All Dragon Age The Veilguard skills and specializations

What are the best Dragon Age The Veilguard skills? Half the fun of Bioware RPGs is taking a ragtag group of nobodies and watching them transform into legendary heroes. DA:V continues that tradition with Rook, our fresh-faced protagonist and unlikely leader of the titular Veilguard. Once you’ve determined Rook’s origins and class, unlocking abilities is the next step.

Skills form the backbone of your build in Dragon Age 4, so it’s essential to understand how the skill tree works and what specializations can offer. Like most RPG games, Rook and his DA:V companions gain skill points each time they level up, and the skills you choose determine how powerful they’ll be when they reach level 50. Dragon Age The Veilguard’s release date may still be a ways off, but it’s never too early to start creating your character

All Dragon Age The Veilguard Skills

Skills are divided into five types that range from class-defining abilities to more incremental buffs and modifiers. Regardless of your class, the best skills to unlock will consist of five core abilities and one ultimate, along with minor skills that enhance them.

The DA:V skill types are:

• Class – Core skills and weapon skills
• Distinguishing features – Skill modifiers and bonus combos
• Passives – Permanent stat buffs
• Skills – Actions that can be used during battles
• Ultimate – Explosive finishers to turn the tide of the battle

Dragon Age The Veilguard’s skill trees are more freeform than their Origins and Inquisition counterparts. Instead of following a set path, you build the branches of the skill tree in whatever direction you choose. This makes skill customization more flexible than ever, but leaves more room for suboptimal choices. Come back for a full breakdown of the best skills by class once DA:V arrives.

Skill specializations

Specializations are extensions of the core skill tree that contain unique abilities to tailor your class to a particular playstyle. Each specialization is themed around a particular faction, but this is purely for fantasy gaming tastes: you do not have to join the faction that matches your specialization to unlock it.

Skill specializations are automatically unlocked once your character reaches level 20. While the specialization node itself can be unlocked at no cost, you will still need to spend the skill points required to reach its position on the skill tree. You can only have one specialization active at a time, so choose wisely.

Here are all of the Dragon Age The Veilguard skill specializations:

Warrior

Magician

villain

How to improve your skills

Choosing the best skills is just the first step for a powerful party in Dragon Age The Veilguard. To take them from strength to strength, you can upgrade their abilities with enchantments available in the Caretaker’s Workshop. These enchantments act as bonus passives specific to that ability, providing percentage buffs to damage, stagger effect, and more.

Upgrading skills does come with a few caveats, however. Only one enchantment can be active per skill, and enchantments cannot be shared between them. Additionally, while enchanting your skills costs nothing to unlock, the number of enchantments you have at your disposal depends on your Workshop rank. We’ll update you with every skill enchantment available per shop rank closer to the time.

Now that you’re ready to pick the best abilities for your party, check out Dragon Age The Veilguard’s voice actors who bring Rook and his friends to life. We’ve also got early details on companion progression and difficulty levels to share, along with some of the best story games to dive into for your next trip to Thedas.