If you like my videos, you can support the channel here: www.buymeacoffee.com/akisherceg 🍕 Thank you! :) Okay, I decided to make a supercut from all(well, not all, but most) of my footage taking down the Highland Ravager! A little explanation: back when most of these footages were recorded(some of them are new, but most of them are old), most people said things like: "Mages are only good for crowd control." or "Warriors are just meat-shields" and "Only Rogues can take down dragons fast!". So I set a goal for myself - an "Achievement" if you will. I will kill the strongest dragon(with the JOH dlc, it's actually the second strongest, but that dragon fight has different stages where you can't hurt the dragon) in less than 2 minutes with every class. Two minutes seemed like a short enough time to call it a "quick boss fight" so that is why I went with that number. I kept testing and testing different skills and combinations until I managed to create builds for mages and warriors(and of course for rogues, but that was easy) capable of destroying the dragon in under two minutes. It was quite fun, so this video is basically just a reminder of those times. I hope you will enjoy it! :)
@@AKisHerceg I never played as a mage primarily so this playthrough trying mage in nightmare difficulty but confused between rift mage and KE? any suggestions?
The Rift Mage can be awesome for crowd control and it has the ability to regain its mana(it basically has infinite mana) thanks to its specialization. This is extremely useful, for a mage to cast powerful spells and tear enemies apart. As I said, the specialization also comes with excellent crowd control spells. Knight Enchanter is a mage tank, who is nearly indestructible thanks to its passive ability to gain Barrier based on its damage. This will provide plenty of Barrier for it to go against almost any enemy and take them down without any health damage. The higher your damage, the more Barrier you gain, so you can go full offense with this mage(high damage) and still be an amazing tank. If this is your first mage playthrough, then I recommend the Knight Encahter. It is safe, it is fun and it can deal a lot of damage if you spec it well. Try my Frost/Fire Crusader build, you won't regret it! :)
Hands down the most flexible Spec! You can turn it into anything you want basically(within the range of the Rogue class of course), because all you need is the enhaced cooldowns and that's it. You have a monster. :)
Thousand Cuts is so ridiculously over-powered. I was shocked when my Rogue used it on the Storm Coast dragon, followed by Flask of Fire and spamming Throwing Knives. Absolutely nuked it.
I'm making a DA fan game. Iwant the specs to be something like: WARRIOR Champion (+10strength/+20vitality) Nearly all warriors seek to be the one in control of the field. Large and in charge, champions specialize in being resilient and are masters of crowd control. They prevent hoards of enemies from reaching their frailer allies as well as empowering the party or intimidating the opposition through robust shouting. Reever (+20strength/+10dexterity) These fierce fighters are keen on the berserking nature of being a true warrior. They enjoy seeking a destructive path paved in blood. They sacrifice their own blood to see their foes bleed more and thus prefer a solo match. Though they fall rather quickly in group combat, it is not before they have done serious damage. Templar (+10vitality/+20wisdom) Most warriors tend to prefer shrugging hits of the physical variety. Templars on the other hand sacrifice offense in order to boast a fair resistance to magical energies. They thus specialize in combat against supernatural forces and guarding the party from hostile magic. ROGUE Assassin (+20dexterity/+10cunning) It is in every rogue's nature to go unnoticed on the streets while some more experienced rogues can slip in and out of the shadows during combat or even in plain sight. Assassins specialize in unsportsman like conduct and prefer to strike outside of initiated combat. Duelist (+10strength/+20cunning) The rarer more disciplined rogues perceive stealth as a last resort quaint idea that has no place in the realm of fairness. A duelist specializes in solo melee combat where form and talent lead to victory. Their reflexes border on supernatural and thus make for consistant counter attacks. Ranger (+10vitality/+10dex/+10cun) Rogues come equipt with immeasurable prowess to scout out dangers to the party. Among these are imposing beasts who can be easily manipulated by illusion and sound. Rangers specialize in ranged combat and prefer not to get up close and personal with the enemy. Rather they call upon wild beasts to fulfill that role. MAGE Warlock (+10vitality/+20intelligence) Mages that specialize in the art of necromancy are among the most forbidden, and for good reason. Warlocks are sorcerers who specialize in raising the dead from their well deserved slumber only to have them fall again. They can also use their powers for good by reviving and fortifying fallen allies. Battlemage (Arcane Warrior) (+5 to all) Very few mages, let alone warriors, can be quite the threat of a battlemage. They are strong intellectual powerhouses capable of wielding the heaviest of weapons and armors while having the most dangerous lethal spells at their disposal. Though they fear mental depletion, scarse are those who can stand in their way. Soulsword (+15strength/+15wisdom) Underestimating a knight enchanter is one mistake many likely have regreted. Soulswords syphon their life's work into their blades. In addition to being a respectable melee presence, they are remarkable healers and enchanters. They can support allies in a variety of ways.
Mages need at least 2 ranged specs. There is no point to have 3 classes when there are only 2 ranged specs whithing them. In my opinion combine the soulsword and battlemage into one and make a druid class that functions like both shapeshifter and healer/support with some distinguished nature dmg spells or create an illusionist who creates clones of himself and teleports and messes with time or smh. Just be more original. DA classes and specs are great fundamentals but it would be cooler if you make your own spinn on your own game.
Haha! :) That is the power of my Slinger. She has the most destructive combo in the entire game, capable of instantly killing anyone(except the Trespasser's final boss Saarath - this guy, because of his enormous damage reduction, still has a sliver of health after the combo, but then he dies after a few it). You could check out my Slinger Assassin build if you are interested. :)
@@alexanderthered5603 My favorites are the Artificers(archers mostly, but I love destroying everything with a dual-wield as well) and the Champions(especially two-handed ones). :) I also love the Knight Enchanter and the Necro - in fact I just uploaded a devastating Necro build which can destroy crowds and bosses easily. Unbelievable aoe damage(enemies explode and their explosion also creates explosions so it's a gory mess) and huge over time damage on bosses(I killed the Ravager in 51 seconds, Harofsen in 58, and the Guardian in 41)! :)
@@AKisHerceg I been thinking about what class and specialization would fit someone like me if I was Trevelyan in DA universe, and honestly I keep landing on Artificer Archer. I'll definitely be checking your artificer videos in a bit.
I believe it's about using upgraded version of stealth skill that let you stay in stealth mode for 3s after you attack, to make use of Assasin's passive and let Throwing Blades and Leap Shot have 100% crit chance (focus all on crit damage to max out the damage). Full Draw after Leaping Shot, then re-active the upgraded Mark of Death used before the fight. Am I right?
Hey there! I'm a new subscriber; I played this game the first week that came out and now I am visiting it again for the first time in seven years with all the DLC and Nightmare difficulty so your excellent videos had helped a lot especially with the management of abilities on AI. Nice work! By the way, which Amulet and Belt do you recommend using for my build? [Rogue Archer Artificer]
Glad you picked it up again! :) Depends: are you a flank attacker or a face-to-face archer? If flank then you need a Superb Dexterity(or Cunning if your crit chance is too low and you want to compensate for it) amulet. At least that is what I would pick. If you go face to face, then you want the Malika's Guard Amulet for a massive Attack and Dex boost for your rogue. For belts, since there is not that much benefit from Guard/Resistance/being hit etc. belts on a rogue, I go for a Superb/Master Tonics Belt. This way I can have up to 7 or 8 Mighty Offense Tonic. :)
As I recall, Sneak Attack passive on dual dagger tree work with archer too, so with flank attacker playstyle, that passive will double crit chance and give slots for more crit damage. Cost 3 ability points for it though.
My very first Inquisition playthrough was on Xbox 360 and i went with knight-enchanter One of the things i remember well is spirit-blade spamming a giant to death while my companions were dead the damage was shit but the fact i pretty much wasn't taking damage made up for it to the point i legit thought "Holy shit this thing must be top-tier or smth" then i see rogues nuking a dragon and going like "H U H"
I mean probably before the nerf the blade did more damage. I am doing my first nightmare run and decided to go Knight Enchanter for the first time and it's so fun because you basically become unkillable as long as you keep dealing damage. Literally "yeah now I become a solo man party just because I want it"
"Mages are only good for crowd control." or "Warriors are just meat-shields" You have no idea how much people told me that bullshit (and I'm losing it when they claim the KE is the strongest class). I always write them an explanation of a 1000 words of how wrong they are. I can't believe so many players are misinformed by a bunch of noobs but it's good to know some people like you have common sense. There are a few technicalities I'd have addressed but your builds are so smooth and entertaining enough that it doesn't even matter. Have you ever thought of making a twitch channel or streams on RUclips or something like that? I would definitely watch your streams. :)
Thanks! :) Sadly I don't have the equipment/time currently, but eventually I might be able to put together something like that. I think it would be fun, so I would like to do it someday! :)
Actually, the tier lists I have seen regard Knight Enchanter very low, saying it not deal as much damage as Reaver or Rift Mage (Rogues are out of question). Even Champion is regard more highly than KE, ironically due to Champion's survivability (not sure about Champion's damage though). Also, Flaming Array can be considered one of mage's biggest damage dealers, but this dragon has high resistance to it, so mage may be at disavantage here.
Frost Knight Enchanter is a great build. It's offense, tankiness and crowd control all rolled in one. And the freeze can help landing the Spirit Blade arc of damage on many foes in one strike. The Winter grasp upgrade for 1000% or so weapon damage on frozen targets gave me 16 and 18ks
Its a shame you didn't show a Sword and Shield Reaver, its probably my favorite playstyle. Turning Ring of Pain on and then abusing Charging Bull to smash through the dragon's legs while it takes damage fromt he ring is a cheesy tactic that I love.
My favorite class to use is knight enchanter with the tidarion blade as my main weapon and the ring of doubt all those stealth crits on nightmare all trials are a cakewalk
This is badass!!! and I'm so used to monster hunter world iceborne that i keep expecting the monster to roar on wake up and mhwi music starts and get enraged and start jumping around like crazy and start looking different.
This is a nice showcase. There's a lot more than what's shown here, however. So don't rule out too many classes solely on this. Every class has its place. Especially on Nightmare/Trial difficulties. Warriors tend to fair best solo against nightmare bosses. But rule of thumb is, if you want something dead fast, nothing is faster than a Rogue. Pincushion Hail of Arrow Leaping Shot Artificers will kill a dragon faster than just about anything. Same with Pincushion Thousand Cut Throwing Blade Tempests with double daggers. Get Hidden Blade and Walking Bomb masterworks on your weapons/armor and you'll kill them in a second.
Mark of Death happened. :) It is a unique skill the Assassin has. It will gather all the damage you deal in 8 seconds and inflict it on the target again. With the Mark of Doom upgrade, it will increase your gathered damage with 50%. So whatever you dealt on the dragon cut it in half and add that half to the damage you inflicted. So if you deal 100k damage on the dragon in 8 sec, you will inflict the whole 100k on the dragon again if you activate the mark causing 200k damage in total(minus its armor rating). If you use the Mark of Doom upgrade, you will get an additional 50%(it will also ignore armor). So 100k+100k+50k = 250k damage on the dragon when you activate the mark. Possibly one of the most overpowered ability Bioware ever invented...
Im about to do a full trilogy run after playing dragons dogma nice to see vids are still being made for DAI. Personally something that always bothered me is that I feel that mages were the weakest that were ever displayed in this gameline by far. You compare that the last 2 titles it feels like there was a major fall off in power.
Generally, I would agree, but it all depends on how you build them. The Mage is by far the best CC/Support class - in fact that is what they are meant to do in Inquisition. In Origins and DA2 they were a bit more complex, but this is just the effect of streamlining(which I don't approve, but you roll with what you get). Also elemental damage is just not as high as physical due to resistances. This is actually consistent with the rest of the trilogy. Even though Inquisition kind of changed mages a little bit and placed more focus on CC and Support, they are still great at dealing damage, if you know what you are doing. Watch the resistances and exploit the weaknesses of your enemy. If they are strong against one element, they will be weak to its counterpart(borrowed straight from DA2). This is how you can deal 20k frost damage on a fire dragon. Use combos often - mages are the number one class for setting up combos as well. In fact, mages(Rift Mages specifically) are the only class who can actually perform every single type of combo in the game. Mages are a class for the patient players. You can do phenomenal things with them, but you have to learn the mechanics a bit more. :)
@@AKisHerceg I agree with that. I think the streamlining of the games kind of kills the variety of choices and combos you could potentialy pull off. I just feel like the Mages got the short end of the stick in this game extra hard and I think these games favor mages pcs storywise but that may just be me. Something that really got underneath of my skin was how the elements got divided up Skyrim style and then you had the 1 support tree. Hell DA2 had Fire and Ice in 1 tree not 2. In DAO you could do spell combos for unique effects that would set off a few nukes( cloudkill and death hex or spellmight, tempest, blizzard, mana clash was an instakill on enemy mages). To see them now just kills me. I only ever really played Mages in the dragon age games bc of stuff like that and thats what I like, I'll take fireballs over crossbows any day. In a nutshell of the mage, KE excell more at outlasting the enemy than killing them almost immediately, same thing with Champion, though built right they can pump out some decent numbers, not rogue high but still good. As you said Rift Mage is by far the strongest cc spec for mages. I think Necro(hurts more bc its my fav) got screwed the most, yes they have some good burst spells but most of the other specs can do that just as well if not better. Im hoping with Dread Wolf around the corner we will see vast improvement to the mages in particular. Side note does the Virulent effect on walking bomb only target 1 dragon leg or does it spread to the others, Its been a few years now and I can't remember if it does or not.
@@brandonbutler8778 Yup, mages definitely are the most affected by the change - mainly because they always had the most amount of spells, and now you have an 8 active spell/skill limit, so I guess the devs figured why let you pick from 50 different spells when you can only use 8 at most anyways. Pretty backwards. As far as I can tell, it only targets one, and you get a single damage number popping up upon detonation. :)
It's nice to see someone still playing this game years after its release. My fav was 2H champion because it's just so fun and because at endgame level you can hit hard and *not dying*. Also, since your 2H champion use greatsword and still hit a lot of crits, which schematics you use for the build?
I used the Balanced Greatsword(I prefer the Masterwork Serrated Greatsword though... I think it is better, you can check it out on my video where I take down Saarath with my Templar solo) and the Griffon Plate Schematics. :)
What has been your favourite class for fun factor? I keep trying a class getting so far then switching class. Literally done the same thing forever with this game.
Champion is my fav and the Artificer. Champion is just fun because you are near indestructible, and with good skill rotation the game is very aggressive and explosive. Artificer is fun because anything can work with the Arti because of its ability to reduce cooldowns to next to zero.
I do like the idea of champion it's the one spec I have never tried I think the walking fortress animation is putting me off. I do have the warrior revamped mod so sword and shield skills do more noticeable damage. Debating on grabbing the mod for all ability trees to have a stab anlt making my own
20:55 in archer artificer play, i think that stone stalker armor's 75% speed bonus in stealth is much more efficient way than hook and tackle to approach the enemy for leaping shot spam. but the armor does not allow any sigil usage.
Well, that is if you use Stealth. :) That character was a straight up archer without Stealth. Fade Touched Craggy Skin masterwork gives speed bonus in Stealth, so you can just craft your armor for it and then place Sigil.
Every class has its place. Rogues are great at single target burst. But there's only 12 dragons in the game, and they don't respawn. Mages are great overall. Both groups of enemies and bosses. But if you're looking for dragon killing instant death gameplay, Deathmark Assassin, Thousand Cuts Tempest, and Hail of Arrow Artificers are your go to.
Well, if we follow the logic of the developers - I can only guess - rogues have really no chance to stand up against the dragon in a long-lasting fight(lacking of decent guard-generating abilities, less armor, less health etc.), so the only way to "balance" them, is to give them improved damage. Thanks to certain abilities however, the damage becomes way over the top, so rogues end up being super overpowered against bosses.
@@AKisHerceg I put Fade-Touched Silverite on my armor for 5 guard on hit, the build literally can’t die unless there’s a bunch of archers. im using a hybrid build rn and once all the range dmg is gone the melee enemies get absolutely destroyed by the mines. Artificer Archer is so overpowered in any scenario, idk about the other specs as I haven’t played them.
@@khar8630 Yeah, it is overpowered because of the damage. :) Everything in their skill tree synergizes with more damage - Dexterity gives more attack(more damage) and more Critical Damage. Cunning gives Critical Chance, so that you can have a higher chance to deal even more damage. With equipment you can stack your damage even higher. Contrast this with the Warrior: Strenght is the source of damage for a Warrior, not Dex, so if you want decent Crit Damage, you need to invest in Dexterity - which you can only get from equipment. Same with Critical Chance. This is why a Warrior can never have the same damage as the rogue. Even a weak Archer Rogue will deal more damage than a fully specced Warrior. On the other hand, a Warrior has all kinds of skills to raise their survivability. As far as survivability: just like you said - you have a masterwork that lets you have Guard on Hit. That is not available for a Rogue based on skills. They are designed to be squishy.
Infinite Guard and Barrier? Not sure what you mean by that. You have a few ways to generate Guard and Barrier. It's not infinite but you can keep generating them with these methods. Barrier: You can place the Barrier spell on you, or pick the Knight Enchanter specialization, which has a passive skill Fade Shield, which will generate Barrier based on how much damage you deal. There is also an amulet called Amulet of Barrier which has the same effect and can be equipped on Warriors and Rogues. Guard: You can generate Guard with masterworks("Guard on hit"), skills like Livid, War Cry, Charging Bull, Shield Wall, Block and Slash, Challenge and Horn of Valor. The Champion specialization's Walking Fortress can also give you guard.
Well thanks for replying 😊 Now that I learned that I didn’t side with the Templars I won’t be able to get that amulet in my first playthrough so I will check my other option which is masterwork guard on hit I am 2 handed Templar level 15 Maybe I will get that amulet in my next playthrough
@@Kabo877it might be because I’m on nightmare with all trials, but I got the amulet before choosing either mages or Templar. I think I got it from a special shipment, which are shipments you get for using trials (a difficulty setting)
i remember the first time i used my templar abilites against a dragon and was like ":(" dragons still die pretty quick with most classes anyway if you know how to play them but still a shame templar stuff doesnt always go big boom lol
What is the build you used for the DW assassin? She made that dragon fodder like holy hell I have never seen any dragon let alone the ravager get melted like that.
@@AKisHerceg Oh thx so much sorry for my ignorance I should've checked and thx again for responding so fast wow. I've been watching your channel for a while and I'm amazed at your work like truly you're a god at this game. You were already my favorite dragon age RUclipsr because u make good content for all three games but this just adds to it even more I hope your channel gets the recognition it deserves. And sorry for the bad grammar I'm very sleep deprived.
At 8:25, how did you cast energy barrage three times in a row. I get that you used resorative veil for mana and flashpoint for the second cast but how did you cast it again?
Flashpoint works in a wired way. It states in the description that your next ability won't trigger a cooldown, but this is not entirely true. It is more like "for the duration of Flashfire(it lasts for 1 sec after activating an ability) you can cast any spells indefinitely". Sadly in that one sec, only Energy Barrage can be cast multiple times, because Energy Barrage can interrupt its own animation. So you can squeeze in 3 EB during that one sec if you press the button keyed to EB fast enough. :) This works best if Flashpoint was triggered by your first Energy Barrage!
I have seen some videos and posts on tier list of specializations. While I agree that Rogue are broken (no cooldown and infinite stamina), many seem to regard lowly of Knight Enchanter. They reasoned that while Knight Enchanter have good survivability, they are lacking in dealing damage so they cannot be compared to Rogue and Reaver (and even Rift Mage at some degree). Yet they think very highly of Champion due to it's survivability, regard it on the same tier as Reaver and Tempest. So how is Champion's capability of dishing out damage? What make it tier A while KE is tier B while both are specializations focusing on survival? You have played through all of them, may you share your thought on it?
Champions are great at dealing single target damage because of the To the Death skill. Without it they are significantly behind Reavers and Templars. Sure, they can also spam Combat Roll, just like a Reaver and a Templar, but the other have high damage skills in their spec too. I find it quite absurd that people would think that the KE has low damage, when it has access to the same high powered elemental skills as the Rift Mage or the Necro. The trick of proccing a Walking Bomb masterwork with a Fire Mine for colossal damage also works on them(in fact they can do the same with Decloaking Blast, if they upgrade Fade Cloak with it, which is the second highest damage spell in the game after Fire Mine, and along with Winter's Grasp on chilled targets). True, the spec is focusing on survival but that does not mean that you can't build them to be great damagers. I think KE is great for damage and survival. You just have to build them properly.
@@AKisHerceg : I want to clarify that they also don't think highly of Rift and Necro either. Rift was tier A in early game due to infinite mana, but in late game fall to tier C (same tier with Necro and Templar). Necro is all time bad. So all mages are craps compare to rogues and warriors :( Despite that, now I can see where the hype on Champion is from: the ability to make (a single) enemy to take more and more damage as time goes on while ignore their increased damage output due to Champion's tankiness. Haiz, if only mages have the mean to recover mana like rogues and warriors when they crit. Being mage suck :(
What? Knight Enchanter doesnt have damage? It's superb single hit damage class, it's just gimmicky. The whole point not in the skills, rather passives there. You enabling gaining shields from damage, couple that with spirit tree bigger shield, then add shield converting to damage in fire tree - voila you can create biggest booms in the whole game. Againts anything that isnt immune to fire that is ;) (you shank dragons anyways).
@@ironzur2082 : This is talking about the comparison between player's class, not between player and mobs. Of course, every class sweeps in-game mobs, but which one is better and faster at doing so? As I know, the boost from fire passive depend on the percent of the barrier consumed, not the value of the barrier, so bigger shield not only doesn't give more damage but also make it harder to reach max shield. Beside that, mage's biggest hitter - Fire Mine - might have big multiplier number, but it has long cool down time. Compare to that, warrior class has a rolling skill which do good damage (500% despite the tooltips said 250%) with cool down of 2s. Mage can cast once and warrior can roll 5 times. Then there is also the fact that warrior's weapon damage is more than twice that of mage so 500% on warrior is more than 1000% on mage. Rogues are even more insane.
@@TheStarsOfTheLion Mages literally do have the ability to recover mana and they can spam skills as well. Honestly you need to just watch some guides on how to build your mage because mages can be really fun to play with. My favorite class is still easily rogue but mages and warriors can both be gods of destruction when built right.
Sure! The armor schematics(Griffon Plate) comes from the War Table quest the Good works of Ser Ruth - after you forgave her during the sentencing(you can only do this with a "faithful" Inquisitor). The helmet is the Orlesian Helmet schematics. You can get it as random loot from tier 3 chests or from the Black Emporium. :)
It has many reasons. :) First off, and this is just a personal thing, I love that it's a sword. Mages + swords are always a win for me. But the gameplay aspect is this: Yes, it doubles the projectiles on Energy Barrage(this will pretty much makes EB one of your strongest spells), which means you can have multiple status effect on enemies as well - Winter's Grasp's upgrade the Winter's Ruin deals 1k% more damage on chilled enemies and Energy Barrage with cold a element is the best/easiest way to apply Chill. On top of this, if the blade is made of Lightning or has a lightning rune in it, it also applies shocked status effect which will increase your elemental damage even further. Fire will cause burning. So you can pick which status effects you wan to couple/play around with. Energy Barrage this way can also be a spell which ignores immunities, since one element will always deal damage even if enemies are immune to the other. Since you can attack with it as a melee weapon, it is excellent to gain back large amounts of mana fast, if you can handle it in close range. Its stats are also great: great attack boost, good crit chance boost and nice crit dmg. It is an all around great weapon and I just love it! :)
Depends on the build. Warriors and mages are fine with 40-50%, rogues need to have more around 70-75%. Which is not difficult with rogues, since they get attack and crit damage from Dexterity, so all you need is a little bit of Cunning or crit chance boost to reach 70+.
The Superior Skirmisher Hat from the Black Emporium 10 slots for cunning until you can get the Mask of the Grand Duchess via Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts by publicly exposing Florienne. The Ring of Slicing from Emporium gives 5% crit chance and 10% crit damage, so is the equivalent of an endgame ring. You can duplicate it with the chest glitch too, if you aren't against it. If you use the either the Prismatic Greataxe or Chromatic Greatsword with Warrior, they hit twice, doubling your crit chance in theory. The Greatsword has a higher damage stat but its autoattacks only do 50% physical damage and 100% random elemental damage, but the axe autos do 100% physical and 100% elemental. The sword has 12 leather slots for ice dragon hide to get 24% crit chance but neither has a grip or rune slot. So a two handed warrior can get 49-54% crit chance without cunning from quests but with the weapons, it is virtually at double for proccing crit cooldowns. Hakkon's Wrath is the best crit chance bow in the game with 59% crit chance or 65% with a critical masterwork if you use 12 ice dragon hide and 20 great bear hide. With the hat and 2x ring of slicing, you can reach 84%-95% crit chance without cunning from passives or from quests. An artificer can get 100% crit chance from 65% bow, 2x ring of slicing, crit passive and the mask without. Though, with decent crit chance, attack might be better. Dual wield rogue only needs 50% crit chance because of a passive that doubles crit chance when flanking. Assassin has a passive that gives 100% crit when attacking from stealth too. Hakkon's Mercy and Coiled Strike have 12 offense leather slots ((utility slots are 0.57% offense slot) and barbarian rock crasher gives 16 virtual slots. The Wrath of Lovias is the best staff for crit chance. You can get 39% crit chance without a crit masterwork. The Hilted Staff Grip can give 14% crit chance but it's a random drop so split staff grip is a second choice for 11% and found at Sulevin Keep merchant without the perks. The Masterwork Archon Staff Blade is also a random (the only good one I have) but you can get 11% crit damage and 16% attack on it. Masterwork Qunari staff blade is 2nd best but is randomly available at Sulevin with the Short List perk. Battlemage Staff Blade is a decent alterior and found with the split staff grip. Flanking and crit damage tier 3 materials give 3% bonuses but there is no tier 4 material for flanking damage, though imbued tusket hide is tedious to farm it gives 3.5%. If the damage calculations calculate the same for both, then crit damage is better at higher critical chance but early game, flanking damage is better if you consistenly flank and easy to miss can be grabbed instantly. From my experience, both appear to be calculated at the same time so they give similar returns and you are gonna be critically hitting more than flanking if you get noticed so crit damage is probably better. In either case, with 50% crit chance you should get dexterity on utility slots. Though, attack is probably better because it increases all your damage but its materials have lower values.
Damage is calculated like this apparently. Final damage= (base * random (0.95 to 1.05) - armor * (1 - armor penetration)) * (ability multiplie * (1 + critical damage bonus + flanking bonus) * (1 + attack bonus + damage multiplier + type bonus) * (1 - magic resistance). Both flanking and crit damage are calculated together. Though you will only have 50% crit when not flanking, you can still crit and when flanking, you will be 100% crit chance anyway and with the 3.5% crit damage vs 3% flanking bonus, you can reach a higher crit damage bonus.
Yes, although it deals elemental damage. This possible because of the Blade of Tidarion -it’s a staff that functions like a sword. You need the Trespasser dlc to get the schematics. :)
Yes. It definitely works, but I still stand with the WB, TE, WF, FC or the Guard on hit masterworks. Horn of Valor only gives 15% damage and 15% armor bonus, which is great, but I prefer the others. :)
I have A little suggestion for Warrior 2H build. Warrior also have their own version of blad of tidarion i forgot the name but it works like tidarion, we can use 2 element on it and some of warrior skills also will deal dual damage (real damage + element damage).. It will double the damage warrior dealt, ans it works really really great with reaver because our dragon claw will deal double damage... And reaver always spam their dragon claw so its a really great combo by
Well, thing is with Parry is that it's not that great damager ability. The reason why Block and Slash works is becuase Two-Handers are not as obsessed with damage as Rogues(plus that skill does more damage). Just waiting around to be hit by the slow attacking enemies is significantly less effective at causing damage than cutting the enemies a thousand times in two seconds. Still, as you saw it in the video, if I would use is with anything, I would pick the Artificer. :)
@@ravenwolf4074 No problem! :) Yeah, at the beginning it is very handy, especially if you solo! Still, I prefer to use Stealth and aggro management to keep my rogues alive with a party. Stealth + Flank Attack with the Skirmisher upgrade basically lets you be in Stealth all the time, so if you set your tank to keep Taunt and use War Cry, the enemies won't even know you are there.
Thank you for the heart also can you tell me what armor you are using for your reaver? Rn im on a new save at lvl 13 grinding with all reaver abilities looking for a new armor set for him im still using masterwork vanguard armor for the bonuses
In the video I wear the Superb Antaam Saar armor. But the best armor is the Superb Battlemaster Armor with the upgrades for a warrior who is going for damage. You can get it if you have the Short List perk and visit the Hissing Waste merchant often. The schematics will appear there randomly.
@@AKisHercegwhich champion you like the most sns or 2h and which play style is best at blending both at tanking and doing ton of amount of damage i've been stuck on both of them and finishing playthrough as either dwarf champion vs qunari champion but hate how small weapons fit in latter hands especially the sword and shield will say sns with to the death build up and combat roll is crazy powerful but at the same time to the death and whirlwind is badass
I like the gameplay, I guess, but most of the time you didn’t cast abilities from the specific class you were playing. Just classic spells and play through. Would have liked to see you use class-specific abilities more.
It's the assassin skill Mark of Death with the Mark of Doom upgrade. It gathers all the damage you deal in 8 sec and applies it on the target again. With the Mark of Doom upgrade it gives a 50% damage boost if you detonate it before the 8 sec expires. It also ignores armor with this upgrade.
@@mh.abdulqabid7185 Even without the bombs Arti is far from useless. The ability spam is by far its greatest strength. :) And the floating bombs glitch(which I think is not even a glitch) usually happens when an enemy is actively blocking(yes, apparently EM can be blocked - and this is shown as the bombs flying the opposite direction as the enemy) - so try to throw the bomb on emeries who don't or can't block. This could be tricky, since sometimes they are not even playing their blocking animation.
On the contrary, damage on bows and daggers are insane compare to staves. Their auto attack do more damage, their Long Shot hurt and Full Draw deadly. It's mage that sucks! As a mage-at-heart, I demand justice for mages! They are feared and locked up for their power, yet game mechanics make them suck! The biggest flaw is rogues and warriors has passive that let them recover stamina (and even cooldown) to spam skills, while mages have non and must struggle with mana management.
@@AKisHerceg I just actually tested the schematic, seems like all of the greatswords are rather weak, I cannot solo Kaltenzahn not to mention the Ravager without the Dragon Hunter Axe, too bad I like Greatswords, do you have any recommendations? I'm using Templar armor, Temp Helm all T4 materials,, ring of slicing, ring of crit chance, amulet of death siphon & belt of elements, anything wrong with this build ? Thanks alot.
@@tamhuynhminh2833 True, nothing can hold up to the better axes or mauls, only the Chromatic Greatsword, but without the Golden Nug I can't use that. Your build seems fine. :)
A rare case of Tempest vs Dragon without thousand cuts, professionals have standards i see. I hate the fact of templar skills are useless against dragons. ( my fav warrior esp)
Hah! How true... Thousand Cuts is one of the most overused focus skills in the game - completely spoiling the spec which is an otherwise fantastic specialization. :) Yeah, Templar skills are definitely not for dragons(the active ones, of course, the passives are great), which is understandable given the nature of the specialization, but still... They could have placed just ONE active skill that is not just a complete waste of stamina against them.
@@AKisHerceg I still don’t understand why there has to be a perk upgrade for the Templar tree to affect mages to the same degree as demons. It’s insulting lol
@@thewarden3554 How true... that was the first thing I was thinking about when I saw that upgrade. Aren't Templars supposed to be MAGE HUNTERS??? Or at least mage-keepers? Their main job is to either keep them locked up or to find apostates? And yet, you need a perk to be able to use your Templar skills against them instead of being inherent to the class. Weird.
@@AKisHerceg yeah, I just recently played this game again and honestly it’s a great game but has many flaws compared to the other games such as AI tactics, some story elements, backgrounds for characters, etc. I have loved the crafting though and forming teams combos for battles.
I have an old video about that. Not as detailed as my recent videos sadly, but you can check it out if you want to. :) It is called the "The Poison Assassin for Dragon Age Origins/Inquisition".
With tempest, you actually killed it faster using a bow instead of daggers !! Does this mean that bows are actually better or atleast equal to dagger? Contrary to what most people say that dagger tempest is better?
I my experience, yes. Unless you use the Fire Flask + Throwing Blades spam, but you can do that with both daggers and a bow. Thing is with the bow, is that it's really difficult to beat the damage of Fire Flak + Leaping Shot, since you can just keep spamming Leaping Shot for an enormous damage. There is no skill that deals that much damage in the dual dagger tree, so yeah, I think against bosses, the Leaping Shot spam is the fastest way outside of the Throwing Blades spam. :)
будет ли работать два кольца на одно и тоже умение одновременно? Например два кольца на скилл барьер? Или больше одного не работает? И вообще работает ли кольцо на скилл барьер?
Two rings that boost the same skill will stack. I'm not sure I understand the last question. Are you asking if the ring generates barrier? No. It boosts your maximum amount of barrier by 30%(so if you have 1000 health Barrier, with the ring you have it's going to be 1300). With two rings its 60%.
@@AKisHerceg Спасибо за ответ. Очень полезная для меня информация. Получается, да выгоднее выбирать сторону храмовников. А я выбрал магов. Печально. Придется переигрывать. Подскажи, может знаешь, где взять кольцо, которое дает невидимость? Может также знаешь, как дублировать вещи, если играешь на клавиатуре, какие кнопки нужно наживать одновременно, если конечно это работает на клавиатуре. Знаю, что на геймпаде точно работает, но у меня нет гейпада и я играю на клавиатуре.
@@VE4HOCTb The Ring of Doubt is what gives the invisibility effect - you can get it when you are at the Exalted Plains. You can loot it from a corpse during the side quest Something to Prove. Duplicating items can be done if you have access to the chest in Skyhold. You have to press the "Take out" and "Exit" buttons simultaneously. This way the item can show up in both your inventory and in the chest. So put your mouse on the item, and then press Space to take out and simultaneously press the exit button with your mouse(or hit Esc). At least that is what I remember, but I have not used glitches in rpgs for a very long time so maybe you can get better advice about this from someone else.
Already 30+ hrs on my first play through and I feel like I’m missing out seeing rogues destroy here cx too late to go back now doe. Battles of attrition against everyone with knight enchanter it is. Update I have watched vox machina and now I made a rogue named vax, back to checking the builds cx
Those poor dragons - they were supposed to be the toughest enemies in the game, but since 2022 they are going to need emotional support groups from all the abuse they're getting!
Because he is wearing the Amulet of Barrier. You can get it from Fiona during the battle of Haven if you choose to get the Templars. This amulet will give you Barrier based on your damage(the more damage you deal, the more Barrier you gain. Similar to the Knight-Enchanter's Fade Shield passive skill. Check out my Reckless Reaver or my Charger Artificer build video for more info. :)
@@AKisHerceg have to say playing trials and on nightmare, mode as either dw rogue or Archer going against Fiona was a B none stop barrier gaining and regen plus those lighting magic she uses took me out so much took me about an hour or so to take her down but gotta love using archer poison skill with regen health perk helped me out
@@AKisHerceg l love being a champion lol one of my favorite spec classes to use up there with knight enchanter but I saw your assassin, tempest, and artificer builds, and certain ones stood out and got me wanting to try them out of those three classes which build would you say best and most badass to use either solo or in a team that has the most versatility and and hits like a truck and not so hard and complex to use
@@laffywaffy1989 The Artificer. Because of the incredibly fast recharge speed of your skills, the Arti is pretty hard to beat in terms of flexibility. I have a video about 5 different builds - all are awesome and op. :)
Why didn't you use throwing Blades for the tempest? It's by far their strongest ability, with flask of fire you could have killed it in like 10 seconds or less
Yes, I know, and I demonstrated this 2x with the Artificer(one with Leaping Shot as the follow-up ability and one with Spinning Blades). :) Throwing Blades applies the 25% damage boost for the next ability you use, so any multiple hit skill will deal enormous damage. With that specific build though, Throwing Blades did not fit into the character I was role-playing, so I did not use it. :)
@@AKisHerceg : Wait. Does upgraded Throwing Blades boost damage of the next ability used, or it boost damage of each successive hit within one use of Throwing Blades? The description seem to indicate the later.
Nope, it is the Blade of Tidarion. A staff that looks like a sword. :) You can get the schematic by completing the "Stop the War Between Nevarra and Tevinter" War Table mission with Josephine. You need the Trespasser dlc.
"templar" two handed( then kills it without even using anything from templar LOL) at least u could hav used blessed blades, templar is a fun spec but not good for fighting dragons , even worse solo, nice showcase anyway
Blessed Blades does not give extra damage against dragons, so activating it would have been just for show. Sadly yes, Templars suck in terms of non magic users. Just like Alistair said, “For anyone who is not a mage, Templars are just like any other regular warrior in heavy armor”. :)
@@AKisHercegthat's one reasons why I like starting to stray away from the templars and lean to more of the reaver yes templars are great and all but I rather be a reaver and be very good overall all around tanking, dealing damage and whatnot against all types of enemies than being great and amazing at just 3 types of enemies being magic types demon and enemies that can be stunned
I tried to replay this game about 10 times. Every time i make it to the Palace i get bored and uninstall it. It does not have the same hold Dragon age origins or Dragon age 2 has. Nicely done on the specializations. For sure the Rogue wrecks some butter then others. Guess i try to replay this fucking game one last time.
It is definitely different from Origins. But even DA2 was different from Origins so to me it was not that difficult to get used to it(but of course I prefer Origins). The Palace can get a bit dull(similar to the Fade in Origins) if you don't like mingling and spying on people. I just took it as part of the experience of dealing with Orlais. Now every time I play through it I go straight for the objectives and I can finish it in less 20 min with the best results.
@@AKisHerceg While DA origins is the only game you could pickpocket in. That is a great thing to have in any RPG. But it does not exist in DA 2 or DA Inquisition. I currently just finished Recruiting the Mages and are in the Western Approach.
That's because they don't work on dragons. :) I used the passives ones from the specialization, but the active ones have no effect on a dragon. They are literally a waste of stamina against them, sadly.
@@AKisHerceg ironic since Cassandra's family is supposed to be good dragon hunters but her specialization which is templar in this game is kinda useless against a dragon
This is giving me an idea for an RPG that’s about slaying dragons. Name: Reign of Dragons Story: The Dragons have destroyed the human, elven, Dwarven, orcish, Cait Sith (humanoids with cat ears and tail), Kitsune (humanoids with fox ears and tail) and Velveteens (humanoids with rabbit ears) nations within the large continent of Generia. Only the last remnants of humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, Cait Sith, kitsune and velveteen have banded together to reclaim their lands from the vile dragons by slaying their 7 leaders that hold domain over their nations. Locations Human Field Elven Forest Orcish Desert Cait Sith tropics Kitsune island Velveteen coastland Dwarven Mountain (final level) The gameplay is a lot similar to that of Shadow of the Colossus with the art design of Legend of Dragoon. There is the addition of enemies such as Wyverns, Dragonians, local wild life and the undead. There’s also the concept of romances in where the player gets to have a relationship with one of the companions that the main character travels with. The bosses Blue Dragon Green Dragon Red Dragon Purple Dragon Yellow Dragon White Dragon Black Dragon aka Final Boss
@@arnaudkaho7137 How the hell am I going to get 12 million dollars to make Reign of Dragons? Plus, what engine should I use, which team I should hire, how should I market the game and will this game be a success or flop?
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Okay, I decided to make a supercut from all(well, not all, but most) of my footage taking down the Highland Ravager!
A little explanation: back when most of these footages were recorded(some of them are new, but most of them are old), most people said things like: "Mages are only good for crowd control." or "Warriors are just meat-shields" and "Only Rogues can take down dragons fast!".
So I set a goal for myself - an "Achievement" if you will.
I will kill the strongest dragon(with the JOH dlc, it's actually the second strongest, but that dragon fight has different stages where you can't hurt the dragon) in less than 2 minutes with every class. Two minutes seemed like a short enough time to call it a "quick boss fight" so that is why I went with that number.
I kept testing and testing different skills and combinations until I managed to create builds for mages and warriors(and of course for rogues, but that was easy) capable of destroying the dragon in under two minutes.
It was quite fun, so this video is basically just a reminder of those times. I hope you will enjoy it! :)
Are those builds the one in ur vids ?
Yeah, all of them are from my full build or build compilation videos. :)
Nice montage
The mage takedowns are the quickest and most impressive in my opinion
Thanks! I am glad you like them! :)
Timestamps with time to kill for my fellow DA:I replayers:
Warrior
Champion 2h 0:25, 71s
Champion wep+shield 2:02, 65s
Templar 2h 3:38, 113s
Reaver 2h 6:06, 80s
Mage
Rift Mage 7:52, 47s
Necromancer 9:08, 75s
KE elemental 10:40, 95s
KE spirit blades 12:38, 132s
Rogue
Assassin Archer 15:09, 8s
Assassin Dual Dagger 15:44, 15s
Tempest Archer 16:29, 47s
Tempest Dual Dagger 17:47, 65s
Artificer Dual Dagger 19:20, 32s
Artificer DD + Throwing Blades 20:19, 18s
Artificer Archer 21:01, 20s
Artificer Archer + traps 21:56, 58s
Artificer Archer hybrid 23:34, 20s
So I am not the only one still playing Dragon Age Inquisition in 2021🤣👍
Yeah, there are a few of us who still enjoy it! :)
@@AKisHerceg I never played as a mage primarily so this playthrough trying mage in nightmare difficulty but confused between rift mage and KE? any suggestions?
The Rift Mage can be awesome for crowd control and it has the ability to regain its mana(it basically has infinite mana) thanks to its specialization. This is extremely useful, for a mage to cast powerful spells and tear enemies apart. As I said, the specialization also comes with excellent crowd control spells.
Knight Enchanter is a mage tank, who is nearly indestructible thanks to its passive ability to gain Barrier based on its damage. This will provide plenty of Barrier for it to go against almost any enemy and take them down without any health damage. The higher your damage, the more Barrier you gain, so you can go full offense with this mage(high damage) and still be an amazing tank.
If this is your first mage playthrough, then I recommend the Knight Encahter. It is safe, it is fun and it can deal a lot of damage if you spec it well. Try my Frost/Fire Crusader build, you won't regret it! :)
I’m still doing play throughs and discovering stuff in 2022🤣
I'm in 2022✌️
Love how you make all this builds look both OP and fun as hell. Never been much of an artificer but hot dang, now I wanna try it!
Hands down the most flexible Spec! You can turn it into anything you want basically(within the range of the Rogue class of course), because all you need is the enhaced cooldowns and that's it. You have a monster. :)
Thanks for the upload my man. Great stuff! Your vids made m replay and enjoy DAI again with new different fun builds. Keep it up bro.
Thanks! I am glad you enjoy my videos and that you will give the game another go! :)
Absolute respect for actually taking the time to make these builds on the inquisitor and not just specking the followers to use them 💯🤘🏽
Thanks! :)
i realized with this video that i dont know how to build my characters lol
Highland Ravager Greatly Disapproves
Thousand Cuts is so ridiculously over-powered. I was shocked when my Rogue used it on the Storm Coast dragon, followed by Flask of Fire and spamming Throwing Knives. Absolutely nuked it.
I absolutely love the image at 0:20
"What will be this brave warrior's first move! Ah- he yelled at it.....Well then. Tally ho I suppose."
Hell yeah 2023 still playing and watching your video ❤️
I'm making a DA fan game. Iwant the specs to be something like:
WARRIOR
Champion (+10strength/+20vitality)
Nearly all warriors seek to be the one in
control of the field. Large and in charge,
champions specialize in being resilient
and are masters of crowd control. They
prevent hoards of enemies from reaching
their frailer allies as well as empowering
the party or intimidating the opposition
through robust shouting.
Reever (+20strength/+10dexterity)
These fierce fighters are keen on the
berserking nature of being a true warrior.
They enjoy seeking a destructive path
paved in blood. They sacrifice their own
blood to see their foes bleed more and
thus prefer a solo match. Though they fall
rather quickly in group combat, it is not
before they have done serious damage.
Templar (+10vitality/+20wisdom)
Most warriors tend to prefer shrugging
hits of the physical variety. Templars
on the other hand sacrifice offense in
order to boast a fair resistance to magical
energies. They thus specialize in combat
against supernatural forces and guarding
the party from hostile magic.
ROGUE
Assassin (+20dexterity/+10cunning)
It is in every rogue's nature to go unnoticed
on the streets while some more
experienced rogues can slip in and out of
the shadows during combat or even in
plain sight. Assassins specialize in
unsportsman like conduct and prefer to
strike outside of initiated combat.
Duelist (+10strength/+20cunning)
The rarer more disciplined rogues perceive
stealth as a last resort quaint idea that has
no place in the realm of fairness. A duelist
specializes in solo melee combat where
form and talent lead to victory. Their
reflexes border on supernatural and thus
make for consistant counter attacks.
Ranger (+10vitality/+10dex/+10cun)
Rogues come equipt with immeasurable
prowess to scout out dangers to the party.
Among these are imposing beasts who
can be easily manipulated by illusion and
sound. Rangers specialize in ranged
combat and prefer not to get up close and
personal with the enemy. Rather they call
upon wild beasts to fulfill that role.
MAGE
Warlock (+10vitality/+20intelligence)
Mages that specialize in the art of
necromancy are among the most
forbidden, and for good reason. Warlocks
are sorcerers who specialize in raising the
dead from their well deserved slumber
only to have them fall again. They can also
use their powers for good by reviving
and fortifying fallen allies.
Battlemage (Arcane Warrior) (+5 to all)
Very few mages, let alone warriors, can be
quite the threat of a battlemage. They are
strong intellectual powerhouses capable
of wielding the heaviest of weapons and
armors while having the most dangerous
lethal spells at their disposal. Though they
fear mental depletion, scarse are those
who can stand in their way.
Soulsword (+15strength/+15wisdom)
Underestimating a knight enchanter is one
mistake many likely have regreted.
Soulswords syphon their life's work into
their blades. In addition to being a
respectable melee presence, they are
remarkable healers and enchanters. They
can support allies in a variety of ways.
Mages need at least 2 ranged specs. There is no point to have 3 classes when there are only 2 ranged specs whithing them. In my opinion combine the soulsword and battlemage into one and make a druid class that functions like both shapeshifter and healer/support with some distinguished nature dmg spells or create an illusionist who creates clones of himself and teleports and messes with time or smh. Just be more original. DA classes and specs are great fundamentals but it would be cooler if you make your own spinn on your own game.
Kinda expected to see 'Templars Unbound' but props to you for even attempting to use vanilla templar for this 👏
I recommend using throwing blades when using tempest, upgrade it and spam it after upgraded fire flask the damage is really good.
15:05 okay finally, let's see what happens.
15:20 ...wait, wha... wtf just happened
Haha! :)
That is the power of my Slinger. She has the most destructive combo in the entire game, capable of instantly killing anyone(except the Trespasser's final boss Saarath - this guy, because of his enormous damage reduction, still has a sliver of health after the combo, but then he dies after a few it).
You could check out my Slinger Assassin build if you are interested. :)
@@AKisHerceg I just might! Still freaking deciding what path to take. If I can ask, which of them is your personal favorite?
@@alexanderthered5603 My favorites are the Artificers(archers mostly, but I love destroying everything with a dual-wield as well) and the Champions(especially two-handed ones). :)
I also love the Knight Enchanter and the Necro - in fact I just uploaded a devastating Necro build which can destroy crowds and bosses easily. Unbelievable aoe damage(enemies explode and their explosion also creates explosions so it's a gory mess) and huge over time damage on bosses(I killed the Ravager in 51 seconds, Harofsen in 58, and the Guardian in 41)! :)
@@AKisHerceg I been thinking about what class and specialization would fit someone like me if I was Trevelyan in DA universe, and honestly I keep landing on Artificer Archer. I'll definitely be checking your artificer videos in a bit.
I believe it's about using upgraded version of stealth skill that let you stay in stealth mode for 3s after you attack, to make use of Assasin's passive and let Throwing Blades and Leap Shot have 100% crit chance (focus all on crit damage to max out the damage). Full Draw after Leaping Shot, then re-active the upgraded Mark of Death used before the fight. Am I right?
2023 players right here 👊🏻
Hey there! I'm a new subscriber; I played this game the first week that came out and now I am visiting it again for the first time in seven years with all the DLC and Nightmare difficulty so your excellent videos had helped a lot especially with the management of abilities on AI.
Nice work!
By the way, which Amulet and Belt do you recommend using for my build? [Rogue Archer Artificer]
Glad you picked it up again! :)
Depends: are you a flank attacker or a face-to-face archer? If flank then you need a Superb Dexterity(or Cunning if your crit chance is too low and you want to compensate for it) amulet. At least that is what I would pick. If you go face to face, then you want the Malika's Guard Amulet for a massive Attack and Dex boost for your rogue.
For belts, since there is not that much benefit from Guard/Resistance/being hit etc. belts on a rogue, I go for a Superb/Master Tonics Belt. This way I can have up to 7 or 8 Mighty Offense Tonic. :)
@@AKisHerceg I see. Thanks man :)
@@JoseMonkeys No problem! :)
As I recall, Sneak Attack passive on dual dagger tree work with archer too, so with flank attacker playstyle, that passive will double crit chance and give slots for more crit damage. Cost 3 ability points for it though.
My very first Inquisition playthrough was on Xbox 360 and i went with knight-enchanter
One of the things i remember well is spirit-blade spamming a giant to death while my companions were dead
the damage was shit but the fact i pretty much wasn't taking damage made up for it to the point i legit thought "Holy shit this thing must be top-tier or smth"
then i see rogues nuking a dragon and going like "H U H"
I mean probably before the nerf the blade did more damage.
I am doing my first nightmare run and decided to go Knight Enchanter for the first time and it's so fun because you basically become unkillable as long as you keep dealing damage.
Literally "yeah now I become a solo man party just because I want it"
Here I go reinstalling Dragon age inquisition again....
God damn you make every class look fun, can't decide which one to play lol
Haha! :)
"Mages are only good for crowd control." or "Warriors are just meat-shields" You have no idea how much people told me that bullshit (and I'm losing it when they claim the KE is the strongest class). I always write them an explanation of a 1000 words of how wrong they are. I can't believe so many players are misinformed by a bunch of noobs but it's good to know some people like you have common sense.
There are a few technicalities I'd have addressed but your builds are so smooth and entertaining enough that it doesn't even matter. Have you ever thought of making a twitch channel or streams on RUclips or something like that? I would definitely watch your streams. :)
Thanks! :)
Sadly I don't have the equipment/time currently, but eventually I might be able to put together something like that. I think it would be fun, so I would like to do it someday! :)
Actually, the tier lists I have seen regard Knight Enchanter very low, saying it not deal as much damage as Reaver or Rift Mage (Rogues are out of question). Even Champion is regard more highly than KE, ironically due to Champion's survivability (not sure about Champion's damage though).
Also, Flaming Array can be considered one of mage's biggest damage dealers, but this dragon has high resistance to it, so mage may be at disavantage here.
I remember I was so scared of fighting dragon and didn't know there are different level dragons, so I just do everything 1st and got OP by it lmao.
You are a God good sir!!! Love the vids.
Thanks! I am glad you like my content! :)
Assassin and artificer are the best damage dealer
Frost Knight Enchanter is a great build. It's offense, tankiness and crowd control all rolled in one. And the freeze can help landing the Spirit Blade arc of damage on many foes in one strike. The Winter grasp upgrade for 1000% or so weapon damage on frozen targets gave me 16 and 18ks
nice work on the video man, thanks
Its a shame you didn't show a Sword and Shield Reaver, its probably my favorite playstyle. Turning Ring of Pain on and then abusing Charging Bull to smash through the dragon's legs while it takes damage fromt he ring is a cheesy tactic that I love.
Warrior class is the most fun to play with even if is not the strongest is definitely the most engaging
My favorite class to use is knight enchanter with the tidarion blade as my main weapon and the ring of doubt all those stealth crits on nightmare all trials are a cakewalk
This is badass!!! and I'm so used to monster hunter world iceborne that i keep expecting the monster to roar on wake up and mhwi music starts and get enraged and start jumping around like crazy and start looking different.
That artificer archer must have dated Michael Bay.
This is a nice showcase. There's a lot more than what's shown here, however. So don't rule out too many classes solely on this. Every class has its place. Especially on Nightmare/Trial difficulties. Warriors tend to fair best solo against nightmare bosses. But rule of thumb is, if you want something dead fast, nothing is faster than a Rogue. Pincushion Hail of Arrow Leaping Shot Artificers will kill a dragon faster than just about anything. Same with Pincushion Thousand Cut Throwing Blade Tempests with double daggers. Get Hidden Blade and Walking Bomb masterworks on your weapons/armor and you'll kill them in a second.
LOL the dragon instantly died from over half health with the DD assassin. What happened there??
Mark of Death happened. :)
It is a unique skill the Assassin has. It will gather all the damage you deal in 8 seconds and inflict it on the target again. With the Mark of Doom upgrade, it will increase your gathered damage with 50%. So whatever you dealt on the dragon cut it in half and add that half to the damage you inflicted.
So if you deal 100k damage on the dragon in 8 sec, you will inflict the whole 100k on the dragon again if you activate the mark causing 200k damage in total(minus its armor rating).
If you use the Mark of Doom upgrade, you will get an additional 50%(it will also ignore armor). So 100k+100k+50k = 250k damage on the dragon when you activate the mark. Possibly one of the most overpowered ability Bioware ever invented...
Im about to do a full trilogy run after playing dragons dogma nice to see vids are still being made for DAI. Personally something that always bothered me is that I feel that mages were the weakest that were ever displayed in this gameline by far. You compare that the last 2 titles it feels like there was a major fall off in power.
Generally, I would agree, but it all depends on how you build them.
The Mage is by far the best CC/Support class - in fact that is what they are meant to do in Inquisition. In Origins and DA2 they were a bit more complex, but this is just the effect of streamlining(which I don't approve, but you roll with what you get). Also elemental damage is just not as high as physical due to resistances. This is actually consistent with the rest of the trilogy.
Even though Inquisition kind of changed mages a little bit and placed more focus on CC and Support, they are still great at dealing damage, if you know what you are doing.
Watch the resistances and exploit the weaknesses of your enemy. If they are strong against one element, they will be weak to its counterpart(borrowed straight from DA2). This is how you can deal 20k frost damage on a fire dragon. Use combos often - mages are the number one class for setting up combos as well. In fact, mages(Rift Mages specifically) are the only class who can actually perform every single type of combo in the game.
Mages are a class for the patient players. You can do phenomenal things with them, but you have to learn the mechanics a bit more. :)
@@AKisHerceg I agree with that. I think the streamlining of the games kind of kills the variety of choices and combos you could potentialy pull off. I just feel like the Mages got the short end of the stick in this game extra hard and I think these games favor mages pcs storywise but that may just be me. Something that really got underneath of my skin was how the elements got divided up Skyrim style and then you had the 1 support tree. Hell DA2 had Fire and Ice in 1 tree not 2. In DAO you could do spell combos for unique effects that would set off a few nukes( cloudkill and death hex or spellmight, tempest, blizzard, mana clash was an instakill on enemy mages). To see them now just kills me. I only ever really played Mages in the dragon age games bc of stuff like that and thats what I like, I'll take fireballs over crossbows any day. In a nutshell of the mage, KE excell more at outlasting the enemy than killing them almost immediately, same thing with Champion, though built right they can pump out some decent numbers, not rogue high but still good. As you said Rift Mage is by far the strongest cc spec for mages. I think Necro(hurts more bc its my fav) got screwed the most, yes they have some good burst spells but most of the other specs can do that just as well if not better. Im hoping with Dread Wolf around the corner we will see vast improvement to the mages in particular. Side note does the Virulent effect on walking bomb only target 1 dragon leg or does it spread to the others, Its been a few years now and I can't remember if it does or not.
@@brandonbutler8778 Yup, mages definitely are the most affected by the change - mainly because they always had the most amount of spells, and now you have an 8 active spell/skill limit, so I guess the devs figured why let you pick from 50 different spells when you can only use 8 at most anyways. Pretty backwards.
As far as I can tell, it only targets one, and you get a single damage number popping up upon detonation. :)
@@AKisHerceg Ok so the Concetrated perk is better when fighting dragons then bc more single target to the leg right. Iirc its 900% right
@@brandonbutler8778 Yes, Conc. is better for single targets, which indeed includes dragons. :)
It's nice to see someone still playing this game years after its release. My fav was 2H champion because it's just so fun and because at endgame level you can hit hard and *not dying*.
Also, since your 2H champion use greatsword and still hit a lot of crits, which schematics you use for the build?
I used the Balanced Greatsword(I prefer the Masterwork Serrated Greatsword though... I think it is better, you can check it out on my video where I take down Saarath with my Templar solo) and the Griffon Plate Schematics. :)
@@AKisHerceg ah I see, thanks for the heads up
Didn't know that Champion S&S will be this OP, Oh my maker.
What has been your favourite class for fun factor? I keep trying a class getting so far then switching class.
Literally done the same thing forever with this game.
Champion is my fav and the Artificer. Champion is just fun because you are near indestructible, and with good skill rotation the game is very aggressive and explosive. Artificer is fun because anything can work with the Arti because of its ability to reduce cooldowns to next to zero.
I do like the idea of champion it's the one spec I have never tried I think the walking fortress animation is putting me off.
I do have the warrior revamped mod so sword and shield skills do more noticeable damage.
Debating on grabbing the mod for all ability trees to have a stab anlt making my own
All of my respect to you.
Thanks! :)
Is that dual dagger tempest build showcased in any other videos? It looks absolutely fantastic!
Yes, it is one of my earliest videos. It is the Dual Dagger Alchemist for Dragon Age Origins and Inquisition. :)
20:55 in archer artificer play, i think that stone stalker armor's 75% speed bonus in stealth is much more efficient way than hook and tackle to approach the enemy for leaping shot spam. but the armor does not allow any sigil usage.
Well, that is if you use Stealth. :) That character was a straight up archer without Stealth. Fade Touched Craggy Skin masterwork gives speed bonus in Stealth, so you can just craft your armor for it and then place Sigil.
@@AKisHerceg hmm, i didn't notice that your character build was without a stealth. nice video :)
So that's what a late-game assassin looks like.
Gross.
So I'm playing as a mage and I'm trying to decide which specialization to choose and ummm yeah I'm just gonna start over as a rogue assassin lol
Awesome! :)
Every class has its place. Rogues are great at single target burst. But there's only 12 dragons in the game, and they don't respawn. Mages are great overall. Both groups of enemies and bosses. But if you're looking for dragon killing instant death gameplay, Deathmark Assassin, Thousand Cuts Tempest, and Hail of Arrow Artificers are your go to.
I was never really a rogue character first playthrough until origins. The damage output is ridiculous in DA games.
everything seemed rather balanced until the rogue showed up
Well, if we follow the logic of the developers - I can only guess - rogues have really no chance to stand up against the dragon in a long-lasting fight(lacking of decent guard-generating abilities, less armor, less health etc.), so the only way to "balance" them, is to give them improved damage.
Thanks to certain abilities however, the damage becomes way over the top, so rogues end up being super overpowered against bosses.
@@AKisHerceg I put Fade-Touched Silverite on my armor for 5 guard on hit, the build literally can’t die unless there’s a bunch of archers. im using a hybrid build rn and once all the range dmg is gone the melee enemies get absolutely destroyed by the mines. Artificer Archer is so overpowered in any scenario, idk about the other specs as I haven’t played them.
@@khar8630 Yeah, it is overpowered because of the damage. :)
Everything in their skill tree synergizes with more damage - Dexterity gives more attack(more damage) and more Critical Damage. Cunning gives Critical Chance, so that you can have a higher chance to deal even more damage. With equipment you can stack your damage even higher.
Contrast this with the Warrior: Strenght is the source of damage for a Warrior, not Dex, so if you want decent Crit Damage, you need to invest in Dexterity - which you can only get from equipment. Same with Critical Chance. This is why a Warrior can never have the same damage as the rogue. Even a weak Archer Rogue will deal more damage than a fully specced Warrior. On the other hand, a Warrior has all kinds of skills to raise their survivability.
As far as survivability: just like you said - you have a masterwork that lets you have Guard on Hit. That is not available for a Rogue based on skills. They are designed to be squishy.
@@AKisHerceg Yea makes sense, what rogue spec do you prefer though? Assassin Archer or Artificer Archer?
@@khar8630 As an Archer? Hmm... overall I prefer Artificer, but if we just taking about Archery specifically, then I would go for the Assassin. :)
Enchanter Knight mage and Artificer/Assassin seem really fun
Yup, they are! :)
Question
How do you get that infinite barrier and guard on all classes I am new to the game and trying to figure out some stuff
Infinite Guard and Barrier? Not sure what you mean by that.
You have a few ways to generate Guard and Barrier. It's not infinite but you can keep generating them with these methods.
Barrier: You can place the Barrier spell on you, or pick the Knight Enchanter specialization, which has a passive skill Fade Shield, which will generate Barrier based on how much damage you deal. There is also an amulet called Amulet of Barrier which has the same effect and can be equipped on Warriors and Rogues.
Guard: You can generate Guard with masterworks("Guard on hit"), skills like Livid, War Cry, Charging Bull, Shield Wall, Block and Slash, Challenge and Horn of Valor. The Champion specialization's Walking Fortress can also give you guard.
So you have amulet of barrier on in this video?
@@Kabo877 On a few of them, yup.
Well thanks for replying 😊
Now that I learned that I didn’t side with the Templars I won’t be able to get that amulet in my first playthrough so I will check my other option which is masterwork guard on hit
I am 2 handed Templar level 15
Maybe I will get that amulet in my next playthrough
@@Kabo877it might be because I’m on nightmare with all trials, but I got the amulet before choosing either mages or Templar. I think I got it from a special shipment, which are shipments you get for using trials (a difficulty setting)
i remember the first time i used my templar abilites against a dragon and was like ":("
dragons still die pretty quick with most classes anyway if you know how to play them but still a shame templar stuff doesnt always go big boom lol
Hello how are you? I would like to know if you have any Artificer Archer Hybrid build videos.
Full build video? No, but I made a hybrid Arti in my 5 op Arti video. :)
2022 I still play this
What is the build you used for the DW assassin? She made that dragon fodder like holy hell I have never seen any dragon let alone the ravager get melted like that.
It's called the Poison Assassin. One of my earliest videos - it's on my channel. :)
@@AKisHerceg Oh thx so much sorry for my ignorance I should've checked and thx again for responding so fast wow. I've been watching your channel for a while and I'm amazed at your work like truly you're a god at this game.
You were already my favorite dragon age RUclipsr because u make good content for all three games but this just adds to it even more I hope your channel gets the recognition it deserves.
And sorry for the bad grammar I'm very sleep deprived.
@@AKisHerceg also sorry for spam but does this also work against regular mobs or just dragons?
@@AIVI227 Thank you, very much! I'm glad you like my channel. :)
Yes, the Assassin should work against everything you fight with.
@@AKisHerceg thx again you're the best!
At 8:25, how did you cast energy barrage three times in a row. I get that you used resorative veil for mana and flashpoint for the second cast but how did you cast it again?
Flashpoint works in a wired way. It states in the description that your next ability won't trigger a cooldown, but this is not entirely true. It is more like "for the duration of Flashfire(it lasts for 1 sec after activating an ability) you can cast any spells indefinitely". Sadly in that one sec, only Energy Barrage can be cast multiple times, because Energy Barrage can interrupt its own animation. So you can squeeze in 3 EB during that one sec if you press the button keyed to EB fast enough. :)
This works best if Flashpoint was triggered by your first Energy Barrage!
@@AKisHerceg OH THAT MAKKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE! Thank you im a mage and got confused with that as well
how did you generate barrier playing as an artificer rogue at 19:08?
I used the amulet of Barrier. You get it by siding with the templars and killing Fiona at Haven. You need the Trespasser dlc.
@@AKisHerceg Thanks! Really appreciate your content and response :)
I have seen some videos and posts on tier list of specializations. While I agree that Rogue are broken (no cooldown and infinite stamina), many seem to regard lowly of Knight Enchanter. They reasoned that while Knight Enchanter have good survivability, they are lacking in dealing damage so they cannot be compared to Rogue and Reaver (and even Rift Mage at some degree). Yet they think very highly of Champion due to it's survivability, regard it on the same tier as Reaver and Tempest. So how is Champion's capability of dishing out damage? What make it tier A while KE is tier B while both are specializations focusing on survival?
You have played through all of them, may you share your thought on it?
Champions are great at dealing single target damage because of the To the Death skill. Without it they are significantly behind Reavers and Templars. Sure, they can also spam Combat Roll, just like a Reaver and a Templar, but the other have high damage skills in their spec too.
I find it quite absurd that people would think that the KE has low damage, when it has access to the same high powered elemental skills as the Rift Mage or the Necro. The trick of proccing a Walking Bomb masterwork with a Fire Mine for colossal damage also works on them(in fact they can do the same with Decloaking Blast, if they upgrade Fade Cloak with it, which is the second highest damage spell in the game after Fire Mine, and along with Winter's Grasp on chilled targets). True, the spec is focusing on survival but that does not mean that you can't build them to be great damagers.
I think KE is great for damage and survival. You just have to build them properly.
@@AKisHerceg : I want to clarify that they also don't think highly of Rift and Necro either. Rift was tier A in early game due to infinite mana, but in late game fall to tier C (same tier with Necro and Templar). Necro is all time bad. So all mages are craps compare to rogues and warriors :(
Despite that, now I can see where the hype on Champion is from: the ability to make (a single) enemy to take more and more damage as time goes on while ignore their increased damage output due to Champion's tankiness.
Haiz, if only mages have the mean to recover mana like rogues and warriors when they crit. Being mage suck :(
What? Knight Enchanter doesnt have damage? It's superb single hit damage class, it's just gimmicky. The whole point not in the skills, rather passives there. You enabling gaining shields from damage, couple that with spirit tree bigger shield, then add shield converting to damage in fire tree - voila you can create biggest booms in the whole game. Againts anything that isnt immune to fire that is ;) (you shank dragons anyways).
@@ironzur2082 : This is talking about the comparison between player's class, not between player and mobs. Of course, every class sweeps in-game mobs, but which one is better and faster at doing so?
As I know, the boost from fire passive depend on the percent of the barrier consumed, not the value of the barrier, so bigger shield not only doesn't give more damage but also make it harder to reach max shield.
Beside that, mage's biggest hitter - Fire Mine - might have big multiplier number, but it has long cool down time. Compare to that, warrior class has a rolling skill which do good damage (500% despite the tooltips said 250%) with cool down of 2s. Mage can cast once and warrior can roll 5 times. Then there is also the fact that warrior's weapon damage is more than twice that of mage so 500% on warrior is more than 1000% on mage. Rogues are even more insane.
@@TheStarsOfTheLion Mages literally do have the ability to recover mana and they can spam skills as well.
Honestly you need to just watch some guides on how to build your mage because mages can be really fun to play with.
My favorite class is still easily rogue but mages and warriors can both be gods of destruction when built right.
DAI 2024 😍
Rogues on Dragon Age should have their class name changed to Easy Mode. Even with a so-so build they're insane.
Hello there! Can I ask you where did get these armor, helmet and sword - 1:43?
Sure! The armor schematics(Griffon Plate) comes from the War Table quest the Good works of Ser Ruth - after you forgave her during the sentencing(you can only do this with a "faithful" Inquisitor).
The helmet is the Orlesian Helmet schematics. You can get it as random loot from tier 3 chests or from the Black Emporium. :)
The sword is the Balanced Greatsword schematics, also from the Black Emporium. :)
@@AKisHerceg , thank you very much! :)
@@baronbirman8675 No problem! You are welcome! :)
Why Blade of Tidarion and not Wrath of Lovias for high critical chance ? Is it related to Energy Barrage alone ?
It has many reasons. :)
First off, and this is just a personal thing, I love that it's a sword. Mages + swords are always a win for me.
But the gameplay aspect is this: Yes, it doubles the projectiles on Energy Barrage(this will pretty much makes EB one of your strongest spells), which means you can have multiple status effect on enemies as well - Winter's Grasp's upgrade the Winter's Ruin deals 1k% more damage on chilled enemies and Energy Barrage with cold a element is the best/easiest way to apply Chill. On top of this, if the blade is made of Lightning or has a lightning rune in it, it also applies shocked status effect which will increase your elemental damage even further. Fire will cause burning. So you can pick which status effects you wan to couple/play around with. Energy Barrage this way can also be a spell which ignores immunities, since one element will always deal damage even if enemies are immune to the other.
Since you can attack with it as a melee weapon, it is excellent to gain back large amounts of mana fast, if you can handle it in close range.
Its stats are also great: great attack boost, good crit chance boost and nice crit dmg.
It is an all around great weapon and I just love it! :)
@@AKisHerceg Thank you ! It is so nice that you did these videos recently !
@@canudeiro No problem! Glad you enjoy it! :)
Im pretty sure we can all agree reavers are easily broken asf if given a decent weapon
How much crit chance should I have with these builds? Is 40% enough? And should I focus on attack or flank dmg bonus or crit dmg as a stat?
Depends on the build. Warriors and mages are fine with 40-50%, rogues need to have more around 70-75%. Which is not difficult with rogues, since they get attack and crit damage from Dexterity, so all you need is a little bit of Cunning or crit chance boost to reach 70+.
The Superior Skirmisher Hat from the Black Emporium 10 slots for cunning until you can get the Mask of the Grand Duchess via Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts by publicly exposing Florienne. The Ring of Slicing from Emporium gives 5% crit chance and 10% crit damage, so is the equivalent of an endgame ring. You can duplicate it with the chest glitch too, if you aren't against it.
If you use the either the Prismatic Greataxe or Chromatic Greatsword with Warrior, they hit twice, doubling your crit chance in theory. The
Greatsword has a higher damage stat but its autoattacks only do 50% physical damage and
100% random elemental damage, but the axe autos do 100% physical and 100% elemental. The sword has 12 leather slots for ice dragon hide to get 24% crit chance but neither has a grip or rune slot. So a two handed warrior can get 49-54% crit chance without cunning from quests but with the weapons, it is virtually at double for proccing crit cooldowns.
Hakkon's Wrath is the best crit chance bow in the game with 59% crit chance or 65% with a critical masterwork if you use 12 ice dragon hide and 20 great bear hide. With the hat and 2x ring of slicing, you can reach 84%-95% crit chance without cunning from passives or from
quests. An artificer can get 100% crit chance from 65% bow, 2x ring of slicing, crit passive and the mask without. Though, with decent crit chance, attack might be better.
Dual wield rogue only needs 50% crit chance because of a passive that doubles crit chance when flanking. Assassin has a passive that gives 100% crit when attacking from stealth too. Hakkon's Mercy and Coiled Strike have 12 offense leather slots ((utility slots are 0.57% offense slot) and barbarian rock crasher gives 16 virtual slots.
The Wrath of Lovias is the best staff for crit chance. You can get 39% crit chance without a crit masterwork. The Hilted Staff Grip can give 14% crit chance but it's a random drop so split staff grip is a second choice for 11% and found at Sulevin Keep merchant without the perks. The Masterwork Archon Staff Blade is also a random (the only good one I have) but you can get 11% crit damage and 16% attack on it. Masterwork Qunari staff blade is 2nd best but is randomly available at Sulevin with the Short List perk. Battlemage Staff Blade is a decent alterior and found with the split staff grip.
Flanking and crit damage tier 3 materials give 3% bonuses but there is no tier 4 material for flanking damage, though imbued tusket hide is tedious to farm it gives 3.5%. If the damage calculations calculate the same for both, then crit damage is better at higher critical chance but early game, flanking damage is better if you consistenly flank and easy to miss can be grabbed instantly. From my experience, both appear to be calculated at the same time so they give similar returns and you are gonna be
critically hitting more than flanking if you get noticed so crit damage is probably better. In either case, with 50% crit chance you should get dexterity on utility slots. Though, attack is probably better because it increases all your damage but its materials have lower values.
Damage is calculated like this apparently. Final damage= (base * random (0.95 to 1.05) - armor * (1 - armor penetration)) * (ability multiplie * (1 + critical damage bonus + flanking bonus) * (1 + attack bonus + damage multiplier + type bonus) * (1 - magic resistance).
Both flanking and crit damage are calculated together. Though you will only have 50% crit when not flanking, you can still crit and when flanking, you will be 100% crit chance anyway and with the 3.5% crit damage vs 3% flanking bonus, you can reach a higher crit damage bonus.
Do the Rift Mage and Necromancer are doing melee attacks? How is that possible?
Yes, although it deals elemental damage. This possible because of the Blade of Tidarion -it’s a staff that functions like a sword. You need the Trespasser dlc to get the schematics. :)
Thanks for answering:)!
Still a nice video... Even in 2023 🍻
Random question, have you thought about using the sbowfleur skin, horn of Valor, for either artificer bow/dagger?
Yes. It definitely works, but I still stand with the WB, TE, WF, FC or the Guard on hit masterworks. Horn of Valor only gives 15% damage and 15% armor bonus, which is great, but I prefer the others. :)
I have A little suggestion for Warrior 2H build.
Warrior also have their own version of blad of tidarion i forgot the name but it works like tidarion, we can use 2 element on it and some of warrior skills also will deal dual damage (real damage + element damage)..
It will double the damage warrior dealt, ans it works really really great with reaver because our dragon claw will deal double damage...
And reaver always spam their dragon claw so its a really great combo by
Weapon's name is Brand
If you are talking about the Brand, then that is a Trespasser only weapon(and since I don't use the Golden Nug), I can't get it for the main game.
Question bout the PARRY skill in the dual daggers tree, would you think it's helpful for a tempest or which Dual dagger rogue, for the inquisitor?
Well, thing is with Parry is that it's not that great damager ability. The reason why Block and Slash works is becuase Two-Handers are not as obsessed with damage as Rogues(plus that skill does more damage). Just waiting around to be hit by the slow attacking enemies is significantly less effective at causing damage than cutting the enemies a thousand times in two seconds.
Still, as you saw it in the video, if I would use is with anything, I would pick the Artificer. :)
@@AKisHerceg thanks bro I was curious, currently using it on my low lol rogues any protection helps lolIM SQUISHY
@@ravenwolf4074 No problem! :)
Yeah, at the beginning it is very handy, especially if you solo!
Still, I prefer to use Stealth and aggro management to keep my rogues alive with a party. Stealth + Flank Attack with the Skirmisher upgrade basically lets you be in Stealth all the time, so if you set your tank to keep Taunt and use War Cry, the enemies won't even know you are there.
Thank you for the heart also can you tell me what armor you are using for your reaver? Rn im on a new save at lvl 13 grinding with all reaver abilities looking for a new armor set for him im still using masterwork vanguard armor for the bonuses
In the video I wear the Superb Antaam Saar armor. But the best armor is the Superb Battlemaster Armor with the upgrades for a warrior who is going for damage. You can get it if you have the Short List perk and visit the Hissing Waste merchant often. The schematics will appear there randomly.
Thank you!
whats your favorite class? im having trouble finding a class i want to keep playing
I love all of them. :)
Still, my favorites and some of the bests are the Artificer Rogue and the Champion Warrior.
@@AKisHercegwhich champion you like the most sns or 2h and which play style is best at blending both at tanking and doing ton of amount of damage i've been stuck on both of them and finishing playthrough as either dwarf champion vs qunari champion but hate how small weapons fit in latter hands especially the sword and shield will say sns with to the death build up and combat roll is crazy powerful but at the same time to the death and whirlwind is badass
I like the gameplay, I guess, but most of the time you didn’t cast abilities from the specific class you were playing. Just classic spells and play through. Would have liked to see you use class-specific abilities more.
I don’t use class specific skills/spells where they are useless against the dragon and they would just waste my stamina. For example the Templar. :)
15:18 How did you nuke it for 209k damage?
It's the assassin skill Mark of Death with the Mark of Doom upgrade. It gathers all the damage you deal in 8 sec and applies it on the target again. With the Mark of Doom upgrade it gives a 50% damage boost if you detonate it before the 8 sec expires. It also ignores armor with this upgrade.
Do you have videos of all the builds with armor and weapons?
Many of these builds have a full build version on my channel. :)
Would like to challenge you to build a trap artificer but dual wield...this i have built and it's crazy fun
I have built a Dual Wield Trapper. :)
Yes. I miss my dw artificer. Artificer is a useless spec now because the bombs just float away
@@mh.abdulqabid7185 Even without the bombs Arti is far from useless. The ability spam is by far its greatest strength. :)
And the floating bombs glitch(which I think is not even a glitch) usually happens when an enemy is actively blocking(yes, apparently EM can be blocked - and this is shown as the bombs flying the opposite direction as the enemy) - so try to throw the bomb on emeries who don't or can't block. This could be tricky, since sometimes they are not even playing their blocking animation.
What armor and sword is that on the first build up?
Griffon Plate schematics and Balanced Greatsword schematics.
I'm my first playthrough i thought that rouge were a trash, i can see how wrong i was.
Yeah, since they start out as weak, many people thought the same. Until they reach mid to late game where they turn into killing machines. :)
On the contrary, damage on bows and daggers are insane compare to staves. Their auto attack do more damage, their Long Shot hurt and Full Draw deadly. It's mage that sucks!
As a mage-at-heart, I demand justice for mages! They are feared and locked up for their power, yet game mechanics make them suck! The biggest flaw is rogues and warriors has passive that let them recover stamina (and even cooldown) to spam skills, while mages have non and must struggle with mana management.
i think my favorite rogue build will always be throwing dagger tempest. i was surprised at how fun it was.
What Greatsword type did you use to fight when playing as 2h-Templar please ?
I think it was the Serrated Greatsword schematics. :)
@@AKisHerceg I just actually tested the schematic, seems like all of the greatswords are rather weak, I cannot solo Kaltenzahn not to mention the Ravager without the Dragon Hunter Axe, too bad I like Greatswords, do you have any recommendations? I'm using Templar armor, Temp Helm all T4 materials,, ring of slicing, ring of crit chance, amulet of death siphon & belt of elements, anything wrong with this build ? Thanks alot.
@@tamhuynhminh2833 True, nothing can hold up to the better axes or mauls, only the Chromatic Greatsword, but without the Golden Nug I can't use that.
Your build seems fine. :)
@@AKisHerceg Thanks alot
A rare case of Tempest vs Dragon without thousand cuts, professionals have standards i see.
I hate the fact of templar skills are useless against dragons. ( my fav warrior esp)
Hah! How true... Thousand Cuts is one of the most overused focus skills in the game - completely spoiling the spec which is an otherwise fantastic specialization. :)
Yeah, Templar skills are definitely not for dragons(the active ones, of course, the passives are great), which is understandable given the nature of the specialization, but still... They could have placed just ONE active skill that is not just a complete waste of stamina against them.
There's a mod on Nexus that makes the Templar abilities potent against all types of enemies instead of just demons.
@@AKisHerceg I still don’t understand why there has to be a perk upgrade for the Templar tree to affect mages to the same degree as demons. It’s insulting lol
@@thewarden3554 How true... that was the first thing I was thinking about when I saw that upgrade. Aren't Templars supposed to be MAGE HUNTERS??? Or at least mage-keepers? Their main job is to either keep them locked up or to find apostates? And yet, you need a perk to be able to use your Templar skills against them instead of being inherent to the class. Weird.
@@AKisHerceg yeah, I just recently played this game again and honestly it’s a great game but has many flaws compared to the other games such as AI tactics, some story elements, backgrounds for characters, etc. I have loved the crafting though and forming teams combos for battles.
Necromancer Staff Name?
Blade of Tidarion. With a Lightning rune.
You've video for this build 15:27 ??
I have an old video about that. Not as detailed as my recent videos sadly, but you can check it out if you want to. :)
It is called the "The Poison Assassin for Dragon Age Origins/Inquisition".
how to use staff as greatsword by mage?
It's called the Blade of Tidarion, it comes from a war table mission during Trespasser.
Yup, Blade of Tidarion. Functions as a sword, but it is classified as a staff.
assassin archer build and skills used please because wtff was that burst
I have a build about that. It's called the Slinger. Check it out! :)
What’s the armor on your artificer dual daggers rogue?
It's the Superior Prowler Armor schematics with its upgrades. :)
Where’d you get those dual daggers from for the tempest😮😮
It’s from the Black Emporium. They are made from the Barbarian Rock Crasher schematics. :)
Ok thx
What is giving you barrier in the beginning??
With my Warrior? The Amulet of Barrier. :)
@@AKisHerceg oh ok thank you!! I didn’t side with the templars my current playthrough so I can’t get it sadly
With tempest, you actually killed it faster using a bow instead of daggers !!
Does this mean that bows are actually better or atleast equal to dagger? Contrary to what most people say that dagger tempest is better?
I my experience, yes. Unless you use the Fire Flask + Throwing Blades spam, but you can do that with both daggers and a bow.
Thing is with the bow, is that it's really difficult to beat the damage of Fire Flak + Leaping Shot, since you can just keep spamming Leaping Shot for an enormous damage. There is no skill that deals that much damage in the dual dagger tree, so yeah, I think against bosses, the Leaping Shot spam is the fastest way outside of the Throwing Blades spam. :)
Superb builds! Fun!!!
будет ли работать два кольца на одно и тоже умение одновременно? Например два кольца на скилл барьер? Или больше одного не работает? И вообще работает ли кольцо на скилл барьер?
Two rings that boost the same skill will stack. I'm not sure I understand the last question. Are you asking if the ring generates barrier? No. It boosts your maximum amount of barrier by 30%(so if you have 1000 health Barrier, with the ring you have it's going to be 1300). With two rings its 60%.
Nothing can come even close to artificer numbers
I would say the Assassin is right next to it. :)
The Tempest can also achieve similar numbers with the Flask of Fire and ability spamming.
Как вы делаете барьер у первого персонажа (война)?
With the Amulet of Barrier. You can get it from Fiona after you defeat her during "In your Heart Shall Burn" - if you chose to help the Templars.
А если я выберу магов, я получу аналогичный амулет для создания обороны? Как у войнов баф.
@@VE4HOCTb No, you will get an amulet from Knight Captain Denam's corpse which will increase the aggro of the wearer - pretty useless.
@@AKisHerceg Спасибо за ответ. Очень полезная для меня информация. Получается, да выгоднее выбирать сторону храмовников. А я выбрал магов. Печально. Придется переигрывать. Подскажи, может знаешь, где взять кольцо, которое дает невидимость? Может также знаешь, как дублировать вещи, если играешь на клавиатуре, какие кнопки нужно наживать одновременно, если конечно это работает на клавиатуре. Знаю, что на геймпаде точно работает, но у меня нет гейпада и я играю на клавиатуре.
@@VE4HOCTb The Ring of Doubt is what gives the invisibility effect - you can get it when you are at the Exalted Plains. You can loot it from a corpse during the side quest Something to Prove.
Duplicating items can be done if you have access to the chest in Skyhold. You have to press the "Take out" and "Exit" buttons simultaneously. This way the item can show up in both your inventory and in the chest. So put your mouse on the item, and then press Space to take out and simultaneously press the exit button with your mouse(or hit Esc). At least that is what I remember, but I have not used glitches in rpgs for a very long time so maybe you can get better advice about this from someone else.
Already 30+ hrs on my first play through and I feel like I’m missing out seeing rogues destroy here cx too late to go back now doe. Battles of attrition against everyone with knight enchanter it is.
Update I have watched vox machina and now I made a rogue named vax, back to checking the builds cx
Those poor dragons - they were supposed to be the toughest enemies in the game, but since 2022 they are going to need emotional support groups from all the abuse they're getting!
why is the warrior gain barrier?
Because he is wearing the Amulet of Barrier. You can get it from Fiona during the battle of Haven if you choose to get the Templars.
This amulet will give you Barrier based on your damage(the more damage you deal, the more Barrier you gain. Similar to the Knight-Enchanter's Fade Shield passive skill.
Check out my Reckless Reaver or my Charger Artificer build video for more info. :)
@@AKisHerceg have to say playing trials and on nightmare, mode as either dw rogue or Archer going against Fiona was a B none stop barrier gaining and regen plus those lighting magic she uses took me out so much took me about an hour or so to take her down but gotta love using archer poison skill with regen health perk helped me out
@@AKisHerceg l love being a champion lol one of my favorite spec classes to use up there with knight enchanter but I saw your assassin, tempest, and artificer builds, and certain ones stood out and got me wanting to try them out of those three classes which build would you say best and most badass to use either solo or in a team that has the most versatility and and hits like a truck and not so hard and complex to use
@@laffywaffy1989 The Artificer. Because of the incredibly fast recharge speed of your skills, the Arti is pretty hard to beat in terms of flexibility. I have a video about 5 different builds - all are awesome and op. :)
@@AKisHerceg sweet looks like I'll have to try it which arti build is ur top favorite and that wouldn't be most complex to use and easy to master
Why didn't you use throwing Blades for the tempest? It's by far their strongest ability, with flask of fire you could have killed it in like 10 seconds or less
Yes, I know, and I demonstrated this 2x with the Artificer(one with Leaping Shot as the follow-up ability and one with Spinning Blades). :)
Throwing Blades applies the 25% damage boost for the next ability you use, so any multiple hit skill will deal enormous damage.
With that specific build though, Throwing Blades did not fit into the character I was role-playing, so I did not use it. :)
@@AKisHerceg : Wait. Does upgraded Throwing Blades boost damage of the next ability used, or it boost damage of each successive hit within one use of Throwing Blades? The description seem to indicate the later.
@@TheStarsOfTheLion The skill is bugged. It applies the dmg bonus to the next skill as well.
What's the 2h champ build?
It’s the “Whirlwind” Champion. You can check out the skill list in my “5 Champion build for nightmare difficulty” video. :)
@@AKisHerceg Thanks!
Is swords on mages a mod?
Blade of Tidarrion. It is special Greatsword Mages can use.
Nope, it is the Blade of Tidarion. A staff that looks like a sword. :)
You can get the schematic by completing the "Stop the War Between Nevarra and Tevinter" War Table mission with Josephine. You need the Trespasser dlc.
@@AKisHerceg alright, thank you!
All mage builds in this game are really disappointing
"templar" two handed( then kills it without even using anything from templar LOL) at least u could hav used blessed blades, templar is a fun spec but not good for fighting dragons , even worse solo, nice showcase anyway
Blessed Blades does not give extra damage against dragons, so activating it would have been just for show. Sadly yes, Templars suck in terms of non magic users. Just like Alistair said, “For anyone who is not a mage, Templars are just like any other regular warrior in heavy armor”. :)
@@AKisHercegthat's one reasons why I like starting to stray away from the templars and lean to more of the reaver yes templars are great and all but I rather be a reaver and be very good overall all around tanking, dealing damage and whatnot against all types of enemies than being great and amazing at just 3 types of enemies being magic types demon and enemies that can be stunned
I tried to replay this game about 10 times. Every time i make it to the Palace i get bored and uninstall it. It does not have the same hold Dragon age origins or Dragon age 2 has. Nicely done on the specializations. For sure the Rogue wrecks some butter then others. Guess i try to replay this fucking game one last time.
It is definitely different from Origins. But even DA2 was different from Origins so to me it was not that difficult to get used to it(but of course I prefer Origins).
The Palace can get a bit dull(similar to the Fade in Origins) if you don't like mingling and spying on people. I just took it as part of the experience of dealing with Orlais. Now every time I play through it I go straight for the objectives and I can finish it in less 20 min with the best results.
@@AKisHerceg While DA origins is the only game you could pickpocket in. That is a great thing to have in any RPG. But it does not exist in DA 2 or DA Inquisition. I currently just finished Recruiting the Mages and are in the Western Approach.
You didn't even use any templar abilities -_-
That's because they don't work on dragons. :)
I used the passives ones from the specialization, but the active ones have no effect on a dragon. They are literally a waste of stamina against them, sadly.
@@AKisHerceg ironic since Cassandra's family is supposed to be good dragon hunters but her specialization which is templar in this game is kinda useless against a dragon
@@episode389 Cassandra trained as a seeker . She stopped dragon hunting after her brother died so it makes more sense she has templar abilities.
Basically only artificer is playable
This is giving me an idea for an RPG that’s about slaying dragons. Name: Reign of Dragons
Story: The Dragons have destroyed the human, elven, Dwarven, orcish, Cait Sith (humanoids with cat ears and tail), Kitsune (humanoids with fox ears and tail) and Velveteens (humanoids with rabbit ears) nations within the large continent of Generia. Only the last remnants of humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, Cait Sith, kitsune and velveteen have banded together to reclaim their lands from the vile dragons by slaying their 7 leaders that hold domain over their nations.
Locations
Human Field
Elven Forest
Orcish Desert
Cait Sith tropics
Kitsune island
Velveteen coastland
Dwarven Mountain (final level)
The gameplay is a lot similar to that of Shadow of the Colossus with the art design of Legend of Dragoon. There is the addition of enemies such as Wyverns, Dragonians, local wild life and the undead. There’s also the concept of romances in where the player gets to have a relationship with one of the companions that the main character travels with.
The bosses
Blue Dragon
Green Dragon
Red Dragon
Purple Dragon
Yellow Dragon
White Dragon
Black Dragon aka Final Boss
Ideas are easy to get, now bring the 12 millions dollars for that project.
@@arnaudkaho7137 How the hell am I going to get 12 million dollars to make Reign of Dragons? Plus, what engine should I use, which team I should hire, how should I market the game and will this game be a success or flop?
@@samflood5631 Welcome in game dev daily struggle.
@@arnaudkaho7137 i feel this as a game dev hit the nail on the head
Noti gaaaang
artificer wins by a mile
Bro did you see Assassin Archer? None of the Artificer clips was as short as that one
Am tempted to try the assassin dual dagger after that clip
You can roll??!! How the hell you can roll????
With the Combat Roll skill.
@@AKisHercega main issue with this game
I want to use an ability like that but I don’t want to sacrifice an entire slot for it
@@YoungMrBlueyour main issue with the game is the roll ability taking a slot? Wow I've heard some insane criticisms but this? Wow