Top 15 highest damage ability combinations in Dragon Age Inquisition

The top 15 highest damage ability combination in Dragon Age: Inquisition!
My personal favorites anyway... Not necessarily ranked. I know I left out a few, like the Templar's WRATH OF HEAVEN + SPELL PURGE combo, which is a really effective one no doubt, but I had no footage about it, plus it relies on the fact that the targets need to be stunned by WRATH OF HEAVEN, so personally I would not put that one among the best.
I also used fully upgraded Mighty Offense tonic on my warriors and rogues and fully upgraded Lyrium potions on my mages, for increasing the damage.
All footage was recorded on Nightmare difficulty!

[@BubbleGum566]

Dragon age content in 2020? Nice

[@dreadone6894]

I still don’t know how to most of these. Some of this stuff must not be on xbox

[@AnOmenProduction]

Well this popped up in my recommended and now I’ve downloaded this game to play again even though I’ve already put over a 1,000 hours in it xD Thank you gor your videos though, they are great!

[@AKisHerceg]

Thank you! Yeah, Dragon Age is a series that really can not be played enough! :)

[@mikesemus9773]

Most useful info i can think of for combo's is to check the wiki regarding status effects and how they combine into bonus damage, because a LOT of people overlook that and focus only on the main skill damage, when in fact you can get gigantic boosts in damage by timing your big damage skills to be used when you have the correct status effect to "detonate" off of. The best consistent damage i found was by stacking Stun or Sleep with an Eldritch Detonator as it deals humongous Spirit damage, just be careful as some bosses or monsters can be immune to certain status effects and ruin your combos, hence it being worthwhile picking at least 2 different types of Detonator and status effect abilities so you have options. Use Masterworks with status effects to allow access to combo's you may be missing or give you the ability to trigger status effects "on hit" rather than only via actively using an ability, meaning you don't need to break up channelled skills like Whirlwind to apply status effects like Stun from a Pommel strike, for example.

[@TheOldMan-75]

To be fair, the combo system is never really explained in the game.

[@nimbayle]

watchin you fight I almost feft pity for those dragons... by the look of it they never stood a chance, did they? )

[@AKisHerceg]

Haha! I guess they really did not! :)

[@islandrepublic9166]

I HAVE BEEN AN ASSASSIN ROGUE FOREVER. And PFP it is the deadliest damge dealing character. But for overall consistency and efficiency The TEMPEST ROUGE Takes the cake: WEAPON- BARBARIAN ROCKER FADE TOUCH FLUSIAN VELVET AND RING VELVET(HIDDEN BLADES 4 and 5). ARMOR: MAGE BATTLE ARMOR SCHEMATICS ( USE AVAAR CLOTH) DEX BUILT WITH FADE TOUCH SEPENSTONE 30% DAMAGE n 300% Damage from all other source. TO NEGATE THIS I USE THE ENHANCED BARRIER AMULET AND SIGIL OF LYRIUM for near indefinite BARRIER on the character ( along with 2 MAGEs in the party this character is near invincible) COMBO: STEALTH-POISONED WEAPON-FLASK OF FIRE-ThROWING BLADES- (THOUSAND CUTS)- DEATHBLOW. THIS COMBO at NIGHTMARE WITH ALL TRIALS ON GENERATES 80K-200K PER 8SEC. MINUS THE Thousand CUTS The combo is usable at all times. THIS CAN AMPLIFY with A WARRIOR War HORN. N if COLE is in the PARTY activating the MARK FOR DEATH.

[@grege5074]

0:51 imagine an ant waking you up by yelling at you, then spinning in circles around you. Sometimes I feel sorry for the dragons in this game, not because they're being obliterated, but because they're being annoyed.

[@AKisHerceg]

Haha!

[@MChiefxxx]

4:00 um... it took me the whole party and 10 minutes to take down that dragon...

[@polthedestroyer]

THAT WAS EPIC. I cannot wait to respec my rogue and try some of these.

[@bekirozdemir9074]

What schould i make my Inquisitor if i want to play on nightmare and play in pease? I already watched your Video for the AI AWESOME.

[@AKisHerceg]

Depends on what you want: warrior, rogue or mage?

[@BlightedLight]

@@AKisHerceg reaver, knight enchanter, or tempest. All are broken.

[@imnotchikao6317]

Man, every time I try new builds I still keep coming back to Artificer. Being able to spam abilities is such a great feeling that I can never get satisfied with the other specializations. Great vid, just got recently back to DAI and wanted to revisit some builds.

[@AKisHerceg]

I feel the same. That spec is just too prefect! :)

[@ReiAnikaAyanami]

same!! elemental mines and leaping shot is too fun. plus wiping out mobs with explosive shot (chain reaction) is so satisfying.

[@veloway]

Dai has been a big part of my covid life. When I recently found this video it completely changed everything. I HAD NOT ONCE PLAYED ARTIFICER. It is now my absolute favorite. I may do five play throughs doing goofy world goals as different kinds of artificers. I play first and foremost these days to hear party banter I haven’t gotten to yet but secondly is ending up with all possible results for the Sunburst throne and getting deathroot seeds would be nice. BIG BIG thanks for this wonderful channel.

[@AKisHerceg]

And I thank you for this wonderful comment! :)

[@juanplasencia6741]

Good video man. I was looking for some tips with Nightmare difficulty + All trials + FF ON, but it is good to see that people still playing after all this years xD.

[@AKisHerceg]

Thank you! I hope you found some useful combinations and good luck with your game!

[@jordanwill7233]

This is awesome! If you like high damage combos, you should check out my assassin kill on my channel (it is a mark of death, but I don’t even use focus). In the vid I only get ~300k mark trigger, but I recently was able to break 400k which would mean without the mark, the combo still can do over 200k. It’s often pretty unreliable, but maybe you can find a way to improve it.

[@AKisHerceg]

I already did a few weeks ago :) You are using Stealth(with the Clinging Shadows upgrade) Poisoned Weapons(Infected Wounds upgrade I assume)+Mark of Death(Mark of Doom upgrade)+Throwing Blades(Precision Targeting upgrade)+Leaping Shot(Shot From the Shadows upgrade)+Shadow Strike(Long Shadows upgrade I think)+Longshot(with the Eagle Eye upgrade I assume). This is a great combo and an insane take-down. You have amazing flanking damage overall and you target the back. Your amulet is the only thing that is lacking a bit, but the rest of your gear is the absolute best available. The key to cause huge damage is the Pincushion passive, stacking critical chance and damage and using abilities that hit multiple times, like Leaping Shot and Throwing blades. Usually I start with Leaping Shot because that will instantly apply a 60% damage increase on your target, since it shoots 12 arrows and the +5% damage from Pincushion counts them all(plus with an Assassin in Stealth where every hit is critical... ouch). Then use Throwing Blades, for sunder and huge damage. I think if you apply Poisoned Weapons with the damage upgrade in Stealth, on a very high dex and crit dmg+flanking build, these 4 abilities would be enough to destroy the dragon with Mark of Death with Mark of Doom's 150% damage increase. But yeah, I don't think you need to improve anything on your build, or equipment. You have one of the highest damage I have seen on youtube. Nicely done!

[@ZackAbadie]

Build Lists?? They looks amazing! Noob to game but not the series.

[@AKisHerceg]

Thanks! :) All of the builds are on my channel! Some footage in this video are not full builds but rather demonstrations of the combos. I recommend you pick a class and specialization and check out my videos about them. I have builds for all classes and specializations! :)

[@ryanspinoza6586]

I've always wondered how was it even legal for rogues to do this much damage and not a single relevant nerf was done. A bugged trait (pincushion) that's only supposed to work on bow/arrow skills was never fixed on top of not having any cap bonus damage on it other than they last 10 seconds, which is quite lengthy enough since every single damage dealt counts.

[@AKisHerceg]

We actually don’t know if it is bugged or it was intended that way, since Pincushion is not alone when it comes to passives. All passives work regardless of weapon type. :)

[@TheOldMan-75]

There are still so many serious bugs in this game so it's really no surprise that some skills are messed up too. The Effortless Lunge upgrade, for example, can regularly crash your entire game.

[@Wolferys]

What about the flask of fire> throwing blades spam combo, you can stack the precision targeting bonuses to hit 10-15k per knife or more. Its the strongest combo of the tempest class The only problems with it is that some warrior enemies can block the knives with their shield or weapon and that it only works against 1 enemy, if some knives hit other enemies you lose the damage bonuses.

[@AKisHerceg]

Yup, that is a great one too! Just like using the FF with the Leaping Shot. Thing is, you can basically couple anything with the Flask of Fire so I chose the Leaping Shot to demonstrate it. But yeah, Longshot, Deathblow, Spinning Blades and of course Throwing Blades with the Precision Striking upgrade(and many more) works great with it! :)

[@sjbell4653]

Yes! Might be my favorite build. Just huge burst damage!

[@Flesh_Wizard]

2:44 (insert fart reverb here)

[@albingallo124]

Excuse me, i have a noob question. If i go with mouse cursor on one ability, i see only the ability name and not the description. In order to see the description, i'm forced to open the ability pannel?

[@AKisHerceg]

Yes. You have to see the ability tree in order to read what the abilities are a doing. It was different in Origins, there you you were able to read the function of the abilities without opening the skill tree, but in Inquisition, that is no longer true.

[@albingallo124]

@@AKisHerceg thank you man!

[@christiannesolmerano9861]

mark of death is literally mark of death

[@walkingdead3097]

Aw, ngl I feel sorry for those dragons. They don't even attack, just jump like puppies that got hurt :(

[@Arionid]

no pincussion/flask of fire/throwing blades? Its pretty boring but still

[@AKisHerceg]

Yeah, I guess I could’ve placed it here, but I felt like the Throwing Blades & Leaping Shot or the Throwing Blades & Spinning Blade are more impressive than just spamming Throwing Blades alone. :)

[@jameelrashad]

Im about to learn specialization class for my dw rogue. Wanted to know your opinion on which class would give the best dps for dw rogue? Looking forward to hearing from you!

[@AKisHerceg]

Best dps? Tough question. Tempest is fun, but in terms of raw dps without special powers, it is ultimately a battle between the Assassin and the Artificer. Well, I think when it comes to single-target damage and dual-wield, then it's the Assassin. Mark of Death with the Mark of Doom upgrade is too op. It essentially gathers all the damage you deal on the target in 8 sec and applies it again with an additional 50% damage boost. There is no skill that can match this kind of damage. I recommend you check out my Assassin builds. However... Artificer is able to spam high-powered skills so it will come extremely close to the Assassin's damage output. Better yet, unlike the Assassin, the Artificer also comes with an amazing crowd control skill(Elemental Mines) on top of being an amazing damager. But even without the Mines, you can just go pure dual-wield and still kill everybody without any effort. So my recommendation for you is the Undying Whirlwind build: it's an Artificer build I made, that can be as durable as a Champion and it tears apart enemies in seconds. Give it a shot. You will not be disappointed. :)

[@alessandroamici7337]

why basically every attack is a crit? sorry i don't get it

[@AKisHerceg]

High crit chance? Just boost your crit chance and most of your attacks will be crits. :)

[@gerrald8806]

This combination is really powerful when in nightmare difficulty, i didnt need to upgrade my equipment

[@herrkebalto2547]

I know I'm a bit late, but maybe you can give some advice. I want to play as a rift mage, which skills do you considerate i must pick or what kind of spell combinations are the best?. Thank you a lot for your videos, I'm learning a lot from you! I really appreciate your work and dedication!

[@AKisHerceg]

Hi! Well, first off, you need everything from the Rift Mage tree. Passives and actives. Rift Mage has the ability to draw mana from weakened enemies, so you can have unlimited mana if you apply any Rift Mage spell with the proper upgrade. Stonefist, Veilstrike and Pull of the Abyss are all great skills. It is best to combine them with Frost or Fire spells, since Electricity will remove the weakened effect, so you can't leech mana that way. The skills should be based on what you aim to be: Rift Mage in general is considered a Crowd Control character, but you can have some nice damage as well. Here's a few spell that you can mix with the Rift Mage spells: Fire Mine - Great damage Frost Mine - great cc Winter's Grasp - great damage Barrier - for protection Fade Step - for better mobility You should check out my Rift Mage vs Saarath video. That Rift mage was able to solo the Trespasser and beat Saarath alone. I show the skill tree at the end of the video, with the equipment! :)

[@herrkebalto2547]

@@AKisHerceg Thank you very much for your complete answer!. I'll check your build then

[@AKisHerceg]

@@herrkebalto2547 You are welcome! :)

[@mollytaylor8122]

Is the fade step + winter's grasp an official combo? I don't see anything about it on the wiki...Looks great though!

[@AKisHerceg]

Not really an “official” combo. It’s just a perfect match because Fade Step with the Chilling Step upgrade applies Chilled on the target. Winter’s Grasp can take a massive advantage of this, since the upgrade Winter’s Ruin will make it deal 1000% more damage on Chilled enemies. :)

[@mollytaylor8122]

@@AKisHerceg Yoo really? That's insane! Thanks for the vid btw - just used some of your tips to kill my first dragon on nightmare mode! It's so fun to watch the combos in action

[@fitzviandraduivenab2790]

1:56 When your feet steps on a lego brick

[@AKisHerceg]

Haha!

[@Bean-Machine]

2:07 Why is there no cooldown on the leaping shot?

[@AKisHerceg]

It’s the magic of the Artificer passive Opportunity Knocks and high critical chance. :) You basically instantly reset your cooldowns.

[@yanncaraballo8366]

What in the heck was ur gear like??

[@AKisHerceg]

Where? These are all different characters with different gear. :) If you are interested, you can check out these videos on my channel: My favorite weapon schematics The Battlemancer The Slinger Assassin The Avenger Champion The Reckless Reaver The Golden Knight The Master Archer The Top 10 best masterwork materials The Undying Whirlwind All of these videos contain extremely detailed descriptions about gear, masterworks and skill trees. Almost all of these clips are from these builds. I hope this helps! :)

[@shadowsilence4777]

Nice. Where do I get that helmet you're wearing at the end?

[@AKisHerceg]

That is the Mask of the Grand Duchess. You can get it after the Wicked Eyes Wicked Hearts quest. You will get it if you publicly exposed Florianne. :)

[@srikanthmeg]

It's not a combo however dispel spell deals enormous amount of damage on enemies with barrier and weakens their attacks; also dispels demons from spawning in rift.

[@AKisHerceg]

Yes, Dispel is certainly useful. :) I mainly use it while closing Rifts in the Frostback Basin if I am underleveled. Sometimes I bring 3 mages and I can close the rift with basically zero effort to get that nice xp.

[@reginaldmitchell4448]

Hey so pincushion works even if I use it with abilities

[@AKisHerceg]

Yes. The Pincushion passive applies with abilities too. Not only that but it applies regardless of what weapon you are using. In fact, all passives are applied in the game regardless of your weapon.

[@theoroderick782]

I gotta say impressive video. But I noticed the best combos were eitehr warrior or rogue. Hmm

[@AKisHerceg]

Thanks! That is because they have the best combos. :) Especially Rogues.

[@bigcooki6676]

how can you do this amount of damage in critical the max i reach is 6000 with my sullevin blades full upgrade with a master corruption rune and a 52% of dealing more damage and 26% of armor penetration

[@AKisHerceg]

Well, I am not sure I fully understand what you mean, but let's break it down: 1. Since you mention Sulevin blade, I take it you are a two-handed warrior. There is only 3 ability combo I put here that can be done with a two-hander: To the Death + Pommel Strike, To the Death + Whirlwind and To the Death + Combat Roll. What is your specialization? The key to cause huge damage, is in the ability combo: To the Death + whatever high damage ability I put next to it. To the Death is a champion ability that lets you deal more damage on enemies the longer the ability is on them(you also take more damage, but since you are a champion, that is next to irrelevant). After every second you deal 5% more damage. That means that after a whole minute, you deal 60x5% which is 300%. After two minutes that is 600% etc. After you applied To the Death, you need to stay close to your enemy, because the ability has a range limit of 15 meters. If your enemy managed to get out of range(for example dragons, who like to reposition by jumping around), you need to apply the ability again and the 5% per second damage increase resets. So the key is that after you applied it, you stay close to your target. That is how I deal that much damage. I assume you have a custom made Sulevin blade: I recommend you ditch the Armor Penetration on your Sulevin blade and instead increase your Attack. AP only lets you ignore a percentage of your enemies armor. Attack increases your total damage output, including your base damage, which determines how strong your abilities will be. :) I would recommend these materials for your blade: Damage: 24 Metal - Dragon Bone(for the highest base damage) Offense: 20 Metal - Everite(for the highest attack) Offense: 12 Cloth - Dragon Webbing(for the highest critical damage) Offense: 6 Leather - Great Bear Hide(for the highest critical chance) This way you deal consistent critical damage with very high attack(which you can further supplement with the rest of your equipment, like a 20% Critical Damage ring, Ring of Slice which gives you +5% critical chance and 10% critical damage, Superior Battlemaster Armor with its upgrades etc). I think this is the best way to maximize your damage output on the Sulevin. :)

[@bigcooki6676]

@@AKisHerceg sorry my english is bad because i am a french and my english is not very good but i have 5 playtrought with all class but my strongest is the two handed warrior for capacity of taking and doing a big amount of damage but i understand the thing with " the death" and how i can reset my specialisation for have another one ? because with my level 27 two handed warrior im a psycomancien

[@AKisHerceg]

@@bigcooki6676 Well, I looked it up and "psycomancien" in french and that is basically the Reaver specialization. For the skill "To the Death" you need to have the Champion specialization. You can't reset your Specialization after you chose one. You have to create a new character or go back to a save before you accepted the specialization. But Reaver is an amazing damager class, so you should be very good with it, if you use the Sulevin blade. You should check out my video "The Reckless Reaver Build", it can help you build a very strong Reaveer. :)

[@bigcooki6676]

@@AKisHerceg lucky that I have 2 campaigns with two handed warriors but my second is only level 14 :( but I will go up to the champion specialization thank you for having answered my questions and for the speed of your answers.

[@AKisHerceg]

@@bigcooki6676 You are welcome! :)

[@Zorbeteiro01]

I've seen this video and udes this combos a lot of times. the most i could use in my gameplay was awesome, but i never got to hit more than 40k with mark of death+high damage ability. In your case, this was pretty normal. What am i missing?

[@AKisHerceg]

Not sure. Do you use the Mark of Doom upgrade and detonate the mark manually? It could be that your combo before using Mark of Death does not have high enough damage. Your equipment can also be part of the problem. I recommend you check out my "Slinger Assassin" build video. I have the specific ability combination I used in this video to work the damage up to a point where MoD instantly kills, along with the equipment I used on it. :)

[@Zorbeteiro01]

@@AKisHercegYeah , I use this upgrade (Your fault, i saw before playing with cole in my party and was amazing using with Mark of the rift and some other high damage abilities. but still, tha max wax 56k dmg) I think the problem is the equipment , 'cause i tried to make combos(not specifically with mark of death) with Bull, Sera, Dorian or Blackwall, and their specific abilities and also I didn't hit more than 6k-7k damage. I'm a mage KE, and even with Fade Step (+chill effect) + Winter grasp (+bonus for chilled characters), I haven't reached far more than 3k of dmg (5k for enemies weak to ice). My staff is the tier 4 got in the descent(forgot the name, 'cause i changed it). 168 DPS, 84 Fire Dmg +28% critical Anyway, it's an awesome video and thanks for sharing your knowledge about these combos P.S: I'll look into your Slinger Assassin video. I just made an archer now on nightmare.

[@AKisHerceg]

@@Zorbeteiro01 Thanks! :) The Winter's Grasp presented here in this video is also affected by the Deepstaler Sigil's flanking damage bonus. But I can get it up to 7-9k on average with the Winter's Ruin upgrade without it. Your weapon is only half of your equipment when it comes to damage. You should compliment it with armor and accessories. That base 84 fire is good(although if you use Winter's Grasp regularly, I would pick cold, because it chills the target instantly if you use Energy Barrage). I prefer boosting attack(increases your overall damage not just your critical) on my mage with Magic, so I usually stack Magic on my equipment with some critical chance. That "critcal" in your weapon is damage or chance? I prefer to use Magic on a mage, because that will boost all of my spells damage, regardless if it is critical or not. The critical hits are only boosting my total dps instead of me relying on them constantly with critical chance, which I would also need to boost quite high to be comparable to an attack based mage, since without crit chance, you basically have no benefit from crit damage. So I usually keep crit chance and crit damage boosting for my rogues(dex also increases the rogues attack, so it really is meant for them) and go for attack for my mage and warriors. Except Reaver, because for them crit chance and dmg is also important. :)

[@Zorbeteiro01]

@@AKisHerceg It's critical chance. Got it. I'll look more into the stats of eq and try new things. Thanks for all the help and the nice content:)

[@AKisHerceg]

@@Zorbeteiro01 You are welcome! I am glad you like my videos! :)

[@cuthalion9573]

Wow i thought im the last one who playing this game currently xD Just doing my first nightmare + some trials +FF walkthrough and started with a Reaver Build. Its ok but not as powerful as those Rogue and Mage Builds. I wanna do at least 2-3 additional shots. I thought next time for a DW assassin build with all trials (except the group approval) and then 2 solo nightmare all trials runs with a Artificer Bow Rogue and maybe Necro or Rift Mage. Any recomendations for the solo runs? Reaver is fine but most dmg by just rolling around is kind of awkward tbh xD

[@AKisHerceg]

Recommendations for solo? Sure I have a few! Specializations that are the best for solo in each class: Warrior: Champion. Amazing tank, almost invincible and with the To the Death ability, and excellent damager. Rogue: Artificer. Great crowd control with the Elemental Mines, fantastic damage with both bow and daggers and with Opportunity Knocks passive and almost instant ability recharge with high crit chance gear. Mage: Rift Mage. Fantastic crowd control abilities, endless mana thanks to the passives abilities and with the right combos, you can get enormous damage. They can also go solo: Knight Enchanter. You will definitely stay alive since KE has great survivability. Tempest. With right timing and good equipment it is possible to do it. Assassin. Sure you can, if are using Stealth effectively. Reaver. Dangerous, but it could work. Not recommended: Templar. Mainly a support class, although it has a great combo with Wrath of Heaven and Spell purge that can deal massive damage against crowds, the slow cooldown and the weak damage output makes this class not really suitable for solo. Unless you want to go Two Handed and Combat Roll your way to Corypheus. Necromancer. No. Just no. Just forget it. It would end up annoying you. You can't access your most powerful necromancer ability without Simulacrum. And Simulacrum is bad for solo... it puts you into a spirit mode upon death and when the effect ends you die(and since no party members... yeah you just die). It also overrides the excellent Guardian Shield ability from the Spirit tree that is a must for solo gameplay. Also, there are a few things that allow you to solo the game more easily. Like for example, if you want to go solo with an Assassin, who attacks from the shadows and focuses on stealth: an archer Assassin can be very deadly and overpowered with the Leaping Shot ability and its upgrade Shot from the Shadows. Since regular Stealth expires after a certain amount of time and it has a cooldown, it's a great idea to couple it with the upgraded Leaping Shot, since with the upgrade, after you activate it, you will be put in a permanent Stealth mode until you attack. With that stealth you can avoid most enemies on the map if you want to. Very useful for solo. Pincushion... yes, this passive Archery ability. This is my recommendation for you. This single ability can turn your Rogue into and insane damage dealing machine. It applies regardless of what weapon you are using, bow or dual dagger(it does not matter that it's an archery ability, the archery passives apply when dual wielding too). It gives +5% to every attack you deal for 10 second. After 10 second, it builds up again for another 10 sec and so on. With abilities that cause multiple attacks(like Leaping Shot(12 arrows), Throwing Blades(4 blades in a row) or Elemental Mines(as many as you want based on how much stamina you have) or weapons that are really fast like dual daggers, combining it with other high critical chance and high critical damage equipment, you can take any enemy down in a matter of seconds. Rogues and Warriors with high damage can make great use of the Enhanced Amulet of Barrier that you can get from Fiona during the Haven battle. This amulet will convert all the damage that you do into a barrier around you(just like a Knight Enchanter's passive "Fade Shield" ability that makes that class unkillable). This is an amazing tool for the squishy rogues or the Reaver who uses its health to attack, since it will create a layer of barrier around you that will grow stronger and stronger the higher damage you deal, making you a nearly indestructible damager. This way you can forget the otherwise mandatory "guard on hit" masterwork on your Reaver and you can put yet another offensive masterwork on it, like for example Hidden Blades. You don't have to just roll around, you can unlock Dragon Rage and Devour and start the mayhem with a custom made Axe of the Dragonslayer. For mages, cold spells are the best for solo, since they will freeze the targets. Fade Step is also a must for quick maneuvering. The Storm tree's Static Cage is also an excellent way to keep them away from you. The Ring of Doubt can also help you out as a mage, since it will put you into stealth whenever you are not attacking, which can save your life many, many times. Plus if you upgrade your equipment with a Fade Touched Craggy skin masterwork, you will move 75% faster when you are in stealth, thus turning your mage into a road runner, that can run away from any danger and explore the entire map faster than any horse while remaining undetected. I also recommend that you check out my other videos and builds, if you want to learn more! :)

[@cuthalion9573]

@@AKisHerceg Wow that is a detailed answer thanks dude! Im using all ready the Barrier Amulet. Only reason my Inquisitor dies is to strange random arrow shots or flank attacks from rogues. Its very strange they brake through full guard and shield. And i got as well some guard/armor boosts from the different trees. And it don´t happen every time. Seems like something bugs sometimes. Don´t know. Very nice advices! I gonna try as many i can xD. Rolling around is sometimes fun but is borderline broken. Sadly most abilites from Warrior are not good for FF mode. Im currently using the Schematic Prismatic Axe with Critchance and Strength. Rolling procs the elemental dmg all time (at least seems so). Waiting for the Prismatic Sword Schematic. Sadly Dragon Rage and Devour don´t work well with Blood Frenzy and the Belt of Urgent. Devour heals you up and lower the attack speed and DMG a lot. But well i could give it a shot. (My current build: www.rpg-gaming.com/daisc.html?d=t&c=w&b=Warrior%20-%20Reaver&t5=1456789cd&t3=1245679a&t2=1247bcef&t0=134789af&a=00110923133745c52162e756) After you´re recommendations i think im gonna using Rogue Bow Artificer or DW for my solo try. Don´t wanna make it even harder as it is. Maybe in the second run when i got some experience for hand. I read that Mage have some serious problems in Treepassers DLC due to high Magic Resistance. (Im still not through main story or any DLC in my current playthrough). Like that: www.rpg-gaming.com/daisc.html?d=t&c=r&b=Rogue%20-%20Archery&t3=12468c&t2=124789d&t6=145678ade&t1=1235679cdeg&a=01311623633141e521667766 I know Longshot isn´t the best ability but i like it xD

[@AKisHerceg]

@@cuthalion9573 These are totally viable builds! I like them. I think what I would modify with your Artificer, is that you should definitely consider picking up Throwing Blades with the upgrade Precision Targeting for bosses and more "healthy" opponents. With the Opportunity Knocks passive in the Artificer tree, you can just spam that along with the Leaping Shot and your abilities not only recharge instantly, but deal insane damage! Especially with your choice of Poisoned Weapons with Infected Wounds! You can neglect Ambush from the Stealth tree, since it's bugged. And I personally would not pick up Hail of Arrows since it's a special ability, so that would free up 2 points that you could spend on Throwing Blades and it's upgrade. Trust me, you won't regret it. :)

[@cuthalion9573]

@@AKisHerceg Yeah i thought about Throwing Blades but dunno if it would destroy the feeling of beeing an Archer or something. But thanks for the Advice. Didn´t know that Ambush is bugged. Are there more known bugged talents? Isnt Hail of Arrows pretty cool as Archer? Cause the archery skills get doubled?

[@AKisHerceg]

@@cuthalion9573 To me it did not destroy the feeling, but however you feel it. :) Bugs? Well, the Artificer Opportunity Knocks supposed to give a lesser cooldown when an ally scores a critical hit, but you get it when you do it too. Gaps in the Armor in the Assassin spec is bugged and does not apply. Flaskmaster from Tepest is alo bugged. I know also that Combat Roll is bugged and it gives you 500% dmg instead of 250. Hail of Arrows gets tripled. Since you summon 2 additional "spectral version" of you. Well, you use your bow and all, but to me it's way overpowered and breaks the game since it destroys anything in 3 sec without any effort and the effect lasts for like 40 sec. So there is no need for thinking or relying on your great build.

[@amnesiapapi7495]

No wrath of the heavens+spell purge combo?☹

[@AKisHerceg]

I wrote about that in the description. :)

[@amnesiapapi7495]

@@AKisHerceg ohh oops. My mistake😅

[@AKisHerceg]

No problem. :)

[@IAn-no2uh]

Very helpful thank you!

[@AKisHerceg]

Thank you, you are welcome! :)

[@Han-sn7im]

What's the best character ? assassins ? archer ? mage ?

[@AKisHerceg]

Your question is a bit vague, but I think it all depends on what you are looking for. :) Looking for damage? Rogue. Does not matter which specialization, Assassin, Tempest or Artificer, they all deal horrendous damage. Looking for crowd control and support? Mage. By far. Especially the Rift Mage. Looking for a tank? Warrior. Naturally. Especially the Champion. Almost indestructible. And there are the exceptions: Amongst mages, the Knight Enchanter Specialization can give you one of the best tanks in the game. Amongst warriors, the Reaver can provide amazing damage, that can rival the rogues. And the Artificer rogue has one of the best crowd control ability in the game. So as I said, it all depends on what you are looking for. :)

[@Han-sn7im]

@@AKisHerceg I was looking for was the answer. This game is so wide I'm learning something new every day :D I love this game

[@AKisHerceg]

@Joan d'Chalon You are welcome! :)

[@JaredTS1590]

I've never seen anyone make a Dragon go *Pop* before this 2:44

[@AKisHerceg]

You mean the explosion? That is the power of the Walking Bomb/Targets Explode masterworks. :)

[@JaredTS1590]

@@AKisHerceg it's almost too satisfying

[@AKisHerceg]

@@JaredTS1590 That it is! Especially if there are other enemies around! :)

[@JaredTS1590]

@@AKisHerceg The other builds you got going on here are all nasty, especially for Artificers, gonna try em out myself in my current playthrough, should be the best playthrough by far!

[@AKisHerceg]

@@JaredTS1590 Hell yeah! I hope you will have a lot of fun! :)

[@garethgooding8737]

Thank you.

[@AKisHerceg]

You are welcome! :)

[@thomasomaley4222]

Name of the Song??

[@AKisHerceg]

It's the Qunari Battle theme from the trespasser dlc. :)

[@wojteksawatzki5846]

thx for hepl

[@AKisHerceg]

You are welcome! :)

[@mistermilitary]

So pincushion works on daggers too?

[@AKisHerceg]

Yup! :) In fact, every passive works with every weapon or magic type for all classes. Two Handed passives work on Weapon and Shield, Archery Passives work on Double Dagger, Inferno Passives work with Cold spells etc.

[@mistermilitary]

@@AKisHerceg tysm for the reply I’m going double dagger and now with pincushion things will be deleted

[@reffa2858]

So what rouge specialization does the most damage? Dont give me an "oh they're all pretty good answer." Which one is the MOST damage.

[@AKisHerceg]

Well, that answer is pretty much the truth lol. Okay, let me break it down for you: Without the use of the special focus abilities, the Assassin offers the BEST SINGLE TARGET DAMAGE. Its Mark of Death(with the Mark of Doom upgrade) ability, is just way too powerful(it essentially gathers all your damage during 8 seconds, multiplies it with 1.5 and inflicts it on the target again). This is usually an instant kill with good skills and good equipment. My record killing the strongest dragon with the Assassin is around 6-7 seconds. The Artificer however offers the ability to spam certain skills. Leaping Shot and Throwing Blades can cause colossal damage if you spam them with each other. It can take down a dragon within seconds. Almost as fast as the Assassin's Mark of Death with the best skills and equipment combined. My record killing the strongest dragon with the Artificer is also around 6-7 seconds. Tempest also has great damage, but in my opinion, it can't come close to these two. When we are talking about aoe damage, the Artificer is the absolute king. Elemental Mines are insanely overpowered(although they are buggy as hell). The other two specs don't even come close to it. It is the best spec for aoe damage. So overall, the Assassin may have just a tiny bit more single target damage, but the Artificer also has great tools for aoe.

[@reffa2858]

@@AKisHerceg thank you sir. May the Maker watch over you!

[@Badbentham]

My highly subjective, and even more noobish, POV: - Artificer is truly fantastic at obliterating the whole own team into oblivion with Friendly Nuke. - Tempest is 8 seconds of glorious burst, and 24 seconds of pure condensed lackluster. ( with Frost Flask being a slightly more sophisticated Mage passive. :S ) So: Assassin is very likely the "weakest" of the bunch, by a fair bit; but at least, he is perma-stealthed, and thus , he always crits.

[@AKisHerceg]

Very true. Friendly Fire kinda ruins a lot of good aoe skills(Rift Mage throws around the team with Pull of the Abyss, Templar stuns the team with Wrath of Heaven, Fire Mine explodes everything including you and your team too, Frost Spells freeze your team and they last longer on them than on the enemies, Exploding Arrow explodes your warriors and rogues etc.) I wrote about this in my recent "Complete AI guide" video. Still, the Artificer has such an advantage over the others because of the reduced cooldowns, that I would still put him on top. :)

[@gostki3940]

One thousand cut is the best and The specialization is tempest. Fastest kill dragon is 2 second

[@marioberettalopez9948]

Hack?

[@AKisHerceg]

Not sure what you mean. I'm hacking the game to achieve these combos? As you can see, I made a list of the necessary skills for the the combos and all of my equipment is tier 3 or higher. You don't need "hack". You just need to read what I wrote.

[@sheldonmustdie2]

He’s not hacking he’s just play tested what works and what doesn’t I have used his method and I have gotten amazing results 💪🙏🔥

[@bigcooki6676]

the way of the artificer is not good i regret my choice in your video the elemental mine do terrible damage but in my playtrought this attack dont do big damage i regret my choice i had to start a new playtrought :( because the best class specialisation of the rogue is the assasin for staking damage on mark of death i do 10000 of damage with this attack

[@AKisHerceg]

The Elemental Mines skill is one of the best crowd control ability in the entire game. I do not know what you did, that gave you "terrible damage", but it has nothing to do with the skill itself not being good enough. But if you do not like the Elemental Mines, you can always spec your Artificer differently. Artificer is an amazing specialization, with a huge amount of possible builds and tweaks. It is the best rogue specialization in my opinion. No other spec lets you keep spamming abilities non-stop, causing enormous damage on both crowds and bosses. Mark of Death is great, but it has a long cooldown and it only works on single targets. With the Artificer you can keep spamming Leaping Shot, Throwing Blades, Deathblow etc. without any stamina cost and cooldown. I think you did not give enough chance for the Artificer, because if you really play with it, you would realize how overpowered it is. You should check out my "Top 5 Overpowered Artificer builds" video. :)

[@adnansaleem6167]

Bruh, what you talking about? That specialisation is broken. It's the most overpowered, fun and useful one in the whole game.

[@bigcooki6676]

@@adnansaleem6167 the problem is fix now i do big damage its because when i do my post i dont have the adequated weapon now i got powerfull bow and i do big damage ...

[@adnansaleem6167]

@@bigcooki6676 ohk. Good to hear :)

[@ihatezen]

@@bigcooki6676 I do big damage

[@reecerogers2482]

Really wish yall wouldn't work so hard typing n for the love of god do voice commentary or have siri or Alexa read it to us at least lol.

[@GutzOverFear]

It's funny because "No Commentary" is sometimes a preference to many people. Personally I don't mind either way.