Drake

The Drake is a monster in Dragon's Dogma.

Description
The smaller cousin of the titular Dragon of Dragon's Dogma. They are an extremely hardy and powerful enemy, possessing many similar characteristic to the larger Dragon such as its reddish coloration, the means of flight, and the ability to use Fire Breath. They can seize control over the will of Pawns for a brief period and then use them against you. Like the Dragon, the Drake bears a glowing chest which can serve as an exploitable weakness.

The Wyrm and Wyvern are similar to the Drake, but instead of Fire possess a different elemental affinity.

Tactics

 * The Drake is weak against Ice and Holy attacks.
 * Dragon's Dogma Drake Tactics CCG Heart of the Drake on the front of his chest is his weak spot.The Arisen must land the killing blow on the heart.EnemyIconx.jpg
 * When the Drake grabs a pawn and begins turning them against you, the move can be stopped by enough damage being inflicted (attacking the Drakes claws directly works faster than hitting its heart)..


 * When the Drake is writhing on the floor with its chest exposed, the heart takes exponentially more damage from attacks than it does when it is on its feet.


 * When the drake takes to the air, attacks to his heart, head or wings can bring it down. Oftentimes this can be used to put the drake in a cycle, as when he recovers from the fall he will likely fly again. Repeated attacks to the wings will eventually disable the drakes ability to fly.


 * When it flies into the air and goes off to a new spot a little distance away, if you do not immediately follow it, it's often far enough away that you can save the game again and then go and re-engage it in battle.
 * This battle can be made extremely easy, but this will require some patience. The drake has the tendency to follow you and your pawns when it is in the air. Move away from the drake (not too far) and order your pawns to follow. Do this till you get to the healing spring to the southwest. Once there your entire team is practically invincible and you can just concentrate on doing maximum damage.
 * If the Drake is in the air, grab its tail and climb to its Heart and attack. This is much easier with Assasin and Fighter Vocations
 * Standing behind a tree renders the Drake's attacks --- most noteably fire-breath and the skill-stifling roar --- harmless.
 * When using an arrow wielding vocation, use Five-fold Flurry ( or stronger) combined with Blast Arrows to make short work of this battle; simply hitting the Drake's heart at close range with two of those attacks makes it drop and writhe in pain, opening him up for further attacks. This can be done again as soon as he gets up, effectively stun-locking him and preventing him from retaliating all while exposing his heart for attacks.

Locations

 * Devilfire Grove, west of the Rest Camp and south of The Shadow Fort
 * Only dragonkin that exists before Post-Dragon
 * Respawns in 7 days


 * Conqueror's Sanctuary (Replaces the Cyclops and Goblins there) (Post-Dragon)
 * Unique Drake, has more Hit Points and speaks in English
 * Respawns in 3 weeks.


 * Estan Plains, between The Collapsed Meeting Room and The Miners Hut (Post-Dragon)
 * Respawns in 7 days.


 * The Chamber of Fate in the Everfall (Post-Dragon)

Rewards

 * Killing the drake gives a percentage chance of dragon forging your gear depending upon enhancement level of your equipped gear.


 * The horns can still be broken off when the drake is dead, but there is a short time window to do so.


 * Having all three dragon tears in your inventory guarantees the drake will drop a wakestone, and improves the chances of receiving the above drops.

Trivia

 * After defeating The Dragon a special version of the Drake can be found in the Conqueror's Sanctuary. It has more HP than the common drake and unlike other Drakes this one speaks in English as opposed to Latin.
 * When the Drake uses its Roar attack, it may come with dialogue. "Arisen!"
 * Being the only draconic enemy avaliable before the Post-Dragon Campaign, fighting Drakes is the easiest way to get Dragonforged equipment earlier in the game.

Quotes
Quotes in brackets are spoken in Latin.
 * "Arisen!!" (Battle STart)
 * "I am your master." (when possessing a Pawn).
 * "Slay your master!" (when possessing pawn)
 * "Arh..Ah! ... Who are you?"


 * "I must feed...slate my hunger!"


 * "Your heart, give it here!"


 * "What have I? Ngh? Wauuugh!"
 * "Am I to die...?" (death throes)
 * "The seat of god lies beyond..." (death throes)
 * "Aye, that is the way, chosen one!"
 * "You are not the vessel..." (upon killing the Arisen)
 * "Show me your power!"
 * The generic wyrms and wyverns share the latin dialogue.