Lich



Lich is a powerful flying undead Enemy in Dragon's Dogma.

Deadlier versions of Wights found in the Everfall. They can summon Skeleton Lords and Hellhounds and have access to the deadly spells of the Sorcerer.

Drops

 * Wailing Crystal (Rare)
 * Vengeful Mirror

Locations

 * A Lich will be in The Everfall, in the Chamber of Fate. In the area you will also have to fight a Gorechimera, and Chimera while the Lich summons half a dozen Hellhounds all at once.
 * Another Lich is by itself in the Chamber of Woe in the Everfall.
 * One in the Chamber of Estrangement.
 * Bitterblack Isle - The Black Abbey (Pre-Daimon)
 * Bitterblack Isle - Fortress of Remembrance (Post-Daimon)

Tactics

 * Weak against Holy enchanted weapons (like the Ascalon sword, Heaven's Key daggers, Cursed Light sword, etc). Holy enchanted ranged attacks can be used to quickly dispatch them from the air before they can cast their dangerous spells.
 * Vulnerable to Silence. Cast Silentium, use Silencer Arrows or Golden Weapons (like Golden Bardiches) to disable their spellcasting ability. The higher the enhancement of the Golden Weapon, the higher the chance it will inflict Silence with each strike.
 * To increase the chance of successful debilitation, use multi-strike skills like Thousand Kisses, Brain Splitter, Sheltered Assault, or Great Windmill.
 * Almost all spells they cast will mark the area of effect on the ground before it hits. Watch the ground carefully to avoid most of the damage.
 * Much like battling a Wight, the Arisen should first focus on killing the minions, then when it's summoning others use your best attacks because this is the moment they are vulnerable.
 * Doing enough damage whilst the Lich is within ground floor, or in mid-air causes the Lich to fall to the floor for a few seconds and vulnerable to attack.
 * Mystic Knights: Great Cannon is a good way to attack them, as the shots home in on it and can be enchanted with Holy attribute for more damage.

Related Quests

 * Grave Danger (Post-Game, Slay a Lich)

Trivia

 * Unlike the Wight the Lich has a more "Fleshier" appearance, resembling more of an Undead rather than a Skeleton.
 * The Lich never seems to speak any incantation, similar to the player when casting spells, unlike its weaker counterpart the Wight, who mumbles its incantations.
 * The Lich's attire bears a very heavy resemblance to a Roman Catholic bishop or cardinal, most notably in the Lich's hat (called a mitre) and heavily decorated robes with golden embroidery, perhaps representing the vast knowledge and power the Lich possesses.
 * The Dark Bishop is a stronger version of the Lich. Similarly to ordinary Liches, it has the appearance of a Roman Catholic bishop, but with white robes versus the Liches dark robes.