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- So in this video I go over the skills of a mage in dragon age inquisition! what are the best skills you can choose is one of the many questions I'll answer in this video! enjoy :)
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wall of ice is amazingly tactic, it splits the battlefield in two, dividing enemies...and gives me essential protection to dragons.
***** It works in divinity: Original sin, the way you mention, there you cast a rain spell and people take much more damage from lightening and frost spells are also much harder to resist, and if theres a puddle, its just like in Bioshock, where everyone in the puddle gets hit by lightening if its a single target spell and bonus damage (like alot!)
Almost every school of magic except for Necromancy and maybe Fire (I'd have to check again to make sure) has a perk in their skill tree that relates to powering up Barrier. Also, Winter is one of the BEST core mage skill trees. Ice Armor and Blizzard being particularly great.
Nah I have a fire build fire builds can be great some people have there own builds of magic
you'd want winter stillness in the winter tree. that regenerates mana like crazy when you stand still for 3+ seconds
+Zachary Radoff totally agree on that one
do you have to stand still like do nothing or can you still attack and you get the regeneration?
i believe you can still attack.
just dont move your spot
Lol, I have never taken it because I thought I couldn't even attack.
Spirit + Knight Enchanter, unkillable mage.
@Fu Ggl tbh im only heal barrier support im a healing Inquisitor a doctor quinari knight enchanter and spirit.
@poco loco and craft the thing you need
Sounds like a dragon age paladin. Maybe a mage who's like "this templar shit dosent look hard. I'm guna out templar the templars".
man i still cant get past the character creation. no matter what i do my character looks ugly as fuck. that alone is a challenge within itself.
there is a place on the wartable called 'black emporium' you can buy it free :-) there you can change your look
make a female
its the free downloadable content
tgr101 its the free downloadable content
itss free on xbox i dont know about pc
for someone who just button mashes and picks skills at random- this is very helpful. thanks!!!
I like making all my staffs and armor out of fade touched obsidian, just to get that extra protection from the guard bonus. and since it adds 3 guard (I think) per hit, your guard fills up really quickly since the make attacks so quickly. Great video btw. I had no idea that the fire rune thing did so much damage
Immolate is better than Flashfire in everyway never take flashfire..
The only reason you would pick Flashfire over Immolate is if you have that one passive from the Necromancer tree that increases damage to feared targets. And even then you might as well take Wave of Flames because it can apply to multiple people
@@azua4489 Dorian is gonna be a fire necromancer
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This is a good mage build. In general, I would add that nearly any build is ok as long as it suits your play style. If you want to cast spells frequently so you feel like a battle-mage, you should get the passives that aid with mana regen and cooldown reduction. I did that type of mage and essentially went through the game casting immolation, fire mine, energy barrage, and stone fist. It was very high overall dps and compared to my second playthrough using a tank-warrior, enemies dropped markedly faster . But if you like casting big epic nuke the entire battlefield type of stuff, then abyssal pull and electric cage with chain lightning is probably what you want. For me, I found that combination to be too slow to be much fun. I was always waiting for mana and cooldowns to finish which wasn't as fun as my previously mentioned build.
Not sure about the skill name (forgive me if I'm wrong) but I think it's something like Winter Stillness. I think you said you didn't like many of the skills within the Winter tree but to me the ability to stand still for like 3 seconds and get 50% mana regen seems like a great skill to me.
2022 here and I'm grateful, this video really helps me a lot. Thanks man! :D
Love the Rift Mage specialization it usually my first choice with Knight Enchanter being second.
Inferno: Immolate+upgrade, Flashpoint, Pyromancer, Fire Mine+upgrade, Chaotic Focus
Storm: Chain Lightning+upgrade, Stormbringer, Gathering Storm, Static Cage+upgrade
Winter: Winter stillness
Rift: Everything (still have to work towards complete build because of level)
note: have your other mage cast barrier on you first, and then prioritize you so you can get maximum use of chaotic focus. Using pull of the abyss, veilstrike, stonefist and chain light, plus your tanky holing agg, you should never be touched.
I absolutely demolish things in this build
Thanks so much this will be very helpful with my Mage
I honestly could not care less about lightning cage when there's such a thing as fire wall.
Combine the 'pull of the abyss' ability with fire wall in the middle, ouch! Also while they're being pulled into the firewall you put the explosive fire rune spell under them and follow with immolate. Now that is actually dealing serious damage.
Also as the inquisitor, why would you need meteor storm when you already have that rift focus ability that deals serious damage and kills entire groups instantly? I can see Solas using meteor strike, but the main character as a mage has a much better focus ability with much better odds of turning the tide of an entire fight :)
I see what you mean. The upgraded Lighting Cage REALY shines when combined with energy barrage as it can cut through health (or armor) like paper. Only problem is that it is single target.
On a side note: Night enchanter is insane. It makes the barrier abilities null for yourself since you regain it extremely quickly by just beating the shit out of people. The damage is pretty crazy too as my spirit sword does 400% weapon damage, getting another 200% bonus against barriers and ANOTHER 400% bonus against guards (those pesky jerks with the shields). Oh and if you have played zelda OOT or Wind waker, remember that game you used to play with Ganondorf when he sent that energy ball at you? You can do the same thing with a High Dragon. So dam fun IMO.
Also Knight Enchanter gains a bit of a mini Fade Step called Fade Cloak. The only difference is you don't move very fast but anything you re-materialize into takes 1000% weapon damage.
However the real downside to a lot of these abilities is the fact you usually have to be in their face to use them. The barrier regen lets you tank however and if you use silverite on some heavy armor to wear then health loss is even less of an issue.
Nazder711v1 Agreed. I also put guard building masterwork materials (fade touched obsidian or silverite) into my Knight Enchanter's staff or armor (or both if you reaaaally want to tank).
Lightning cage with upgrade plus chain lightning with upgrade and pull of the abyss. dead things
SCREEN SHOT5 no damage.
Yuriy Water you obviously havent tried it if your saying theres no damage there
Awesome to see you having such a strong start in the re-branding of your channel as a Dragon Age one :) Keep up the awesome work man!
Thanks snuggly! Love ya :D
Spirit cage with upgrade that damages them every time they’re hit and the spell that launches 10 attacks is amazing for destroying bosses.
A very solid build, thank you sir!
Great quick guide. Thanks
This helped me a lot thank you so much
Great video keep up the good work. Maybe throw in some more comparisons next time though to let us know why you like rift Mage better than other two options ;). Cheers!
+iPURR Great video! I instantly subscribed. Thanks!
A few thoughts.
I would get Winter Stillness to help with your mana and cool downs. It's just below the fade step. By standing still, you enter into a meditative state that restores your mana at an enhanced rate and reduces all cooldown times. An alternative is Clean Burn from the Inferno tree. From the description, it appears to provide the same effect. Based on your skill point allocation, both of these would require just 1 skill point investment, as they are just one one away from a skill that you've already chosen in both the winter and inferno tree.
You spoke highly of the Shield Barrier and I fully agree. Something to consider adding would be the Chaotic Focus passive from the inferno tree. Again, just an investment of 1 additional skill point based on your skill tree allocation. This will make your make your fire spells even more powerful. When you cast a Fire spell, the spell consumes half of your barrier to empower it. The larger the barrier consumed, the greater the bonus to the spell's damage.
Lastly, Firestorm. I agree that it is a very effective skill. I would add two additional thoughts to your mention of this in your video. Firstly, invest in the combat perks to upgrade this skill to tier 3 for even more damage. Also I'm curious of the detonator skill that you use to generate focus to proc this ability..
Again, very fun video to watch! I'd love to see another video that talks about the recent skill updates from the DLC :)
Very nice bro! Earned a like and a sub from me. I regret not watching ur videos when I started the game. The build and your descriptions are quite helpful. Thanks!
Good video! Although I think it's better to concentrate more on one Basic tree + the specialization you pick. I chose lightning + necromancer and always tried to use fire staff so I always had 3 forms of damage to create as one spell in lightning tree releases the energy from the staff(in my case fire) which gives me options against different enemies and resistances...
I was around level 22-23 when I started the last fight in the main story and at that point I had practically full lightning tree along with full necromancy and the upgrades I wanted from that tree and some 4-5 points in inferno also. I already could leave some of the lower tier activated spells away from the action bar because I had so many spells.
And I have to say lightning + necromancer is an awesome build! Lightning gives me AoE to deal with groups and necromancy gives quite awesome DoT spells against single target along with mind bomb which also does AoE after it kills the one target it's casted against. I strongly recommend people to try lightning + necromancy!
Great Video man
I actually think Rift Mage synergizes better with Inferno. Cast "Pull of the Abyss", then place a Fire Mine right in the middle, and make your whole team unleash all their strongest AoE skills on that tight cluster of enemies.
Storm, I think, works better with Necromancer. You lock enemies in the Static Cage, then you cast Horror to make them panic and run into the walls of the cage, damaging themselves.
Now, be a Rift Mage and team up with Dorian and you can do both these things and COMBINE them. Do the Static Cage + Horror trick on one side, then use Pull of the Abyss on another side to pull the enemies against the walls of the cage. When Static Cage wears off, most of the survivors will be pulled by PotA. When that happens, use Fire Mine and let your whole team rain hell on whoever is left standing. Almost cruel... but maniacally amusing.
+ThatOneBoss Lightning Rift Mage was my best experience as a mage in that game ^^
Bender B. Rodriguez I've done a lot of experimenting ever since I made that comment, and I changed my opinions about several things. Rift Mage does synergize amazingly with Storm spells, and it's very fun to use, but I still feel much more at home with an Infero Necromancer. I'm a DOT kind of guy... lol.
+ThatOneBoss i'm running maybe my first DOT based character currently as an artificer archer with poison, definitively going to take Solas with me to group the mofos and make good use of Explosive shots ^^
The great thing with storm spells tis the amount of hits given by Energy barrage and Chainlightning, to trigger Static Cage damages. I think you could even only focus on Lightning and Fire trees and have a powerful mage without any specialization (Fire mine+static cage=lol)
Awesome build thanks
I love the Knight Enchanter, since there were no Arcane Warrior specialisation. Want to change it up though for the next playthrough as an Elven Mage
I heard your voice and instantly subscribed, Thank you for the videos btw!
Arte Thanks for subscribing man! :D
I find the lack of healing abilities distressing, I want to be able to heal but I don't want to play as a knight-enchanter to do that, any tips?
Not suck... Warriors have guard and Rogues have stealth
My inquisitor can revive characters with the spirit skill to 100% so i just let them die if their heal is low and revive them. Is better than spending too many heal potions.
Jus started this game loving it in 2020
I never really play as a mage, I'm honestly not good at being one in most games but I did make one and I'm an Inferno-Knight Enchanter; to me I like this combo and it always be changed. well mostly changed. Anyways great video I would tweak a few spells in this build because personally I like rift mage I just didn't pick it.
Two tips
1. If you get Winter's Grasp, you can freeze enemies and immediately stonefist them for a shatter.
2. Ring of improved Fire Mine adds 30% damage.
FullmetalHeart20 Thanks for the tips :)
Stonefist is currently bugged and gives no extra detonator damage despite showing the wording shatter etc on screen.
Well, shit.
Ice wall is a very handy skill to have...better then fire glyph imo.....not only only can it be used to control the flow of enemies, but if used with the upgrade and you are close to it, you get a temporary ice armor. I find it helps while you wait for barriers to recharge. Two mages, both with barrier spell, ice armor, and the guard generating abilities on armor and clothes = an unstoppable mage.
frost wall comes in real handy too especially with the first dragon you encounter in the game I remember trying to challenge my first dragon ever and died cause I had no way to stop the burst hit from the fireballs but that being said I picked up frost wall or is it ice wall I forget. anyways picking up this ability if you also pick up the upgrade for it too literally acts like another shield when you put a ice wall up it blocks incoming projectiles like arrows and fireballs etc,
Awesome video purr! Keep it up.
Thanks buddy!
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It’s rly helpful! Thx
I absolutely agree with using fade step plus frost step upgrade mainly cause it will secretly do like 35% extra damage if the enemy is below 30% health and plus extra damage if you get frost mastery passive all along the op thought it costs no mana and jumps you far away from dangerous combat.
Hi there:) i came to a similar conclusion. My buld just exchanges the ightning trap with rift trap as they are always get pulled togeether. as well with cd refresh this makes up a devestating aoe combo. you can cast the rift cage on enemies then cast the fire trap in the middle. by the time it activates they all get hit. then you can usually cast 1 or 2 rounds of the stonestrike. that also deals massive splash dmg. the barrier is done by a group member. the riftwalk is nice but you don't really need it as you will never run out of mana and have allwas mana for a cc spell like the rift cage which is on a quite low cd.
Thanks for the tips, much appreciated :)
+Aaron Terell wouldn't it be better to cast fire mine first then static cage? fire mine takes some seconds to activate
Bender B. Rodriguez no. It increases the chance that someone escapes. The rift (not static) cage pulls them inwards and long enough for the trap to explode. The pull is the most important fact at that.
Looks solid!
Thanks man!
eletrical cage + the frozen mine wich reduces 100% armor + fire mine dealing 1600% damage plus bonus
looks brave atack
Pull of the Abyss+Static Cage+ Fire Mine+ Chain Lightning+ Firestorm= Ultimate Nuke, this is the build I use, you get great utility and a ton of dmg.
Thank You very much.
this game is advance controll in pc, but i'm get used to it... now it's cool and awesome
hmm yeah this game is awesome!
If you think swinging the sword around is all you have to do for knight enchanter now then want be able to generate a barrier you use fade step to do massive damage and use other spells to maintain damage clearing enemies faster now since the Nerf forces you to use other things but the sword sure you don't do as much damage as a rift mage but it is a safer nightmare runs while still dealing high damage.
Fire mine is great with dragon cuz they big and hard to miss. Also, I would probably want to go for the fire wall, because its a burn, fear, AOE, and kinda a barrier. Considering enemy's attacking you will flee if the go through the wall
thanks for the help.
Does Gathering Storm actually work though?
Seriously? Flashfire? How can the "best" mage build include the absolute worst ability in all the mage trees? Especially since you don't even need it to progress in the inferno tree!
I normally don't like to leave negative comments, but I just hate flashfire. No one should use it, with the possible exception of someone RPing a necromancer.
Lol... Immolate is not much better. The only real difference is that Immolate costs less mana, it takes longer to cast because of the animations (which annoys the hell out of me, quite frankly), and IF you're lucky you might hit two targets. Otherwise, it doesn't really matter which one you use to progress down the inferno tree IMO.
Rowan I am literally playing inquisition right now and checked, Immolate actually casts faster, and hits it's target instantly unlike flashfire which has to travel and could theoretically be dodged or blocked. Immolate can't be blocked, even by the guys with the huge shields. Immolate also does burning damage, and it's damage can be upgraded to make it a relatively powerful spell to acquire so early in the tree. Tresspasser's toggle upgrade allows immolate to be cast as often as you want at the cost of more mana, but it seems just one basic attack in between immolates is enough to avoid the cost penalty as far as I know. Flashfire's original upgrade only helps if the enemies you're fighting aren't immune to panic, and it's toggle upgrade only moderately mitigates it's uselessness, but definitely doesn't put it anywhere near Immolate.
Sorry, I think about this more than I should.
@@rowan813 . Immolate is superior to flashfire in every way.
Flashfire is good since it can cause also fear to keep the guy busy while you attack and it's faster to use than immolate. Truly it's better with necromancy, though. You should just know to not use it with enemies with a shield facing you.
@@rowan813 - Immolate, without upgrades, does the same damage as a fire mine! It just does most of that damage over time. You can also hit several enemies at once and it costs less mana. It's basically a DoT fire mine that you can aim. Also, unlike flashfire, it can't be dodged or blocked. As a rift mage, one of your main aims is to group enemies together, so that spells like ice mine, fire mine and immolate, can be applied to as many enemies at once as possible. Panic/fear works against this. It would have some minor synergy with a necromancer build but even necromancers only have one passive buff from panicked enemies, a 15% bonus to damage against them. Immolate will do MUCH more than that, on it's own and frequently to multiple enemies. If you ARE going for a fear based build, wall of flame is a much better option than flashfire. In terms of damage it's the weakest of all the fire spells. It's the only fire spell that doesn't affect multiple enemies. It's the only fire spell that can be dodged and blocked. It's one of 2 fire spells that can apply fear, a not necessarily useful effect in most intances anyway, but if you must have it, wall of flame can apply it to multiple enemies and does more damage. Why on Earth would you choose flashfire over any of the other 3 fire spells? :)
Rift Mage with Pull of the Abyss and pretty much most of the AoE spells (mostly Inferno) = ultimate nuke
If you go one point into winter why would you not go two and get the passive that decreases cooldowns for standing still (aka using your basic attack)
Which staff is that? Great vid man! ;)
My favorite combo is casting a rift wait for the bunch up and cast upgraded stone fist so I just hit 4-5 enemies with itso I comes out to be 1600-2000 damage plus nice group up for tanks to gain agro plop a barrier on the tank (or tanks i run cass and iron bull) and you've just won 90% of the fights
kezef420 Hmm very nice strategy, I might use it aswell! :)
For me I prefer knight enchanter fully buffing barrier and using static charge conductive current and stormbringer but im planning to get fade step for getting to my enemies faster cause its a real pain running up on enemies as a mage.
Winter has more benifit than you think, a mage that can freeze enemies completely and than a high dps rogue to shatter them instantly? Not to mention half the time the ice doesn't even need to be shattered it just one shots them
I'm all for people choosing things per their play style but if you want a really affective build I would recommend you looking into Knight Enchanter.
Your build is ok but the Knight Enchanting can face a Dragon without taking a single point of damage and be in thee front lines.
Knight Enchanter with the winter tree is pretty good
not related but does anyone know how to zoom out camera further like in this video? I don't know how to do that, camera keep stuck after my character back. I play PC version of the game with Xbox One S controller (yes I know when we play with mouse and keyboard I can use the mouse scroll, but I don't know how to do it with the controller). Thanks!
Hmm...love the look of the staff - what one is it you're using?
Now using the archon staff:)
Not interested in DAI but I liked this vid :)
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Im siding with Mages in my mage playthrough, should i be worried about the electric resistance of red templars if i wish to use this build? I don't know how common the red horrors are later on.
Seems to me that if you wanted to do single target damage, you'd have rolled a rogue. I went an AoE build on my mage. Energy Barrage hits 12 times, each one calculates their crit chance individually. That with a little extra crit on my mage, and Flashpoint (no cooldown on next cast after a crit), I get to double Fire Mine. sometimes triple. starting a fight with Flashpoint already up: Fire Mine > Energy Barrage > Fire Mine > if proc again, Fire Mine. And I picked up pretty much all the Mana regen skills, including going Necro for the mana regen on kill. And Walking Bomb, because upgraded walking bomb not only does the AoE damage on detonation, but if it kills the initial enemy, it makes all enemies caught in the blast to catch Walking Bomb as well.
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Would be funny if there was a mod that when u use that frost speed spell you say "gotta go fast" XD
There's a level cap at 25 I think. Plus, you don't want to miss out on specializations.
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What kind of staff were you using?,it looks pretty powerful and I would want one for myself.
Blake Jordan The archon staff :)
how you pot spells from stright line to small circle on right side
Wet noodle deeps, I’m hitting 1.5k on normal attacks, I’ve hit 8.8k with winters grasp but you said none of the others were all that necessary in frost...
With myself I have 4 mages at lvl 20 now & I am at the point where I’m getting my fade skill line now and & will create specialized mages fire frost shock and vivienne with a slight mixture of frost and spirit because she is the official battle mage in the game that the knight abilities use the barriers in that particular skill tree...
Point is fire frost shock depending up what enemies weaknesses are that can be exploited, that will be depending upon who I need in specific battle scenarios...
What are all those different skill trees...
im kinda new at this game but i saw 8 tree skills with mage how to get them?
If you go rift mage, then go full AaO to get the best out of the class.
Storm magic is super effective, until you meet a pride demon.
Which is not very regular, thankfully.
I never solo mage so I dont use fade step or barrier as other mages have it I mainly do all the damage with my build
He is missing the spell where you hit the enemy sixteen time while fusing with the element of your staff
Not that decent with rift mages, since they're about cc and aoe.
THE GREAT VOICE FOR DAT VIDEO XD
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How i can have all skills (all trees!) at mages or assasin?
cool cool
First mistake, he played this beautiful game on the Xbox (but thats me being biased). Two, you can notice in the beginning that he was just targeting the dragon rather than its legs. Those of you who know what happens when you do enough damage to the legs, understand what I mean. And lastly, why would you do give advice on the "Best" build when you're playing the game in normal mode? It doesn't even matter at that point since you can just auto attack guys the entire time
I didn't know Casey Kasem played Dragon Age xD
how come he hasn't made new videos?
Nice video I used all of these abilities and absolutely demolished a dragon
Great to see my build worked out for you!
Yea thanks
Can u do a necromancer build
I'll see what I can do :)
Thanks =-)
what difficulty is this? because you seem to be dropping that dragon's guard much easier than i can. the same goes for its health. Also, what level are you?
He said he plays on hard in another comment I saw.
I play on hard indeed :) I think I was level 15 at the time of this video, now I'm lvl 22 :) (It could be that I set the difficulty on easy so I could more easy record all of the spells)
limited cold spells limit shatter opportunities, no?
I just got the game. One question. so that means that you cant get every ability in the game as a mage? Such as all the ice skills, inferno, spirit, and lightning?
Geraldo Manito You can get it, I think the max level is 25 :)
Is this the exact skill order or do i have to skill in another order?
you can do it in any order you like :)
Ur playing on one? Or 360
Is it me or you sound like Zevran?
Dude, no winter stillness? NO pull of the abyss? I'm sorry but this is just crazy. You're not using THE best skill of the rift mage. We can debate about using or not so much fire abilities or barrier (in my opinion innecesary) But leaving out pull of the abyss? no dude, no
Don't listen to him he's qn idiot.. at the very least you should have the winter stillness and the barage from the storm magic tree along with the bolt .and I would honestly actually try to get the first in fire and the spirit as well. if you think about it all are helpful..
No matter what kind of made you want to make.
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It's such an awesome game! I'm addicted XD
How do i get the other skill trees like knight enchanter or necromancer?
Leon Prestes Main quest line, there will be 3 quests available :)
Uhhm how exactly does it work because i accidentally spent some points on the rift mage tree with solas and i really wanted to get the knight enchanter tree. btw is there any possibility of resetting skill points? and can i have more than one of these "special" skill trees?
You can't choose what specializations your party members get. You can buy a tacticians renewal at the blacksmith to respec your skill points. you can only have one specialization aka special skill tree :)
How do you become a rigt magge?
im level 11 first time with a mage play thru. ive chosen a lighting mage most of the points have been in this and a few in fire and spirit for barriers. any other tips for me to do?!
and i haven't noticed stormbringer strike anyone
Just Barrier? Not even a mention of Guardian Spirit? And this is supposed to be a Rift Mage video. So, maybe try out the Rift Mage skill tree a little more. Pull Of The Abyss is absolutely amazing. It can pull enemies right into a Fire Mine, or you can put Wall Of Fire in it after you use it to burn all the enemies in it. I'm sure that build works for you, but this isn't the way I would recommend setting up a Rift Mage.
How to unlock rift tree? I did it on a warrior but didn't really know how I did it and I've just started a mage so please tell me thanks
You have to wait til you get to Skyhold, shortly after getting there you will get a war table mission regarding specializations. once you do that 3 of the trainers will arrive at Skyhold and you can talk to to them to get there specific quests to unlock specializations.
+Blazeddd thanks man
I play with 4 mag's
I for me bast way to play casting manually a barier one at time
No need for tactical camera and rift close very quick casting a dispel
Rally on strong barier and pass mostly undamege from fights
Plant vs Zombie easter egg at 3:30 :D
I don't have that rift ability tree? Why?