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Dragon's Dogma 2 (DD2)

How to Fight Aerial Enemies

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Aerial Enemies can be defeated by shooting them with a bow, striking them down with spells, or using the Ensnare ability to knock them to the ground in Dragon's Dogma 2 (DD2). Learn how to fight Aerial Enemies in this guide!

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How to Fight Aerial Enemies

How to Fight Aerial Enemies
CheckmarkRecruit Mage or Archer Pawns
CheckmarkUse a Bow to Shoot Them Down
CheckmarkAutolock Cast Spells
CheckmarkUse Ensnare Ability as a Thief

Recruit Mage or Archer Pawns

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Vocations specializing in melee such as Fighter, Warrior, or Thief will have a difficult time taking on aerial monsters as their melee weapons won't be able to reach them. As a solution to this, you can recruit Mage or Archer pawns to your party, so they can damage them with their ranged attacks.

These aerial enemies will sometimes get knocked out and fall to the ground after taking a few hits, allowing you to strike away with your melee weapon.

Check out our Pawn ID Sharing Board if you're looking for a specific pawn to hire!

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Use a Bow to Shoot Them Down

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Archers can use their bow to aim at flying enemies and shoot them down with arrows. They also have the option to use Steady Shot, which allows them to enter a free-look mode where they can manually aim and look around using the R Stick.

With this, they can precisely aim at aerial targets and fire at them. They can also opt to not use Steady Shot and attack normally, however they'll need to be a bit close to the aerial enemy for their arrows to land.

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Autolock Cast Spells

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While playing as a Mage or Sorcerer, casting the basic attack spell (Magick Bolt) automatically locks onto aerial enemies. Simply get within range of the flying monster and spam the basic attack button away to damage and kill them.

Can You Lock On Enemies?

Use Ensnare Ability as a Thief

Thieves have access to a unique ability that ensnares flying monsters using a long rope to pull them back to the ground. This is a long range ability that is perfect to use against Harpies and Griffons!

Thief Best Skills and Builds

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Beginner's Guide: Tips and Tricks

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How to Get Gold Fast Rift Crystals (RC)
Discipline Points (DP) Wyrmslife Crystals (WLC)
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Fast Travel How to Tell Time
How to Increase Health How to Save
Best Party Composition How to Store Items
How to Dodge All Stats Explained
All Debilitations How to Combine Items
How to Increase Weight Limit How to Get Out of Jail
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What is Knockdown Power? How to Light Up Dark Places
How to Lower Ladders from High Areas How to Lock the Minimap to North
How to Fight Aerial Enemies All Damage Types and Elemental Weaknesses
How to Deal Fire Damage How to Deal Lightning Damage
How to Deal Ice Damage How to Deal Holy Damage
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List of All Exploits How to Raise Affinity
How to Enhance Equipment Cooking Guide
How to Give Gifts How to Create a Forgery
How to Find NPCs Dwarven Smithing
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Can You Change Difficulty? Can You Sneak?
Can You Change FOV? What Happens When You Die?
Why Do Guards Attack Randomly? Can You Hide Your Helmet?
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How to Get Houses How to Enter Rose Chateau Bordelrie
Makeshift Vault Key and Vault Location Hot Spring Location and Effects

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