Strider

The Strider is a Basic Vocation in Dragon's Dogma.

Starting Vocation:
Wielding dual daggers and a shortbow, Striders deal damage with quick speed and deadly accuracy. Striders also have trap abilities and trick arrows that allow them to confuse and disorient enemies.

Primary Weapon: Daggers

Secondary Weapon: Shortbow

Strengths and Role

 * Jack of All Trades- The Strider deals massive amounts of damage from close range using a flurry of lightening quick slashes with his daggers, and rains arrows down on larger (more deadly) foes with his shortbow from a safe distance.
 * Manuverable- The Strider is a fast, nible damage dealer. They quickly move around the battlefield with speed and agility, striking at enemies with dual daggers. They also have the ability to use tactial rolls and flips to evade enemy attack.
 * Acrobat- Along with manuverablitly on the battlefield- Striders have the ability to maintain a grapple and/or climb larger creatures longer than any other class- allowing them longer access to an enemy's weak spot.
 * Command Potential- The Strider class is perfect for Players- giving them free reign on the battlefield while they use specialist pawns (Fighters, Warriors, and Mages for instance) to fill the front and back lines.

Weaknesses

 * Weak Defense- Unlike the mage or warrior, the Strider does not excell in physical or magical defenses, leaving him/her open to most forms of attack.
 * Lack of Stun Power- Compared to most of the other builds in the game, the Strider does not have as much ability to knock bigger enemies around. Most bandit leaders trhough the first portion of the game can kill most Striders in a single combo; ignoring the flurry of blows being delivered by his daggers.
 * Master of None- The Strider's greatest strength is also it's greatest weakness. The Strider has both long and short range capabilities, but no-where near the extent of the Archer or Fighter. The versitility proves useful more often than not, but the Strider simply cannot go toe-to-toe or long range quite as well as some other class options.