Dragon's Dogma 2 Vocation: Thief
Find out how to unlock this Vocation and all others HERE
Welcome to the Thief Vocation for Dragon's Dogma 2. Vocations are a very important factor that will determine the skills and weapons available to your character, influencing your overall approach to combat situations in Dragon's Dogma 2. Some Vocations and unique abilities can be unlocked by gaining the favour of Maisters. These are masters of their respective Vocations, and can be found in various locations around the world.
How to Use Effectively
The Thief Vocation is an excellent combatant that serves best at the back of the enemy lines. While your tankier Vocations such as the Warrior and Fighter may shine best in the midst of battle, the Thief should instead get behind enemies while these tankier characters gather enemy aggression. Then, the Thief can unleash powerful combinations to quickly and efficiently slaughter enemies one by one while they are distracted.
Weapon Skills
Biting Wind:
Perform a dashing attack and follow up with a savage double strike, dealing high damage. Upgrades to Cutting Wind, increasing the range of the attack.
Concussive Step:
Backstep from the fight to avoid attacks by placing an explosive to launch from, staggering small enemies. Upgrades to Consussive Leap, consuming less stamina and increasing stagger chance.
Easy Kill:
Parry an attack and perform a swift side-step to the flank of the enemy before delivering a powerful counterattack. Upgrades to Masterful Kill, allowing mid-air use.
Enkindles Blades:
Imbue your weapons with fire for a brief amount of time, increasing their damage done. Upgrade to Ignited Blades to increase the duration. Can be used while clinging.
Ensnare:
Perfect for large, off-balance targets. Release a grappling rope to pull them down, or pull smaller targets to you. Upgrade to Implicate to pull enemies with more force.
Gut and Run:
Only able to be used while clinging or pinning a target. Repeatedly stab at your opponent, dealing incredible damage. Upgrades to Draw and Quarter for more damage.
Helm Splitter:
Perform an airborne, spinning strike forwards, dealing very high damage, especially from above. Upgrade to Skull Splitter for more damage.
Pilfer:
Thieve consumable items from targets that are downed, staggered or not in attack stance. Upgrade to Plunder to increase the rarity of pilfered items.
Powder Charge:
Place an explosive on the ground that you can detonate at will, dealing high damage. Upgrade to Powder Blast for significantly more damage and range.
Shadow Cloak:
Become difficult to locate by blending in with the environment, making enemies less likely to turn aggressive. Upgrade to Shadow Veil for lower stamina cost.
Smoke Screen:
Blind nearby enemies, causing them to have difficulty attacking. Upgrade to Smoke Shroud for a wider range and longer-lasting effect of the smoke cloud.
Formless Feint:
Evade all damage for a period of time while consuming stamina, allowing for an onslaught of other attacks with no fear of damage in return.
Core Skills
Twin Fangs:
A double strike forwards that staggers enemies. If an enemy is successfully staggered, follow up with another strike. Can cling to large enemies and pin small ones.
Controlled Fall:
When falling from a height that would deal damage, reduce the amount of damage taken and the amount of time it takes to recover.
Scarlet Kisses:
Unleash several attacks forward that deals high damage over the duration as a standard attack.
Swift Step:
Allows much faster movement to evade attacks, but increases chance of stagger if you are hit.
Carve:
A standard attack move that unleashes several blows with both daggers forwards.
Footpad:
Use a nearby surface to properl yourself backwards a significant distance, allowing for greater mobility.
The Thief Vocation is incredibly valuable on all teams. They are designed to be the primary damage-dealers of the party, able to completely nuke down small opponents and deal consistently high damage to larger opponents as well.
One of the primary bonuses of having a Thief in the team is their ability to incapacitate targets. With access to many skills that allow them to grapple onto large enemies, pin down smaller enemies, and pull ranged or flying enemies to the group as needed, they are invaluable for crowd control.
The Thief Vocation is almost entirely melee-based, and therefore can be vulnerable to attack. They benefit greatly from having a Fighter on the team to attract enemy focus, and a Mage to assist with healing and crowd control.