Dragon Age Origins WAR MAGE - FULL "Combat-Playthrough"(Nightmare, No healing potions)
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- WARNING: THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL PLAYTHROUGH!
This is a "Combat Playthrough", which means that we will focus on the combat in the game as we go through it. Cutscenes and dialogues are not touched(aside from some merchants), but most of the walking, looting, trading, and map travel is sped up. Loading screens are also edited out.
This playthrough is designed to help everyone go through Nightmare with this new "War Mage" crowd-control build I made. This character was created as a "Nightmare Buster". I believe this build is one of the easiest to beat the hardest difficulty with, because it has a spell/tactic for every situation. He can heal, bomb and stun crowds, and paralyze bosses. He was made for war!
So join me, as I go through the entire game level-by-level, fight-by-fight, showing you how to beat the game on Nightmare!
Here are some details on how this playthrough came to be:
For years now, I have been getting requests about so many things related to playthroughs such as:
"Can you do a playthrough focusing on combat?"
"Can you do a playthrough as a mage?"
"Can you make a mage build that handles Nightmare with ease and show progression by level?"
"Yeah, the full build is good, but how do you get through lower levels before you can get there?"
"I hate the combat and I play for the story, but I want to beat the game on Nightmare for the achievement. Can you make a build that lets me beat Nightmare with not much effort?"
"Can you make a build that can get me through Nightmare without the DLC rewards? I need to beat the game first to get them, right?"
"I thought Alistair was Weapon and Shield! How do you make him use two swords? Cheats?"
"How can your Morrigan work as a support? She is terrible for me!"
"What tactics are you using for the team before their full build is complete?"
I got dozens of requests like these, so I figured why not hit all these birds with one stone, right? One big playthrough in one big video, that is designed to create a build that can get you through Nightmare with relative ease, and show you how exactly we progress throughout the game. So here it is!
In addition to this, I decided to go after some self-imposed challenges(like Inquisition's Trials) for fun and to show how good the build is, if used correctly. Here are the challenges:
1. NO HEALING POTIONS
Success! This challenge was only added after Lothering, when I realized that I had not used a single healing potion yet. Still, since I'm partly a healer, this was not that difficult. This is the challenge that made me throw away Revival from my quick bar, in case you are wondering why I did it, while you are watching the video. If you are a first-time player going through the game, you better keep that in there! :)
2. THE WAR MAGE AND THE TEAM CAN'T GET KNOCKED OUT DURING ANY FIGHT
Success, although I had a few close calls. Looking back I took a few risks that I should have avoided. Some of my usual tactics had to be altered too to avoid failing this(tell you about those in the time stamps/tactics), but ultimately it's a success.
3. NO SWITCHING OFF OF THE MAIN CHARACTER DURING COMBAT WHILE ENEMIES ARE STILL ALIVE
Fail! Sadly, this slipped my mind when I wanted to demonstrate how you can use Morrigan in Lothering to kill the bandit leader quickly. So with this single move, I managed to fail this. Other than this, I never switched off, but it's still a fail. Ah, well.
4. KILL EVERY ELITE BOSS
Success. Yes, even Cauthrien, without leaving the room or using pause.
5. NO EXPLITS OR DLC REWARD ITEMS
I'm not sure what people consider as "exploits", but this has to be a success. No infinite xp, infinite gold or even weapon tier improving at all. I also destroyed all dlc rewards.
6. ONCE THE BUILD IS CONSIDERED COMPLATE, NO MORE TACTICAL PAUSE
Success. Pretty thrilled about this, because I figured I would fail this since this is a CC character, but I managed to do it. After I reached the Deep Roads(around level 18-19) I never used Tactical Pause again.
I had to edit the video in quite a few places, not only because I had to cut the loading out(and when I had to be afk), but because of all the crashes. Oh, my God the crashes! Based on my footage, I crashed 49 times and my game froze 16 times(even though, as you can see, the textures were on ugly medium). I also forgot to turn on OBS one time, which forced me to redo the entire Redcliffe village part.
I'm using a different editing software now, so there might be a few errors here and there. I apologize for that.
I hope you enjoy the video!
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***WARNING: THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL PLAYTHROUGH!***
This is a "Combat Playthrough", which means that we will focus on the combat in the game as we go through it. Cutscenes and dialogues are not touched(aside from some merchants), but most of the walking, looting, trading, and map travel is sped up. Loading screens are also edited out.
This playthrough is designed to help everyone go through Nightmare with this new "War Mage" crowd-control build I made. This character was created as a "Nightmare Buster". I believe this build is one of the easiest to beat the hardest difficulty with, because it has a spell/tactic for every situation. He can heal, bomb and stun crowds, and paralyze bosses. He was made for war!
So join me, as I go through the entire game level-by-level, fight-by-fight, showing you how to beat the game on Nightmare!
Here are some details on how this playthrough came to be:
For years now, I have been getting requests about so many things related to playthroughs such as:
"Can you do a playthrough focusing on combat?"
"Can you do a playthrough as a mage?"
"Can you make a mage build that handles Nightmare with ease and show progression by level?"
"Yeah, the full build is good, but how do you get through lower levels before you can get there?"
"I hate the combat and I play for the story, but I want to beat the game on Nightmare for the achievement. Can you make a build that lets me beat Nightmare with not much effort?"
"Can you make a build that can get me through Nightmare without the DLC rewards? I need to beat the game first to get them, right?"
"I thought Alistair was Weapon and Shield! How do you make him use two swords? Cheats?"
"How can your Morrigan work as a support? She is terrible for me!"
"What tactics are you using for the team before their full build is complete?"
I got dozens of requests like these, so I figured why not hit all these birds with one stone, right? One big playthrough in one big video, that is designed to create a build that can get you through Nightmare with relative ease, and show you how exactly we progress throughout the game. So here it is!
In addition to this, I decided to go after some self-imposed challenges(like Inquisition's Trials) for fun and to show how good the build is, if used correctly. Here are the challenges:
1. NO HEALING POTIONS
Success! This challenge was only added after Lothering, when I realized that I had not used a single healing potion yet. Still, since I'm partly a healer, this was not that difficult. This is the challenge that made me throw away Revival from my quick bar, in case you are wondering why I did it, while you are watching the video. If you are a first-time player going through the game, you better keep that in there! :)
2. THE WAR MAGE AND THE TEAM CAN'T GET KNOCKED OUT DURING ANY FIGHT
Success, although I had a few close calls. Looking back I took a few risks that I should have avoided. Some of my usual tactics had to be altered too to avoid failing this(tell you about those in the time stamps/tactics), but ultimately it's a success.
3. NO SWITCHING OFF OF THE MAIN CHARACTER DURING COMBAT WHILE ENEMIES ARE STILL ALIVE
Fail! Sadly, this slipped my mind when I wanted to demonstrate how you can use Morrigan in Lothering to kill the bandit leader quickly. So with this single move, I managed to fail this. Other than this, I never switched off, but it's still a fail. Ah, well.
4. FACE EVERY ELITE BOSS IN THE GAME
Success. Yes, even Cauthrien, without leaving the room or using pause.
5. NO EXPLOITS OR DLC REWARD ITEMS
I'm not sure what people consider as "exploits", but this has to be a success. No infinite xp, infinite gold or even weapon tier improving at all. I also destroyed all dlc rewards.
6. ONCE THE BUILD IS CONSIDERED COMPLETE, NO MORE TACTICAL PAUSE
Success. Pretty thrilled about this, because I figured I would fail this since this is a CC character, but I managed to do it. After I reached the Deep Roads(around level 18-19) I never used Tactical Pause again.
I had to edit the video in quite a few places, not only because I had to cut the loading out(and when I had to be afk), but because of all the crashes. Oh, my God the crashes! Based on my footage, I crashed 49 times and my game froze 16 times(even though, as you can see, the textures were on ugly medium). I also forgot to turn on OBS one time, which forced me to redo the entire Redcliffe village part. Sheesh. I'm using a different editing software now, so there might be a few errors here and there. I apologize for that. Honestly, with a footage this big, that is bound to happen.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this gargantuan video!
BASIC TIME STAMPS:
6:50 GAMEPLAY STARTS
21:46 CIRCLE
54:17 OSTAGAR
1:56:40 THE TOP OF THE TOWER - THE OGRE BOSS
2:14:04 LOTHERING
2:53:26 AFTER LOTHERING. (Now we will go to all sorts of places, primarily trying to level up some more, and get some gold.)
3:51:33 STONE PRISONER DLC
4:15:09 RETURN TO OSTAGAR
5:39:48 STARTING THE PROVING
5:57:38 SOLDIER'S PEAK DLC
6:33:01 BLOOD MAGE DEN(LAST WISH QUEST)
6:59:53 WE BUY THE REAPER'S VESTMENTS
7:25:29 SWIFTRUNNER FIRST ENCOUNTER
8:00:50 THE BROKEN CIRCLE
8:27:25 LOST IN DREAMS
9:11:49 SLOTH(BOSS FIGHT)
9:22:26 ULDRED(BOSS FIGHT - THE CIRCLE IS SAVED)
9:42:43 ZEVRAN
10:10:11 JARVIA(BOSS FIGHT)
10:18:10 WE BUY THE LIFEGIVER
10:41:19 REDCLIFFE
11:11:23 REDCLIFFE VILLAGE BATTLE(EVERYONE IS SAVED)
11:58:12 SAVING CONNOR AND ISOLDE(BOTH ARE ALIVE, DEMON LEAVES WILLINGLY AND GIVES A GIFT)
12:27:52 WE BUY THE SPELLWARD
12:40:53 NATURE OF THE BEAST
12:47:49 MAD HERMIT(BOSS FIGHT)
12:49:53 SWIFTRUNNER SECOND ENCOUNTER
13:25:48 ZATHRIAN(BOSS FIGHT - WE END THE CURSE)
14:05:32 URN OF SACRED ASHES
14:41:50 KOLGRIM(BOSS FIGHT - WE PRESERVE THE ASHES)
15:01:05 WE BUY THE STAFF OF THE MAGISTER LORD
15:26:51 PARAGON OF HER KIND
**THE BUILD IS BASICALLY DONE, I WILL NOT USE THE TACTICAL PAUSE AFTER THIS POINT**
16:25:14 BROODMOTHER(BOSS FIGHT)
16:50:17 CARIDIN(BOSS FIGHT - BRANKA DESTROYS THE ANVIL AND HARROWMONT IS KING)
18:32:41 THE LANDSMEET
19:40:58 CAUTHRIEN(ELITE BOSS FIGHT)
20:54:50 LOGHAIN DUEL
21:03:49 GAXKANG(ELITE BOSS FIGHT)
21:07:10 FLEMETH(ELITE BOSS FIGHT)
21:17:56 HIGH DRAGON(ELITE BOSS FIGHT)
21:49:38 THE SIEGE OF DENERIM
22:28:26 THE ARCHDEMON(ELITE BOSS FIGHT/FINAL BATTLE)
THE LINKS FOR THE DETAILED TIME STAMPS/GUIDE ARE IN THE DESCRIPTION! :)
Right when I thought you cant make better c9ntent , you prove me wrong.
2024 is starting out nicely I see
Video much more than excellent, seeing people like you who not only teach how to play but also are willing to do a complete run with a step-by-step guide, is something that is becoming increasingly rare. I feel happy to know your channel.
Thank you! :)
I've had over 30 playthroughs of this game - I am humbled 38 minutes in. Getting the old blind mage to sign the form - didn't know you could do that - never saw a reason why. Then the reason why - smart. Very smart. Eventually I'm going to finish this video but already I'm enjoying it. A lot of people are doing DA:O playthroughs lately ... and they are terrible at it. This will be a good one I can tell.
Thank you! I appreciate it! I hope you enjoy the rest of it! :)
Never in all my playthroughs of Origins have I punched a Wisp. Thank you for doing that :)
I’ve been dying to see someone actually show the build develop throughout the game! So many videos on YT are just a guy respec -ing at Awakening but showing how to progress through the game. Your content always is helpful and entertaining
As a long time viewer this is probably the coolest piece of dragon age content ever made
Thank you! :)
@@AKisHercegis there any plans for doing the dlc as well? I want to see how you could keep pushing this character with extra levels. Also is there any reason you didn’t pick shock (the lightning cone spell), is it just not as good compared to the ice and fire ones? Thanks!
@@jimbostunnaYes, I plan to finish Awakening and Amgarrak as well.
Personal preference really. Shock is just not as good as the other two. :)
Bring out the box of popcorn for this video. This will take some time to get through, but should prove an interesting watch since in all the years I have been playing DA:O on Nightmare, I do not think I have attempted a No Healing Potion run.
Thank you for teaching me so much about all the DA games. I only finished Origins once because I was a noob and thought it was too hard.
Got inspired by you to try again and I am having so much fun with better strategy and team-building on harder difficulties.
Hope you have a nice day dude! :)
I'm glad to hear that! I hope you have a wonderful day as well! :)
Yes! Yes!! YES!!! I‘m gonna enjoy this from start to finish over the next couple of days. Thank you so much for your dedication to this game, this channel and us, who soak in your helpful videos and guides. DA: Origins is still a fantastic game.
Niiiiice! Would love to see more playthroughs like this. I haven't found any Dragon Age tubers as good as you, particularly not for the first couple games.
Memeficient Approach is also good.
@@OuldeHaven't heard of them! Will take a look.
just wanted to say that I've loved seeing your channel grow
Wow, you really went above and beyond for this one! Great work!
Making Wynne blood mage always make me laugh
Thank you so much for making this! I love getting to see the tactics and everything! My fav build is still the bearserker
This is actually unbelievable, I can't imagine the amount of work put into this video. As always, really good work! You're one of the best content creators on RUclips
Hell yes! You don’t know how excited I am for this!! 🕺🏼🕺🏼
Awesome! I hope you enjoy it! :)
The Dragon Age GOAT strikes again ladies and gentlemen with another masterpice of a video!!! 🐐 🐐 🐐
You don’t see much on these games other than reviews and few “is it worth it” videos, I played this game for months before even thinking of playing something else and you’ve been doing it for years, I used many of your vids for builds and tips, thank you for what you do man ✌🏻
I love the Origins content in 2024! All time great game.
Thank you for coming across my feed, I love these kind of videos. Easy sub, easy like.
Man its been a while since enjoy vids like this for you im playing again this game about 1 month ago i remember when came out this game i play whit all the races and all the hystories,about some mounths ago i see your channel and your vids make another perspective of builds. Thanks so much Man for this vids
The real impressive feat here is that it ran so smoothly (seemingly).
I'm glad it looks like that. :)
It crashed 49 times and froze 16 times. I also had frame rate drops during exploration, thankfully only a few places in combat(Cadash Thaig for example), but during exploration there were quite a few, you just don't see it because speeding up the footage kinda fixes that.
Haha ah, damn. It is a shame hey, because it is such a good game to be so janky.
god damn almighty 22 hours ;3; that's awesome
Man you go all out on this one.
Cool to see you still cooking :)
I've been doing my Shield Rogue last few months and come to realization that Ranger isn't as fun, cause enemies die too fast for Pets to do their thing. Probably should went Duelist First. Also heavily focusing stealing I was able to do Lyrium Smuggling after just Lothering->Circle of Magi.
So excited to watch this: DAO is my favorite game of all time.
You slayed all those abominations ? ...I didn't think it was possible
I love your playthrough, it's really interesting and fun to watch! I can't wait for the Rogue and Warrior videos! ^^ also, will you be doing DA2? I'd love to see how you deal with the early horde of enemies in Nightmare difficulty 😮
Anyway, thank you for the video! 💕
I have many plans before I would do a playthrough for DA2(DAO Rogue/Warrior playthrough, finishing my last Trilogy Build, finishing my Shotgun Infi for ME3 etc). But eventually, I can make a playthrough for DA2, but I also would love to do an Inquisition playthrough. We'll see. :)
ngl, this is such good brainrot food. I've been craving stuff like this lately. it's like watching a stream of a game with a lot of the boring parts cut out.
omg about 23 hours, i'll watch some now before i go to work but this might take me awhile.
Wow Good job very nice walktrough
I'm loving this format. Idk how long it will take for me to watch the whole 23 hr video. Wouldn't it be better to upload 23 videos each around 1 hr duration in a playlist?
I prefer not to upload 23 separate videos of this playthrough. I feel like it would swamp the rest of the content on the channel(especially if we consider that I will go through the game with a Rogue and a Warrior as well(so 23+23+23+2+2+2=75 videos of 3 playthroughs with 2 long version of each with and without commentary).
That said, I did create a poll where my subscribers decided that they want to have a segmented playthrough as well, so currently I'm working on that.
Around 8-9 videos, each has a length of 2-3 hour. Hopefully that will be good for people who prefer to watch it piece-by-piece. :)
I've been trying to do a run like this for years, but I always fail from taking some stupid risk.
what an effort 💪🏻
It is going to be creepy in Awakenings as you look like Anders
22 hours of dao let's fuckinggg gooooo
Any particular reason you waited so long to level Alistair or was it a personal challenge? I was gonna try following this build and I was wondering if I could start the dual wield build earlier.
A bit of both. You can certainly start leveling him up early, however, he will suck. :)
As a weapon and shield guy, he has two great abilities: Shield Bash - knockdown, and Shield Pummel - stun. And he is ready to defend you with them when you are attacked. These are life-saving skills when you are a mage. He is also more durable with Shield Cower, since archers will have a hard time cheap shooting him. The only thing really is his armor(which was a personal challenge). You can pop a few points into STR so he can wear steel, but not too much. By level 12 we NEED him to be able to fully function as a Dual Weapon guy(and you need to have 36 hard point in total into Dex for that).
If you start levelling him as a dual weapon guy from the beginning(and give him a dagger and a sword), he will have next to nothing for a long time. He will be less durable, especially since he will have more damage, so he will be the primary target of everyone, instead of Sten. He will also have a hard time hitting with Dual Striking, since he still has low attack. Overall it is pretty ugly to level him, because he needs lots of Dex to unlock his passives, and Dex does not do much at the beginning for a Dual Weapon warrior who is there to deal damage. :)
Impressive run sir ... on DA inquisition, They fixed things, Elite bosses are immune to physical effects which's very sensible, I wonder if hawke can kill king of the hell if he's immune to all physical effects 🤔!!
ok 7h50min you made him DW
was not expecting that
:)
Oh yeah, this guy definitely mages.
Nice video. Would you like to share your mod list and video settings the game looks awsome.
I have no mods other than the Visual Annoyance remover(otherwise the game becomes extremely unstable and drops fps constantly). I set the textures to medium, if it is on high the game crashes non-stop. It sill crashed a lot though but not as much as it would have with high textures.
this route you took with Denerim first it's so hard if you are not a mage,i tried with rogue and i cannot get through denerim city ambushes :(
It's actually easier with a rogue. Use Stealth and separation tactics and its child's play. I guess you will see it in my upcoming Hardcore 100% playthrough. :)
ive played this game so much, what is a fun build for my next playthrough
Can you do this with your guardian angel build in inquisition? I’m currently loving the build but am having issues in which skills to pick up before others
You mean for the Inquisitor or the team?
For the Inquisitor the skills in order of importance before Skyhold:
Barrier
Mana Surge(Passive)
Guardian Spirit(Passive)
Revival
Fade Step
Dispel
Mind Blast(you will pick it up when yo go after Revival anyway)
Winter's Stillness(Passive)
The rest is up to you. Barrier supports the team(upgraded with Mana Surge it will freeze enemies when destroyed), Guardian Spirit will save your butt, Fade Step is great for positioning, Dispel removes magical barriers, Mind Blast is a good CC skill for interrupting enemies and detonating frozen enemies(with Fortifying Blast it adds to your Barrier). Winter's Stillness gives passive mana regen.
After Skyhold, KE spec + respec:
Barrier(Elegant Defense)
Mana Surge
Guardian Spirit
Fade Cloak(invulnerability)
Combat Clarity
Fade Shield(extra Barrier from damage)
Revival
Fade Step
Mind Blast(Fortifying Blast)
Flashpoint
Clean Burn
Disruption Field(Stasis Lock)
Dispel
and finally the Resurgence.
@@AKisHercegthank you
How were you able to learn spirit healer specialization without a teacher when you were in Lothering? Didn't you need a teacher for those skills? Or did I miss something?
I already have it unlocked with a previous playthrough. You can buy the book in the Wonders of Thedas shop in Denerim.
@@AKisHerceg Ahhh, didnt know that's how it worked since i was always too noob to complete the game ^^'
OUTSTANDING
Hello there. I wonder have you ever heard of Elden Ring, the legendary - Let Me Solo Her? Is there anyway the Warden can be built like Let Me Solo Her?
Never heard of it. Not even sure what Let Me Solo Her is. Is that a person? Or a build? What does that thing do? If you can tell me what that is, maybe we can come up with something. :)
Let Me Solo Her is a person who wears a pot helmet and a sword. If the warden can eliminate the fatigue from not wearing armor maybe, it can optimised fully potential of evade from an enemy.
@@padangpasir8150 Okay, I did some research on Elden Ring(which is basically like a DS game). The two game mechanics are completely different. DA does not have an evade mechanic where you can avoid attacks by executing dodges at the right time.
There is no way to avoid enemy attacks other than your defense rating or your dodge %(talking about physical attacks not magical). Both are percentage based and not dependent on player skill. They depend on the build.
Defense comes from the Dexterity stat, some skills, and the Defense enchantment on equipment.
Dodge comes from certain skills, and from equipment.
Now, based on what you are telling me and what I saw, Let Me Solo Her is going full nude with a pot helmet and uses two swords.
This is by far the most suicidal idea in a game like DA, where there is no ability to manually dodge attacks, and everything is based on what stats you have, what skills you pick, and what you wear.
There is no net benefit in not wearing armor in the game, other than reducing the stamina cost of your talents. So your fatigue becomes 0, but you also have 0 armor. Armor in DA works as flat damage resistance when it comes to physical attacks. So if you have 20 armor and someone hits you with 20 damage, you receive around 1 point of damage(that's the minimum damage). If you have 0 armor, you get all 20. So not wearing armor is not the best idea. Even if you go with a full Dex build and 100% Evasion, armor is still handy because some abilities are auto-hit skills, which means they will hit no matter what(Ram, Slam, Scattershot etc).
The only build that would somewhat work is a Dex build. But it would be the worst Dex build ever. Especially since Let Me Solo Her uses Double Swords(which means you can only be a warrior or a rogue, and warriors have no talent that gives dodge). So even if you can boost your defense very high, your damage would be nothing, because sword damage uses Strength, not Dex.
So basically, no you can't build that in DA. Unless you want to hate every moment of the gameplay.
You have 0 armor, high defense(you can't boost dodge beyond 25% without equipment), and extremely poor damage. Definitely not a great idea. I think even the easy difficulty would be a challenge this way.
If you don't go for Dex, but Strength instead to have great damage, then you have no Defense, so you will be hit with every single attack enemies will throw at you(not having armor to reduce the damage will also hasten your inevitable demise).
So if this is what you meant by creating this build here in Origins, then this is basically a nude rogue with double swords(there is no pot helmet in the game). Sadly, that is a horrible idea in DA.
can i ask why Alistair did not had any level up till the tower of mage to full equip dual wield around @8:15:00
It's because that is the part when you can fully equip him as a dual wield warrior with two swords: level 12, 36 dex and 4 available ability points.
Until then if I would want him as dual wield he would be way too lame.
With his shield, he comes with two great disabling ability and one good sustainable skill that protects him from arrows.
That is better than having him try to hit enemies with dual weapons when can't use them effectively yet, because he has no skills with them. He needs 4 passives and 36 dex to equip two swords, so until he can do that, it is useless for him to start using dual weapons. It's much better to have him Shield Bash and Shield Pummel enemies.
@@AKisHerceg would speding the points be useless while still using shield and sword? that's what I dont fully understand. thanks for the quick answer tho
@@toplanetxt158 It would just boost his dex, which would give him a bit more defense but not that much. His hits would not be stronger and he would not be able to take more dmg either. If you want, you can start boosting his dex though.
Is siding with Harrowman in Orzammar necessary for anything, or is it just personal preference? Personally, I prefer working with Bhelen. Since even if he's an asshole, he leads to a happier ending.
In order to get the Key to the City faster you have to agree that you enter the proving as Harrowmont’s champ. The door to the last codex page is locked otherwise, until you finish the first task for Behlen. Other than this, no it doesn’t matter who you pick.
this is a weird question but am I the only person that is missing the preset face they are using?
It’s a custom preset I made with the Toolset. :)
Is there a build video for this “War Mage”?
No, this video is supposed to be the build video. :)
But I get you. You would not want to go through the whole 23 hours to see how the build progresses right?
At the end I show you the full build, my equipment, the stats and every spells I picked up.
Also, there is a written guide in the description. It has 3 parts. So if you want to see the progression by level, all you have to do is open the guide and type in "LEVEL" in the search(Ctrl + F). This will highlight the word LEVEL every time I used it, and you just have to see what I did with the War Mage or any of my companions, level-by-level. I hope that helps! :)
Weird that you didn't use Cone of Cold. It would have made many of the fights just irrlevant.
On the other hand, I currently am doing something similar but with the mod "Flash Creatures Reescale". Let me tell you... you would have to change the rules for that one. Its virtually impossible to not get a party member not knocked out with that mod.
I did. As I wrote it in my detailed guide, you can either progress in the Earth or the Cold tree. This is a choice I leave up to you. In my opinion, the Earth tree is more rewarding in the beginning.
You get Rock Armor, Stone Fist and Petrify, as opposed to Winter's Grasp and Cone of Cold(Cold Weapons are near useless in the beginning).
Rock Armor is mandatory, since you have no decent armor in the beginning and you are squishy as hell. Stone Fist is great for knocking enemies down(if they are knocked down they can't hurt you until they get back up) - Winter's Grasp just damages them, and gives a very low chance to freeze. Petrify has a much better chance at paralyzing higher ranked enemies and keeps them immobile longer than Cone of Cold on nightmare(esp. in the beginning when your magic is low). With Stone Fist and Petrify, you can already start shattering enemies for the cost of 4 spells, whereas with Cone of Cold, you would need to spend 5 spell points to be able to start shattering. :)
Not really? Although Petrify is good for higher rank enemies, it is still 1 enemy. Cone of Cold allows you to Petrify from 2 to 7 enemies, provided that you use a good positioning or bring your opponents to where you want them or use choke points. And you can start shattering enemies right away provided that you have your allies with Bash, Mighty Blow or Riposte. And it only takes 3 spells, 5 if you want to shatter yourself.
@@alejandroyava "It is still 1 enemy". Correct. And if that enemy is a mage who loves chucking Fireballs, or an Elite/Boss with Mighty Blow or Final Blow, then it is God's gift.
Yes, I was talking about shattering with your Warden.
Cone of Cold holds normal enemies for less than 3 sec with around 30-35 Magic on Nightmare. It holds Elites and Bosses for 1-2 sec. Petrify can hold an Elite for 6-7 seconds. But as I said, Petrify alone is not what made me progress in the Earth tree first. It is the fact that if you go for Petrify, you get Rock Armor and Stone fist as well(so right after you get Rock Armor, you instantly get a cc skill with Stone Fist. Getting up can take as much time for humans as getting stuck in ice with CoC. If I would start progressing in the cold tree, I would still lack cc skills for two more levels because I need to get WG and FW first to get to CoC - when you play with permadeath, cc spells are priority over damager spells).
With Cone of Cold you only get Winter's Grasp. Very low chance to freeze to a point where you can't consider it a cc spell. Frost Weapons is not worth it when you go from a high magic build, because it takes way to much mana away from you and your team only deals 2-3 additional cold damage. Flaming Weapons is a much better choice because not only it deals more damage but at the beginning you face a lot of darkspawn and they are weak to fire.
That is how I see it, but as I said, you are free to pick between the two. Cone of Cold is indeed a great spell. :)
If I would have used dlc equipment and sold the Reaper's Cudgel, I would have bought the three tomes and unlocked all of those spells at once after getting Petrify or CoC. Sadly since no dlc stuff was allowed, I had to make a choice.
I am at the 6 hour mark so far. Nice video! I just cant see the reason why you wont allocate any attribute and skill points to Alistair, mind filling me in on this one?
I specced him as a Dual Weapon Warrior. It is best if you spec him as a DW Warrior when he already has the necessary Dex to unlock Dual Weapon Mastery, otherwise he will be pretty weak compared to his Weapon and Shield abilities.
If you start building him from the moment you get him as a DW warrior, he will have: no abilities, and in one hand he will hold a lousy dagger. This is much worse than having an excellent passive that protects him from missiles, and two disabling skills - one knock down and one stun. This is what he comes with automatically, so you are better off not changing his style until you have DW mastery and a couple of skills from the DW tree. :)
@@AKisHerceg Ahh I see, thanks for the explanation. Can't wait to see the rest
Nice
Will you romance anyone?
Nope. Maybe next time. :)
@@AKisHerceg Asexual Gigachad
I am at 4 hours and my question is. Why you still did not level my boy alistar for this long :D
You will find out around 7-8 hours in. :)
@@AKisHerceg big man. Gonna defo do and feed the algorythm with additional comments.
you know the game so well that you can have a convo with sten without minus points XD that is impressive
You say alot of crashes ? Nothing like this for me on xbox for me. Atleast
Mine is on PC. Ultimate Edition.
@@AKisHerceg I think there's a patch or something called Patch 4 GB that avoid most of the crashes in the game if you want it, is not hard to install, i don't know if you use mods for the game, most people do, do it if you find some mechanics of the game annoying but they also do most of the crashes i am afraid
Great playthought by the way, i didn't expect it you did all this, amazing job, i didn't have a lot of trouble doing a nightmare playthought playing solo thanks to your advices in previous videos, thought i only play as a rogue the whole origins and that's it, the other games are not my favorite but they are okay
@@AKisHercegThe game has a problem with using RAM, currently the only way is to download the 4GB patch and reduce the graphics settings to medium, this will reduce game crashes to a minimum, and one package of fixes, probably dain fix (I'm not sure) has the ability to disable some of the earliest crashing special effects

@@AKisHerceg still good play good play👍
@@AKisHercegIn general, dain fix is a must have but don't download it using any launcher, just download it manually and delete the fixes you don't like