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What is the dodge button in Dragon\u2019s Dogma 2? If you want to be able to dodge in Dragon\u2019s Dogma 2, then your only option is to play as a Thief. Having gotten sick and tired of the endless barrage of unavoidable attacks my Archer was dealing with, I went to the Vernworth Vocation Guild and changed my vocation to Thief. If you want to dodge, then I suggest you do the same. One of the Thief\u2019s core skills is Swift Step, which is basically a fancy way of saying \u201cdodge button that every vocation should bloody well have.\u201d Swift Step is triggered by pressing R1\/RB, so the dodge button in Dragon\u2019s Dogma 2 is R1\/RB\/Right Click. And to dodge in Dragon\u2019s Dogma 2 you need to change your vocation to Thief and press R1\/RB\/Right Click. I found that as soon as I changed my vocation to Thief, enemies weren\u2019t much interested in spamming me with their cheap-ass power attacks any more, so I didn\u2019t have much opportunity to show off my fancy new dodging skills. I did eventually persuade a Saurian to puke at me, and managed to dodge out of the way of that. But then I totally failed to dodge when it stabbed me. Twice. The dodge button was in perfect working order, though. I was just pressing it too slowly. If you\u2019ve now decided you\u2019d rather parry attacks than dodge them, then I have to tell you that parrying is also specific to certain vocation skills. The main parrying skills are the Fighter\u2019s core skills, Deflect and True Deflect. 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Dragon\u2019s Dogma 2<\/em> is a game in which enemies can launch powerful charged attacks at you from long distance, and the only way to evade these attacks is to dodge them. But you can never find the dodge button when you need it, right?<\/p>

I started my Dragon\u2019s Dogma 2<\/a><\/em> campaign playing as an Archer, and time and time again I would lose half my health when an enemy launched itself at me from miles away. I could usually see these attacks coming, but there didn\u2019t seem to be any way to move fast enough out of their path. I thought to myself, \u201cDamn, this game really needs a dodge button.\u201d I thought it didn\u2019t have a dodge button at all, but it sort of does. At least, it does if your Arisen is a Thief<\/a>.<\/p>