Played warrior to level 47 rogue to 30 and trying to make a mage so far the combat looks better then both rogue and warrior so I'm Def excited to make one. Just wondering what faction you recommend?
The unique weapon Coral Tip with this build is great. Apply frozen when detonating Arcane Bomb. Enemies get frozen before they reach you and the fire and electric spell blade is ridiculously great with that.
@Mortiferu I have the earlier comment I was asking the same thing. But I made my decision and hear me out. I went lords of fortune the stagger is crazy
2:53 okay this part needs to be fixed cause "moving on down" like we know the path to follow on your build is crazy. I had to pause server times just to knw how you got there. Energy burst>Bulwark>Imbued Reaction>underestimated> Then pressure point.
Not using Tempest duration spell is trolling. Will set arcane bombs on everything in a huge area each hit, knocks down almost everything in the game. Crits on those knocked down targets which give massive mana regen with the ability crit amulet, giving you 100% uptime on tempest forever + mana to spare for some void blades. You never have to use the light attacks at all since tempest will stack arcane bombs so fast that all you do is heavy attack spam to detonate them. Then spec into all the duration and strike upgrades, since tempest is both of those. All the lightning damage and fire damage nodes + max stack dot since you'll have both fire and lightning. Any spellblade build that needs you to use light attacks will never be Maximum damage.
@@hunterlavish Attacking at all is a waste of time on mage, run Maw of the Black City (Ring that gives you crit on all abilities), the amulet he is talking about is Crow's Perch and it is pretty solid. My recommendation is to run Garb of Kinship, which gives +10% damage on advantage, get channeled thoughts which gives you +50 mana per second. Take Tempest, meteor and either void blade or arcane shot. During battle just spam between Void Blade and Meteor (once one of them finishes casting, the other one should be off cooldown). You will start taking a lot of self-damage until you get the Garb of Kinship healing portion, but it won't matter since it can't kill you and casting abilities gives you basically permanent i-frames. Once you run out of mana, trigger invulnerability somehow and regen all your mana for about 5 seconds, then rinse and repeat. It has some of the highest consistent damage of all the builds I've run.
@@zikli9249 You don't need the maw ring, the talent that makes you crit on knocked down targets makes tempest crit anyways since it knocks down pretty much everything, this gives you massive mana regen with Crow's Perch anyways. For absolute degenerate overpowerness use the staff that makes spells cost hp, sold by the undead guys. Then use the dagger that heals you on detonating arcane bombs, upgrade also sold by undead guys, you need it at rank 3 or 4. With those two mana is competely solved, can spam spells forever. And the dagger downside at rank 4, making detonations cost 50 mana becomes meaningless since even at 0 mana they still detonate and all your spells cost hp anyways. And unlike the maw ring the cost on the spells is like at most
@@knasbollolo I find that stopping to detonate arcane bombs tend to lower my dps... but I completely forgot that staff... That is a good idea. I still think maw is good because you can't knock down bosses. As for HP regen, The Kin Garb that I mentioned gives 5% HP on advantage gain and I get a lot of advantages so it actually keeps me up to full. If you want to be defensive (the +10% damage per advantage is so much) you can run the researchers garb which has a life drain of 5%, 15% on bleeding enemies and you can enchant with bleed on crit for rings. At 2000 damage minimum per spell (assuming resisted) you heal for 300 HP every spell cast per enemy hit. For dagger I like Enchanted Athame better, +50 mana and abilities deal double damage. But yeah I'm going to try the staff. EDIT: It would work better with the Glacial Talus too which increases damage with current mana.
@@JT-mt6ku it’s definitely not a massive step down in my opinion. I never thought the writing was that good in most BioWare games. It’s a video game. Their writing to me is serviceable to get through the game
First round player here, I'm enjoying it alot. Biggest thing I've learned is the red ultimates of things aren't really the best since they don't scale. Gold is the best level I'm finding with alot of things. Just got the arcane wand though giving that a go next.
I cannot believe that as a VeilJumper character, I’m using Void Blade🤯! Spellblade specialization, Some of the crow blade magic? I think it’s what it’s called. Of course Ice, Electricity. Mana, Mana. It’s a bit getting used to because my last play was entirely different. But this combate system is insane. Almost like creating your own system of a beat down. Ice blast is really solid with Void Blade😏🐉❤️🔥
You should be using tempest. Tons of stagger, knock down, shock stacks, and it applies arcane bomb so all you have to do is heavy attack to melt everything.
It's so funny to me that everytime I hear him, I feels like he is on the very edge from a casual player to becoming someone that takes games more seriously, but will never cross it.
It's funny I usually never play as a mage in any game but this game it called to me the first several chapters was rough without a tank but not me that I have davros I've been able to fall back a bit
In most of the gameplay, you consistently used Emmerich and swapped between either Taash or Davrin. What are the reasons for these choices? Also, you didn't cover any of the enchantments for either gear or your abilities
Most Dragon Age fans who like Inquisition, also enjoy Veilguard from what I have seen. But those hardcore fans who only worships Origins do not like Veilguard.
i love the dragon age saga and i'm enjoying this one a lot too, if you're not sure about buying it maybe try downloading it from a diiferent site and make up your mind? (wink wink)
@@thomasrosendahl2783 personally, I'm a fan of the entire series and I loved inquisition. I'd still rate this one as the lowest entry in the series by a long shot, though. The gameplay is fun, and I love the connections to lore being delved into deeper...but the writing? It's abysmal. It's like a 7th grade home-schooled kid gen-z kid from the suburbs wrote it. The teammate interactions are weak and unappealing generally speaking, too. It uses too much modern lingo and concepts that weren't present in other games. And there's the controversial points that need to be mentioned, regardless of which side you land on it. If Dragon Age 2 was the lowest rated prior to this, I'd put it at a 7/10 and this at a 6/10. Still mostly enjoyable, and if you're into the Dragon Age lore it dives really deep....but the writing, animation, characters all leave much to be desired.
DAI is one of my favorite games ever. Veilguard is alright, but it's not inquisition level. You'll probably like it, not as a dragon age title but as a good game in general. Meeting old companions is the best part tbh
seeing all this clips i for sure clear mobs way faster on my veil ranger charged bow/weakpoint build on nightmare. double 9.999 dmg + extra projectiles / afflictions perma momentum/perma slow time it was a blast as first playthru, and this mage build will be mage playthru on nightmare!! or the envoker
I've played with tempest and without, but settled on without it. Realisitcally when you have Void Blade and Meteor doing what they do. There's never a moment where you need a duration AoE. If there's a big group (Cauldron) then Escalate Ult just one taps pretty much everything, with a few light attacks to mop up the sturdier guys. Alongside Void Blade s & mobility you just dont need a DoT because everything's already dead.
Spellblade is much better paired with FROST, it stops them in their tracks instead of just burning them, and then you can EXPLODE them with lightning! Here are my highlights: th-cam.com/video/PzwQqY5U6nc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=O5lwvAVffnqVy2uC
There are little Dread Wolf statues you can find around the world that give you one free skill point each. Wanna say I heard there's 12 total or something like that?
One from the antivan crow merchant, one from a merchant on the streets, one in the ossuary and one for reaching chapter 9. I don't know where the last one is.
No offense, but your damage is a joke. I play a necromancer and do 4k crits with AOE abilities + have infinite mana and incredibly high heal from leeching enemy HP
.... I'm not sure if anyone else caught it since I didn't see if anyone else has mentioned it in the comments, but I'm positive this guy hasn't actually played the game. Those abilities DETONATE sunder, they don't APPLY sunder. Mages don't have sunder primer skills, you need companions for that, primarily lucanis and harding, if you plan on ever taking advantage of a key game mechanic, namely detonations, and something I've noticed you've hardly mentioned at all. Additionally, your game play seems to be nothing but spamming meteor, void blade and basic attacks, leaving out a key spell blade skill, tempest, which does insane crowd control and dps, which again, tells me you haven't actually played the game since a well played spellblade will probably never use basic attacks. Which also renders a bunch of your passives pointless, wasting your skill points. "Ultimate guide"... Right....
@ I dunno, the reviews seem pretty mixed to me. Maybe these days I’m pretty smart to hang on to my money until more is known? I trust these guys to be honest in their vids and show me if I’m missing out.
@@jeffnewcomb601 Mostly Positive (73% of 15,474) All Time..Steam as of 1 min ago seems pretty clear so dont understand your definitionof mixed. Take that for what you will, at least for Steam.
there's like 2 short cutscenes that actually go into that "bs agenda". You can even just ignore that characters questline which would most likely lead to their death in the final mission, which I assume would be a win in your book. Either way this video is purely about the combat and gameplay, idk why you're getting offended over its other issues. Ironic how much these edge lord gamers are becoming soft little snowflakes.
What are your thoughts on the mage class in Dragon Age: The Veilguard? Leave us a comment down below!
Played warrior to level 47 rogue to 30 and trying to make a mage so far the combat looks better then both rogue and warrior so I'm Def excited to make one. Just wondering what faction you recommend?
The unique weapon Coral Tip with this build is great. Apply frozen when detonating Arcane Bomb. Enemies get frozen before they reach you and the fire and electric spell blade is ridiculously great with that.
What faction do you use?
@@Mortiferu Antivan Crows ( for RP purposes lol)
@Mortiferu I have the earlier comment I was asking the same thing. But I made my decision and hear me out. I went lords of fortune the stagger is crazy
2:53 okay this part needs to be fixed cause "moving on down" like we know the path to follow on your build is crazy. I had to pause server times just to knw how you got there. Energy burst>Bulwark>Imbued Reaction>underestimated> Then pressure point.
the hero we needed, thank you
@@madalinag639he shows the entire skill tree in the video just screen shot it or something loll
@@madalinag639at 00:58 seconds in
Not using Tempest duration spell is trolling. Will set arcane bombs on everything in a huge area each hit, knocks down almost everything in the game. Crits on those knocked down targets which give massive mana regen with the ability crit amulet, giving you 100% uptime on tempest forever + mana to spare for some void blades.
You never have to use the light attacks at all since tempest will stack arcane bombs so fast that all you do is heavy attack spam to detonate them.
Then spec into all the duration and strike upgrades, since tempest is both of those. All the lightning damage and fire damage nodes + max stack dot since you'll have both fire and lightning.
Any spellblade build that needs you to use light attacks will never be Maximum damage.
Whats the amulet called? I want to do this and run void blade, tempest then meteor or storm surge
@@hunterlavish Attacking at all is a waste of time on mage, run Maw of the Black City (Ring that gives you crit on all abilities), the amulet he is talking about is Crow's Perch and it is pretty solid.
My recommendation is to run Garb of Kinship, which gives +10% damage on advantage, get channeled thoughts which gives you +50 mana per second.
Take Tempest, meteor and either void blade or arcane shot.
During battle just spam between Void Blade and Meteor (once one of them finishes casting, the other one should be off cooldown).
You will start taking a lot of self-damage until you get the Garb of Kinship healing portion, but it won't matter since it can't kill you and casting abilities gives you basically permanent i-frames.
Once you run out of mana, trigger invulnerability somehow and regen all your mana for about 5 seconds, then rinse and repeat. It has some of the highest consistent damage of all the builds I've run.
@zikli9249 that sounds awesome! I'll definitely work towards that
@@zikli9249 You don't need the maw ring, the talent that makes you crit on knocked down targets makes tempest crit anyways since it knocks down pretty much everything, this gives you massive mana regen with Crow's Perch anyways.
For absolute degenerate overpowerness use the staff that makes spells cost hp, sold by the undead guys. Then use the dagger that heals you on detonating arcane bombs, upgrade also sold by undead guys, you need it at rank 3 or 4.
With those two mana is competely solved, can spam spells forever. And the dagger downside at rank 4, making detonations cost 50 mana becomes meaningless since even at 0 mana they still detonate and all your spells cost hp anyways.
And unlike the maw ring the cost on the spells is like at most
@@knasbollolo I find that stopping to detonate arcane bombs tend to lower my dps... but I completely forgot that staff... That is a good idea. I still think maw is good because you can't knock down bosses.
As for HP regen, The Kin Garb that I mentioned gives 5% HP on advantage gain and I get a lot of advantages so it actually keeps me up to full. If you want to be defensive (the +10% damage per advantage is so much) you can run the researchers garb which has a life drain of 5%, 15% on bleeding enemies and you can enchant with bleed on crit for rings. At 2000 damage minimum per spell (assuming resisted) you heal for 300 HP every spell cast per enemy hit. For dagger I like Enchanted Athame better, +50 mana and abilities deal double damage.
But yeah I'm going to try the staff.
EDIT: It would work better with the Glacial Talus too which increases damage with current mana.
This was INSANELY HELPFUL! thank you!
You can do this build in Rogue class too, electro melee mayhem.
I'm actually enjoying the game a lot. However I never played the first DA games, so there's that.
If you enjoy yourself what else matters?
The writing is a massive step down from previous games and is on par with a melodrama like Vampire Diaries but the gameplay is solid.
Play Origins and Drage Age 2 not hard to find
@@JT-mt6ku it’s definitely not a massive step down in my opinion. I never thought the writing was that good in most BioWare games. It’s a video game. Their writing to me is serviceable to get through the game
I played them all . They all are good in their own ways. I’m also enjoying this one
the most fun mage build I've tried so far
First round player here, I'm enjoying it alot. Biggest thing I've learned is the red ultimates of things aren't really the best since they don't scale. Gold is the best level I'm finding with alot of things. Just got the arcane wand though giving that a go next.
I was playing the dead something warrior specialization and killing bosses 20 levels above me in hard difficulty. Best build ever.
I cannot believe that as a VeilJumper character, I’m using Void Blade🤯! Spellblade specialization, Some of the crow blade magic? I think it’s what it’s called. Of course Ice, Electricity. Mana, Mana. It’s a bit getting used to because my last play was entirely different. But this combate system is insane. Almost like creating your own system of a beat down. Ice blast is really solid with Void Blade😏🐉❤️🔥
You should be using tempest. Tons of stagger, knock down, shock stacks, and it applies arcane bomb so all you have to do is heavy attack to melt everything.
I really love the game I’m sorry yall it’s so adventurous and lengthy.
Thank you for the build idear im gonna enjoying using this on my joker elf jevil
I wanted to add- Ice & electricity is insane.
It's so funny to me that everytime I hear him, I feels like he is on the very edge from a casual player to becoming someone that takes games more seriously, but will never cross it.
Codiak approaches things from the casual perspecitve. Livid does so from a hardcore perspective.
Honestly dont get the hate, it plays well and is really fun, idgaff what most these haters say cuz its just bullshit at this point
"honestly don't get the hate"
"Idgaff what most of these haters say"
That right there folks...is a r3tard 😂
where do u get the unique staff shown at 8:30?
lol need a list of skills to select per level.. been rewinding to repeat 😂
TY ❤
Is there any pure lighting build?
Also, do you swap weapons depending on that the mob is vulnerable against?
Great video! Do you go light or medium armor?
What faction do you recommend
It's funny I usually never play as a mage in any game but this game it called to me the first several chapters was rough without a tank but not me that I have davros I've been able to fall back a bit
In most of the gameplay, you consistently used Emmerich and swapped between either Taash or Davrin. What are the reasons for these choices? Also, you didn't cover any of the enchantments for either gear or your abilities
I loved dragon age inquisition and I’m extremely torn on whether I’d enjoy this game or not.
Most Dragon Age fans who like Inquisition, also enjoy Veilguard from what I have seen. But those hardcore fans who only worships Origins do not like Veilguard.
i love the dragon age saga and i'm enjoying this one a lot too, if you're not sure about buying it maybe try downloading it from a diiferent site and make up your mind? (wink wink)
@@thomasrosendahl2783 personally, I'm a fan of the entire series and I loved inquisition. I'd still rate this one as the lowest entry in the series by a long shot, though. The gameplay is fun, and I love the connections to lore being delved into deeper...but the writing? It's abysmal. It's like a 7th grade home-schooled kid gen-z kid from the suburbs wrote it. The teammate interactions are weak and unappealing generally speaking, too. It uses too much modern lingo and concepts that weren't present in other games. And there's the controversial points that need to be mentioned, regardless of which side you land on it. If Dragon Age 2 was the lowest rated prior to this, I'd put it at a 7/10 and this at a 6/10. Still mostly enjoyable, and if you're into the Dragon Age lore it dives really deep....but the writing, animation, characters all leave much to be desired.
DAI is one of my favorite games ever. Veilguard is alright, but it's not inquisition level. You'll probably like it, not as a dragon age title but as a good game in general. Meeting old companions is the best part tbh
If you're torn I'd say wait until it's on sale before giving it a try
Thank you.
Can someone tell me how to see weapon stats? It doenst show when I equip it.
say if i misaed the thorn dagger in ossuary, is there a way to return or buy back the dagger? or i just miss out on the upgrade forever?
How does your mana show a number i cant find the setting on ps5?
wait so second weapon setstat boosts effect main when non in use?
What companions do you recommend with this build?
seeing all this clips i for sure clear mobs way faster on my veil ranger charged bow/weakpoint build on nightmare. double 9.999 dmg + extra projectiles / afflictions perma momentum/perma slow time it was a blast as first playthru, and this mage build will be mage playthru on nightmare!! or the envoker
you do 2x9999 a shot? wait, how to build this? I was building a mage build and I thought I was doing damage. How does your build work?
I was thinking the same thing I did the ranger build and it melted everything. So far I haven’t really gotten into my mage but it’s only at level 21.
where can I find link to the build?
So this is the new KE for Veilguard?
What’s the level cap? I’m at 21 right now
50 I'm pretty sure
@@SolasTheJediKnightyes 50
Its 50
Not having Tempest in this build seems like a huge oversight.
I've played with tempest and without, but settled on without it. Realisitcally when you have Void Blade and Meteor doing what they do. There's never a moment where you need a duration AoE. If there's a big group (Cauldron) then Escalate Ult just one taps pretty much everything, with a few light attacks to mop up the sturdier guys. Alongside Void Blade s & mobility you just dont need a DoT because everything's already dead.
@@Eggy88 Where did you find Escalate rune?
Necro mage build vid when
Spellblade is much better paired with FROST, it stops them in their tracks instead of just burning them, and then you can EXPLODE them with lightning! Here are my highlights:
th-cam.com/video/PzwQqY5U6nc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=O5lwvAVffnqVy2uC
would help if the link showed the build. otherwise it is useless.
I missed the one Thorn of Misfortune in the Ossuary. Is it permanently lost to me and I can’t get the max rarity of the weapon anymore?
i'm not sure if work but try the spirits merchant in crossroads, or some shop in treviso
How are you pulling out 2 blades!!! I need that
Can someone jus tell me the exact best armor an weapons an any skills he missed
Will help me alot I work a lot better with knowing what to get
I think you missed something here at 2:54 there are many skills till you get the pressure points and no guide what to pick
i am level 40 and was short 4 skill points in terms of everything shown here
There are little Dread Wolf statues you can find around the world that give you one free skill point each. Wanna say I heard there's 12 total or something like that?
where tf are you getting all the thorn of misfortune copies from cause im almost 100% on every area and have only gotten 1 copy?
One from the antivan crow merchant, one from a merchant on the streets, one in the ossuary and one for reaching chapter 9. I don't know where the last one is.
@ pov you let treviso burn so your cooked until the end of the game with the final merchant
@@insertthehandlehere same, shadow dragon money gang
Mages gambit is the best
is there another source of the loot aside from the rep 4 for shadow dragons?
@@marlow21you get one in hossberg
@marlow21 I looted every one except the one in the shop i think... sorry to say I'm not sure from where
@@marlow21 you get one in hossberg i forgot if it was from a chest or mission
@@kittykedama7643 thanks i just found it. so good with spellblade builds
How many times are we gonna have to teach you this lesson? (Lol)
Ah-The-May lol it’s another name for a ceremonial dagger.
There is no correct pronunciation of that word and it is a modern invention.
i mean its pretty obvious to stack fire and electric together since it makes up half of spellblades skill tree..
No offense, but your damage is a joke. I play a necromancer and do 4k crits with AOE abilities + have infinite mana and incredibly high heal from leeching enemy HP
Game actually isn't have bad.
A lot of gender confusion going on internally but the game is a good time.
I could care less what gender a video gsme character is lol. Long as I'm having fun playing the game.
@xanderx51 I realized I have a lot to learn. I've done thousands of push-ups.
.... I'm not sure if anyone else caught it since I didn't see if anyone else has mentioned it in the comments, but I'm positive this guy hasn't actually played the game.
Those abilities DETONATE sunder, they don't APPLY sunder. Mages don't have sunder primer skills, you need companions for that, primarily lucanis and harding, if you plan on ever taking advantage of a key game mechanic, namely detonations, and something I've noticed you've hardly mentioned at all.
Additionally, your game play seems to be nothing but spamming meteor, void blade and basic attacks, leaving out a key spell blade skill, tempest, which does insane crowd control and dps, which again, tells me you haven't actually played the game since a well played spellblade will probably never use basic attacks. Which also renders a bunch of your passives pointless, wasting your skill points.
"Ultimate guide"... Right....
Game plays well reviewers definitely were rage baiting with how dramatic they were but thats how it is now days
🤡
No wonder this game is getting mixed reviews. It's turned into WoW and looks (feels) nothing like Dragon Age...
Luckily everyone in steam and Playstation play dragon age veilguard and not "look" the game. Pathetic...
It's currently getting mostly positive reviews amongst people who ACTUALLY played it but I guess that doesn't fit your narrative huh?
@@maximum_effort1yeahhhhhh go figure lol.
@ I dunno, the reviews seem pretty mixed to me. Maybe these days I’m pretty smart to hang on to my money until more is known? I trust these guys to be honest in their vids and show me if I’m missing out.
@@jeffnewcomb601 Mostly Positive (73% of 15,474) All Time..Steam as of 1 min ago seems pretty clear so dont understand your definitionof mixed. Take that for what you will, at least for Steam.
Sorry guys.. I’ll be skipping this video.. no playing this crap.. I’ll go back and play dragon age origins instead
Bye
lmao what a weirdo
You commented so thanks for helping
LOL 😂
Nice little video for the 500 people who bought this trash game.
And you're here because.......
Get a life. Be angry about something else
All the halfwits in the comments like
"I don't understand the hate"
Clearly can't see past their own noses 😂
Fehk this game and it bs agenda
Cry harder.
there's like 2 short cutscenes that actually go into that "bs agenda". You can even just ignore that characters questline which would most likely lead to their death in the final mission, which I assume would be a win in your book. Either way this video is purely about the combat and gameplay, idk why you're getting offended over its other issues. Ironic how much these edge lord gamers are becoming soft little snowflakes.