn nad my Pawn as Sroc. If Stuff ded Stuff no do DMG to you. Works rly well in Hardmode too. And for 100% you can change yourself from Ranger to Strider and fuck everything up :)
I just bought the game. So in order to play the best Strider possible, I have to level to 10 as a Fighter and then reach max level as Assassin? So I have to reach max level with a different class to play the class I wanted to play all along? Did I get that right? Because it doesn't seem right to me.
I made a warrior build up to level 55, switched to ranger until level 100 and now a strider until I reach level 200 to get a hard hitting tank strider I still like ranger a little bit more though
Don't worry about this too much as stats don't really need to be focused on. But you play as fighter until you reach Gran Soren. Then once your character reaches level ten you play as assassin until max level. The vocations themselves will level up as you go, but that's how you get the most levels. Then once fully leveled up, you play strider and you have the most strength possible. But this requires mostly playing as assassin so just mess around with each vocation and then settle on strider whenever you are ready to main it.
Rusted weapons can be upgraded to 3 stars. At that point they gain a debuff called torpor. Which applies an aggressive slow to every enemy in just a few arrows. This affects EVERYTHING including dragons so its really useful.
i personally love playing as ranger, for me is the best class in the game, insane couverage with arrows + damage, you'll only suffer with the same enemys as a strider
All of them are great is the issue (warrior and mage being on the lower end in my opinion.) For me magick archer is too good to pass up as you can have the advantage against any enemy. Strider is king when you want to climb enemies more often, and ranger is the ultimate bow and arrow character. But magick archer hits the sweet spot every time.
kinda odd to use footage of the game on normal difficulty. if you're using the most broken skill in the game, i think you can bump up the difficulty slider a bit ;)
Well I thought about it, but from what I can find enemies don't get more health on hard. They just make your stamina drain faster and you take much more damage. Which sounds like a nightmare lol. More fair I guess, but brutal.
Each of the vocations gain different stats when leveling up. Assassin = more strength Sorcerer = more magic Strider = more stamina So you would select different vocations to level up with more often so you get the most in whatever stat you want. Due to DLC weapons this is not necessary and you can feel free to play with any vocation you want at any time. Min/ maxing (getting the least of stats you don't want and most of stats you do) is only for those who want to make the most efficient builds. My build here I played with all of the vocations before reaching level 200, and still obliterated enemies with a full strength build.
other iteration is... if you would go for max assassin (or highest phys dmg as possible) means. youll be getting the minimum amount of magic dmg (by leveling up) increasing your stamina to the max (ranger) would mean, youll probably get the least amount of hp by leveling up. etc
Bro I just got into this game a couple months ago and it’s been great but the BBI RNG is ruining the experience hard. Only armor I’m missing is the oblivion hood and I’ve yet to get a single lvl 3 armor to drop any headgear. 90% leg armor and I’m really over it. I’d be less mad if it was completely random but I keep seeing online that it’s a scripted list with each new save. If that’s the case then what kid of bs list completely excludes one piece of armor but gives 8 legs in a row. Honestly the game is great but BBI is kind of trash.
The RNG of BBI gear is very poorly done I agree. I have a cool video idea for the skill rings about two months ago. Still have two rings to go and can't get them. Its a bit absurd if you are trying to get all the gear.
That's why I left that third skill open for anything. You really only afflict toropr and then brain splitter. Just because its more efficient. But if you want fracture dart on there there is definitely room for it.
Ultimate strider build: Step 1 Level 1 - 10 strider and 10 - 200 assassin for the stupid strenght boost Step 2 Remove pawns and get assassin augment, as well as fighter and warrior str augments Step 3 Acquire framae blades and 4 conq periapts Step 4 S P I N
this what i hate about games where end game you just spam one ability over and over... like i loved this game and like playing the rogue/thief class. I like the idea of being agile and flashy with daggers and positioning mattering to maximize damage. The game turns into either a spam one ability at end game or grab and spam one button and just slash a monster to death while holding on. That is my only gripe about this game. And was hoping they would steer away from that and make it more skill full than just that again. but even seeing the trailers looks like you get the jump spin right off the bat for thief and mounting and slashing repeated seems to be same memo.. sad...
The build is a brainsplitter build only. Considering its the striders most damaging skill, with the ring, its literally all you use. Other striders builds take on more variety, but I am telling you, there is no point in anything except Brain splitter with the ring. Its too good.
Optimal Min/Max Setup 1-10 Mage 10-97 Assassin 97-200 Sorcerer This will give you the highest split for magick and physical attack, over 3500 health, and over 4000 stamina. Your physical and magick defenses will be a bit low, but upgraded base game or end-game equipment easily solves that problem. For your pawn Fighter 1-10 Ranger 10-73 Warrior 73-100 Sorcerer 100-176 Ranger 176-199 Strider 200 This will give them 550 Phys and Magick attack, over 300 in defenses, and 4000 health/stamina. This is great if you want a pawn that can handle any class well. If you want a more strength based pawn, I recommend at least leveling up their magick attack stat to at least 300 for weapon buffing purposes.
I would like to point out that while the option to min/max exists, it doesn't really matter since end game/BBI gear is so damn powerful it can make up for any deficiencies you might have and then some. That said, I do recommend the pawn leveling scheme unless you want to go all in for physical or magick damage. For example, if you want a pure support mage. 10 levels mage, 3 levels sorcerer, 187 levels fighter. They will have more health and physical defense than you'll know what to do with. Pair with 2 ogre bone and augments that make it harder to get staggered while casting, and you'll have a mountain of a support pawn. In the end, though, gear, augments and skill setup matter more than base stats. The only difference between a standard or min/maxed ranger using 10 fold and blast arrows (all gear and augments being equal) is about a 2 seconds longer kill time for the non-min/maxed ranger.
There is no armor in this game, only Fashion's Dogma.
Actually their are two pieces of armor.
1. The sexy lingerie thong
2. Gloves of might
Wish there was transmog
Also keep some magic daggers around to help clear those spirits and Living armor
Great idea.
Sapfire Daggers says hi
I use on Magick Archer >D
Throwblast and blast arrow sends its regards
Who else is binging DD content while they wait for DD2??
Had this game in my library for about 6 months saying gotta play b4 dd2 or I'll never play it. It's Pretty impressive considering I played the demo on 360. Game was ahead of its time. I'm hoping for a dodge roll in the 2nd iteration tho ha.
I just restarted
Strider is by far my favorite vocation, I will be bummed out if it's not in DD2.
Anyways Here's my build. It's mainly about attacking but with aside of exploration.
1. Dagger skills: Mad Dash (or Hundred Kisses), Leaping Stone, and Brain Splitter
- MD: It's just go to destinations quicker, I'm all about speed (sometimes I change it for HK for damage).
- LS: It's good skill to fling low weight enemies into the air. But you can use this skill on grabbable or destroyable objects to get an extra boost and reach certain places you're not meant to reach in normal gameplay.
- BS: Pure damage and works well with LS. Also if you do the skill when going down an edge or a big fall you don't take 0 damage. Just make sure to not actually press the jump button, the skill does a jump in the animation.
2. Bow Skills: Mighty Bend, Fivefold Fury, and Fracture Dart (or Downpour Volley)
- MB: To brind down big beast, mainly winged enemies
- FFF: Pure Damage, works really good with Blast Arrows
- FD or DPV: Works to do distance damage
Min/max really stemmed from base DD before the dlc came out. The gear in BBI outshines the need to min max at all. The only time it really becomes a potentially worthwhile endeavor is hard mode, since stamina cost is increased and enemies are harder to stagger. They also deal more damage. But realistically, you only need to min/max health and stamina, and maybe some defenses too. Attack will come mostly from BBI gear and periphats.
I'm currently debating on whether or not I wanna 100% DD before 2 comes out, but we will see. Great video!
Just came here from your best vocations tier list. Have been looking for a clear and simple to follow guide like this for awhile. Hope you put out Dragons Dogma 2 content like this cause I'm gana be looking for it!
Awesome! Glad your enjoying the content and I am very excited to work on content for that game. Gann be quite the ride!
Stepping/Leaping Stone triggers the Strider's jumping damage augment. And it's a great dash/interupt skill that is HIGHLY underutilized. Leaping Stone into Brain Splitter is hilariously broken 😅
P.s. Loved the content 👌
I use strider as my base for everything. Since the biggest chunk of your stats comes from gear you can do all 200 levels as strider for balanced stats that slightly favor offense. Useing that as a base lets you gear for any other class easily. If you are enjoying climbing try out an immolation build on magick archer
Magick archer is the next big build I am going to set up. I have played the crap out of it but not optimized armor and stats yet. (Still can't get the ring for upgrading 6 fold bolt...)
@@SheenShots nice. Highly recommend going with strider leveling for MA just for the balanced str and magic. Max strength will give you more mileage on immolation but leaves your arrows feeling a bit weak imo
A good defensive alternative to this is starting fighter, then level 10 to 18 as warrior, then mystic knight all the way to cap. gives exactly 5k hp which is nice for anyone who's OCD with health numbers, and only around 50 or so less strength, it does have much less stamina, but since max stamina doesn't change stamina regen, you pass the point where more stamina matters pretty quick.
@@loganharvey8086 isnt Ranger a better balanced stats gains for MA?
@@tlotpwist3417 ranger favors stamina which is best for rangers using the big gamble skill. I may have the name wrong but the skill burns all your stamina for huge damage. The more stamina the better. MA really comes down to preference. Leveling as a strider entirely or min maxing in any other way only changes your clear time of mobs slightly. I like to change vocations and hunt gear sets for multiple vocations in a single playthrough so always lean into strider for the balanced stats
Sheen stop you gonna make me play this game again.
I am addicted to it rn lol. Just trying to get as much damage as possible in different vocations is really fun.
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level 1-10 as fighter and 10-200 as assassin for highest attack stat possible. Max strength bonus gear is Dragonroar helm slot, Marshall Bracers clothing, Golden Belt body armor, Silk Tights (for resistance mostly). Assault Boots, Assailants Bracers, and sovereigns Mantle.
Or for head slot you could wear Oblivion Helmet with the stat roll (increases strength when noticed by multiple enemies).
Nah full strider is the best for everyone. Balanced stat increases, stats don't matter much. Except they have more stamina than all but ranger.
@@hugodogobob If you want a hybrid build with high stats all around strider is not it. 1-10 mage, 10-97 assassin, 98-200 as sorcerer and you will have 3570 HP, 4114 Stamina, 606 strength, 605 Magic, 264 defense, and 309 mag defense. and yes stats matter since most of the stat boosting augments are % based.
Of course you dont need to lvl like and can lvl however you want. but if you want a perfect build there are specific ways you need to lvl.
@@cerebrallag7672 finally someone who has a brain of there own. All the people saying stats don’t matter are slow af. If stats don’t matter take one of those lvl 5 pawns to bitterblack island versus one of your max lvl pawns and let’s see who goes down first. I’ll wait..😂
Mystic Knight. I like having sword and magic. plus it rips through everything in seconds. Done a few playthroughs this week got all my dragon forged gear ready to tackle BBI tonight. I don't think I ever actually beat Daimon the last time i played a few years ago..
YEEEEEEESSSSS Captain Levi build, spin to win
As soon as I got the ring I was like... " new video coming up!" 😂
Gloves of might do nothing for strider (just like adhesion augment) since they have innate faster climbing speed and innate dmg bonus when climbing. Those gloves are meant for all other classes that wanna climb.
I still like to have them as your character climbs ridiculously fast.
Great video as always Sheen!
Thanks!
the insane power bonus from BBI gear and weapons means min-maxing isn't necessary.
in the OG game, before Dark Arisen, min-maxing was more necessary since the best weapons were worse(Dragon weapons were buffed with Dark Arisen) and there weren't any BBI rings and gear for crazy stat buff.
Armor in dragons dogma is really just cosmetic. Magic gets a lot more boosts, but I typically just find myself rocking the most solid fit I can make.
I find 2 barbed nails to be by far the best accessories in the game, even better than skill upgrades in a lot of cases. Especially for strider, a lot of tougher enemies get a lot weaker once staggered, or their weak spots a lot more accessible.
The faster you stagger an enemy often equates to killing them faster, sometimes even more than damage rings would provide. Doesn’t make a huge difference either way though, and more damage is better for a lot of the smaller enemies.
I’d take an augment other than ferocity as I find myself never using the basic attacks. Autonomy going solo is an easy pick, but I’d just replace it with a QOL augment otherwise.
Also, min/maxing is absolutely pointless. Nihil0.0 did a great video on the topic, but the gist of it is that the stamina you get from leveling classes other than the most optimal damage growth gets you much better damage in anything other than the immediate short term.
Most of your stats are coming from weapons and augments. Full physical leveling and then playing sorcerer is still shred everything in the game, with maybe a somewhat non-negligible difference than actually leveling magic.
Not really cosmetic in some sense because armor in dragon's dogma still give physical/magik/debilitation resistances like the endgame armor set (you would have probable grinded in BBI) give almost full immunity to debilitations/elemental damage/even knockdowns. It really just depends on you if you want to sacrifice these stats for fashion which is totally cool.
So basically use armor as defense and fashion more than for stats. I really like the stats, tbh, because its fun to have extra bonuses, but most of them are so minimal. Only major ones are the boots and the climbing gloves. At least for this build.
@@SheenShots I'm not really recommending armor only for fashion, armor stats can still significantly improve survivability/sometimes damage but still having the armor of your choice for fashion (but still is upgraded) can still work. I'm just saying that if you look cool in it but still has defense it would still probably work. I love the full shadow armor set because of the debilitation and knockdown resistance. It does not give damage like what you have in your build but more survivability causes more overall damage too right?
@@SheenShots basically yeah. Stats are minimal but can be a nice bonus.
Armor doesn’t really matter much in my experience. Even the weakest armors will provide you with enough defense when fully upgraded.
Daimon’s big kill move are going to deal a ton of damage no matter what you got on. Maybe you’ll be able to take an extra hit or 2 from them, but I personally don’t really care for the difference.
Debilitations are the biggest thing to look for. Skill stifling can be a real pain in the ass to avoid, and petrification is just really annoying.
Everyone keeps mentioning this Nilhil video about min/maxing but none of y’all are taking into consideration is when building for a specific purpose you will in fact get a better build and will be more optimal in the end. Why would you get a better build because you’re wasting less stats. For instance for a strider building for attack and stamina defense will always grant you a better build then someone who doesn’t care about stats. The exact same thing applies to defensive stats if you put in enough effort you will be immortal to everything but death. In his video he chose to put the test to the extremes by going full in one class and calling it min/max . When in fact the way he built it wasn’t smart. Most min/max players would have taken that into consideration 😂. His test was hella flawed.
That settles it. I'm doing most of my lvl ups as a Strider. I want to climb monsters and it seems like the best class to do it and stat-wise it's not going to be much of a problem to switch later to, let's say a magick archer. Plenty depends on gear and as a Strider I already will have most of the stuff also useful for Magick Archer anyway.
If you level up mostly as strider you can easily switch to any class and play very well. It is probably the best class for just general play and its easy to switch into magick archer afterwards like you said.
I’m playing a strider/assassin/ into magic archer and ending in mystic knight/sorc around 40 levels each for an all rounder
My tip for fighting spirits when you build is pure physical
Is always carry throwblast or blast arrow
They do good damage to spirits
Or if want some good magic based dagger
I suggest getting heavens key or sapfire daggers
Heavens key is a holy imbued weapon obtainable via ur dragon via late game
Sapfire daggers is a fire imbued weapon obtainable in BBI
If you ask me a question which is easier to obtain
Personally heavens key is easier
Just bring a fuckton of blast arrow and conquerors periapt
It might take you 2 days if you dont make much damage but its easier than going to BBI trying your luck that might take you days
Unlock skull splitter/helm splitter. Spin to win.
Vertical barbarian for the win.
This Sonic build is stronger than any other build xD
Are you going to be making a strider/thief build for us to try out?
actually wearing cloak makes me pretend the cloak itself becomes the blade lol
I actually like it, but for footage it covers the entire screen lol.
You can know which one is Dev's favourite class
11:37 your souls hone it, refine it. I was off but close the first time I commented this 😂😂😂😂
If I remember correctly the Assault boots give you increase strength but I could be wrong
no yr right! he mentioned its a boost of 39 fully upgraded!
What would make a good Pawn to go with this build? Something with fast magic attacks, I presume. There isn’t a need for magic debilitations given the effective use of the player’s torper. Still, I’m unsure who to build along with this Stider build.
Fighter. A well build fighter will keep enemies off of you so your bow attacks and hit letting you move in after. As long as you have one mage to back you up for healing a main fighter pawn will dominate here.
Heya, got dd1 several years ago but dindt start to play it since a few days. Im ofc hooked 😅
My question is: With this build I have to go fighter vication at start of the game, then at lvl 10 switch weapons for daggers and bow and go all out to max lvl? I got a char lvl 11 which im only strider with since start.
Thanks for nice vids!
Augments:
Ferocity warri +10% core skills
Impact warri +30% knockdown
Clout Warri 20% str
Potential mage archer +100 stamina
Eminence Stirder + 30% jump attack
Vehemence 10% str. Figther
so should i switch to warri when i maxed out the strider points? to get all the augments or will the loss of stamina bite my ass?
one thing that is never once mentioned is what you brought up with min maxing. i had literally no clue that leveling with a vocation gives specific stats. so yeah just wasted a ton of leveling maxing several vocations. nearly level 50 but hey at least i only maxed magic archer ranger assassin and strider. so at least i got a lot of stats for the build i want.
Don't worry too much about Min Maxing though. It is better to simply have fun and play the classes you want. Equipment makes up for any stat difference once you get the higher level weapons.
Would love if you could make a favorite vocation for a beginner video or help me find one if you do already :))))) or does it not really matter in the long run and they are easy to get used to?
Ghost are the reason why I only play magick classes.
Ghosts are a joke on magick archer. But then again anything in a hallway is lol.
Ive been maining warrior and fighter for a long time now.... fine, ill try out the strider
Strider with skull splitter is hard to stop using once you get used to it.
Hey sheen question, what do you think of that statue in monsoon represents? Is the statue of three bronze voluptuous women climbing out of an onyx tree towards a light.
I don't know actually. I always thought that one was odd especially since it seems placed in an odd location.
Yay. This my 1st play thru
Strider without leaping stone is a no no. Also, cloudspour volley and fractured dart is better than everything the ranger has except from tenfold (and MAYBE great gamble).
I mean yes and no. Mighty bend (strider/assassin) and Comet Shot (ranger) are significantly better for consistent knockdowns, especially on hard mode, and knockdowns are pretty imperative on hard mode.
How do I get back my rusted weapons if I sold them?
Carry 'surging light tomes' for living armor and let them run around in it trying to catch you and carry heaven's keys. Enjoy
Core skills are the varied basic attacks such as staggering your attack to do the kicks not your basic attacks unfortunately
Bbi should have a shop for gear, so the tokens are traded for what you want instead of random crap
YES! The random loot gets old after an hour of grinding.
Strider's a lot of Fun ;)
ATM i go for pure DMG. Me as a Ranger, a Ranger Pawn, a Strider Pawn nad my Pawn as Sroc. If Stuff ded Stuff no do DMG to you. Works rly well in Hardmode too.
And for 100% you can change yourself from Ranger to Strider and fuck everything up :)
I just bought the game. So in order to play the best Strider possible, I have to level to 10 as a Fighter and then reach max level as Assassin? So I have to reach max level with a different class to play the class I wanted to play all along? Did I get that right? Because it doesn't seem right to me.
Is there any reason to use potential over endurance from strider?
*Before even seeing the video*
Ultimate? Simple, Brain Splitter. And Leaping/Shesring Stone, just for fun >D
How can I build my pawn so that it is an op strider? What level should I go up in what class of 1-200?
Sheen bro please make one for magic archer.
Definitely the next one I do. Easily my favorite vocation!
Why did you go potential from the magic archer vocation instead of endurance from the strider vocation?
Either is good. I had both available and just picked one. If you are focusing on strider levels more going with endurance is a good idea.
How about Proficiency instead Potential? Since it reduces stamina consumption from weapon skills XD
So where do I get "striders band"?
Personally I just use Revenant Wail longbow to kill daimon 1st and 2nd phase in like 30 seconds.
what is the best assassin or strider build if your level 50
anyone know why my rings still says skull splitter and dont brain splitter i have both strider rings on?
Can you do a Ultimate fighter build?
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Skullsplitter OP!!! ;)
Absolutely busted for sure.
I made a warrior build up to level 55, switched to ranger until level 100 and now a strider until I reach level 200 to get a hard hitting tank strider I still like ranger a little bit more though
Strider is very well rounded in terms of stats. No problem going with that class for sure.
When you say use Fight from 1-10 then Assassin for the rest...how? Doesn't assassin take fight and strider levels? How do you unlock it by level 10?
Don't worry about this too much as stats don't really need to be focused on. But you play as fighter until you reach Gran Soren. Then once your character reaches level ten you play as assassin until max level. The vocations themselves will level up as you go, but that's how you get the most levels. Then once fully leveled up, you play strider and you have the most strength possible. But this requires mostly playing as assassin so just mess around with each vocation and then settle on strider whenever you are ready to main it.
You unlock all the classes at level 10.
Playing this game years later if anyone has the answer. Why is using the rusted bow better?
Rusted weapons can be upgraded to 3 stars. At that point they gain a debuff called torpor. Which applies an aggressive slow to every enemy in just a few arrows. This affects EVERYTHING including dragons so its really useful.
@@SheenShots thanks!
How do I get the skills for dagger and bow?
Use the Silk Lingerie instead for a spicy yet necessary aesthetic
Nice lol
So u all know u get the same abilities on assassin you just have the option to be a fighter too
Skull Splitter is the main damage source of strider. Assassin does not get this skill making it a bit different.
@SheenShots hmmmm might need to change my vocation sick video dude saw it randomly
Do you think it's the most fun class to play as main character ?
i personally love playing as ranger, for me is the best class in the game, insane couverage with arrows + damage, you'll only suffer with the same enemys as a strider
All of them are great is the issue (warrior and mage being on the lower end in my opinion.) For me magick archer is too good to pass up as you can have the advantage against any enemy. Strider is king when you want to climb enemies more often, and ranger is the ultimate bow and arrow character. But magick archer hits the sweet spot every time.
Mystic Knight is a great way to learn the game as a whole honestly
@@vinceshamwow1540 i still haven't try this game but i'm very interested in this mystic knight
Are you gonna to doing some other buiilds?
Ya I think next I will set up a magick archer build. Although I am waiting on one specific ring before I do.
if i did sell my rusted bow waht i shloid do?
kinda odd to use footage of the game on normal difficulty. if you're using the most broken skill in the game, i think you can bump up the difficulty slider a bit ;)
Well I thought about it, but from what I can find enemies don't get more health on hard. They just make your stamina drain faster and you take much more damage. Which sounds like a nightmare lol. More fair I guess, but brutal.
@@SheenShots for video purposes it makes sense to have it on normal
How are you rolling?
Any class that can use daggers can use roll once it is unlocked
I'm new to the game. And I always see min maxing at dragon's dogma. Can someone explain what it means?
Each of the vocations gain different stats when leveling up.
Assassin = more strength
Sorcerer = more magic
Strider = more stamina
So you would select different vocations to level up with more often so you get the most in whatever stat you want. Due to DLC weapons this is not necessary and you can feel free to play with any vocation you want at any time. Min/ maxing (getting the least of stats you don't want and most of stats you do) is only for those who want to make the most efficient builds. My build here I played with all of the vocations before reaching level 200, and still obliterated enemies with a full strength build.
other iteration is...
if you would go for max assassin (or highest phys dmg as possible) means.
youll be getting the minimum amount of magic dmg (by leveling up)
increasing your stamina to the max (ranger) would mean, youll probably get the least amount of hp by leveling up. etc
@@SheenShots thanks for explaining.
Does not the hood should have the perk "more damage when surrounded" ? I readed it activate even with one enemy who is fighting you.
2:04 Marshall's Bracers are better than chainmail bracers.
Also, Direwolf Veil gives a reasonable amount of Strength
I do have the Direwolf veil but I hate its look. Literally can't wear it lol
Bro I just got into this game a couple months ago and it’s been great but the BBI RNG is ruining the experience hard. Only armor I’m missing is the oblivion hood and I’ve yet to get a single lvl 3 armor to drop any headgear. 90% leg armor and I’m really over it. I’d be less mad if it was completely random but I keep seeing online that it’s a scripted list with each new save. If that’s the case then what kid of bs list completely excludes one piece of armor but gives 8 legs in a row. Honestly the game is great but BBI is kind of trash.
The RNG of BBI gear is very poorly done I agree. I have a cool video idea for the skill rings about two months ago. Still have two rings to go and can't get them. Its a bit absurd if you are trying to get all the gear.
Ultimate strider without Fracture Dart? Not on my watch.
That's why I left that third skill open for anything. You really only afflict toropr and then brain splitter. Just because its more efficient. But if you want fracture dart on there there is definitely room for it.
Gold belt gives 20 strength
The no brain build
Ultimate strider build:
Step 1 Level 1 - 10 strider and 10 - 200 assassin for the stupid strenght boost
Step 2 Remove pawns and get assassin augment, as well as fighter and warrior str augments
Step 3 Acquire framae blades and 4 conq periapts
Step 4 S P I N
I wanna create a Sanik the RedHog pawn, too bad i have no third account.
where are all these items? I need to know where to get them....duh
Bitterblack Isle. To get the best weapons in this game you need to farm out BBI cursed items. Tier 3 gives the best stuff.
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psst, do mage
this what i hate about games where end game you just spam one ability over and over... like i loved this game and like playing the rogue/thief class. I like the idea of being agile and flashy with daggers and positioning mattering to maximize damage. The game turns into either a spam one ability at end game or grab and spam one button and just slash a monster to death while holding on. That is my only gripe about this game. And was hoping they would steer away from that and make it more skill full than just that again. but even seeing the trailers looks like you get the jump spin right off the bat for thief and mounting and slashing repeated seems to be same memo.. sad...
If i lvl up magic to 200 and play warrior the py atk will be lower then i lvl warrior to lvl 200
This build is awful. No cloudburst volley? No opportunitism? No adhesion?
The build is a brainsplitter build only. Considering its the striders most damaging skill, with the ring, its literally all you use. Other striders builds take on more variety, but I am telling you, there is no point in anything except Brain splitter with the ring. Its too good.
Bro wtf even is this??? Who’s the best class give it to us simple you could’ve made a 5 min video instead of a 10 lmaoo 100 Timestamps btw
Optimal Min/Max Setup
1-10 Mage
10-97 Assassin
97-200 Sorcerer
This will give you the highest split for magick and physical attack, over 3500 health, and over 4000 stamina. Your physical and magick defenses will be a bit low, but upgraded base game or end-game equipment easily solves that problem.
For your pawn
Fighter 1-10
Ranger 10-73
Warrior 73-100
Sorcerer 100-176
Ranger 176-199
Strider 200
This will give them 550 Phys and Magick attack, over 300 in defenses, and 4000 health/stamina. This is great if you want a pawn that can handle any class well.
If you want a more strength based pawn, I recommend at least leveling up their magick attack stat to at least 300 for weapon buffing purposes.
I would like to point out that while the option to min/max exists, it doesn't really matter since end game/BBI gear is so damn powerful it can make up for any deficiencies you might have and then some. That said, I do recommend the pawn leveling scheme unless you want to go all in for physical or magick damage.
For example, if you want a pure support mage. 10 levels mage, 3 levels sorcerer, 187 levels fighter. They will have more health and physical defense than you'll know what to do with. Pair with 2 ogre bone and augments that make it harder to get staggered while casting, and you'll have a mountain of a support pawn.
In the end, though, gear, augments and skill setup matter more than base stats. The only difference between a standard or min/maxed ranger using 10 fold and blast arrows (all gear and augments being equal) is about a 2 seconds longer kill time for the non-min/maxed ranger.