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One of the most iconic creatures in the Dragon’s Dogma series is the Chimera, and it returns bigger and better than even inDragon’s Dogma 2. This amalgamation of animals might not be your first boss experience this time, but it’s still a tough fight regardless.
One head is all about physical power, another rains down magic spells on you, and the other is quick and delivers clouds of poison. Even one monster doing one specific thing can be a lot, but with the Chimera, you’ll need to know how to handle three enemies at once and survive its onslaught of attacks.
Where To Find Chimera
Chimeras can befound in several parts of Vermund and Battahl, though they’reslightly more common in Vermund, especially in the forested areas to the north and east.
Somespecific locationswhere they have ahigher chance of spawninginclude:
How To Kill Chimera
A Chimera is essentiallythree enemies in onethat share a single health bar, andeach head on its body performs a different set of attacks, though the Lion’s head controls the majority of the movement unless it’s killed prematurely.
Each headon a Chimeracan be independently defeated and disabled, but there will always be one head left until it’s completely dead.
Killing The Lion Head
The Lion part of the Chimera is thelargest and easiest to disable, and it exclusivelyhandles the Chimera’s physical attacks. It’s highly mobile, and its arsenalincludes a variety of attacks:
Itisn’t weak to a particular element, but it doestakeincreased damage as a vulnerable point. It and the Chimera as a whole are alsosusceptible to being Caught On Fireby spells and fire element attacks like Flagration, High Salamander, and X.
You canreduce the Chimera’s overall mobility by killing the Lion’s headat any point during the fight, and it will disable most of its physical attacks or make them weaker.
Killing The Goat Head
Of the three heads on the Chimera, theGoat can be the most dangerousof the three. It’s the magic user of the beast, and it’scapable of casting several different spells, most of which do high damage:
You canSilence the Goat headand temporarily prevent it from casting magic byusing the Solemnity spellthatMage Vocation learns.
While it’spossible to grab onto and attack the Goat headlike any other large monster, it’lloften quickly shake you offor hit you with a spell.
You’llwant to knock the Chimera overfor yourbest opportunity at attacking the Goat headas a melee Vocation likeFighterorThief, either bysetting it on fire and toppling it over, or by doing enough damage to the Lion head.
Killing the Goat head willprevent the Chimera from casting magic spellsfor the rest of the battle.
For magic users likeSorcererandMagick Archer,non-standard damage spells like Seism and Sagittate Downpour are bestfor dealing damage to the Goat, as ithas higher magic resistancethan the other two parts.
TheArcheralsoexcels at taking down the Goat head, as it can focus on it with physical damage without worrying about being shaken off, especiallyusing Barrage or Dire Shot.
TheThief’s Skull Splitter attackis great at doing damage to multiple parts of the Chimera, andgetting you onto its back to attack the Goathead easier.
Killing The Snake Tail
The Snake tail of the Chimera is theeasiest of the three to killdue to its lower health and number of attacks, but theother two heads will often interfere with you targeting itin particular.
Itsprimary attackis going to be anAOE poison breath that covers an area in poisonous, purple fluid, but this attack has afairly large telegraph of the snake rearing its head, and lasts several moments, so you have time to run out of its range.
You canuse the pawn command ‘To me!‘to call your Pawns over to you andhelp them avoid the poison breath.
While it’s possible to kill it regularly,melee Vocations are capable of cutting the Snake tail off, which permanently prevents that part’s attacks, and it canbe harvested for additional materials.
