Drakes Enemy Guide

Party Composition: Aim for a balanced party with both melee and ranged vocations. A Mage is highly recommended for consistent healing and curing debilitations, especially fire. If you are a melee class, include a strong ranged class like a Sorcerer (especially with Prescient/Augural Flare). If you are a ranged class, include a melee class like a Thief for burst damage or a Warrior/Fighter for tanking.

Carrying Pawns: Consider carrying a random pawn you find wandering the roads and placing them near the Drake at the start of the fight for extra damage or to act as fodder.

Melee Positioning: If playing a melee vocation (Fighter, Warrior, Thief, Mystic Spearhand), position yourself directly beneath the Drake's underbelly. This is where the glowing heart, its greatest weak point, is located. The heart becomes visible after dealing approximately one health bar's worth of damage.

Attacking the Weak Point: While under the Drake, you can attack the heart on foot to conserve stamina. Climbing the Drake to attack the heart is an option but consumes stamina quickly. If climbing, jump off before your stamina reaches 1/4 to avoid becoming exhausted.

Mystic Spearhand Advantage: The Mystic Spearhand vocation is particularly strong against Drakes due to its balance of melee and ranged attacks, and the skill Mirour Vesture (or Mirour Shelde), which creates a temporary invulnerability bubble for you and nearby pawns at the cost of roughly 10% stamina per cast.