Dragon’s Dogma 2: Warrior Vocation, Explained

Familiarize yourself with the Warrior Vocation and how to use it in Dragon’s Dogma 2.

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Each vocation in Dragon's Dogma 2 represents a unique style of play that reflects a certain theme. For example, Fighters and Warriors prefer up- melee combat, while Sorcerers and Mages will do well to use range to their advantage. The Warrior Vocation is particularly suited to a brawling playstyle.

If you prefer to take the fight to your enemies without hesitation, then the Warrior's aggressive Skills will allow you to stay engaged in battle. With a focus on offensive pressure and high damage, the Warrior is one of Dragon's Dogma 2's best vocations for melee lovers.

Updated May 5, 2024, by Andrew Scariati: Whether you consider yourself a Dragon's Dogma 2 Warrior master or are new to the vocation entirely, we've updated this guide with helpful information in the Core Skills section for your reference as you progress through the game. Check out our Warrior build guide if you need more detailed build advice.

What Are The Strengths And Weaknesses Of The Warrior Vocation?

Strengths

Warriors are a slow-swinging high-damage vocation that uses a massive greatsword to decimate both groups of enemies and strong single targets.

Their charged attacks are extremely potent, especially when properly timed and aimed at a foe's weak point.

The Warrior is particularly good at closing gaps between you and your enemies when combining the length of their sword with certain Core Skills that allow the Warrior to barge into foes.

Warriors are excellent tanks and damage dealers that are a perfect blank canvas for Mages to augment with elemental damage that will pulverize unsuspecting enemies.

Be bold and don't be afraid to grab larger enemies and attack them.

Weaknesses

Despite their immense power, Warriors have extremely slow attack speed, as each swing of their swords requires a second or two of windup before you connect with an enemy.

This vocation, sadly, doesn't have much in the way of active defense, aside from Tidal Wrath, the Warrior's primary counterattacking Weapon Skill.

The timing of this parry is difficult to master, as is the case with the Warrior vocation as a whole.

Luckily, Repulse , one of the Warrior's Core Skills, can also parry enemy attacks. More on that below.

The Warrior's biggest weakness is positioning, as you must be superb at finding the right spot to begin an attack swing, or else you will whiff completely.

Lastly, the Warrior boasts no elemental attacks of their own, so they must be supported by an ally to deal elemental damage.

Once you accept that whiffs are normal, you can begin to hone your timing and become more adept at starting your attacks in the spot the enemy will be, rather than where they are at that moment .

Warrior Weapon Skills

The Warrior's spirit shines through in its Weapon Skills, with a host of offensive options for you to choose from to dispatch any type of foe you may encounter.

Hold down the assigned button to charge , then release it to unleash your attack.

Weapon Skill	Upgraded Weapon Skill	Effect
Skyward Sunder	Heavenward Sunder	Jumps and slashes upward simultaneously. Can be charged.
Rending Sweep	Razing Sweep	Spins the blade to cut down foes in all directions. Can be charged.
Bellow	Roar	Shouts to draw the attention of hostile targets.
Goring Lunge	Ravening Lunge	Press the assigned button to charge forward; press again to stab.
Ladder Launch	Catapult Launch	Enables you to plant your feet and launch an ally into the air.
Surging Strike	Diluvian Strike	Leaps up and plunges down. Deals further strikes to small, flinching targets. Employable while jumping. More power from a greater height.
Revivify	Inspirit	Gives you a second wind, curing you of Debilitations (caught fire, frostbite, sleep, silence, and unconscious).
Savage Lash	Indomitable Lash	Channels your strength into a devastating charged strike.
Knoll Breaker	Mountain Breaker	Thrusts the blade upward, delivering a solid blow that can knock targets off balance or unconscious.
Tidal Fury	Tidal Wrath	Delivers a momentous counterattack if struck at the moment of activation. Can guard even if counterattacks fail.
Gale Slash	Windstorm Slash	Uses the blade's momentum to unleash a series of slashes. Unleashes a powerful slash if the button is released while swinging fast.

Warriors aim to draw attention away from their frail allies and occupy enemies with their dangerous series of attacks. Watch for unsuspecting enemies, and take the battle to them to keep you and your Pawns on the front foot in every engagement.

Warrior Core Skills

The Warrior boasts a few excellent Core Skills, which, combined with their Weapon Skills, comprise the vocation's bread and butter.

Core Skill	Effect
Mighty Sweep	Sweeps in a horizontal arc. Holding the button turns the attack into a charged slash, and makes you less likely to flinch.
Stonesplitter	Performs a mighty downward slash. Follows up with a powerful strike if it connects with an off-balance foe.
Barge	Rushes forward, tackling the target and making them flinch. You are less likely to flinch when active.
Bulwark	Reduces damage taken during a charged attack.
Breakneck Strike	Enables a charged attack to inflict greater harm by unleashing it the instant it is fully charged.
Chain Of Blows	Employs your momentum to unleash an additional Mighty Sweep.
Repulse	Parries a hostile target's attack by unleashing a charged attack that can knock them off balance.

The Warrior vocation rewards aggression and gives you every tool you can need to stay in your enemy's face with plenty of steel to keep them on their heels.

Your sword's size increases the knockdown effect's potency, allowing you to stun and knock your foes to the ground.

Combine your Barge Core Skill with charged attacks for a three-pronged benefit:

It s space
You will stagger opponents
You are within range of a follow-up attack while the foe is stunned

This combination of Barge with any of the other Weapon Skills you choose is universally important for being a successful Warrior, as your biggest weakness is your lack of mobility on the battlefield.

Use your weapon's size and your Core Skills to keep yourself engaged with enemies, as you'll be ineffective if you're wasting stamina trying to run up to your target.

The Warrior's biggest utility, outside of damage, is disrupting their foes through flinches, knockdowns, and knocking them unconscious .

Warrior Augments

An augment is a passive skill that slightly improves your vocation in some way. These passive buffs are always active, and are a permanent part of your vocation's build once unlocked.

Augment	Effect
Vitality	Increases maximum health.
Impact	Improves ability to push and pull targets.
Pertinacity	Improves your ability to break through an opponent's guard.
Dominance	Augments your Knockdown Power.
Intrepidity	Reduces cumulation of the loss gauge when receiving damage.

These augments further improve the Warrior's disruptive abilities, allowing you to more easily knock foes down by breaking their guards, grabbing them, or hitting them again.

Dominance is perhaps the most powerful Augment for Warriors, and is worth the cost.

Intrepidity, despite its 5,000 Dcp cost, is also particularly useful as it will extend the amount of time you can go adventuring without worrying about your loss gauge.