You also have great AOE capability, enough even to be able to skip having a mage.You can buff your allies and yourself, and Spirit Warrior turns all your melee damage into spirit damage, which makes damage numbers over 100 a frequent sight.You won't be such a great tank since you have only a few tools to hold aggro, except your high damage.This is a two-handed weapon build, centered around wearing heavy armor and dealing lots of damage.

Sword and shield or two-handed is the way to go.ģ.

What you gain however is another character that can heal or revive fallen comrades, so if you don't like living on the edge, this is the 'safer' over-powered build.

This is the same as above except for the blood mage part, meaning that you will cast less spells and do less damage with magic as the other build.

Mage/Arcane Warrior/Spirit Healer/Battlemage

Use any spell in the game-though not as often as a real mage without draining your HP.īlood mage spells are overpowered and Battlemage spells are overpowered-it is boring! You can't really hold aggro either, which can lead to some really nice wipes especially when fighting against those nasty High Dragons.Ģ.

Deal huge melee damage and take very little.

This is the cookie cutter, end-it-all build for the power gamer out there. Mage/Arcane Warrior/Blood Mage/Battlemage

The game is relatively easy! That being said, you can pretty much choose whatever you want and still eventually win, at least on normal difficulty.īelow, you'll find my top five Dragon Age builds, listed in no particular order.

There are four specializations available in the original game for each class, and two more get added in the Awakening campaign.

Also, each specialization gives you four extra skills you can learn.

Each main class has a total of six specializations you can choose from making.

Besides your main class that you choose at start-up, you get to choose two specializations in the Origins campaign and an additional one in the Awakening expansion.

Enough about that, let's get to my top five Dragon Age builds! Before Starting Dragon Age: A Few Notes

Best sword in dragon age origins