Players' ability to stay on their feet amid a chaotic battle will often be the difference between life and death inDragon’s Dogma 2. A character’s knockdown resistance is crucial to ensuring this happens as often as possible when attacked. Although resistance to being knocked down can be improved via leveling up orequipping certain augments, a player’s best bet is to equip the right armor if this is a priority.
Thankfully, Dragon’s Dogma 2 has a wide variety of armor readily available to improve knockdown resistance. Players will most likely come across one of these pieces of armor naturally throughout the vast worlds of Vermund and Battahl, but we will provide the details on how to acquire the armor if it is becoming a struggle.
7Grand Cuirass
Magick and Knockdown Buffs
TheGrand Cuirassis a great piece of armor that offers good knockdown resistance alongside a similarly good defense against magick damage. Although there are many better armor pieces with higher knockdown protection, this is not to be scoffed at if it’s all that’s available.
It can be acquired for 48,000 gold in many shops. The most accessible one isBodas’s Armoryin Bakbattahl. If players wish to upgrade their body armor, it can be sold for 16,000 gold.
6Thrasher’s Surcoat
Resist The Temptation Of Sleep
While offering a high knockdown resistance of 57, this armor also has aDebilitation Resistancethat will improve players' chances of staying aware on the battlefield. This armor boasts a 50% resistance to thesleepeffect in combat.Thrasher’s Surcoatis, therefore, very useful at keeping characters uprightand dealing damage.
This armor can be purchased for 54,200 gold from two shops:Volcanic Island ArmoryandBrokkr’s Smithyin Bakbattahl. Considering the price, it is advised that players save up and buy this over similar alternatives.
5Charming Corset
Equippable For A Range Of Vocations
Available to all vocations because of its slender fit,Charming Corsetis, however, better suited for a player playing as a vocation that seeks some distance from combat. The high knockdown resistance can be combined with the very high magick defense of 280 to create a piece of armor that will allow players to remain on their feet, especially from magick attacks.
Players willneed to findand exchange150 seeker tokensfor it at the Vocations Guild if they wish to acquire it. There are hundreds of these scattered across the map so be on the lookout for them.
4Knightly Brigandine
Resistance Heavy
Knightly Brigandineoffers a very high knockdown resistance alongside a myriad of other elemental and debilitation resistances. It has a 5% resistance toFireandIcedamage as well as a 10% increase in rehabilitation resistance toFrostbiteandTorched. This makes thearmor very resistantto many types of enemy attacks.
Although it can be bought fromBrokkr’s Smithyfor 75,000 gold, this route is only accessible in the endgame. The best chance that players have of acquiring this item whilst still in the main game is by defeating aLesser Dragon. There is a 16.39% chance that this item will drop.
3Stygian Omen
Use The Correct Smithing Style
Stygian Omenis a premier piece of armor that specializes in keeping players on their feet and in combat. If players prioritize the knockdown resistance stat above all else, then enhancing this item in theDwarvensmithing stylecan increase its knockdown resistance to 255.
This armor can be bought at theBay Wayside Shrinefor 70 Wyrmslife Crystals or found in the end game along with a series of other items.
2Vashara Scaleskin
Marginally Better
Boasting very similar stats to the previous entry on this list, theVashara Scaleskinis another option that becomes available during the endgame. It also can be bought at theBay Wayside Shrinefor 70 Wyrmslife Crystals. A selling price of 35,600 gold or the promise of gaining 100 favor from an NPC is a nice bonus if an upgrade is eventually needed.
With a higher defense than theStygian Omen, this armor is very similar but will resist more attacks, and, therefore, players will stand a better chance of staying upright if they use this piece.
1Dominator’s Armor
Best In Class
The armor with the best base resistance to knockdowns is theDominator’s Armor. When maxed out using theDwarvensmithing style, the 75 will turn into 277. Alongside this, it offers increased (25%) resistance to debilitations such asTarredorSilence, which like being knocked down, can prevent playersfrom launching attacks.
This premier piece of armor is available in the endgame for the price of 126,000 gold fromBrokkr’s Smithy. Considering the cost of enhancements, players are better off fighting and defeatingGorechimerabefore looting their bodies.
