Dragon Age: Veilguard | Skill Tree &
and Gameplay Systems
▪️Warriors can throw their shield (Captain America) & attack with sword solo
▪️Warriors can also get a spartan style kick ability, mages can put up firewalls
▪️Warriors can parry, rogues have longer parry, mages can throw up a magic shield wall to block enemy attacks
▪️Teases attack finisher moves
▪️Build weapon loadouts and customize gear for Rook and companions, cross-compare equipment and gear
▪️Skill Tree: Large circle is your class, diamonds are abilities, medium circles are major passives and ability upgrades, small hexagons are traits, small circles are minor passives and stat boosts
▪️Passive abilities unlock jump attacks and guarantee critical hit opportunities
▪️Each class has 3 specializations, each with their own unique ultimates
▪️Some companions have synergy combo attacks which work off each other
▪️Create double weapon loadouts for quick switch-ups mid-combat. ▪️For example as a Mage, you can add 3 stacks of arcane build up for an "Arcane Bomb" on an enemy, charge a heavy attack on your staff, switch to magical daggers via the down d-pad for quick light attacks, then back to staff for a devastating heavy attack that explodes the Arcane Bomb
▪️The team designed the combat system to be what players want to get out of it, ie: if you want to button mash and use abilities freely after cooldown, you can. If you want to strategize your combos, take advantage of elemental vulnerabilities, and min-max companion/Rook's abilities, you can
▪️Longtime Dragon Age veteran Mark Darrah feels it's the first time combat in the series is legitimately fun: "What I see in Veilguard is a game that finally bridges the gap,"[...] "Uncharitably, previous Dragon Age games got to the realm of 'combat wasn't too bad.' In this game, the combat's actually fun, but it does keep that thread that's always been there"