I did the same thing!!! Granted, I haven't taken any specialisation yet, but I did took a very tanky build, maxed out my sword and shield and vanguard stats that have constitution on it. I was only level 12, and Varric, Cassandra, and Blackwall have fallen around me. The dragon still had 75 percent of its health. I took him on alone and after 45 minutes of fighting, I essentially triumphed without a scratch. I was level 12 then. What a glorious battle it was.
6 years and still coming back to this game. gotta love it. I think a two handed weapon version of this build works well also, so long as you take block and slash with flawless defense. mighty blow and pommel strike are very nice too.
I literally solo'd corypheus and his pet dragon on nightmare with a champion. SOLO. it took hours, figured since he was a 'champion', he might as well duel the big baddie one on one for head canon's sake.
Listen dude. I appriciate you. ❤ you took the time and effort into making this amazing build, you did everything right. From explaining the abilities to the paceing of the video, didnt even relize how long the video was. Thank you. Hope the best for you.
I just started playing Inquisition but found your channel to be both amazingly helpful and entertaining. And the green border of your thumbnails really pop out XD Nice work!
Some people have pointed out the lack of Shield Wall as a negative. Shield Wall is a great skill, but unnecessary except for a couple situations, including dragon fights. I'm not saying don't take it. In fact it's a great skill to take and could replace something like Grappling Chain for such fights.
En Joshi Godrez This Dragon Age community is awesome. I love seeing people help each other out! Just to expand on that a little, you can get those Amulet of Power from treasure chests and War Room missions. :)
KineticGTR Awesome tank ^_^/ , btw was this video recorded on nightmare difficulty? if so.... does higher difficulty yield better or worse loot from chests and bosses?
line in the stand is actually a great, underrated skill. it doesn't just block choke points it blocks attacks too. its great for dragon fights and instances where you have no cover.
if you have trespasser, id recommend going the other way with battlemaster and getting horn of valor since it has an upgrade that grants guard to allies for every hit they inflict. very helpful. you should still pick up the right-hand passives though
most useful videos on DA:I that I've watched! Keep em coming man! I love tanking in this game. It's loads of fun. Reaver has to be my favorite class though it's a high risk/high reward style that I love. (so much damage lol)
Hey thanks for these videos, just picked up this game couple of days ago and boy do I have tons of options and clear instructions on how to build my classes, I subscribed as I need to come back on here daily to learn more. Thanks Kinetic
I know this is a pretty old video, but I still play the game and I am doing a playthrough as a warrior. I wanted to point out that there is no Unbowed anymore. They replaced it with a skill called Livid. Which is just a damage reduction skill and to me isn't that great, the upgrade for it gives guard but not nearly as much as the Unbowed upgrade. Sorry if this has been said before, just thought I should let you know since your videos are amazing.
I mean, livid with the upgrade Still Standing gives you 20% guard per enemy, so in theory I think it's a good upgrade. The cooldown for livid is 27.2 seconds which is slightly lower than Unbowed. It's definitely not better, but I would grab Livid and its upgrade Still Standing as the alternative.
TBH, Livid is essentially a modified version of Unbowed. And, as it was stated before, Livid has the same upgrade that Unbowed originally had, which is Still Standing. Going with that for Livid, if you have even 3 enemies around you, you pop Livid, you almost get a full gauge of guard. And if you have the +25% guard increase, popping something like war cry, challenge, or Charging Bull, and you've got enough guard to get you through any sticky situation.
What an awesome video! I'm now 25 hours into the game and just left the Hinterlands 3 hours ago, lol! This video def gave me some food for thought and I'll switch up my spec some. I wish there was a way to dual spec for those specific fights but I guess I'll just have to work through it!
What you really need for enemies with guard is shield bash. I fought a high Dragon on nightmare difficulty and destroyed its guard from 100% to less than 20% with a single hit of shield bash. You can only use it if you have a shield equipped of course.
I would say a great usage of 'To the Death' is when coupled with a mage or two, having them disable the enemy after a few seconds To the Death has been active, and then combo nuke them as the chain disables wear off.
Another Epic build dude! Blackwall is now a "wall" of steel! I'm interested to see what you do for the Rift Mage. For the next build, I would like to give Varric some love! I would like to see an Artificer Archer. Keep up the epic work dude! You are making people Dragon Age experiences that much better! Thanks for that!
I gotta say, a really nice video once again, definitely the best DA:I channel I've found. It's amazing how thought-out your builds are, you really put a lot of effort and testing into it, good job and keep it up. :) You, sir, got a new sub. PS: I know that Rift Mage will be the next build video, but i would really like to see an Archer (Tempest) build, because archer seems kinda boring to me and I'm curious wether you can make it look interesting...^^
I gotta say, I am LOVING this build so far. Haven't even unlocked specializations yet and only lv8, so all I got is just the vanguard abilities and a few battlemaster stuff, but even still with just that Blackwall almost always has full guard
for this class you only need 3 actives 1) War cry to draw aggro 2) bodyguard in case any of your teammates are caught in the fray (i usually play with a DPS warrior and a tank), you will take their damage and 3) walking fortress, that damage your party does take is redirected to you and ignored essentially your party takes zero damage for at least 8 seconds. Furthermore, (nerd, i know) if you take the passives like cutting words and it'll cost you your opponent will *take* damage for 8 seconds.
i found the grappling hook with the kick stun upgrade ability useful! how they grapple an enemy to them then kick them staggered, i love it hah. thanks for this video. i’m doing a sword/shield build for the first time as my inquisitor, on hard too haha
Your build is god tier sir, if I may, if you farm the ore in that area you can get two types of fade touched silverite i think where the three dragons are, just save in the area, farm, then reload, you're looking for the guard on hit .
Butt secks range... Best analogy ever. Love the build guide, though I'm rocking a two hander tank so I try to balance between damage intake/output. Should of taken Reaver with the two hand weapons, but I just had to be a champion inquisitor, sounds better then a blood thirsty murderer who also happens to lead an army lol. Guide was very in depth, keep up the good work.
This build is incredible, I managed to 1v1 the dragon in crest wood with it, I didn't even lose any health and my guard was at 50% or more the entire fight. Also, I only have two points in the champion tree.
I think it's really cool how devotednyou are to Dragon Age Inquisition Kinetic, because it is a very good game and it is nice to that someone else thinks so too.
I play as a two-handed champion, and it works great as a tank, plus deals a ton of damage, though it's much better against bosses than random guys (which is why I use Blackwall for them) With the Champion abilities, Vanguard passives, and Two-Handed, I landed a critical on the final high dragon for 10,550 on Normal.
Rift mage is one of the pure range mages specialization that you can play with. If you do that vid on rift, use blizzard with firestorm and rift spell. That signature move is really fun and you can always use it in synergy with the other characters.
I quite like snagging Shield Wall and Shield Bash before heavy investment in Battlemaster (ie, the War Horn and it's upgrade.) some extra Guard alongside a block is nice, and Shield Bash is always a good time. plus, I'm quite fond of Bear Mauls the Wolves (which is one of the two options for bridging to Bash). little Con bonus, but more importantly, removing flanking damage from the Uber tank.
my first playtrough I decided for two handed templar build, only to realize later that templar was the lamest of the warrior skill trees. Sure, it can make short use of demons and mages, but so does knight enchanter make short use of everything and it doesnt make it less boring. I'd rather be a super tank or a blood manipulating warrior than making demon fights quickier.
Loving these warrior videos of yours, and I find it interesting that you didn't use any Sword n Shield tree in your spec. Good to see people thinking outside of the box a bit. Keep up the fantastic work, man. Have a high five *high five*
Awesome build hope you do stuff for dragon age 4 when it comes out and cant choose between this and reaver cause reaver looks and probably feels awesome but I feel like you may as well just play a rogue at that point.
Champion build is the easiest. The character basically cant die and if you use To the death, it will hit hard as hell. Not much effort or thinking involved. Building a boss killer solo mage however... that is art. :)
@@mythicmars4848 Well, you can check out my mages... the videos are on my channel. They can solo nightmare(and the hardest dragons under a minute) and I never got bored with them. The build is included. Not just KE but Necro and Rift too. But who knows maybe you would be bored, I know I had a lot of fun with them :)
Thats amazing build:D my whole party except blackwell died in fight against highland ravager when it had half of his health left. Managed to kill it alone with blackwell with this build:)! (And dragon was couple of levels higher than us)
Thanks for the video. This build works with 2-handed warrior also. I was having a hard time because I was taking too much damage and going down. I also like that It's really effective with only a few abilities so you dont get your fingers twisted trying to spam a bunch of stuff at once.
Blackwall & Cassandra good tankers although both has their upsides & downsides . BW great at holding choke-point & using environmental spaces to his advantage ,forming a defensive line to defend your Mage/rogue . His resilience of champ makes him the ultimate tank . Though,he can"t do much in open spaces during Rift battles . Cassie Templar helps immeasurably & she assist the party greatly vs demons . I love both their specs
Whoa, definitely an interesting build. Like a few have pointed out, it's a little weird - although interesting - to see stray away from the sword and shield ability tree. I only say that, because S&S class isn't powerful in terms of physical strikes with a weapon - even with a weapon that outputs 300 DPS or more. So I usually revert to Shield Bash. But, I'll take your build for a spin and see how I like it :) And as you said, I can just add shield bash as an ability if it really if is wanted to. Regardless, thanks for the video! Looking forward to the Rift Mage build!
You can add gain 5 guard to everything too… armor , shield, sword, i can make my mage rogue and warrior all tanks you cant kill any of them… i only find a weak spot if i use a bow and arrow rogue… if i use a dagger rogue i can make that style a tank also… meaning i can beat a dragon solo from any character alone.. except a bow and arrow rogue..
The sword & shield champion build is basically the unkillable build, the nice thing about it is that it's operational from the start to the end, no need of respec and less dependence on gear. You're right about shield wall, not necessary but honestly, nothing better than blocking a shield charge with your own shield. This kind of build also works well on Blackwall, that's actually how I noticed how invulnerable this build can make you: Blackwall was the last man standing in a tough dragon fight, he had full guard/health, never drank a single potion!and finished off the dragon alone :o
im glad im not the only one that refers to the dragon on the storm coast as the shock dragon lol, even though there is another dragon that uses lightning. i forget the name of the place, but it's the one that has the dalish camp. anyway the dragon you can fight there also uses lightning, and that particular dragon is actually listed higher than the one that's on the storm cost. but i found that dragon to be pretty easy, because most of the lightning he threw at my party didn't kill us. but the one on the storm coast, no matter how much lightning protection i had my party members had on, the dragon was still able to annihilate my party at times. what's funny to me is there's so many different strategies out there on who they say is the easiest dragon and the hardest, when i looked up an actual professional strategy they list the shock dragon as one of the hardest, that definitely seems more accurate to me, because next to the high dragon in the western approach, he and the pit dragon i call it. you know which dragon im talking about right, there's two other dragons before that, but there in those big towers you gotta climb to get to them. but the pit dragon you don't have to climb, there's just a big gap. anyway that's the dragon im talking about i found to be the most difficult, along with the shock dragon and the high dragons in the western approach.
It's a REALLY solid build. It's a nice 15 point build early on in the game too between Vanguard and Battlemaster that let's you get away with A LOT. Cutting words has moved, but it's still in the 15 point range. My mage is an arcane enchanter and can pretty much solo everything on nightmare at a relatively low level, but I wanted a tank build for Blackwall since Cassandra is a templar build and her damage is SIIIIICK. Didn't want to mess with that. I filled out Vanguard and Battlemaster first and that's all I had. He's a beast.
@@KineticGTR Yeah. She's my rift killer now that she's got her Templar spec. I did the western approach first for all of here epic gear. Sword, shield, masterwork armor. It's fun to watch. Thanks. You too
I noticed that you didn't grab the ( in my opinion ) essential upgrade for war cry, which gives a 200% armor bonus when cry is used. Also, i agree with those who mentioned shield wall as being something you should add.
That armor bonus only lasts as long as they're taunted which is only -4 seconds- (correction, 10). With as much guard as we are generating, you don't need it or shield wall for 90+% of the content.
If you read it you'll see that it actually last for 10 seconds (which ofcource isn't too long either ), which in my opinion is pretty good for all the times you need to use war cry in a fight and shield wall is good for keeping up your guard longer by quickly blocking an attack, not to mention hits taken by shield wall give you guard equal tot he damage you blocked. ( not to be rude or anything, through re-reading this i realize my tone might sound a little rude, but just trying to give my opinion for the sake of discussion )
Neville Gaynor No, you're fine. And I did misread that also. The duration is longer than I thought. But as I am discussing with another person, the Champion spec builds so much guard from so many other abilities, in most fights, he doesn't even run out of it. So having an additional armor bonus doesn't seem necessary. Still, for things like boss and dragon fights, upgrades like that, and certainly Shield Wall, come in handy.
English is a worryingly random language, but Veil is pronounced like Vale or Pale/Pail, not Veal. Why, pedant alone knows, but ie/ei especially is suspect. Take that info with a very large grain of salt please. This entire guide series is amazingly well done, thank you for putting these together.
is this build still viable video is over a year old now, my champion getting pwned by mage/demons, they tearing down my guard instantly in some cases lol
+Sean Berkinstoks Yes. There have been some updates and changes, but nothing ground breaking that it shakes the whole game and how classes are best built imo. All the guides I've made are still viable for both your player character, and NPC (with some minor tweaks) ;)
Nice! And thanks for responding to a comment from a video that's a year old! Something usually only done nowadays by really tiny RUclipsrs. if they even answer at all. :D
apparently you can make an immortal nightmare tank as early as level 10 by optimizing your stats and getting turn the bolt/turn the blade. well, there goes any difficulty! were going to have non-tank playthroughs to derive some challenge. forum.bioware.com/topic/526341-guide-attributes-stats-and-mechanics/page-10
lendial Hey man, could you link me the build you are speaking of? The link you've originally sent, I'm not seeing it. Very interested in trying this out on the hardest difficult. HUGE thanks.
Capn Caveman tempest archer, rift mage, dagger aassassin are probly the most fun. champion/ke are immortal tanks but dull to play reaver can do loads of dps but requires baby sitting
According to your description we can put together a powerful assassin that has everything we need to dominate on the battlefield Thats awesome but it's a tank build :P
Hey man, thanks for sharing your build as Im just starting to play this gem of a game. I know its been years since this was uploaded, I just wanna ask if PBS is better than shield bash in this build since it lets you recover from a stunned/knock down status to make sure none of the enemies gets close to a party member? And do the A.I use PBS even if they are affected by those status aswell?
I been following your iron bull build and it was spectacular... but how you apply this build to the IA. Which abilities should I block or left as preferred????
I just respecced my Warrior just lately and did not like it because I focused on Sword/Shield and Champion without any Pts in other Trees and I have like no Movement-Abilities. Guess I try out this specc, looks much more fun than mine.
My Champion had enough Guard skills and Guard Boost equipment that she could taunt one enemy and get full Guard meter, then get even more for every other enemy she taunted She soloed the Dragon in the Western Approach without ever losing health. Granted it took me about 30 minutes because not much DPS, but just Taunt once and she was untouchable I don't get how people don't like playing Tank, the shenanigans are fucking amazing
So getting all that guard from Champion is basically like using Knight Enchanter with the build that uses the energy blade that can give you constant barrier, except that the KE build does way more damage.
LMFAO buttsex range hahahaaha i'm playing on nightmare and i'm thinking of getting 3 tanks(my character, Cassandra and blackwall when i get him) with 1 mage/archer make 1 tank defend the archer/mage and deal steady damage what do you think?
i am playing nightmare with 1 tank if i dont get into the high lvl areas +3 of my own i win easily the fights e second offtank maybe brings me some more sustain for hordes of enemys..
Is there a Cassandra tank build? I've been looking and cannot seem to find one. I'm sure Blackwall is better, but I would prefer to keep using Cassandra and her Templar abilities. Any link would be appreciated!
Kinetic! i have a question! so im getting this game pretty soon and know what i want a knight enchanter (vivenne), a tempest archer (the character u create), and a mage. the problem is idk what mage to make. what are ur opinions on the best mage builds?
havent noticed many suggestions about about Abilites settings for AI. which ones preferred over enabled etc. Like Tank you had Line in Sand "off" which I had, but your Counterstrike also off. just wondering for all videos really or should NONE be preferred? thanks
the problem if got with this prefered skill stuff is that my vivienne ONLY use the swordblade and nothing else.. my tank Only use shildwall... i think the ai still suck at this game :/ i liked the options in origins/2 where u can set (use ability x if u surounded by x or more enemys...)
Awesome video once again;-) Good comments. Good build good everything;-) Would you say that Blackwall/champion is better as an tank then Cassandra/templar? Im playing as an dual rogue and currently running around with Blackwall as my main guardian;) Do you know if its true that if you complete all of Blackwalls personal quests, that he will eventually leave and you cant use him anymore?
Better than Cassandra? Yes. On nightmare difficulty, there are situations where Champion skills are crucial to Blackwall's survival that would normally kill others, including Cassandra, very quickly. Just look at what happened to my Warrior at 14:48. He melted and I didn't because I had Walking Fortress active. That's the power of Champion. Able to survive huge damage and near death experiences. 13:59
Are there any changes you would make to this build with the new toggle-able upgrades. Just wondering because I made a new character (Finally make one that looks like fenris \o/) and i was going to go champion sword and shield.
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I've taken your build and killed the shock Dragon alone without any followers! This build is op and I love it!
I never tire of reading comments like these even after all this time. Thanks for the feedback! :D
How did you keep the others from following your controlled character?
Which shock dragon did you take on I'm pretty sure there are three shock dragons in the game
@@aoiyuureisuru7656 ordering them to stay put or took them out of his crew in camps u can choose who to choose etc
I did the same thing!!! Granted, I haven't taken any specialisation yet, but I did took a very tanky build, maxed out my sword and shield and vanguard stats that have constitution on it. I was only level 12, and Varric, Cassandra, and Blackwall have fallen around me. The dragon still had 75 percent of its health. I took him on alone and after 45 minutes of fighting, I essentially triumphed without a scratch. I was level 12 then. What a glorious battle it was.
6 years and still coming back to this game. gotta love it. I think a two handed weapon version of this build works well also, so long as you take block and slash with flawless defense. mighty blow and pommel strike are very nice too.
I literally solo'd corypheus and his pet dragon on nightmare with a champion. SOLO. it took hours, figured since he was a 'champion', he might as well duel the big baddie one on one for head canon's sake.
I've had this game on my Xbox for 2 years and just decided to play when my WiFi went out in an ice storm..I'm hooked
Listen dude. I appriciate you. ❤ you took the time and effort into making this amazing build, you did everything right. From explaining the abilities to the paceing of the video, didnt even relize how long the video was. Thank you. Hope the best for you.
I take that back, actually. This build seems to have more survivability in more situations than a KE would.
I just started playing Inquisition but found your channel to be both amazingly helpful and entertaining. And the green border of your thumbnails really pop out XD Nice work!
"Within buttsex range"
lol, I'm dead
Some people have pointed out the lack of Shield Wall as a negative. Shield Wall is a great skill, but unnecessary except for a couple situations, including dragon fights. I'm not saying don't take it. In fact it's a great skill to take and could replace something like Grappling Chain for such fights.
kinetic I haven't played a dragon age game so can you tell me why you have 22 skill points but you are on level 19?
En Joshi Godrez there is an item called amulet of power. you can use it to gain ability points, also as human you get 1 extra point at the start
tom khanom thanks :)
En Joshi Godrez This Dragon Age community is awesome. I love seeing people help each other out! Just to expand on that a little, you can get those Amulet of Power from treasure chests and War Room missions. :)
KineticGTR Awesome tank ^_^/ , btw was this video recorded on nightmare difficulty? if so.... does higher difficulty yield better or worse loot from chests and bosses?
Thank you, my team is level 19 and I'm taking the time to re-spec and re-gear my team. These guides are really helpful.
line in the stand is actually a great, underrated skill. it doesn't just block choke points it blocks attacks too. its great for dragon fights and instances where you have no cover.
Great tank build, just started it out and I feel unstoppable.
if you have trespasser, id recommend going the other way with battlemaster and getting horn of valor since it has an upgrade that grants guard to allies for every hit they inflict. very helpful. you should still pick up the right-hand passives though
If you don't mind duplicating the amulet of power you can do both sides lol.
This build is fantastic like the entire game. I am playing it now after a lot of time. Lot of fun! Thank you! ;D
most useful videos on DA:I that I've watched! Keep em coming man!
I love tanking in this game. It's loads of fun. Reaver has to be my favorite class though it's a high risk/high reward style that I love. (so much damage lol)
Hey thanks for these videos, just picked up this game couple of days ago and boy do I have tons of options and clear instructions on how to build my classes, I subscribed as I need to come back on here daily to learn more. Thanks Kinetic
I know this is a pretty old video, but I still play the game and I am doing a playthrough as a warrior. I wanted to point out that there is no Unbowed anymore. They replaced it with a skill called Livid. Which is just a damage reduction skill and to me isn't that great, the upgrade for it gives guard but not nearly as much as the Unbowed upgrade. Sorry if this has been said before, just thought I should let you know since your videos are amazing.
K0b0ld livid is much better...for reaver.
I mean, livid with the upgrade Still Standing gives you 20% guard per enemy, so in theory I think it's a good upgrade. The cooldown for livid is 27.2 seconds which is slightly lower than Unbowed. It's definitely not better, but I would grab Livid and its upgrade Still Standing as the alternative.
TBH, Livid is essentially a modified version of Unbowed. And, as it was stated before, Livid has the same upgrade that Unbowed originally had, which is Still Standing. Going with that for Livid, if you have even 3 enemies around you, you pop Livid, you almost get a full gauge of guard. And if you have the +25% guard increase, popping something like war cry, challenge, or Charging Bull, and you've got enough guard to get you through any sticky situation.
In 2021, war horn doesn’t affect guard anymore with its upgrade. It just removes cool down.
"you dont have to be within butt sex range..." Im am forever referring to this
What an awesome video! I'm now 25 hours into the game and just left the Hinterlands 3 hours ago, lol! This video def gave me some food for thought and I'll switch up my spec some. I wish there was a way to dual spec for those specific fights but I guess I'll just have to work through it!
this build helped me out so much with my composition i was able to take the dragon down to half health in under 5 min
Awesome video man Seriously love these! You are a great youtuber!
A million thanks for these videos Kinetic! helped me so much with my game!
What you really need for enemies with guard is shield bash. I fought a high Dragon on nightmare difficulty and destroyed its guard from 100% to less than 20% with a single hit of shield bash.
You can only use it if you have a shield equipped of course.
Dude ty for all your videos it ha helped me understand how to build so much more . I can't say enough ty:))
I would say a great usage of 'To the Death' is when coupled with a mage or two, having them disable the enemy after a few seconds To the Death has been active, and then combo nuke them as the chain disables wear off.
and yet, Unbowed is still active in the game code via masterwork items.
Really great video dude. Onfortunately (and strangely) there's no option to save it to my playlist 😕😞.
Can't wait to have one for all the characters. Best Dragon Age channel by far. Templar one handed warrior would be great.
Another Epic build dude! Blackwall is now a "wall" of steel! I'm interested to see what you do for the Rift Mage. For the next build, I would like to give Varric some love! I would like to see an Artificer Archer. Keep up the epic work dude! You are making people Dragon Age experiences that much better! Thanks for that!
I gotta say, a really nice video once again, definitely the best DA:I channel I've found.
It's amazing how thought-out your builds are, you really put a lot of effort and testing into it, good job and keep it up. :)
You, sir, got a new sub.
PS: I know that Rift Mage will be the next build video, but i would really like to see an Archer (Tempest) build, because archer seems kinda boring to me and I'm curious wether you can make it look interesting...^^
"I'm curious wether you can make it look interesting"
Challenge accepted! ( ^.^)b
KineticGTR
Nice, I can't wait to see this video. \o/
Kira my lord
I gotta say, I am LOVING this build so far. Haven't even unlocked specializations yet and only lv8, so all I got is just the vanguard abilities and a few battlemaster stuff, but even still with just that Blackwall almost always has full guard
for this class you only need 3 actives
1) War cry to draw aggro
2) bodyguard in case any of your teammates are caught in the fray (i usually play with a DPS warrior and a tank), you will take their damage and
3) walking fortress, that damage your party does take is redirected to you and ignored
essentially your party takes zero damage for at least 8 seconds.
Furthermore, (nerd, i know) if you take the passives like cutting words and it'll cost you your opponent will *take* damage for 8 seconds.
i found the grappling hook with the kick stun upgrade ability useful! how they grapple an enemy to them then kick them staggered, i love it hah. thanks for this video. i’m doing a sword/shield build for the first time as my inquisitor, on hard too haha
Your build is god tier sir, if I may, if you farm the ore in that area you can get two types of fade touched silverite i think where the three dragons are, just save in the area, farm, then reload, you're looking for the guard on hit .
your guides are very good. you. Helped me a lot :) thank you .!
Butt secks range... Best analogy ever.
Love the build guide, though I'm rocking a two hander tank so I try to balance between damage intake/output. Should of taken Reaver with the two hand weapons, but I just had to be a champion inquisitor, sounds better then a blood thirsty murderer who also happens to lead an army lol. Guide was very in depth, keep up the good work.
subscribed. I like the builds it will save me time when I get the game.
This build is incredible, I managed to 1v1 the dragon in crest wood with it, I didn't even lose any health and my guard was at 50% or more the entire fight. Also, I only have two points in the champion tree.
I think it's really cool how devotednyou are to Dragon Age Inquisition Kinetic, because it is a very good game and it is nice to that someone else thinks so too.
you also got a new subscriber :D
I play as a two-handed champion, and it works great as a tank, plus deals a ton of damage, though it's much better against bosses than random guys (which is why I use Blackwall for them) With the Champion abilities, Vanguard passives, and Two-Handed, I landed a critical on the final high dragon for 10,550 on Normal.
Rift mage is one of the pure range mages specialization that you can play with. If you do that vid on rift, use blizzard with firestorm and rift spell. That signature move is really fun and you can always use it in synergy with the other characters.
I quite like snagging Shield Wall and Shield Bash before heavy investment in Battlemaster (ie, the War Horn and it's upgrade.) some extra Guard alongside a block is nice, and Shield Bash is always a good time. plus, I'm quite fond of Bear Mauls the Wolves (which is one of the two options for bridging to Bash). little Con bonus, but more importantly, removing flanking damage from the Uber tank.
my first playtrough I decided for two handed templar build, only to realize later that templar was the lamest of the warrior skill trees. Sure, it can make short use of demons and mages, but so does knight enchanter make short use of everything and it doesnt make it less boring. I'd rather be a super tank or a blood manipulating warrior than making demon fights quickier.
Sera has, by far, the best dialogue in the game.
Weasel
It's childish,weak and boring if you understood a sentence from it.
Almost all other characters are better then this tumbler snowflake
Sera looks like she smells of cigarettes and regret
The Exiled Knight pish I think this comment triggered you and made you shite your breaches init
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The Exiled Knight look out we have a bad arse here
Loving these warrior videos of yours, and I find it interesting that you didn't use any Sword n Shield tree in your spec. Good to see people thinking outside of the box a bit. Keep up the fantastic work, man. Have a high five *high five*
Good to see people recognizing that! ;) Thanks for the support! *high five*
Nice video. I'm on my 2nd playthrough of the game. I hope they come out with a new one. I know they have one in early development stages. We shall see
I agree can never have to much guard thats why im gonna put all three masterwork versions of guard on hit 2 3 and 5 plus use the sigil of bronte
replaying this game in 2022 and my vanguard does not have "unbowed" but another skill called "livid" when did this change?
Awesome build hope you do stuff for dragon age 4 when it comes out and cant choose between this and reaver cause reaver looks and probably feels awesome but I feel like you may as well just play a rogue at that point.
Champion build is the easiest. The character basically cant die and if you use To the death, it will hit hard as hell. Not much effort or thinking involved. Building a boss killer solo mage however... that is art. :)
@@AKisHerceg I already made a knight enchanter and got bored real quick.
@@mythicmars4848 Well, you can check out my mages... the videos are on my channel. They can solo nightmare(and the hardest dragons under a minute) and I never got bored with them. The build is included. Not just KE but Necro and Rift too. But who knows maybe you would be bored, I know I had a lot of fun with them :)
Thats amazing build:D my whole party except blackwell died in fight against highland ravager when it had half of his health left. Managed to kill it alone with blackwell with this build:)! (And dragon was couple of levels higher than us)
First time seeing your video and you just made me wanna buy the game and test this build.
Thanks for the video. This build works with 2-handed warrior also. I was having a hard time because I was taking too much damage and going down. I also like that It's really effective with only a few abilities so you dont get your fingers twisted trying to spam a bunch of stuff at once.
Love the vids. Tempest dual dagger rouge is really fun.
Blackwall & Cassandra good tankers although both has their upsides & downsides . BW great at holding choke-point & using environmental spaces to his advantage ,forming a defensive line to defend your Mage/rogue . His resilience of champ makes him the ultimate tank . Though,he can"t do much in open spaces during Rift battles . Cassie Templar helps immeasurably & she assist the party greatly vs demons . I love both their specs
Whoa, definitely an interesting build.
Like a few have pointed out, it's a little weird - although interesting - to see stray away from the sword and shield ability tree.
I only say that, because S&S class isn't powerful in terms of physical strikes with a weapon - even with a weapon that outputs 300 DPS or more.
So I usually revert to Shield Bash.
But, I'll take your build for a spin and see how I like it :)
And as you said, I can just add shield bash as an ability if it really if is wanted to.
Regardless, thanks for the video!
Looking forward to the Rift Mage build!
You can add gain 5 guard to everything too… armor , shield, sword, i can make my mage rogue and warrior all tanks you cant kill any of them… i only find a weak spot if i use a bow and arrow rogue… if i use a dagger rogue i can make that style a tank also… meaning i can beat a dragon solo from any character alone.. except a bow and arrow rogue..
The sword & shield champion build is basically the unkillable build, the nice thing about it is that it's operational from the start to the end, no need of respec and less dependence on gear. You're right about shield wall, not necessary but honestly, nothing better than blocking a shield charge with your own shield. This kind of build also works well on Blackwall, that's actually how I noticed how invulnerable this build can make you: Blackwall was the last man standing in a tough dragon fight, he had full guard/health, never drank a single potion!and finished off the dragon alone :o
im glad im not the only one that refers to the dragon on the storm coast as the shock dragon lol, even though there is another dragon that uses lightning. i forget the name of the place, but it's the one that has the dalish camp. anyway the dragon you can fight there also uses lightning, and that particular dragon is actually listed higher than the one that's on the storm cost. but i found that dragon to be pretty easy, because most of the lightning he threw at my party didn't kill us. but the one on the storm coast, no matter how much lightning protection i had my party members had on, the dragon was still able to annihilate my party at times. what's funny to me is there's so many different strategies out there on who they say is the easiest dragon and the hardest, when i looked up an actual professional strategy they list the shock dragon as one of the hardest, that definitely seems more accurate to me, because next to the high dragon in the western approach, he and the pit dragon i call it. you know which dragon im talking about right, there's two other dragons before that, but there in those big towers you gotta climb to get to them. but the pit dragon you don't have to climb, there's just a big gap. anyway that's the dragon im talking about i found to be the most difficult, along with the shock dragon and the high dragons in the western approach.
It's a REALLY solid build. It's a nice 15 point build early on in the game too between Vanguard and Battlemaster that let's you get away with A LOT. Cutting words has moved, but it's still in the 15 point range.
My mage is an arcane enchanter and can pretty much solo everything on nightmare at a relatively low level, but I wanted a tank build for Blackwall since Cassandra is a templar build and her damage is SIIIIICK. Didn't want to mess with that.
I filled out Vanguard and Battlemaster first and that's all I had. He's a beast.
Cassandra's damage is so good it spoils the game lol That's why I didn't recommend the strongest build for her xD Have fun Dex!
@@KineticGTR Yeah. She's my rift killer now that she's got her Templar spec. I did the western approach first for all of here epic gear. Sword, shield, masterwork armor. It's fun to watch. Thanks. You too
nicely done .. great job
Holy cow! I KNEW Blackwall could be a friggn badass but WOW. He's sorta unbeatable
I noticed that you didn't grab the ( in my opinion ) essential upgrade for war cry, which gives a 200% armor bonus when cry is used. Also, i agree with those who mentioned shield wall as being something you should add.
That armor bonus only lasts as long as they're taunted which is only -4 seconds- (correction, 10). With as much guard as we are generating, you don't need it or shield wall for 90+% of the content.
If you read it you'll see that it actually last for 10 seconds (which ofcource isn't too long either ), which in my opinion is pretty good for all the times you need to use war cry in a fight and shield wall is good for keeping up your guard longer by quickly blocking an attack, not to mention hits taken by shield wall give you guard equal tot he damage you blocked. ( not to be rude or anything, through re-reading this i realize my tone might sound a little rude, but just trying to give my opinion for the sake of discussion )
Neville Gaynor No, you're fine. And I did misread that also. The duration is longer than I thought. But as I am discussing with another person, the Champion spec builds so much guard from so many other abilities, in most fights, he doesn't even run out of it. So having an additional armor bonus doesn't seem necessary. Still, for things like boss and dragon fights, upgrades like that, and certainly Shield Wall, come in handy.
+KineticGTR are this builds viable for companions if I'm aiming for night enchanter but will this champion build be great for Blackwall?
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thats awesome man. ima change my black wall to that
English is a worryingly random language, but Veil is pronounced like Vale or Pale/Pail, not Veal. Why, pedant alone knows, but ie/ei especially is suspect. Take that info with a very large grain of salt please.
This entire guide series is amazingly well done, thank you for putting these together.
is this build still viable video is over a year old now, my champion getting pwned by mage/demons, they tearing down my guard instantly in some cases lol
+Sean Berkinstoks Yes. There have been some updates and changes, but nothing ground breaking that it shakes the whole game and how classes are best built imo. All the guides I've made are still viable for both your player character, and NPC (with some minor tweaks) ;)
Nice! And thanks for responding to a comment from a video that's a year old! Something usually only done nowadays by really tiny RUclipsrs. if they even answer at all. :D
Wow I am going to use this to rebuild my Blackwall.
omg thank you! this build works in 2020 and my blackwall is literally unkillable lmao
Good video man.
I use Blackwall with champion and battlemaster and he does not die.
apparently you can make an immortal nightmare tank as early as level 10 by optimizing your stats and getting turn the bolt/turn the blade. well, there goes any difficulty! were going to have non-tank playthroughs to derive some challenge.
forum.bioware.com/topic/526341-guide-attributes-stats-and-mechanics/page-10
lol ikr at the immortal tank at low levels. In multiplayer, my templar was taking 1's from the demon commander on Perilous difficulty. At level 7.
lendial Hey man, could you link me the build you are speaking of? The link you've originally sent, I'm not seeing it. Very interested in trying this out on the hardest difficult.
HUGE thanks.
Capn Caveman forum.bioware.com/topic/532334-builds-matths-pre-skyhold-builds/
Ah, right on man. Much appreciated.
You strike me as someone who knows what is going on with this here game.
What class do you enjoy playing the most?
Capn Caveman tempest archer, rift mage, dagger aassassin are probly the most fun.
champion/ke are immortal tanks but dull to play
reaver can do loads of dps but requires baby sitting
Amazing! Great job!
According to your description we can put together a powerful assassin that has everything we need to dominate on the battlefield
Thats awesome but it's a tank build :P
Unbowed has been switched out to a skill called 'Livid.' Does that change your build or?
I used this build on blackwall, and livid doesn't seem to hurt the build at all
"you dont have to be within butt-sex range to use this skill effectively" earned my Like
EVERYONE USE THIS BUILD HE IS TELLING YOU ABOUT!!! I used his build and only died once. I barely lose guard using this build.
Perhaps I missed this, but you didn't talk about what kind of stats to go for on your armor/weapons to help build the tank.
Do you plan on updating the builds? Since trespasser has been out for awhile.
He says that they are still viable.
Would u be able to tell me how you’re healing at 12:50
It’s a bummer you can’t use any of the sword and shield offensive tree
Don' t forget about masterworks on crafting... If you decide to use it, you get 3-5 guard every time you damage enemies...
the only use for the choke point cut off in open area is to stand between your range toons and enemys
Hey man, thanks for sharing your build as Im just starting to play this gem of a game. I know its been years since this was uploaded, I just wanna ask if PBS is better than shield bash in this build since it lets you recover from a stunned/knock down status to make sure none of the enemies gets close to a party member? And do the A.I use PBS even if they are affected by those status aswell?
This vid is a sub worth ;)
nice work bro
It might be time to upgrade the build. With new upgrade options, you might find it worthwhile to switch which one you want.
I been following your iron bull build and it was spectacular... but how you apply this build to the IA. Which abilities should I block or left as preferred????
I just respecced my Warrior just lately and did not like it because I focused on Sword/Shield and Champion without any Pts in other Trees and I have like no Movement-Abilities. Guess I try out this specc, looks much more fun than mine.
Great Guides! Which skills should I activate/deactivate for A.I tanking? And preferred?
My Champion had enough Guard skills and Guard Boost equipment that she could taunt one enemy and get full Guard meter, then get even more for every other enemy she taunted
She soloed the Dragon in the Western Approach without ever losing health. Granted it took me about 30 minutes because not much DPS, but just Taunt once and she was untouchable
I don't get how people don't like playing Tank, the shenanigans are fucking amazing
Hi, I'm wondering where did you get that greatsword (?) for your main character ? Is it a recipe or item drop ?
I'm thinking about making a daul dagger articifer, but not sure what kind of party I should have along with me. Any suggestions?
So getting all that guard from Champion is basically like using Knight Enchanter with the build that uses the energy blade that can give you constant barrier, except that the KE build does way more damage.
This build is for people who don't want to break the game.
Nice vids! Tempest Archer next please?
Blackwall is my back bone for dragon fights.
LMFAO buttsex range hahahaaha
i'm playing on nightmare and i'm thinking of getting 3 tanks(my character, Cassandra and blackwall when i get him) with 1 mage/archer make 1 tank defend the archer/mage and deal steady damage what do you think?
i am playing nightmare with 1 tank if i dont get into the high lvl areas +3 of my own i win easily the fights e second offtank maybe brings me some more sustain for hordes of enemys..
Is there a Cassandra tank build? I've been looking and cannot seem to find one. I'm sure Blackwall is better, but I would prefer to keep using Cassandra and her Templar abilities. Any link would be appreciated!
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Kinetic! i have a question! so im getting this game pretty soon and know what i want a knight enchanter (vivenne), a tempest archer (the character u create), and a mage. the problem is idk what mage to make. what are ur opinions on the best mage builds?
Rift Mage is a lot of fun to play. :)
Unbowed has been changed to livid just to let you know bro good vid
How do you feel about using a two-hander as a Champion? I mean, without and sword/board skills, it seems like it would be okay...
havent noticed many suggestions about about Abilites settings for AI. which ones preferred over enabled etc. Like Tank you had Line in Sand "off" which I had, but your Counterstrike also off. just wondering for all videos really or should NONE be preferred? thanks
the problem if got with this prefered skill stuff is that my vivienne ONLY use the swordblade and nothing else.. my tank Only use shildwall... i think the ai still suck at this game :/
i liked the options in origins/2 where u can set (use ability x if u surounded by x or more enemys...)
Hey kinetic, big fan here. I would like to see your take on a level 20+ sword and shield tank champion.
Awesome video once again;-) Good comments. Good build good everything;-)
Would you say that Blackwall/champion is better as an tank then Cassandra/templar?
Im playing as an dual rogue and currently running around with Blackwall as my main guardian;)
Do you know if its true that if you complete all of Blackwalls personal quests, that he will eventually leave and you cant use him anymore?
Better than Cassandra? Yes. On nightmare difficulty, there are situations where Champion skills are crucial to Blackwall's survival that would normally kill others, including Cassandra, very quickly. Just look at what happened to my Warrior at 14:48. He melted and I didn't because I had Walking Fortress active. That's the power of Champion. Able to survive huge damage and near death experiences. 13:59
As for his personal quest, he does leave....but if you want, you can get him back. ;)
***** Thank you for the answer;-)
Are there any changes you would make to this build with the new toggle-able upgrades. Just wondering because I made a new character (Finally make one that looks like fenris \o/) and i was going to go champion sword and shield.