so , my version arcane blood mage on solo nightmare body : Reaper's Vestments is thrash - my variant Vestments of the Seer in early and mid game and after swap to Evon the Great's Mail helmet : Helm of Honnleath glowes : firs time any glowes , after circle - Cinderfel Gauntlets and after swap to Katriel's Grasp (3% melee crit chance) boots : first time Cailan's Greaves but after Cadash Stompers (2% melee crit chance) jewellery : Key to the City and Lifegiver , The High Regard of House Dace , Andruil's Blessing wos : Cailan's Arms auras : Rock Armor , Flaming Weapons , Haste , Spell Wisp , Arcane Shield , Combat Magic and Shimmering Shield in awakening body : +14 con rune helmet : Toque of the Oblivious glowes : Stormchaser Gauntlets boots : Cadash Stompers jewellery : Key to the City swap to Ring of Discipline wos : paralysis rune swap to 3 Intensifying Rune for enemy - 2 paralysis skill , Fireball , Blood Wound , Hand of Winter for mage - Mana Clash hex : Misdirection Hex and Death Hex 35 lvl - all in int (160) , 70 armor , max resistance , 636 hp and 380 non-reserved mana , 27% melee crit chance and 170 damage
It is. I'm checking out Materwelonz first time playthrough right now, saw MegMage go through her journey, I saw Angel Alyx start one but I not if she's continued it or not. (had an interesting time in the fade) Pretty sure a few others are doing playthroughs but can't remember their names right now.
After sitting in my backlog for years, I just finished inquisition and even got the platinum. Thanks for the awesome guides that you put out, dude. Hope you're still active when dreadwolf eventually comes out.
I love how many unorthodox builds you can do in BW games. I had a ton of fun with my heavy armor s&s rogue bard. I was nigh untouchable because of the high dexterity. Spirit Warrior Archer is also OP as hell if you have Awakening or the Awakening in Origins mod. Killed the high dragon in Haven on nightmare in less than 30 seconds. Excited to give this one a go. I should actually try a real mage once though lol. I always do arcane warrior and just slash everything to death
I made a pretty similar build for my last playthrough, wrecked the Harvester in less than 45 seconds on Nightmare with it. It just ROLLS on everything, while also facetanking entire armies and any boss on the side. It's very simple in principle and goes a bit like this one: arcane warrior + blood mage + battlemage or keeper (immunity to knockdown under a boss's nose's pretty awesome). It uses A LOT of sustained spells to cap (and overcap, in case he's debuffed) physical, mental, spell and elemental resistances, while getting ungodly amounts of evasion (100% in fact), defense, missile defense (useless but I like big numbers!) and armor. Don't put a single point in anything but magic ('xept to get to 16 cunning for skills). Spellpower's off the charts, beyond 250. HP and the rest can be increased enough with gear. For skills: max combat training, survival, vitality, clarity, only 3 pts needed in coercion once you've reached 35 cunning, let crafting to your sidekicks. Add to that enough gear to cap almost every elemental bonus damage AND some hexes, and you can multiply any ele dmg by 3 (it's good to have one point in poison to be able to use Elemental Coating because of that). Heavy fatigue but you'll have so many hp and sustain you won't even care. No need to bother with mana regen: Dark Sustenance, one lyrium potion here and there and Stoic passive do the trick (allowing you to focus your gear on damage). Spell wisp + spell might + spell shield + arcane shield + combat magic + shimmering shield + rock armor + elemental mastery + haste and flaming weapons always on (cast all with your staff, because you'll have more spellpower with it, but cast combat magic with your sword&shield cause it's calculated with your magic attribute, and that one will be higher with the dead legion heraldry on your shield). For mobbing: the classic blood wound + fireball, or a juicy virulent walking bomb to sate your bloodlust. Mark of death from Jerrik + Vulnerability hex + death hex to down that tanky meatbag. Or just whip out the good ol' sword and board and cut your way to gory glory without even being grazed once (much much higher dps than with your staff)! Here's your gear: - Head: Toque of the Oblivious. - Gloves: Elementalist's Grasp (+10% version from the 2nd Disciple general in the Siege of Amaranthine). - Chest: Battledress of the Provocateur (2 amplification + 1 evasion runes to reach 100% dodge). - Boots: Cailan's Greaves. - Staves: Staff of the Lost is king (Spellfury's awesome too but it doesn't cap spirit damage bonus). - Melee: Vigilance longsword (raw + effortless, with 3 elemental runes = 6 dmg of each element x 1.5 x 2 so around 90 bonus dmg not mitigated by enemy armor) + Landsmeet Shield. Its rare "absorb damage" effect also works on blood magic self-dmg, -12% on this shield. Dead Legion heraldry if you're ok with it. - Belt: Cinch of Skillful Maneuvering. - Amulet: The High Regard of House Dace is probably best here, with its rare, not easily obtainable bonuses. Scout's Medal could be an okay tank+mana option. Maybe Illumination/Seeker's Chain (+all atributes). The Spellward is overkill though, you can get up to 95% spell resist from skills only (Arcane Shield + Fade Shield + Spell Shield), the last 5% are easily capped. - Rings: Ash + Icicle (caps fire and cold resist + dmg bonus, also 8 free magic). - Consumables: the only thing worth crafting, Elemental Coating and Swift Salve. Paired with Haste, you'll divide your attack animation by almost half. Now for spells, do as follow: ARCANE > Mastery 4, Attun 3 PRIMAL > Fire 3, Earth 1 CREATION > Enhance 4, Summoning 1 SPIRIT > Anti-Magic 1, Mana Alter 4, Death 3 ENTROPY > Hexes 4, Draining 4 SPECIALIZATIONS > AW 4, Bld Mage 3, Battlemage/Keeper 4 Now, you'll dish out extreme damage while being pretty much impervious to it, but don't forget: 100% dodge only means normal physical attacks can't hit you, while 100% spell resist means you'll cancel any damage of magic origin. However, you'll still be vulnerable to non-magic elemental damage, hence why I capped all elemental resist (85%). On top of that, auto-hit physical attacks will still hit you (massive attacks, grabs, overwhelm, etc.), that's why I also pumped some skills and gear to get to around 60 armor. Truth be told you'll be effectively immortal, only the Armored Ogre Alpha and the Harvester could potentially kill you with one of their attacks, if they crit while you're like half hp for example.
>Hexes - while I don't consider it to be strictly optimal, do try 3 mages sequentially casting Death Hex on someone standing in the Death Cloud; death cloud must be cast by a mage with the highest spellpower. With the curse of vulnerability applied, I had seen this deal a thousand or so in Origins campaign. It is not very impressive compared to silly things, idk, Spirit Warrior can get up to in Awakening (1000ish damage per hit in Unending Flurry, lol) but it is -probably- the best burst DPS possible in Origins, where getting non-burst dps above 100 is somewhat of a struggle.
@@Someguy4321 Truth, Death Hex is A MEGAMAMMOTH OF A BEAST. It really catapults your DPS since it's pretty hard for any class but Rogue to get consistant crits on its own in Origins. Speaking of Spirit Warrior, I've been thinking for a long time of doing a dex warrior archer build, going Spirit Warrior + Accuracy in Awakening, with maxed crit dmg, crit chance, high atk speed and spirit dmg bonus. I know I won't find the time to play again for at least years now, so if you or someone ever wanted to try that kind of wonky build, ROCK ON BRUV!!
I just recently finished my first playthrough of this game and i'm about to start playing the next game but seeing this makes me want to replay origins again and fixed my very messed up build lol
... the year was 2010, my second year of college. I installed DA:O. And i fell in love. The year is 2011 and u finally got all the in game achievements. Even the nightmare golems dlc, the one with the flesh golem and the ranger dwarf that invoques the rhino. I had 100%. The year was 2012, i finally managed to make a solo nightmare run... The characther was a ranger duelist archer with the sustained ability that increased defense. It was marvelous. And painfull... My second nightmare solo run was a shapeshifter arcane warrior... That one was better... Bear form op. And then i tried DA 2... And i only did 2 playthroughs... Now i got the bug telling me (play it again)... And i found your channel, so thank you
I have played this game so many times and it is now that I realise that arcane warriors can wear shields, my main character, an arcane warrior ended the blight and awakening dlc with just one sword and a broken class that i didnt know was even more broken
Hi! You have a step-by-sterp guide for this build? I mean, i started to play this game rn so i find this awesome build but idk how to build the skills and everything to going good with the build.
Sadly, I don't. I do plan to do an Arcane Warrior playthrough in the future though. :) Some tips: You have to start as a support mage until you unlock the Arcane Warrior spec. Your first spells should be Heroic Offense and Heal when you start the game. This is an Arcane Warrior, so from the beginning I recommend you pick up spells that would increase your(and the party's) defense. Heroic Defense and Glyph of Warding. Your first spell that you automatically start with, will be Arcane Bolt, so until you unlock Combat Magic you have to stick with that as your main damage spell. Heal and Arcane Bolt can get your through the whole first half of the game. With Heroic Defense and Glyph of Warding your team will be near untouchable. With Heroic Offense they will never miss. Boost nothing but your Magic with every level up. Don't get tempted to place on WP or CONS. Just boost Magic. If you run out of mana during combat, just drink a small mana potion. They are dirt cheap and later on you can make them yourself from some cheap material. After level 7 when you unlock Arcane Warrior and Combat Magic, you can start wearing armor and you can make great use of your defense increasing skills. Enemies will have a very hard time hitting you now and you will have decent melee damage. You can have Flaming Weapon on to increase your damage and you can also pick up Haste to increase your attack speed and running speed. You are basically a warrior now, who can heal and increase the defense of the party. After you reach level 14, that is when the fun starts. You are gonna pick up Blood Magic, and since you can unlock Blood Wound at level 12, you can already unlock it when you unlock the spec, if you have some spells saved up. Now you are not only durable, can heal and increase the defense of the party, you can also be very effective with crowd control. After this, the game will be pretty easy, so just pick up whatever spell would make you more effective. The rest is pretty much explained in the video. :)
I had installed a mod that allows you to access various warrior weapon talents on arcane warrior, so naturally I've slapped two daggers and momentum on me for that awesome stab-stab-stab animation.
Nope. When it comes to grab, you can use Blood Wound on the creature first, so it can't grab you. But even if they can, the grab does not deal enough damage to bring me to even half health. I can survive two consecutive grabs even. The attack that can be dangerous is the Ogre's Ram. They can just spam this skill with its 2 sec cooldown and knockdown effect(which is pretty hard to resist even with high physical res) and by the time you get up, they can ram you again knocking you down again in an endless cycle. Of course this is dangerous to any build that can't resist knockdown, including dual weapon rogues/warriors, archers and all mages.
Yes, damage is based on Magic. Attack however is based on Spellpower. 5 sp = 1 attack. So the higher your SP the more likely you won't miss with your melee attack.
Really? I often have spellmight and wisp active with combat magic, just because i forget to off it after doing some casting stuff and its still kinda feel that if AW don't have at least 20 dexterity and Leliana with some champion around he miss almost everything.
@@Grey-pu7yn Well, if you want to make it work while soloing or duoing, you need lots of SP to not miss constantly. I hate investing into dex or str, because it lowers your damage.
I would definitely recommend Origins. If you have never played a tactical action rpg, then the combat might take some getting used to(my videos can help if you need some), but it is by far the best game in the series. This is just my opinion, of course. :)
It's incredibly easy to cheese the game with a staff-wielding Arcane Warrior/Blood Mage/Battlemage. I used one to solo the harvester and can't believe the time will come that I will ever think the Harvester was just another boss. Finally earned that Reaper's Cudgel because of that mage. 😂
I cleared it with a Champion/Templar/Spirit Warrior. 90% dodge and I think 50% spell resistance, nowhere near the full cheese you can get with Warrior but it was more than enough. Two-Handed too, so no crazy high DPS from dual-wield.
I know this is an old video but I misunderstood your recent playthrough’s title which inspired me to attempt what I thought you were doing. To make a long story short(ish): The wiki says it is the magic attribute that determines damage not spell power, amongst other claims. How much testing did you do with AW’s ‘combat magic’? For the record love your work, DAO is one of the GOATs I keep in my wheel house and was pleasantly surprised a while back when I returned to the scene and stumbled upon a video of yours detailing a build I’ve always wanted in not just DAO but all of rpgs and usually found in most cases devs didn’t really consider the niche and that is the 2handed weapon assassin/rogue. It was nice to find it successful as well as fun and unique despite its itemization and skill limitations.
Hi! I did a lot of testing. Magic is indeed the base for your damage. Spellpower determines your spell effectiveness and your hit chance as an Arcane Warrior. Spellpower is basically your attack, but it’s nerfed. You get 0.2 attack per Spellpower. So basically 5 Spellpower gives 1 attack, which is why Spellpower is very important. If you have 100 SP then that is +20 attack. Magic gives Spellpower, so naturally more magic means mor SP.
@@AKisHerceg Thank you so much and so quickly too 😇. I asked incase it would be worth it to go for a talent like Arcane mastery or things like that but judging by what you’re telling me i would be investing 4 talents for +1 attack 😅 ofc the spell power would translate over to other things but I really wana focus on the effectiveness of the melee aspect of the build. Going for like a pseudo sith kinda vibe.
@@Occupavi I usually pick up AM, but as my last spell. Because, 1 attack is still better than nothing. Plus you only spend 2 extra spells, since Arcane Shield is mandatory for any AW anyway. :)
@@AKisHerceg it is pretty good especially with spell might. Dang 🧐. Honestly been so focused on making the melee viable have thought little about defense. Figured AW inherent defense would be enough along with the plethora of cc I’m gona have at my disposal. I will admit I am concerned about fatigue tho since I was planning on running massive/heavy armor most likely
@@Occupavi Defense is easy to boost with Heroic Defense, Glyph of Warding and Arcane Shield. But of course the best is to stack dodge% on your equipment. Combat Magic already gives 25% with the Fade Shroud passive, so just get a few more from the video and you are all set.:)
Very nice, the amount of tank mage gets alone from are and mage always impresses me. Not sure if you are aware, ( or you know and don’t like exploiting it) if you get I think it’s Legion of the Dead or a different one. Anyway, there is one shield motif that when put your shield for some reason it increases all stats on the character by like 10-20 I can’t remember off the top of my head.
I never tried blood mage specialization before but seems to be really cool, I think I'm going to create a new character and wreak havoc using blood magic.
Я не знал, что можно применять сразу все яды. Мне это в голову даже не приходило. Мой разбойник со средними показателями силы/ловкости/хитрости стал просто машиной смерти. Классный контент.
He was also a power thirsty human who apparently either share a name with a noble clan type so I assume lost those claims to only ensure he got everything he wanted except one thing bit power hungry hats and such.
Is there any good armors or armor sets for Arcane Warriors other than the one from the DLC? I recall there's not many options that could maximize the potential for the Arcane Warrior, so I never once tried it. Other than that, awesome video dude! Keep it comin' :D
Superior wade armor plate and some helmet (like executioner helmet which gives extra mana) would be the best choice in base game Also there is effort armor set and juggernaut armor set but those won’t give reduced fatigue
Evon the Great's Mail combined with Wade's Superior Heavy Boots and Gloves is a great choice. You even receive the set bonus, and you can put on the Helm of Honleath - which with this set, would not look ugly on you anymore. :)
I did a build like this about 10 years back and it did very well in nightmare....until I did the Harvester DLC. Fighting the Harvester was like running into a brick wall head first.
So I love this build and am currently blitzing through the circle tower at level 12 with my party. I got all my sustained spell power buffs up, got cailans arms….but I keep missing. Like a lot. Any advice on how to land my sword swings?
Sadly that is natural for the AW. But you have a couple of options: First off, your Attack score(chance to hit) is based on your Spellpower. However it does not directly translate to it. 5 SP = 1 Attack. You start with 50 attack as a mage. Look at your SP and divide it by 5. Add this to your 50 attack, and you will get your attack score. So if you have 100 SP, that translates into +20 attack which you add to the 50 that you have innately, and boom. You have 70 attack. Which is pretty terrible, hence you miss a lot. Some people would want you to boost Dex, since it would boost your defense and Dex also gives 0.5 attack after every points instead of 0.2. I disagree. If you want big numbers, you go for Magic only, since Dex does not increase your damage. The way you can solve your attack problem is that either you or one of your support mage should keep casting Heroic Offense on you. Heroic Offense gives (100 attack + SP) * 0.1. Which means that with around 100 SP, you can get +20 attack if you apply Heroic Offense. Also, Spellwisp and Spellmight are pretty much mandatory since they boost your SP. If you use Spellwisp+Spellmight and you keep applying Heroic Offense on you, you can have around 110-120 attack, which is considered great in terms of attack score. You will definitely miss a lot less this way, and you also don't have to invest into Dex which would lower your damage. If you go with a warrior, get the Champion spec and the Rally ability on them. It gives +10 attack to anyone around the Champion. A Bard can also boost your attack with Song of Courage. You can also pick up Misama, since it gives a -10 defense de-buff to enemies around you.
Yup, that is the Golems of Amgarrak dlc. You get a golem there called Runic Golem(a Stone Golem's head on a Steel Golem's body) to help you out. Of course on Nightmare it is only good for dying over and over, since it is slow, it can't use potions, can't use any equipment, and it has pretty low stats. :)
Great guide! Quick question for someone who hasn't given Arcane Warrior a try yet, but how exactly is a traditional Arcane Warrior's damage (ie. wearing massive armor) less? Massive armor increases your fatigue and mana regen but since you're using blood magic and therefore health to do spells wouldn't you be able to dish up this same kind of damage wearing plate?
The main difference is the attribute distribution. A traditional AW has tons of WP to combat fatigue and the negative mana regen coming from the upkeep of the sustainable spells. It also has a lot more Constitution especially if you use blood. This approach takes away lots of attribute points that could otherwise go into Magic, which increases the damage of your spells and your swings.
@@AKisHerceg Ahh ic! Thank you for the quick reply! In that case my next question, do you think this build would work using a 2hander? Also despite saying this build is squishier than a typical full massive-plate AW it looks like you're still practically unkillable/unhittable as-is, XD How do you stay so tough and do you think this build would work with more Massive armor substituted in (ie. the chest or gloves) because then you could maybe stop having to use an activatable like Heroic Defense?
@@numark79 A few things to clarify about the game mechanics: Armor does not raise your defense. It does not matter how heavy or massive it is, it does not raise your defense points(unless it has a set bonus or it is enchanted with +defense). It increases armor. Which is basically damage reduction against physical attacks(so for example with 20 armor against an enemy who hits you with 50 damage, you negate 20 so you receive 30 dmg instead). Defense is different. Defense helps you avoid attacks. Your defense rating has to be higher than the attack rating of your foes. So even if I would have the best plate armor, Heroic Defense would still help with my defense, not only because armor does not help with that, but it also gives missile deflection. However, I primarily do not use Heroic Defense, I use Heroic Offense. Which is very helpful for a melee AW because it gives a huge attack boost - therefore you score a successful hit more often. In addition to the defense and armor mechanics, there is also a third mechanic in the game called "dodge" or "evasion". It acts as a secondary "defense", and it gives a chance to completely avoid enemy attacks without having to combat their attack rating. Contrary to defense, this is a percentage based ability, so if you reach 100% your defense rating will become irrelevant. At 100% dodge you can never be hit by anything(even if your defense is 0). Melee and ranged attacks are automatic misses against you. The only exceptions are: area effect attacks and auto-hit skills(like Scattershot or Ram from an Ogre, Slam from a Golem etc.). And of course spells, which you need to counter with spell resistance. This is why my AW seems so durable. It has over 70% dodge. You can get "dodge" from a few places: Cailan's Greaves gives 20%. For an Arcane Warrior, Combat Magic with the upgrade Fade Shroud gives 25%(for a rogue, the passive Evasion skill gives +20% and the passive Dark Passage ability also gives +5%). The Maneuvering Belt gives 10%(15% in Awakening), the Spellward Amulet gives 10%. In addition to this the First Enchanter Cowl also gives 10%. So as you can see, by combining these numbers, you can reach as high as 85% dodge with an AW(100+ in Awakening). That means that 85% of enemy attacks will miss. So auto-attacks are pretty much a non-problem. The disadvantage of a massive or heavy armor is the fact that they increase your fatigue, so your spells will cost more to cast. And that is not wise with this build, since you use your health to cast spells and your fatigue is already up since you have a lot of sustainable spells active. A simple Death Hex can use up over a 100+ health. That is almost half of your total health pool used up for a single spell. So without heavy or massive armor they are much cheaper. As to using a two-handed weapon: yes, it is totally viable, but you have to tweak it a little bit. You see, when I build a character, I take the equipment into account as well. For example here, Cailan's Shield and Maric's Blade(Cailan's Arms set) is almost mandatory, because the set gives a massive mana regeneration boost in battle. This allows me to not be concerned about my mana while I fight. Haste, Spellmight etc continuously drain your mana during battle even if you don't use spells at all. This is why this set is so great. It counters the mana regeneration penalty from sustainable spells. So if you want to use two-handed weapons, you have to keep this in mind. As far as I know only the Ageless gives bonus to mana/stamina regeneration(and even that is just a tiny 0.25), so I recommend getting one that at least gives a huge amount of stamina, so you don't constantly run out of mana during a fight. :)
@@AKisHerceg Ahh interesting and thank you again for the quick reply! So for a "traditional" Arcane Warrior, what would the stat distribution/stat ratio look like? You mentioned needing Willpower earlier; or would it depend on the secondary specialization if not blood mage?
@@numark79 Yes, you need a lot more WP if you don't use blood. I could build it with 50% Magic, 40% WP and 10% CON. Some place a few points on DEX too, but I usually don't. With a huge Mana pool, you can keep up Shimmering Shield effectively, so you are much more durable(since it gives15 armor, 75% resistance for all elements and 75% mental and physical resistance). So if you want to tank enemies, invest into WP and mana regen, because Shimmering Shield drains 10 every second.
Glad to see someone is actually able to play this game. Origins/Awakening has like 7FPS running from a SSD on my i5 11400F, RTX 3060 and 32GB RAM. Anyone able to share the witchraft behind this smooth gameplay? Or should i sacrifice goat or sheep or something like that?
Well, the FPS might be smooth, but I also get constant crashes, which I have not been able to solve. The only thing I can do is to lower the textures - that gives me more time between crashes. DAO bleeds from many wounds since its engine is really not designed for new os like Win 10-11.
@@AKisHerceg yeh, oddly enough i have been able to make it working on my "test" rig which is apparently 7 years old i7 3770, gtx 960 and windows xp. All this just to find out how bad that game actually is. I've been told that its like Baldurs Gate, but this is nothing like Baldurs Gate
@@AKisHerceg its great as for story and lore elements, but gameplay , for me its terrible. For instance a small feature that drove me crazy ... auto parry. Another thing is when your party AI is trying to position and gets in your way (in most cases). Another aspect is stats, i have no idea how the game counts them, the fact that high dex/cun character can miss 6 times out of 10 is simply ridiculous. DA2 is much better in this, Inquisition not so much, that is not realy a Dragon Age for me, there is Inquisitor, no blight, nothing from previous games but Varric, Lleliana, Cassandra and that jerk Cullen ... its a whole different game, but thats just me
I wanted to ask if you'd be willing to make an OP mage solo nightmare build preferably using a staff instead of melee weapons and cover beginning(1-7)/midgame(10-18)/endgame(18-25) covering stats and gear along the way?
Blood magic talents are really unique & fun, On DA ll too, They removed it at DA inquisition because they ( Bioware) claims that it's not good for the inquisition reputation. Latest reports confirmed that blood magic won't be used at the next game, This time they don't want to give their heroes ( our companion including ROOK) bad reputation. We enjoyed this skills at the first & second game. What do you think sir of all of that, And do you like this specialisations?
@@mostpolitebot1464 Actually, Blood Magic comes pretty close to the definition of "inherently evil." You literally have to rob someone's life essence to cast spells if you use it-either yours or someone else's. Blood Magic is all about control, domination, and the worst possible sacrifice. It's not like any other type of magic, which can be used for anything else, like using fire to burn stuff or cold to put out fire, healing to mend wounds, or casting magical barriers to protect others. It's taking life essence to dominate or crush people's minds or bodies. Now, it can be used for good (for example, to beat the Blight), but the power itself is pretty much evil from the get-go. No wonder, of course, since it comes from demons. :)
@@AKisHerceg dragon age franchise used to add " evilness " choices, Many players enjoyed it & it was unique to the franchise unlike any other games ( except maybe how evil the dragonborn of skyrim can be), Either way removing BM on the land of BM is still not very convincing. I heard rumours however that the devs may update the game later after it's released to add things about BM.
Alternatively, instead of blood mage you can just stack all heavy gear with + stamina, which in total gives you something like +200 stamina (100 from Nug Crusher, +25 from Executioner helmet and Varatorn's armor and there were heavy boots with +50 stamina, forgot which ones).
are you using am od to use all those poisons ? or is that part of teh base game ? i dont remeber being able to use all those poisons and coatings at once. youd need to be lvl 25 to do this right ? what order do you recomend doing the content in to get the items needed ?
1. I have the Ultimate Edition, but I think the patch 1.4 allows you to stack poisons(only a few patches disallow poison stacking). 2. You don't have to reach level 25, I just wanted to push the build as far as possible to see its potential. 3. In this playthrough, I used the bonus rewards you stat with(you get some items if you beat some tricky stuff in the dlcs) to quickly build up my money. The Reaper's Cudgel alone worth 300+ gold so money was not a problem. If you don't use bonus items, you might want to check out my full playthrough with my War Mage to see how I accumulate the money I need. You don't have to watch all the 23 hours though, because there is a 3 part detailed guide in the description and you can just key word the items you are looking for(for example you type in Reaper's Vestment and you see when and how I got the money to get it - same with all the rest). but generally speaking doing side quest is fairly profitable in the game, much more than the loot. Most of my stuff here though, is not something I bought(Cailain's Greaves+Maric's Sword+Cailan's Shield are all in the Ostagar dlc, my amulet and belt are also dlc). The two only expensive stuff here are the Reaper's Vestment and the Lifegiver. Together they cost around 200 gold, which is not hard to accumulate. I recommend you start at the Circle Tower after Lothering. :)
@@AKisHerceg ah i see, i was curious. thansk for that info. Over 1k hours into the game and ive never experimented with arcane or blood mage, back then i was dumb XD Thankfully gold isn't an issue can easily do the potent lyrium potion sales. hmm.. are there any substute items for the ostagar dlc items ? i always like to save that to last for loghain.
@@afr_gem Nope. Especially Cailan’s Shield and Maric’s Sword - they are best in slot 100%. They give enough mana regen(with the set bonus)to offset Haste and Spellmight. Without them Lyrium potion drinking would be unavoidable.
@@AKisHerceg damn that sux i was hoping there would be a lesser stat version. Gues i can always bring him in a different playthrough or something. Thanks!
@@AKisHerceg Forgot to ask, the wiki said yo uneed an acheivment from expanions to be able to use a couple of the items in origins from ur list is that right ?
I think it is safer to go for wade's armor, cailans arms, spellward, andruils belt, honllit helmet, lifegiver and use shimmering shield. Equipment will compensate -10 mana regen and with shield (+other defensive auras) will make us impossible to kill
That is the standard setup I use for the "tanky" AW, yes. But this is not a tanky AW. Sadly, that setup does not give nearly as much damage as this, which was the point of this AW. :) Spellward is great for magic defense and WP, but it does not give any crit chance. Which is the main difference here - my crits are enormous. 110-130 is not uncommon in Origins(an Elite Genlock is 3 hits!), in Awakening and beyond, I deal 200+ crit dmg. So I need the Dace amulet to boost my crit chance. Without it, I only crit 1 out of 20 times instead of 1 out of 10 times. Which is basically every five seconds. Wade's Armor does not give any spell res, which I need without Spellward. The Reaper's Vestments also gives 6 Constitution so I don't have to put anything on Constitution if I use the Vestment and Lifegiver. Andruil's Belt gives no Dodge, which I need since my armor is only 35. The Maneuvering Belt also gives spell resistance which Andruil does not. Honleath helmet is good, but gives no defense nor dodge. So as you can see, I went for damage here, not armor and ele res. As I wrote it in the video, it is a damager character, not a tank. :)
always wondered how you get all those poisons to fill your bar? do you use gold farming methods or what exactly? Also was it necessary to play like normal mage for a few levels I guess? What spells are good to start with? Im curious
I just create them with the emoney I have. They are not that expensive to cook. I played as normal mage until I got the spec. Good spells to start with are Heal, Rock Armor, Arcane Sheild, Flaming Weapons, Glyph of Paralyze, Glyph of Warding, Spell Wisp.
A Kis Herceg really need your assistance mate. First of all, you're a god amongst man for keeping this legendary game alive with such high quality content. Second, I copied your guide but my mage probably needs glasses or something because I'm missing 7 out of 10 hits. I'm currently level 13, about to hit 14, and I have all your gear except for the rings. Got all 7 buffs always active, have my magic on 81 which translates to almost 100 spellpower with equipment. Am I missing something?
100 spellpower roughly translates to 100 attack which is not that great. You definitely should use spells like Heroic Offense to increase your attack(with high magic, it will give a huge attack boost to your attacks). Around 120 attack, you will definitely hit most enemies, unless they have very high defense or dodge. :)
Great character! What do you think about the two handed warrior? Is a good character I like to play a run with a dwarf noble with a two handed axe Any advice?
My favorite. I love the 2H warriors. Indomitable is pretty much mandatory for them. I love Mighty Blow, Critical Strike and Sunder Arms. Two-Handed sweep is handy against crowds, Sunder Armor is great against enemies with lots of armor, Pommel Strike is great for knockdown. A two-handed build work best with a Berserker spec in my opinion. Lots of damage, lots of fun! A two-handed Berserker/Champion is my favorite build in DAO. :)
Hey! I recently restarted playing DA:O and I wanted to ask you how would you change this build up in order to be able to incorporate much more spells because quite frankly, I am not a fan of buffing up and right clicking on an enemy, I usually tend to prefer active playstyle i.e. fireball, winters grasp, death cloud, hexes, cone of cold, etc! So I was curious if this build could work in a much more active playstyle! Thank you! :)
There are AW casters, but they don't work as well in melee combat as this one. You miss way too much. In order to not miss with a melee weapon, you need a lot of spellpower, which comes from magic. A caster would place a lot of points on willpower, so you can have more mana. Sadly that will directly affect your melee damage, and your attack. So no, this build can't be replicated if you don't go full magic. But if you are fine with having less melee damage and less attack, then of course you can create an AW that has a bit of both. A little spell casting and a little melee. I have many AW like that. I think I have an old build up on my channel called the Battlemage. Check if that is what you are looking for. :)
@@AKisHerceg Awesome! I was curious, as I prefer Sword and Shield, will I be able to play just as I am playing right now (pure blood mage). but with AW spec and wear sword/shield? Will my damage severely be affected? Also, which sword/shield would you recommend :) Thanks for the reply!!
@@imhexy Yes, you can play like that. I actually recommend Cailan's Arms set(the one you see in the video), because it gives a huge bonus to mana regen(5.75 per sec) and damage(+5 dmg for wearing the sword and the shield together and another +6 dmg against darkspawns - plus with the dragonbone tier, you can have 3 runes in it). Spellweaver and Fade Wall would be my second choice.
so , my version arcane blood mage on solo nightmare body : Reaper's Vestments is thrash - my variant Vestments of the Seer in early and mid game and after swap to Evon the Great's Mail helmet : Helm of Honnleath glowes : firs time any glowes , after circle - Cinderfel Gauntlets and after swap to Katriel's Grasp (3% melee crit chance) boots : first time Cailan's Greaves but after Cadash Stompers (2% melee crit chance) jewellery : Key to the City and Lifegiver , The High Regard of House Dace , Andruil's Blessing wos : Cailan's Arms auras : Rock Armor , Flaming Weapons , Haste , Spell Wisp , Arcane Shield , Combat Magic and Shimmering Shield in awakening body : +14 con rune helmet : Toque of the Oblivious glowes : Stormchaser Gauntlets boots : Cadash Stompers jewellery : Key to the City swap to Ring of Discipline wos : paralysis rune swap to 3 Intensifying Rune for enemy - 2 paralysis skill , Fireball , Blood Wound , Hand of Winter for mage - Mana Clash hex : Misdirection Hex and Death Hex 35 lvl - all in int (160) , 70 armor , max resistance , 636 hp and 380 non-reserved mana , 27% melee crit chance and 170 damage
@@plsrngesus6381 Busted? Meaning which is better or more fun? I have a soft spot for AW so I would say this one was a bit more enjoyable for me, but both are extremely effective at kicking ass! :)
@@plsrngesus6381 One(Arcane Blood Mage) is great single target damage, with great durability and some nice CC. The other(Elementalist) is great cc, okay durability and okay single target damage. Based on this, you can just pick whichever you feel like you need. :)
Endgame equipment - with no Return to Ostagar dlc? Spellweaver sword and Fade Wall shield(Eamon's Shield also works). Imperial Weaver's boots and the Andruil's Blessing belt. The rest is the same. At the beginning get Arcane Shield, Rock Armor, Heal and Regeneration. Get Arcane Warrior spec first at level 7, because Blood Magic will not have good spells until you reach level 14 which is when you open your second spec. So at the beginning you are a mage with a sword and shield and healing abilities. Get Haste fast so you and your party(if you bring a party) can have better dps with faster speed. To get Haste you need to pick up Heroic Offense and Heroic Defense, so those two can help you out a lot in combat as well. Heroic Defense and Glyph of Warding will raise your defense very high so at early levels you can do great because almost no one will be able to hit you(especially with Arcane Shield active - that is a MINIMUM +65 bonus defense overall). So until you get Arcane Warrior, you are a healer/support mage(level 1-7), then you turn into a tank/healer(level 7-14) and finally: get Blood Magic at level 14, and unlock Blood Wound. After that just cast Blood Wound on everyone and swing your sword around as a damager for the rest of the game. :)
Tried this build just now: damage is great, but I seem to have trouble with hitting anything on Nightmare. Can easily miss 5-6 times in a row on some regular enemies. Does Magic gives hit chance for Arcane Warriors, like Strength, or is it only used for item stat requirements? I'm not max level yet, have around 60 magic base.
Damage is calculated on Magic. Your hit chance is calculated based on your Spellpower. So stack your SP as high as you can, and use Heroic Offense for attack boost. :)
@@AKisHerceg Ah, that explains it - I didn't have enough mana to sustain Spell Might, so spellpower was lacking. Now, with it, hit chance is noticeably better. Thanks!
I mostly end up with high magic and mixed stats for my arcane warriors. But always wondered what would dexterity and magic maxed arcane warrior would be like? Guaranteed hits and dodging, highest armor etc..
Dex and Magic is what I combined when I made my “Mage-Rogue” build. It became pretty powerful, but you really have to find a nice balance between the two. :)
@@AKisHerceg dexterity warrior vs dexterity mage. I think the arcane warrior is the ultimate tank with plenty of CC. Meanwhile Spirit warrior specialization offered from Awakening make warriors the top bursty damage dealers even above rogues. And then Legionnaire specialization would might just make rogues top continuous damage dealers.
Once I did 30 dex then magic all the way, to be able to wield The Rose's Thorn and Duncan's Dagger. I was trying to make the closest thing I could to a Monk class, and dual-dagger was the closest thing to a Monk's punching power that I could find in the game. Actually worked pretty well. Very tanky, didn't miss as much because of the dex points (specially early game), and also dealt good damage because of Flame Weapons on a pair of daggers and dexterity, which apparently does work for dagger damage when you dual-wield. One of my favorite things about Origins is that most of the builds you think might be good are going to be at least decent. At least good enough to clear on Hard.
I wanted to deal the highest damage possible with individual swings from my weapon(which comes from my Magic attribute, so I have to put as much stat there as possible). That is not possible if I use dual wield, since that requires investment in Dexterity. :)
@@sjbell4653 This one. It is much easier to build it, since with the equipment I show, you don't have to worry about your stats, mana regen, health, just dump everything in Magic, get the equipment, and go wild. :)
I have 18 by default + Fade Fonts. I also have extra from equipment: 2 from Key to the City and 1 from the Belt. I also have +50 mana from the Dace Amulet(155 total from equipment and stats). The rest of the mana is from level ups(you get extra health and mana every time you level up). The key of course is using BM for the spells and having Cailan's Arms to offset the mana regen penalty from Spellmight and Haste. This way I can sustain 6 spells. In Awakening, its a bit different because you get so much extra mana from passives, it's no problem at all to sustain more spells.
Been doing this for a while now, its seriosuly overpowered and i love it XD almost enough mana regen to have all of the sustains up! including miasma and death magic so i can heal as i kill :D makes BM a bit easier on hp now, still lackign shimmering shield, btu i should be able to do that with teh new skills in awakening :D Def making velanna and anders into these too but obv wont be as strong!
In this specific run, I had the Reaper's Cudgel which gives 300+ gold. But it is not hard to accumulate over 500-800 gold during a run(without dlc stuff) if you know what you are doing. Check out my War Mage longplay - there I have more expensive equipment and I bought all of them without selling dlc items. I have a staff that is a 100+. Staff of the Magister Lord. A robe that is almost 100. Reaper's Vestment. A belt that is 100+. Anduril's Blessing. A ring that is 80+. Lifegiver. An amulet that is almost 90. Spellward. Some quests that yield a lot of gold: Rogek/Godwin side quest when you deliver the lyrium yields 100+ if you have Master Coercion. The Return to Ostagar dlc and its loot can give you 50+. The side quests in the tavern, the Irregulars and the Mage's Collective can give you 100+ gold if you finish their quest line. Also some ncps can give you a good sum: The dwarf in the proving who is being blackmailed with the love letters can give you 15, Sofia Dryden gives you 9 or 8, Faryn gives you 3 if you don't bring Sten, Ban Sighard gives you 50 gold after you get his son out of the Denerim Dungeon, Howe's chest also has some, the Dragon Den in the forest also has some. And a lot of other places, so as I said, feel free to check out my playthrough. :)
Multiple ways. In this play through I just sold the Reaper’s Cudgel which yields 300+ gold(it’s an unlockable dlc item if you finish the Golems of Amgarrak dlc on Nightmare). If you want to see how to get more expensive stuff without selling dlc equipment, check out my full combat playthrough on my channel. There I bought the Staff of the Magister which is another 120+ gold, yet I managed to put it together by just doing quests.
@@Schuyler_A-Team It’s the name of the video. Combat Playthrough means that the walking, looting and loading has been sped up, so you basically just watching the combat and the conversations. :)
Place 3 on your main hand. Some say only your main hand weapon runes count when it comes to paralysis. There is no way to confirm this, but 3 on your main hand will consistently apply paralyze. You can place 3 dweomer on your off hand so you can boost your magic res. If you have more paralyze runes, you can place it on your melee team members so they can also have a chance to proc it.
@@francisong94 That build boosts Dex which is great for increasing defense. Defense protects against normal attacks and abilities that check for defense. However, there are some abilities that ignore defense. For example the Ogre's Ram, the Golem's Slam, or the Overwhelm from animals. Also aoe attacks like Hurl. More health is better against them since they are guaranteed to hit you.
Got my inspiration for this build from your vid and tried it too Trying to play the first two dragon ages after inquisition Im trying to min max a bit more, so i played as an elf mage But was wondering You can reach 100 dodge chance and 103 spell resist with this set up: Arcane shield(15d/15s) Cailan's greaves(20d) Spellward(10d/30s) Reaper's vestments(10d/16s) Dwarven rune 2x(10s) Key to the city(4s) Ancient Elven Gloves(4s) Clinch of maneuvering(10d/10s) first enchanter cowl(10d/4s) d=dodge s=spell resist Was wondering why you went with the 20% fire gloves cause at most it gives 2 more damage on ur flame weapon, cause its capped at 20 And also why did you go with The High Regard of House Dace instead of spellward Cause while it gives 50 mana and 1 regen and crit chance, spellward makes you reach 100 on both dodge and spell resist
Your build is more defensive. The point of this one was to maximize my damage. :) I went with those gloves, because there are no other gloves that would benefit this character more. What would I need? More armor? It would just fatigue me more... Crit chance gloves would be great, sadly they can't be worn by mages. So additional fire damage is pretty much the best I can get. Amulets? I went with both... kinda. I used the Spellward when I needed more Spell resist(like with Gaxkang), but usually I kept the Dace amulet on because it made me hit crits constantly and my crits were enormous. Nah, if you solo bosses, you can't get better runes than the paralyzing ones, so I would not put dweomers in my weapon. Although you can keep switching them if you want to have the benefit of both. Cailan's Arms give awesome mana regen and superior damage(the highest damage in fact when it comes to one handed weapons), so I would not pick the Spellweaver either. You are kinda mixing things up with your list. You only get 15% dodge and spell res in Awakening from Arcane Shield. You need the Fade Shield passive to upgrade your Arcane Shield which is not present in the main game. The Maneuvering Belt gives 15% spell res and dodge in Awakening not just 10 like in the main game. So here is my dodge chance in Origins: Combat Magic 25 Boots 20 Cowl 10 Belt 10 Robe 10 75 - with Spellward it can be 85 but I went after the damage. And here is my dodge chance in Awakening: Fade Shield 15 Combat Magic 25 Belt 15 Boots 20 Cowl 10 Robe 10 95% - which is enough for pretty much everything. Even against the Harvester's minions. So as you can see, I sacrificed a tiny bit of survivability to reach maximum damage. I consider that a fair trade. :)
@@AKisHerceg I did not know the arcane shield dodge and spell chance wad only at awakening I did make a build with the highest possible regen so i can have haste/Shimmering Shield/spell might on at all times, though it was bad defense wise Thank you again so much for all your answers and information Have a wonderful time :)
I'm doing a blood mage arcane warrior right now, but i'm afraid it will get Boring around The end game cuz it mostly relies on buffs and no active spells
Well, to me it isn't. But you indeed only use a couple of spells with this build, the rest is mostly sustainable and auto-attacks. Blood Wound for cc, and debilitating skills for bosses. Plus of course Blood Sacrifice to leech if you play with a party. :)
Actually, I never saw the point of an Archer Mage. Why would I use bows when I can use a staff? A staff is better than a bow: it auto-hits, and you can improve the damage with Hexes. Bows will miss a lot, they deal less damage and there is no talent tree with them if you play as a mage. And you still have to put it away when you cast most spells. Bow < Staff. :)
@@AKisHerceg ok, but i found Something intresting in the game, You can play as a warrior or rogue and use staff. There is a staff (Piece of wood, found by Dog), You can use IT to make an arcane archer ( assassin, or templar), but i am not sure how efective IT will bee!!!
@@dannyjoe444 Well, in my opinion, it is not effective in the slightest. Staffs need Magic to increase their damage - and magic is completely useless for any warrior or rogue. Staffs can't crit so a cunning stacked Bard is useless with it. Staffs can't backstab either so an Assassin is also useless. Same with a Duelist. This specific staff also deals physical damage, so you can't increase its damage with Curses. The only way I can imagine using this item for a non-mage, is if you are a Ranger and you role-play as a Druid. You can summon animals and you use your staff. You can use Stealth, Below the Belt and Dirty Fighting. No other talent is available with a staff. With high enough magic, the druid can actually work, since your pets can do most of the job and you can't really miss with a staff. You can pick up the Assassin spec if you want Mark of Death for damage intake increase on your enemies or the Duelist spec for more defense. So if you are looking for a relaxed build where you mostly just sit back an enjoy the show, there you have it! I might make one myself after thinking about it. :)
@@dannyjoe444 I made a quick test. It's hilarious! Using the multiple summon activation glitch, you can have 3 pets plus dog... this could even be viable as a solo build(not counting dog). XD Mark of Death indeed works with a staff and the activation is much faster(almost instantaneous). You could use Song of Courage as a Bard as well, but then you can't super-stack magic, because you need Cunning for your song's effectiveness. The only problem is that you really don't have anything other than a handful of skills to play with. And the staff damage is not impressive at all, even with a ton of magic. Still, it's a fun little novelty build. :)
@@octodude1928 Both. I used the Haste spell and the Sift Salve as I wrote it in the video to achieve maximum attack speed(if you are going with two mages, and use double Haste, don't use Swift Salve - it will slow your attack down). :)
@@octodude1928 Due to a glitch you will be slower than a snail... These are the combos you can use without getting slowed down: Momentum(Double Weapon skill) + Swift Salve Haste + Haste Haste + Swift Salve These combos WILL WORK. These combos WILL NOT WORK: Haste + Haste + Haste Swift Salve + Haste + Haste Swift Salve + Haste + Haste + Haste Haste + Momentum
The raw stats are at 2:28. Everything went on Magic. I felt like it was unnecessary to post the one with the equipment, because if you follow the video and use the same gear you should end up having the same stats anyway, so only the distribution matters.
If i ever want to play this great game again. This is the best story in all 3 Dragon age games not the mention you can be one evil Dude or Girl in this game. Unlike any other game out there except maybe KOTOR. I will have to mod the fuck out of Dragon age origins to bring it to current Graphics and 4k. Not to mention Mod some of the NPC Females.
Still one of the best party based rpgs out there. I love a good ARPG, but the who tf is making any team based rpgs anymore? even FF went to ARPG with 16
@@AKisHerceg awesome thanks for the swift reply, I wanted to challenge myself on nightmare after not playing this game in so long, I played back in the og days of it's release on console and loved this game and thought i'd get into it with DA4 coming out soon thought i'd go through all 3 and play each on the hardest difficulty, I beat inquisition on it's hardest setting but never tried nigthmare on DA:O cause I was much younger at the time it's only in my adult years I started getting into high difficulty gaming for a challenge
I agree. The Archon Robe type looks okay on the girls(it kind of reminds me of school uniforms on them), but looks garbage on guys. The Circle robes looks okay on guys but looks crap on girls(the elf girl version is okay). And then you have the initiate robe types, and they are okay, IF you have the right color. If you have the hideous yellow then no. And of course the Witch Robe, which looks good on girls, but uses the same appearance as the Archon Robe on guys, so it's garbage for them.
The belt and the amulet are also dlc items and they don't require money to obtain them. Key to the City ring is a reward after you gather the paper scraps in Orzammar - no money is required. The gloves are part of the loot that you get after killing Uldred, so no money is required there either. Libertarian's cowl is loot from the Circle tower, no money is required - the First Enchanter cowl is only 1 gold 85 silver. The only two expensive equipment here are the Lifegiver ring and the Reaper's Vestment robe. They require 87+92 gold. So around 180. That can be easily acquired by doing quest, looting and just progressing in the story. But if you want access to these items faster, then just kill the Harvester on Hard or Nightmare in the Golems of Amgarrak dlc. Then you get an item(Reaper's Cudgel) which you can sell for over 300 gold at any merchant from the beginning of the game. :)
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so , my version arcane blood mage on solo nightmare
body : Reaper's Vestments is thrash - my variant Vestments of the Seer in early and mid game and after swap to Evon the Great's Mail
helmet : Helm of Honnleath
glowes : firs time any glowes , after circle - Cinderfel Gauntlets and after swap to Katriel's Grasp (3% melee crit chance)
boots : first time Cailan's Greaves but after Cadash Stompers (2% melee crit chance)
jewellery : Key to the City and Lifegiver , The High Regard of House Dace , Andruil's Blessing
wos : Cailan's Arms
auras : Rock Armor , Flaming Weapons , Haste , Spell Wisp , Arcane Shield , Combat Magic and Shimmering Shield
in awakening
body : +14 con rune
helmet : Toque of the Oblivious
glowes : Stormchaser Gauntlets
boots : Cadash Stompers
jewellery : Key to the City swap to Ring of Discipline
wos : paralysis rune swap to 3 Intensifying Rune
for enemy - 2 paralysis skill , Fireball , Blood Wound , Hand of Winter
for mage - Mana Clash
hex : Misdirection Hex and Death Hex
35 lvl - all in int (160) , 70 armor , max resistance , 636 hp and 380 non-reserved mana , 27% melee crit chance and 170 damage
It's so cool to see people still uploading DA:O content in 2022, I wonder if playthroughs could become a thing again.
Depends if you know where to look.
@@StarMarshal I mean, here on YT you look for DA stuff and the most videos you can find are from like 30 years ago.
@@diode_wow do you use filters? Sometimes that can help.
Look up MaterWelonz has an ongoing playthrough ep26 just released
It is. I'm checking out Materwelonz first time playthrough right now, saw MegMage go through her journey, I saw Angel Alyx start one but I not if she's continued it or not. (had an interesting time in the fade) Pretty sure a few others are doing playthroughs but can't remember their names right now.
I will forever hate the developers for taking out the finishing moves
Genlock conjurer: got paralyzed and cannot dodje an attack
Arcane mage: misses at paralyzed genlock
lol
reminds me of Futurama when Fry misses pushing a button
After sitting in my backlog for years, I just finished inquisition and even got the platinum. Thanks for the awesome guides that you put out, dude. Hope you're still active when dreadwolf eventually comes out.
Ouch
Bro I'm playing the game for the first time and just from peaking at one minute of this video, there's still so much I have yet to learn
I love how many unorthodox builds you can do in BW games. I had a ton of fun with my heavy armor s&s rogue bard. I was nigh untouchable because of the high dexterity. Spirit Warrior Archer is also OP as hell if you have Awakening or the Awakening in Origins mod. Killed the high dragon in Haven on nightmare in less than 30 seconds.
Excited to give this one a go. I should actually try a real mage once though lol. I always do arcane warrior and just slash everything to death
Finally! A weapon to surpass the Maker himself!!
Im in prison watching your videos can't wait to get out so I can play this
Hope you're out duce, or at least close.
@johnshepard313 I got out bro, slowly going back on track. I even installed the game with bunch of mods but haven't got the time to run through it.
@@eraythehan awesome man. You'll get time. Best of luck
I made a pretty similar build for my last playthrough, wrecked the Harvester in less than 45 seconds on Nightmare with it.
It just ROLLS on everything, while also facetanking entire armies and any boss on the side. It's very simple in principle and goes a bit like this one: arcane warrior + blood mage + battlemage or keeper (immunity to knockdown under a boss's nose's pretty awesome). It uses A LOT of sustained spells to cap (and overcap, in case he's debuffed) physical, mental, spell and elemental resistances, while getting ungodly amounts of evasion (100% in fact), defense, missile defense (useless but I like big numbers!) and armor. Don't put a single point in anything but magic ('xept to get to 16 cunning for skills). Spellpower's off the charts, beyond 250. HP and the rest can be increased enough with gear. For skills: max combat training, survival, vitality, clarity, only 3 pts needed in coercion once you've reached 35 cunning, let crafting to your sidekicks. Add to that enough gear to cap almost every elemental bonus damage AND some hexes, and you can multiply any ele dmg by 3 (it's good to have one point in poison to be able to use Elemental Coating because of that). Heavy fatigue but you'll have so many hp and sustain you won't even care. No need to bother with mana regen: Dark Sustenance, one lyrium potion here and there and Stoic passive do the trick (allowing you to focus your gear on damage).
Spell wisp + spell might + spell shield + arcane shield + combat magic + shimmering shield + rock armor + elemental mastery + haste and flaming weapons always on (cast all with your staff, because you'll have more spellpower with it, but cast combat magic with your sword&shield cause it's calculated with your magic attribute, and that one will be higher with the dead legion heraldry on your shield). For mobbing: the classic blood wound + fireball, or a juicy virulent walking bomb to sate your bloodlust. Mark of death from Jerrik + Vulnerability hex + death hex to down that tanky meatbag. Or just whip out the good ol' sword and board and cut your way to gory glory without even being grazed once (much much higher dps than with your staff)!
Here's your gear:
- Head: Toque of the Oblivious.
- Gloves: Elementalist's Grasp (+10% version from the 2nd Disciple general in the Siege of Amaranthine).
- Chest: Battledress of the Provocateur (2 amplification + 1 evasion runes to reach 100% dodge).
- Boots: Cailan's Greaves.
- Staves: Staff of the Lost is king (Spellfury's awesome too but it doesn't cap spirit damage bonus).
- Melee: Vigilance longsword (raw + effortless, with 3 elemental runes = 6 dmg of each element x 1.5 x 2 so around 90 bonus dmg not mitigated by enemy armor) + Landsmeet Shield. Its rare "absorb damage" effect also works on blood magic self-dmg, -12% on this shield. Dead Legion heraldry if you're ok with it.
- Belt: Cinch of Skillful Maneuvering.
- Amulet: The High Regard of House Dace is probably best here, with its rare, not easily obtainable bonuses. Scout's Medal could be an okay tank+mana option. Maybe Illumination/Seeker's Chain (+all atributes). The Spellward is overkill though, you can get up to 95% spell resist from skills only (Arcane Shield + Fade Shield + Spell Shield), the last 5% are easily capped.
- Rings: Ash + Icicle (caps fire and cold resist + dmg bonus, also 8 free magic).
- Consumables: the only thing worth crafting, Elemental Coating and Swift Salve. Paired with Haste, you'll divide your attack animation by almost half.
Now for spells, do as follow:
ARCANE > Mastery 4, Attun 3
PRIMAL > Fire 3, Earth 1
CREATION > Enhance 4, Summoning 1
SPIRIT > Anti-Magic 1, Mana Alter 4, Death 3
ENTROPY > Hexes 4, Draining 4
SPECIALIZATIONS > AW 4, Bld Mage 3, Battlemage/Keeper 4
Now, you'll dish out extreme damage while being pretty much impervious to it, but don't forget: 100% dodge only means normal physical attacks can't hit you, while 100% spell resist means you'll cancel any damage of magic origin. However, you'll still be vulnerable to non-magic elemental damage, hence why I capped all elemental resist (85%). On top of that, auto-hit physical attacks will still hit you (massive attacks, grabs, overwhelm, etc.), that's why I also pumped some skills and gear to get to around 60 armor. Truth be told you'll be effectively immortal, only the Armored Ogre Alpha and the Harvester could potentially kill you with one of their attacks, if they crit while you're like half hp for example.
>Hexes - while I don't consider it to be strictly optimal, do try 3 mages sequentially casting Death Hex on someone standing in the Death Cloud; death cloud must be cast by a mage with the highest spellpower. With the curse of vulnerability applied, I had seen this deal a thousand or so in Origins campaign. It is not very impressive compared to silly things, idk, Spirit Warrior can get up to in Awakening (1000ish damage per hit in Unending Flurry, lol) but it is -probably- the best burst DPS possible in Origins, where getting non-burst dps above 100 is somewhat of a struggle.
@@Someguy4321 Truth, Death Hex is A MEGAMAMMOTH OF A BEAST. It really catapults your DPS since it's pretty hard for any class but Rogue to get consistant crits on its own in Origins.
Speaking of Spirit Warrior, I've been thinking for a long time of doing a dex warrior archer build, going Spirit Warrior + Accuracy in Awakening, with maxed crit dmg, crit chance, high atk speed and spirit dmg bonus. I know I won't find the time to play again for at least years now, so if you or someone ever wanted to try that kind of wonky build, ROCK ON BRUV!!
I just recently finished my first playthrough of this game and i'm about to start playing the next game but seeing this makes me want to replay origins again and fixed my very messed up build lol
Harvester: "No fair! You cheated!"
... the year was 2010, my second year of college. I installed DA:O. And i fell in love. The year is 2011 and u finally got all the in game achievements. Even the nightmare golems dlc, the one with the flesh golem and the ranger dwarf that invoques the rhino. I had 100%. The year was 2012, i finally managed to make a solo nightmare run... The characther was a ranger duelist archer with the sustained ability that increased defense. It was marvelous. And painfull... My second nightmare solo run was a shapeshifter arcane warrior... That one was better... Bear form op. And then i tried DA 2... And i only did 2 playthroughs... Now i got the bug telling me (play it again)... And i found your channel, so thank you
I have played this game so many times and it is now that I realise that arcane warriors can wear shields, my main character, an arcane warrior ended the blight and awakening dlc with just one sword and a broken class that i didnt know was even more broken
Hi! You have a step-by-sterp guide for this build? I mean, i started to play this game rn so i find this awesome build but idk how to build the skills and everything to going good with the build.
Sadly, I don't. I do plan to do an Arcane Warrior playthrough in the future though. :)
Some tips:
You have to start as a support mage until you unlock the Arcane Warrior spec.
Your first spells should be Heroic Offense and Heal when you start the game.
This is an Arcane Warrior, so from the beginning I recommend you pick up spells that would increase your(and the party's) defense. Heroic Defense and Glyph of Warding. Your first spell that you automatically start with, will be Arcane Bolt, so until you unlock Combat Magic you have to stick with that as your main damage spell. Heal and Arcane Bolt can get your through the whole first half of the game. With Heroic Defense and Glyph of Warding your team will be near untouchable. With Heroic Offense they will never miss.
Boost nothing but your Magic with every level up. Don't get tempted to place on WP or CONS. Just boost Magic. If you run out of mana during combat, just drink a small mana potion. They are dirt cheap and later on you can make them yourself from some cheap material.
After level 7 when you unlock Arcane Warrior and Combat Magic, you can start wearing armor and you can make great use of your defense increasing skills. Enemies will have a very hard time hitting you now and you will have decent melee damage. You can have Flaming Weapon on to increase your damage and you can also pick up Haste to increase your attack speed and running speed.
You are basically a warrior now, who can heal and increase the defense of the party.
After you reach level 14, that is when the fun starts. You are gonna pick up Blood Magic, and since you can unlock Blood Wound at level 12, you can already unlock it when you unlock the spec, if you have some spells saved up.
Now you are not only durable, can heal and increase the defense of the party, you can also be very effective with crowd control.
After this, the game will be pretty easy, so just pick up whatever spell would make you more effective. The rest is pretty much explained in the video. :)
@@AKisHerceg Nice!
Thx for your time dude! keep doing this crazy and cool builds
I noticed your channel just yesterday and I'm liking your DA: Origins content. Its my fav DA game.
Gonna sub.
i will be using this for my evil playthrough
Archer Alistair doesn't exist
Him:
I had installed a mod that allows you to access various warrior weapon talents on arcane warrior, so naturally I've slapped two daggers and momentum on me for that awesome stab-stab-stab animation.
This is insane. Thanks for sharing! :D
I actually hope that Spellblade specialisation in Veilguard will lean more into being an Arcane Warrior
you did not get trouble with ogres with grab and stuff? they can't be resisted i guess that's why you had alistair as backup
Nope. When it comes to grab, you can use Blood Wound on the creature first, so it can't grab you. But even if they can, the grab does not deal enough damage to bring me to even half health. I can survive two consecutive grabs even. The attack that can be dangerous is the Ogre's Ram. They can just spam this skill with its 2 sec cooldown and knockdown effect(which is pretty hard to resist even with high physical res) and by the time you get up, they can ram you again knocking you down again in an endless cycle.
Of course this is dangerous to any build that can't resist knockdown, including dual weapon rogues/warriors, archers and all mages.
Isn't AW melee damage depends directly from magic and not from spellpower like damage from spells?
Yes, damage is based on Magic. Attack however is based on Spellpower. 5 sp = 1 attack. So the higher your SP the more likely you won't miss with your melee attack.
Really? I often have spellmight and wisp active with combat magic, just because i forget to off it after doing some casting stuff and its still kinda feel that if AW don't have at least 20 dexterity and Leliana with some champion around he miss almost everything.
@@Grey-pu7yn Well, if you want to make it work while soloing or duoing, you need lots of SP to not miss constantly. I hate investing into dex or str, because it lowers your damage.
I have played dark souls 1 and 2 and skyrim and dragons dogma and I want to join the DA series should I begin with origins or inquisition
I would definitely recommend Origins. If you have never played a tactical action rpg, then the combat might take some getting used to(my videos can help if you need some), but it is by far the best game in the series. This is just my opinion, of course. :)
It's incredibly easy to cheese the game with a staff-wielding Arcane Warrior/Blood Mage/Battlemage. I used one to solo the harvester and can't believe the time will come that I will ever think the Harvester was just another boss. Finally earned that Reaper's Cudgel because of that mage. 😂
I cleared it with a Champion/Templar/Spirit Warrior. 90% dodge and I think 50% spell resistance, nowhere near the full cheese you can get with Warrior but it was more than enough. Two-Handed too, so no crazy high DPS from dual-wield.
I know this is an old video but I misunderstood your recent playthrough’s title which inspired me to attempt what I thought you were doing. To make a long story short(ish): The wiki says it is the magic attribute that determines damage not spell power, amongst other claims. How much testing did you do with AW’s ‘combat magic’?
For the record love your work, DAO is one of the GOATs I keep in my wheel house and was pleasantly surprised a while back when I returned to the scene and stumbled upon a video of yours detailing a build I’ve always wanted in not just DAO but all of rpgs and usually found in most cases devs didn’t really consider the niche and that is the 2handed weapon assassin/rogue. It was nice to find it successful as well as fun and unique despite its itemization and skill limitations.
Hi! I did a lot of testing. Magic is indeed the base for your damage. Spellpower determines your spell effectiveness and your hit chance as an Arcane Warrior. Spellpower is basically your attack, but it’s nerfed. You get 0.2 attack per Spellpower. So basically 5 Spellpower gives 1 attack, which is why Spellpower is very important. If you have 100 SP then that is +20 attack. Magic gives Spellpower, so naturally more magic means mor SP.
@@AKisHerceg Thank you so much and so quickly too 😇. I asked incase it would be worth it to go for a talent like Arcane mastery or things like that but judging by what you’re telling me i would be investing 4 talents for +1 attack 😅 ofc the spell power would translate over to other things but I really wana focus on the effectiveness of the melee aspect of the build. Going for like a pseudo sith kinda vibe.
@@Occupavi I usually pick up AM, but as my last spell. Because, 1 attack is still better than nothing. Plus you only spend 2 extra spells, since Arcane Shield is mandatory for any AW anyway. :)
@@AKisHerceg it is pretty good especially with spell might. Dang 🧐. Honestly been so focused on making the melee viable have thought little about defense. Figured AW inherent defense would be enough along with the plethora of cc I’m gona have at my disposal. I will admit I am concerned about fatigue tho since I was planning on running massive/heavy armor most likely
@@Occupavi Defense is easy to boost with Heroic Defense, Glyph of Warding and Arcane Shield.
But of course the best is to stack dodge% on your equipment. Combat Magic already gives 25% with the Fade Shroud passive, so just get a few more from the video and you are all set.:)
Great vid! awesome work! ty!
Very nice, the amount of tank mage gets alone from are and mage always impresses me.
Not sure if you are aware, ( or you know and don’t like exploiting it) if you get I think it’s Legion of the Dead or a different one. Anyway, there is one shield motif that when put your shield for some reason it increases all stats on the character by like 10-20 I can’t remember off the top of my head.
Yeah, the Legion of the Dead heraldry. It gives +20 to all stats I think. I don't use it because it is way too op. :)
@@AKisHerceg geez
I never tried blood mage specialization before but seems to be really cool, I think I'm going to create a new character and wreak havoc using blood magic.
Я не знал, что можно применять сразу все яды. Мне это в голову даже не приходило. Мой разбойник со средними показателями силы/ловкости/хитрости стал просто машиной смерти. Классный контент.
I remember my Arcane Blood Warrior just stacked buffs and AOE spells before fighting you within all the overlaps.
He was also a power thirsty human who apparently either share a name with a noble clan type so I assume lost those claims to only ensure he got everything he wanted except one thing bit power hungry hats and such.
Is there any good armors or armor sets for Arcane Warriors other than the one from the DLC? I recall there's not many options that could maximize the potential for the Arcane Warrior, so I never once tried it. Other than that, awesome video dude! Keep it comin' :D
Superior wade armor plate and some helmet (like executioner helmet which gives extra mana) would be the best choice in base game
Also there is effort armor set and juggernaut armor set but those won’t give reduced fatigue
Evon the Great's Mail combined with Wade's Superior Heavy Boots and Gloves is a great choice. You even receive the set bonus, and you can put on the Helm of Honleath - which with this set, would not look ugly on you anymore. :)
@@AKisHerceg helm of honleath is also dlc item though) what if he means only base game?
@@danzansandeev6033 Yeah, then exclude the HoH. Stick with the Lib Cowl then the First Enchanter Cowl just like here. :)
Rule of cool and aesthetics supercedes function. Especially when the Arcane Warrior can get away with just about choice of armor.
I did a build like this about 10 years back and it did very well in nightmare....until I did the Harvester DLC. Fighting the Harvester was like running into a brick wall head first.
As long as you have high dodge %, the Harvester will be a walk in the park.
So I love this build and am currently blitzing through the circle tower at level 12 with my party. I got all my sustained spell power buffs up, got cailans arms….but I keep missing. Like a lot. Any advice on how to land my sword swings?
Sadly that is natural for the AW. But you have a couple of options:
First off, your Attack score(chance to hit) is based on your Spellpower. However it does not directly translate to it. 5 SP = 1 Attack.
You start with 50 attack as a mage. Look at your SP and divide it by 5. Add this to your 50 attack, and you will get your attack score.
So if you have 100 SP, that translates into +20 attack which you add to the 50 that you have innately, and boom. You have 70 attack. Which is pretty terrible, hence you miss a lot.
Some people would want you to boost Dex, since it would boost your defense and Dex also gives 0.5 attack after every points instead of 0.2. I disagree. If you want big numbers, you go for Magic only, since Dex does not increase your damage.
The way you can solve your attack problem is that either you or one of your support mage should keep casting Heroic Offense on you.
Heroic Offense gives (100 attack + SP) * 0.1. Which means that with around 100 SP, you can get +20 attack if you apply Heroic Offense.
Also, Spellwisp and Spellmight are pretty much mandatory since they boost your SP.
If you use Spellwisp+Spellmight and you keep applying Heroic Offense on you, you can have around 110-120 attack, which is considered great in terms of attack score. You will definitely miss a lot less this way, and you also don't have to invest into Dex which would lower your damage.
If you go with a warrior, get the Champion spec and the Rally ability on them. It gives +10 attack to anyone around the Champion. A Bard can also boost your attack with Song of Courage.
You can also pick up Misama, since it gives a -10 defense de-buff to enemies around you.
@@AKisHerceg You’re a champion. Thank you so much!
1:48 ooooof! she's a tough fight, but I dont think she deserves that😅
What skills do you prefer i was going herbalist, poison, cunning and combat training
Those are fine, but I always add Coercion to the list, because it's important for me to have good persuasion power. :)
I just wished we got the game on PS4 or a remaster
Whose in your party at the beginning? It's a golem looks like Caridin
That's a companion that will follow you in the golems of amgarrak dlc
Yup, that is the Golems of Amgarrak dlc. You get a golem there called Runic Golem(a Stone Golem's head on a Steel Golem's body) to help you out. Of course on Nightmare it is only good for dying over and over, since it is slow, it can't use potions, can't use any equipment, and it has pretty low stats. :)
Thx! I thought there was a way for caridin to join your party
Just started a play through in 2023
Great guide! Quick question for someone who hasn't given Arcane Warrior a try yet, but how exactly is a traditional Arcane Warrior's damage (ie. wearing massive armor) less? Massive armor increases your fatigue and mana regen but since you're using blood magic and therefore health to do spells wouldn't you be able to dish up this same kind of damage wearing plate?
The main difference is the attribute distribution. A traditional AW has tons of WP to combat fatigue and the negative mana regen coming from the upkeep of the sustainable spells. It also has a lot more Constitution especially if you use blood. This approach takes away lots of attribute points that could otherwise go into Magic, which increases the damage of your spells and your swings.
@@AKisHerceg Ahh ic! Thank you for the quick reply!
In that case my next question, do you think this build would work using a 2hander?
Also despite saying this build is squishier than a typical full massive-plate AW it looks like you're still practically unkillable/unhittable as-is, XD
How do you stay so tough and do you think this build would work with more Massive armor substituted in (ie. the chest or gloves) because then you could maybe stop having to use an activatable like Heroic Defense?
@@numark79 A few things to clarify about the game mechanics:
Armor does not raise your defense. It does not matter how heavy or massive it is, it does not raise your defense points(unless it has a set bonus or it is enchanted with +defense). It increases armor. Which is basically damage reduction against physical attacks(so for example with 20 armor against an enemy who hits you with 50 damage, you negate 20 so you receive 30 dmg instead). Defense is different. Defense helps you avoid attacks. Your defense rating has to be higher than the attack rating of your foes.
So even if I would have the best plate armor, Heroic Defense would still help with my defense, not only because armor does not help with that, but it also gives missile deflection.
However, I primarily do not use Heroic Defense, I use Heroic Offense. Which is very helpful for a melee AW because it gives a huge attack boost - therefore you score a successful hit more often.
In addition to the defense and armor mechanics, there is also a third mechanic in the game called "dodge" or "evasion". It acts as a secondary "defense", and it gives a chance to completely avoid enemy attacks without having to combat their attack rating. Contrary to defense, this is a percentage based ability, so if you reach 100% your defense rating will become irrelevant. At 100% dodge you can never be hit by anything(even if your defense is 0). Melee and ranged attacks are automatic misses against you. The only exceptions are: area effect attacks and auto-hit skills(like Scattershot or Ram from an Ogre, Slam from a Golem etc.). And of course spells, which you need to counter with spell resistance.
This is why my AW seems so durable. It has over 70% dodge.
You can get "dodge" from a few places: Cailan's Greaves gives 20%. For an Arcane Warrior, Combat Magic with the upgrade Fade Shroud gives 25%(for a rogue, the passive Evasion skill gives +20% and the passive Dark Passage ability also gives +5%). The Maneuvering Belt gives 10%(15% in Awakening), the Spellward Amulet gives 10%. In addition to this the First Enchanter Cowl also gives 10%. So as you can see, by combining these numbers, you can reach as high as 85% dodge with an AW(100+ in Awakening). That means that 85% of enemy attacks will miss. So auto-attacks are pretty much a non-problem.
The disadvantage of a massive or heavy armor is the fact that they increase your fatigue, so your spells will cost more to cast. And that is not wise with this build, since you use your health to cast spells and your fatigue is already up since you have a lot of sustainable spells active.
A simple Death Hex can use up over a 100+ health. That is almost half of your total health pool used up for a single spell. So without heavy or massive armor they are much cheaper.
As to using a two-handed weapon: yes, it is totally viable, but you have to tweak it a little bit. You see, when I build a character, I take the equipment into account as well. For example here, Cailan's Shield and Maric's Blade(Cailan's Arms set) is almost mandatory, because the set gives a massive mana regeneration boost in battle. This allows me to not be concerned about my mana while I fight. Haste, Spellmight etc continuously drain your mana during battle even if you don't use spells at all. This is why this set is so great. It counters the mana regeneration penalty from sustainable spells.
So if you want to use two-handed weapons, you have to keep this in mind. As far as I know only the Ageless gives bonus to mana/stamina regeneration(and even that is just a tiny 0.25), so I recommend getting one that at least gives a huge amount of stamina, so you don't constantly run out of mana during a fight. :)
@@AKisHerceg Ahh interesting and thank you again for the quick reply!
So for a "traditional" Arcane Warrior, what would the stat distribution/stat ratio look like? You mentioned needing Willpower earlier; or would it depend on the secondary specialization if not blood mage?
@@numark79 Yes, you need a lot more WP if you don't use blood. I could build it with 50% Magic, 40% WP and 10% CON. Some place a few points on DEX too, but I usually don't.
With a huge Mana pool, you can keep up Shimmering Shield effectively, so you are much more durable(since it gives15 armor, 75% resistance for all elements and 75% mental and physical resistance).
So if you want to tank enemies, invest into WP and mana regen, because Shimmering Shield drains 10 every second.
Glad to see someone is actually able to play this game. Origins/Awakening has like 7FPS running from a SSD on my i5 11400F, RTX 3060 and 32GB RAM. Anyone able to share the witchraft behind this smooth gameplay? Or should i sacrifice goat or sheep or something like that?
Well, the FPS might be smooth, but I also get constant crashes, which I have not been able to solve. The only thing I can do is to lower the textures - that gives me more time between crashes.
DAO bleeds from many wounds since its engine is really not designed for new os like Win 10-11.
@@AKisHerceg yeh, oddly enough i have been able to make it working on my "test" rig which is apparently 7 years old i7 3770, gtx 960 and windows xp. All this just to find out how bad that game actually is. I've been told that its like Baldurs Gate, but this is nothing like Baldurs Gate
@@JarekBaldrian I think it’s great. :)
@@AKisHerceg its great as for story and lore elements, but gameplay , for me its terrible. For instance a small feature that drove me crazy ... auto parry. Another thing is when your party AI is trying to position and gets in your way (in most cases). Another aspect is stats, i have no idea how the game counts them, the fact that high dex/cun character can miss 6 times out of 10 is simply ridiculous. DA2 is much better in this, Inquisition not so much, that is not realy a Dragon Age for me, there is Inquisitor, no blight, nothing from previous games but Varric, Lleliana, Cassandra and that jerk Cullen ... its a whole different game, but thats just me
Try 4GB Patch. The game usually just uses 2GB.
I wanted to ask if you'd be willing to make an OP mage solo nightmare build preferably using a staff instead of melee weapons and cover beginning(1-7)/midgame(10-18)/endgame(18-25) covering stats and gear along the way?
Blood magic talents are really unique & fun, On DA ll too, They removed it at DA inquisition because they ( Bioware) claims that it's not good for the inquisition reputation.
Latest reports confirmed that blood magic won't be used at the next game, This time they don't want to give their heroes ( our companion including ROOK) bad reputation.
We enjoyed this skills at the first & second game.
What do you think sir of all of that, And do you like this specialisations?
I love BM and I wish we would have it back. :)
@@AKisHerceg Imagine no BM on the land of BM!!
This's unacceptable our dear Bioware 👎.
it's kinda sad that they can't write stories about "power is not inherently evil, It's the wielder who gets to decide that" anymore...
@@mostpolitebot1464 Actually, Blood Magic comes pretty close to the definition of "inherently evil."
You literally have to rob someone's life essence to cast spells if you use it-either yours or someone else's. Blood Magic is all about control, domination, and the worst possible sacrifice. It's not like any other type of magic, which can be used for anything else, like using fire to burn stuff or cold to put out fire, healing to mend wounds, or casting magical barriers to protect others.
It's taking life essence to dominate or crush people's minds or bodies.
Now, it can be used for good (for example, to beat the Blight), but the power itself is pretty much evil from the get-go. No wonder, of course, since it comes from demons. :)
@@AKisHerceg dragon age franchise used to add " evilness " choices, Many players enjoyed it & it was unique to the franchise unlike any other games ( except maybe how evil the dragonborn of skyrim can be), Either way removing BM on the land of BM is still not very convincing.
I heard rumours however that the devs may update the game later after it's released to add things about BM.
Alternatively, instead of blood mage you can just stack all heavy gear with + stamina, which in total gives you something like +200 stamina (100 from Nug Crusher, +25 from Executioner helmet and Varatorn's armor and there were heavy boots with +50 stamina, forgot which ones).
are you using am od to use all those poisons ? or is that part of teh base game ? i dont remeber being able to use all those poisons and coatings at once. youd need to be lvl 25 to do this right ? what order do you recomend doing the content in to get the items needed ?
1. I have the Ultimate Edition, but I think the patch 1.4 allows you to stack poisons(only a few patches disallow poison stacking).
2. You don't have to reach level 25, I just wanted to push the build as far as possible to see its potential.
3. In this playthrough, I used the bonus rewards you stat with(you get some items if you beat some tricky stuff in the dlcs) to quickly build up my money. The Reaper's Cudgel alone worth 300+ gold so money was not a problem.
If you don't use bonus items, you might want to check out my full playthrough with my War Mage to see how I accumulate the money I need. You don't have to watch all the 23 hours though, because there is a 3 part detailed guide in the description and you can just key word the items you are looking for(for example you type in Reaper's Vestment and you see when and how I got the money to get it - same with all the rest). but generally speaking doing side quest is fairly profitable in the game, much more than the loot.
Most of my stuff here though, is not something I bought(Cailain's Greaves+Maric's Sword+Cailan's Shield are all in the Ostagar dlc, my amulet and belt are also dlc). The two only expensive stuff here are the Reaper's Vestment and the Lifegiver. Together they cost around 200 gold, which is not hard to accumulate. I recommend you start at the Circle Tower after Lothering. :)
@@AKisHerceg ah i see, i was curious. thansk for that info. Over 1k hours into the game and ive never experimented with arcane or blood mage, back then i was dumb XD Thankfully gold isn't an issue can easily do the potent lyrium potion sales. hmm.. are there any substute items for the ostagar dlc items ? i always like to save that to last for loghain.
@@afr_gem Nope. Especially Cailan’s Shield and Maric’s Sword - they are best in slot 100%. They give enough mana regen(with the set bonus)to offset Haste and Spellmight. Without them Lyrium potion drinking would be unavoidable.
@@AKisHerceg damn that sux i was hoping there would be a lesser stat version. Gues i can always bring him in a different playthrough or something. Thanks!
@@AKisHerceg Forgot to ask, the wiki said yo uneed an acheivment from expanions to be able to use a couple of the items in origins from ur list is that right ?
I think it is safer to go for wade's armor, cailans arms, spellward, andruils belt, honllit helmet, lifegiver and use shimmering shield. Equipment will compensate -10 mana regen and with shield (+other defensive auras) will make us impossible to kill
That is the standard setup I use for the "tanky" AW, yes. But this is not a tanky AW. Sadly, that setup does not give nearly as much damage as this, which was the point of this AW. :)
Spellward is great for magic defense and WP, but it does not give any crit chance. Which is the main difference here - my crits are enormous. 110-130 is not uncommon in Origins(an Elite Genlock is 3 hits!), in Awakening and beyond, I deal 200+ crit dmg. So I need the Dace amulet to boost my crit chance. Without it, I only crit 1 out of 20 times instead of 1 out of 10 times. Which is basically every five seconds.
Wade's Armor does not give any spell res, which I need without Spellward. The Reaper's Vestments also gives 6 Constitution so I don't have to put anything on Constitution if I use the Vestment and Lifegiver.
Andruil's Belt gives no Dodge, which I need since my armor is only 35. The Maneuvering Belt also gives spell resistance which Andruil does not.
Honleath helmet is good, but gives no defense nor dodge.
So as you can see, I went for damage here, not armor and ele res. As I wrote it in the video, it is a damager character, not a tank. :)
always wondered how you get all those poisons to fill your bar? do you use gold farming methods or what exactly? Also was it necessary to play like normal mage for a few levels I guess? What spells are good to start with? Im curious
I just create them with the emoney I have. They are not that expensive to cook. I played as normal mage until I got the spec. Good spells to start with are Heal, Rock Armor, Arcane Sheild, Flaming Weapons, Glyph of Paralyze, Glyph of Warding, Spell Wisp.
A Kis Herceg really need your assistance mate. First of all, you're a god amongst man for keeping this legendary game alive with such high quality content. Second, I copied your guide but my mage probably needs glasses or something because I'm missing 7 out of 10 hits. I'm currently level 13, about to hit 14, and I have all your gear except for the rings. Got all 7 buffs always active, have my magic on 81 which translates to almost 100 spellpower with equipment. Am I missing something?
100 spellpower roughly translates to 100 attack which is not that great. You definitely should use spells like Heroic Offense to increase your attack(with high magic, it will give a huge attack boost to your attacks). Around 120 attack, you will definitely hit most enemies, unless they have very high defense or dodge. :)
@@AKisHerceg I will. Thanks for replying. Sending you love.
Great character!
What do you think about the two handed warrior? Is a good character
I like to play a run with a dwarf noble with a two handed axe
Any advice?
My favorite. I love the 2H warriors.
Indomitable is pretty much mandatory for them. I love Mighty Blow, Critical Strike and Sunder Arms.
Two-Handed sweep is handy against crowds, Sunder Armor is great against enemies with lots of armor, Pommel Strike is great for knockdown.
A two-handed build work best with a Berserker spec in my opinion. Lots of damage, lots of fun! A two-handed Berserker/Champion is my favorite build in DAO. :)
Hey! I recently restarted playing DA:O and I wanted to ask you how would you change this build up in order to be able to incorporate much more spells because quite frankly, I am not a fan of buffing up and right clicking on an enemy, I usually tend to prefer active playstyle i.e. fireball, winters grasp, death cloud, hexes, cone of cold, etc! So I was curious if this build could work in a much more active playstyle! Thank you! :)
There are AW casters, but they don't work as well in melee combat as this one. You miss way too much.
In order to not miss with a melee weapon, you need a lot of spellpower, which comes from magic. A caster would place a lot of points on willpower, so you can have more mana. Sadly that will directly affect your melee damage, and your attack.
So no, this build can't be replicated if you don't go full magic.
But if you are fine with having less melee damage and less attack, then of course you can create an AW that has a bit of both. A little spell casting and a little melee.
I have many AW like that. I think I have an old build up on my channel called the Battlemage. Check if that is what you are looking for. :)
@@AKisHerceg Awesome! I was curious, as I prefer Sword and Shield, will I be able to play just as I am playing right now (pure blood mage). but with AW spec and wear sword/shield?
Will my damage severely be affected?
Also, which sword/shield would you recommend :)
Thanks for the reply!!
@@imhexy Yes, you can play like that. I actually recommend Cailan's Arms set(the one you see in the video), because it gives a huge bonus to mana regen(5.75 per sec) and damage(+5 dmg for wearing the sword and the shield together and another +6 dmg against darkspawns - plus with the dragonbone tier, you can have 3 runes in it).
Spellweaver and Fade Wall would be my second choice.
so , my version arcane blood mage on solo nightmare
body : Reaper's Vestments is thrash - my variant Vestments of the Seer in early and mid game and after swap to Evon the Great's Mail
helmet : Helm of Honnleath
glowes : firs time any glowes , after circle - Cinderfel Gauntlets and after swap to Katriel's Grasp (3% melee crit chance)
boots : first time Cailan's Greaves but after Cadash Stompers (2% melee crit chance)
jewellery : Key to the City and Lifegiver , The High Regard of House Dace , Andruil's Blessing
wos : Cailan's Arms
auras : Rock Armor , Flaming Weapons , Haste , Spell Wisp , Arcane Shield , Combat Magic and Shimmering Shield
in awakening
body : +14 con rune
helmet : Toque of the Oblivious
glowes : Stormchaser Gauntlets
boots : Cadash Stompers
jewellery : Key to the City swap to Ring of Discipline
wos : paralysis rune swap to 3 Intensifying Rune
for enemy - 2 paralysis skill , Fireball , Blood Wound , Hand of Winter
for mage - Mana Clash
hex : Misdirection Hex and Death Hex
35 lvl - all in int (160) , 70 armor , max resistance , 636 hp and 380 non-reserved mana , 27% melee crit chance and 170 damage
In your opinion, which mage build is more busted? This arcane warrior build or the elementalist build you made?
@@plsrngesus6381 Busted? Meaning which is better or more fun? I have a soft spot for AW so I would say this one was a bit more enjoyable for me, but both are extremely effective at kicking ass! :)
@@AKisHerceg More better. For me the more I kick ass the more fun I have lol
@@AKisHerceg In any case, which one do you think performs better in combat? Or are they equal somehow?
@@plsrngesus6381 One(Arcane Blood Mage) is great single target damage, with great durability and some nice CC. The other(Elementalist) is great cc, okay durability and okay single target damage. Based on this, you can just pick whichever you feel like you need. :)
@@AKisHerceg Nice, thanks.
And recommend for gear if you only have awakening for origins? And a good skill progression please!
Endgame equipment - with no Return to Ostagar dlc? Spellweaver sword and Fade Wall shield(Eamon's Shield also works). Imperial Weaver's boots and the Andruil's Blessing belt. The rest is the same.
At the beginning get Arcane Shield, Rock Armor, Heal and Regeneration. Get Arcane Warrior spec first at level 7, because Blood Magic will not have good spells until you reach level 14 which is when you open your second spec. So at the beginning you are a mage with a sword and shield and healing abilities. Get Haste fast so you and your party(if you bring a party) can have better dps with faster speed. To get Haste you need to pick up Heroic Offense and Heroic Defense, so those two can help you out a lot in combat as well. Heroic Defense and Glyph of Warding will raise your defense very high so at early levels you can do great because almost no one will be able to hit you(especially with Arcane Shield active - that is a MINIMUM +65 bonus defense overall).
So until you get Arcane Warrior, you are a healer/support mage(level 1-7), then you turn into a tank/healer(level 7-14) and finally: get Blood Magic at level 14, and unlock Blood Wound. After that just cast Blood Wound on everyone and swing your sword around as a damager for the rest of the game. :)
@@AKisHerceg thanks man
@@AKisHerceg what about early game armor
@@AKisHerceg and sorry last question any tips for my first nightmare run
Tried this build just now: damage is great, but I seem to have trouble with hitting anything on Nightmare. Can easily miss 5-6 times in a row on some regular enemies. Does Magic gives hit chance for Arcane Warriors, like Strength, or is it only used for item stat requirements? I'm not max level yet, have around 60 magic base.
Damage is calculated on Magic. Your hit chance is calculated based on your Spellpower. So stack your SP as high as you can, and use Heroic Offense for attack boost. :)
@@AKisHerceg Ah, that explains it - I didn't have enough mana to sustain Spell Might, so spellpower was lacking. Now, with it, hit chance is noticeably better. Thanks!
I mostly end up with high magic and mixed stats for my arcane warriors. But always wondered what would dexterity and magic maxed arcane warrior would be like? Guaranteed hits and dodging, highest armor etc..
Dex and Magic is what I combined when I made my “Mage-Rogue” build. It became pretty powerful, but you really have to find a nice balance between the two. :)
@@AKisHerceg dexterity warrior vs dexterity mage. I think the arcane warrior is the ultimate tank with plenty of CC. Meanwhile Spirit warrior specialization offered from Awakening make warriors the top bursty damage dealers even above rogues. And then Legionnaire specialization would might just make rogues top continuous damage dealers.
Once I did 30 dex then magic all the way, to be able to wield The Rose's Thorn and Duncan's Dagger. I was trying to make the closest thing I could to a Monk class, and dual-dagger was the closest thing to a Monk's punching power that I could find in the game. Actually worked pretty well. Very tanky, didn't miss as much because of the dex points (specially early game), and also dealt good damage because of Flame Weapons on a pair of daggers and dexterity, which apparently does work for dagger damage when you dual-wield.
One of my favorite things about Origins is that most of the builds you think might be good are going to be at least decent. At least good enough to clear on Hard.
You are just clowning the game at this point. LOL! I love it.
Why not dual-wield like you did with the "dual-wield mage rogue"?
I wanted to deal the highest damage possible with individual swings from my weapon(which comes from my Magic attribute, so I have to put as much stat there as possible). That is not possible if I use dual wield, since that requires investment in Dexterity. :)
@@AKisHerceg Oh, yeah, that makes sense. So, which build did you have the better time with, start to finish? They both seem different and fun.
@@sjbell4653 This one. It is much easier to build it, since with the equipment I show, you don't have to worry about your stats, mana regen, health, just dump everything in Magic, get the equipment, and go wild. :)
No seriously, how do you have so much sustained abilities on with only 15 willpower? That's crazy
I have 18 by default + Fade Fonts. I also have extra from equipment: 2 from Key to the City and 1 from the Belt. I also have +50 mana from the Dace Amulet(155 total from equipment and stats). The rest of the mana is from level ups(you get extra health and mana every time you level up).
The key of course is using BM for the spells and having Cailan's Arms to offset the mana regen penalty from Spellmight and Haste.
This way I can sustain 6 spells. In Awakening, its a bit different because you get so much extra mana from passives, it's no problem at all to sustain more spells.
@@AKisHerceg Bro you're amazing, my build always suck ass or get killed by 2 hits lmao
Can I see a list of magic skill books?
Not sure what you mean by that. List of magic skill books?
@@AKisHerceg What spells should I learn?
@@changgeunpark3716 Have you watched the video? I went through the essential skills in detail. :)
Been doing this for a while now, its seriosuly overpowered and i love it XD almost enough mana regen to have all of the sustains up! including miasma and death magic so i can heal as i kill :D makes BM a bit easier on hp now, still lackign shimmering shield, btu i should be able to do that with teh new skills in awakening :D Def making velanna and anders into these too but obv wont be as strong!
how do you get so much gold to buy all those, in my runs i dont think i ever get more than 150 gold
In this specific run, I had the Reaper's Cudgel which gives 300+ gold.
But it is not hard to accumulate over 500-800 gold during a run(without dlc stuff) if you know what you are doing.
Check out my War Mage longplay - there I have more expensive equipment and I bought all of them without selling dlc items.
I have a staff that is a 100+. Staff of the Magister Lord.
A robe that is almost 100. Reaper's Vestment.
A belt that is 100+. Anduril's Blessing.
A ring that is 80+. Lifegiver.
An amulet that is almost 90. Spellward.
Some quests that yield a lot of gold: Rogek/Godwin side quest when you deliver the lyrium yields 100+ if you have Master Coercion.
The Return to Ostagar dlc and its loot can give you 50+.
The side quests in the tavern, the Irregulars and the Mage's Collective can give you 100+ gold if you finish their quest line.
Also some ncps can give you a good sum: The dwarf in the proving who is being blackmailed with the love letters can give you 15, Sofia Dryden gives you 9 or 8, Faryn gives you 3 if you don't bring Sten, Ban Sighard gives you 50 gold after you get his son out of the Denerim Dungeon, Howe's chest also has some, the Dragon Den in the forest also has some. And a lot of other places, so as I said, feel free to check out my playthrough. :)
The Equipment you use is extremely expensive...how did you manage to make so much money in order to buy those items??
Multiple ways. In this play through I just sold the Reaper’s Cudgel which yields 300+ gold(it’s an unlockable dlc item if you finish the Golems of Amgarrak dlc on Nightmare). If you want to see how to get more expensive stuff without selling dlc equipment, check out my full combat playthrough on my channel. There I bought the Staff of the Magister which is another 120+ gold, yet I managed to put it together by just doing quests.
@@AKisHerceg Thanx for your reply but what do you mean by ''your full combat playthrough?''
@@Schuyler_A-Team It’s the name of the video. Combat Playthrough means that the walking, looting and loading has been sped up, so you basically just watching the combat and the conversations. :)
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I have to ask, i am playing a DD rogue and i am just wondering how many paralyze runes i should put to maximize the chance of paralysis?
Place 3 on your main hand. Some say only your main hand weapon runes count when it comes to paralysis. There is no way to confirm this, but 3 on your main hand will consistently apply paralyze. You can place 3 dweomer on your off hand so you can boost your magic res.
If you have more paralyze runes, you can place it on your melee team members so they can also have a chance to proc it.
@AKisHerceg thanks. Also, saw your dagger and shield vid.
Seems like d&s is better than s&s for tanks
@@francisong94 It's better against normal attacks. Regular tanks are better for soaking up damage from aoes or attacks that can't miss.
@@AKisHerceg what do you mean?
@@francisong94 That build boosts Dex which is great for increasing defense. Defense protects against normal attacks and abilities that check for defense. However, there are some abilities that ignore defense. For example the Ogre's Ram, the Golem's Slam, or the Overwhelm from animals. Also aoe attacks like Hurl. More health is better against them since they are guaranteed to hit you.
Got my inspiration for this build from your vid and tried it too
Trying to play the first two dragon ages after inquisition
Im trying to min max a bit more, so i played as an elf mage
But was wondering
You can reach 100 dodge chance and 103 spell resist with this set up:
Arcane shield(15d/15s)
Cailan's greaves(20d)
Spellward(10d/30s)
Reaper's vestments(10d/16s)
Dwarven rune 2x(10s)
Key to the city(4s)
Ancient Elven Gloves(4s)
Clinch of maneuvering(10d/10s)
first enchanter cowl(10d/4s)
d=dodge s=spell resist
Was wondering why you went with the 20% fire gloves cause at most it gives 2 more damage on ur flame weapon, cause its capped at 20
And also why did you go with The High Regard of House Dace instead of spellward
Cause while it gives 50 mana and 1 regen and crit chance, spellward makes you reach 100 on both dodge and spell resist
Your build is more defensive. The point of this one was to maximize my damage. :)
I went with those gloves, because there are no other gloves that would benefit this character more. What would I need? More armor? It would just fatigue me more... Crit chance gloves would be great, sadly they can't be worn by mages. So additional fire damage is pretty much the best I can get.
Amulets? I went with both... kinda. I used the Spellward when I needed more Spell resist(like with Gaxkang), but usually I kept the Dace amulet on because it made me hit crits constantly and my crits were enormous.
Nah, if you solo bosses, you can't get better runes than the paralyzing ones, so I would not put dweomers in my weapon. Although you can keep switching them if you want to have the benefit of both.
Cailan's Arms give awesome mana regen and superior damage(the highest damage in fact when it comes to one handed weapons), so I would not pick the Spellweaver either.
You are kinda mixing things up with your list. You only get 15% dodge and spell res in Awakening from Arcane Shield. You need the Fade Shield passive to upgrade your Arcane Shield which is not present in the main game. The Maneuvering Belt gives 15% spell res and dodge in Awakening not just 10 like in the main game.
So here is my dodge chance in Origins:
Combat Magic 25
Boots 20
Cowl 10
Belt 10
Robe 10
75 - with Spellward it can be 85 but I went after the damage.
And here is my dodge chance in Awakening:
Fade Shield 15
Combat Magic 25
Belt 15
Boots 20
Cowl 10
Robe 10
95% - which is enough for pretty much everything. Even against the Harvester's minions.
So as you can see, I sacrificed a tiny bit of survivability to reach maximum damage. I consider that a fair trade. :)
@@AKisHerceg
I did not know the arcane shield dodge and spell chance wad only at awakening
I did make a build with the highest possible regen so i can have haste/Shimmering Shield/spell might on at all times, though it was bad defense wise
Thank you again so much for all your answers and information
Have a wonderful time :)
Does this work for nightmare difficulty
Everything I put on this channel is designed for the hardest difficulty. :)
is this build good for all difficulty?
I built it on Nightmare, so I would assume, yes. :)
You can make this build no matter what start you pick ?
What start - meaning no mater what race? Naturally it works with elves and humans both.
I'm doing a blood mage arcane warrior right now, but i'm afraid it will get Boring around The end game cuz it mostly relies on buffs and no active spells
Well, to me it isn't. But you indeed only use a couple of spells with this build, the rest is mostly sustainable and auto-attacks. Blood Wound for cc, and debilitating skills for bosses. Plus of course Blood Sacrifice to leech if you play with a party. :)
Please make a arcane archer (mage build) 😅
Actually, I never saw the point of an Archer Mage. Why would I use bows when I can use a staff? A staff is better than a bow: it auto-hits, and you can improve the damage with Hexes.
Bows will miss a lot, they deal less damage and there is no talent tree with them if you play as a mage. And you still have to put it away when you cast most spells.
Bow < Staff. :)
@@AKisHerceg ok, but i found Something intresting in the game, You can play as a warrior or rogue and use staff. There is a staff (Piece of wood, found by Dog), You can use IT to make an arcane archer ( assassin, or templar), but i am not sure how efective IT will bee!!!
@@dannyjoe444 Well, in my opinion, it is not effective in the slightest.
Staffs need Magic to increase their damage - and magic is completely useless for any warrior or rogue.
Staffs can't crit so a cunning stacked Bard is useless with it. Staffs can't backstab either so an Assassin is also useless. Same with a Duelist. This specific staff also deals physical damage, so you can't increase its damage with Curses.
The only way I can imagine using this item for a non-mage, is if you are a Ranger and you role-play as a Druid.
You can summon animals and you use your staff. You can use Stealth, Below the Belt and Dirty Fighting. No other talent is available with a staff.
With high enough magic, the druid can actually work, since your pets can do most of the job and you can't really miss with a staff. You can pick up the Assassin spec if you want Mark of Death for damage intake increase on your enemies or the Duelist spec for more defense.
So if you are looking for a relaxed build where you mostly just sit back an enjoy the show, there you have it! I might make one myself after thinking about it. :)
@@AKisHerceg Nice thanks 😅👍
@@dannyjoe444 I made a quick test. It's hilarious! Using the multiple summon activation glitch, you can have 3 pets plus dog... this could even be viable as a solo build(not counting dog). XD
Mark of Death indeed works with a staff and the activation is much faster(almost instantaneous). You could use Song of Courage as a Bard as well, but then you can't super-stack magic, because you need Cunning for your song's effectiveness.
The only problem is that you really don't have anything other than a handful of skills to play with. And the staff damage is not impressive at all, even with a ton of magic.
Still, it's a fun little novelty build. :)
I don't know why but I just keep missing hit
You attack is determined by your Spellpower. Try boosting it with buffs! The higher your Spellpower is the more chance you have for a hit. :)
@@AKisHerceg What made you attack faster? Was it potion or skill?
@@octodude1928 Both. I used the Haste spell and the Sift Salve as I wrote it in the video to achieve maximum attack speed(if you are going with two mages, and use double Haste, don't use Swift Salve - it will slow your attack down). :)
@@AKisHerceg I can do 1 better, TRIPPLE HATSE
@@octodude1928 Due to a glitch you will be slower than a snail...
These are the combos you can use without getting slowed down:
Momentum(Double Weapon skill) + Swift Salve
Haste + Haste
Haste + Swift Salve
These combos WILL WORK.
These combos WILL NOT WORK:
Haste + Haste + Haste
Swift Salve + Haste + Haste
Swift Salve + Haste + Haste + Haste
Haste + Momentum
Can you post your stats
The raw stats are at 2:28. Everything went on Magic. I felt like it was unnecessary to post the one with the equipment, because if you follow the video and use the same gear you should end up having the same stats anyway, so only the distribution matters.
Death magic arcane blood mage build is the best
If i ever want to play this great game again. This is the best story in all 3 Dragon age games not the mention you can be one evil Dude or Girl in this game. Unlike any other game out there except maybe KOTOR. I will have to mod the fuck out of Dragon age origins to bring it to current Graphics and 4k. Not to mention Mod some of the NPC Females.
Still one of the best party based rpgs out there. I love a good ARPG, but the who tf is making any team based rpgs anymore? even FF went to ARPG with 16
question is does this work on nightmare difficulty?
All the footage is on NM. In fact, that is the only difficulty I play on.
@@AKisHerceg awesome thanks for the swift reply, I wanted to challenge myself on nightmare after not playing this game in so long, I played back in the og days of it's release on console and loved this game and thought i'd get into it with DA4 coming out soon thought i'd go through all 3 and play each on the hardest difficulty, I beat inquisition on it's hardest setting but never tried nigthmare on DA:O cause I was much younger at the time it's only in my adult years I started getting into high difficulty gaming for a challenge
i am incredibly early lol
Man I love this game. Truly. But the robes were soooo fucking hideous.
I agree. The Archon Robe type looks okay on the girls(it kind of reminds me of school uniforms on them), but looks garbage on guys. The Circle robes looks okay on guys but looks crap on girls(the elf girl version is okay). And then you have the initiate robe types, and they are okay, IF you have the right color. If you have the hideous yellow then no.
And of course the Witch Robe, which looks good on girls, but uses the same appearance as the Archon Robe on guys, so it's garbage for them.
Nice build too bad if the bug regarding mana/stamina is patch through mods then it will not be viable 🥲
I feel like doing the coin glitch is the only way for me to be able to get all that, except for cailenʼs equipment.
The belt and the amulet are also dlc items and they don't require money to obtain them. Key to the City ring is a reward after you gather the paper scraps in Orzammar - no money is required. The gloves are part of the loot that you get after killing Uldred, so no money is required there either. Libertarian's cowl is loot from the Circle tower, no money is required - the First Enchanter cowl is only 1 gold 85 silver.
The only two expensive equipment here are the Lifegiver ring and the Reaper's Vestment robe. They require 87+92 gold. So around 180. That can be easily acquired by doing quest, looting and just progressing in the story.
But if you want access to these items faster, then just kill the Harvester on Hard or Nightmare in the Golems of Amgarrak dlc. Then you get an item(Reaper's Cudgel) which you can sell for over 300 gold at any merchant from the beginning of the game. :)
@@AKisHerceg Thank you for the advice! I might name one of my future children after you.
@@clancy1379 No problem! :)