The Demon Hunter - Dragon Age Trilogy Builds
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Probably my last Trilogy Build for the Dragon Age franchise. The Demon Hunter. A templar warrior, who hunts illegal mages and demons.
It is probably the most powerful warrior build in the Dragon Age series when it comes to crowd control.
And this one is by far my most powerful Templar in Inquisition I have ever created.
The Demon Hunter Trilogy Build is here! Since 55% of you wanted to keep the text on screen format, I decided not to change it. I hope you enjoy it! :)
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AAHHHH what a way to end a trilogy build series for DA!!! Beautifully done! I have been wanting to do a Templar run for DAI because I never did the specialization for it but now I have a reason to try this. Thank you for providing the how to guide. Looking forward to seeing what you do next!!! :D
I was thinking about when youd upload this trilogy build a minute. And lo and behold! Top tier as always
This is 🔥 I have played these games enough and yet here I am ready to go once again 😂🙌🏿
I've always wanted to see a Templar fight against Loghain. Thank you.
I have a video where 21 different build takes on Loghain, there, you can see a templar who also uses a bow. :)
By the way I love your profile pic! Knights of the Nine, eh? :)
@@AKisHercegAye, made and edited it myself. And thank you!
been waiting for this one :) love the content and really hope it isnt your last trilogy build! I'm currently playing through da2 for the 2nd time(first played it back almost 8 years ago!) and im enjoying it way more than i thought. been using your 2h berserking reaver build for it :). would love to see a full vid about that weapon and shield reaver you did against arishok!
Been on ESO for almost 2 years now. Thinking of going back to my roots, Dragon Age and have some real great fun with your builds. Done Reaver, Mages and Dual wields, have not done Templar. It does look great, thanks for the builds, really appreciate it.
Oh there is it thank you for this build, I will make it for my inquisitor thank you again ! ❤
Thank you for your builds, theyre always so well thought and entertaining
All of these trilogy builds are giving me some ideas for potential RPG franchises..
Idea 1: All of these 7 builds are ideas for classes of a Diablo Clone RPG called Dark Road. It's a story about 7 seven adventurers exploring the ruins of a lost Dwarves City within a mountain in search of treasure, but they found out a lot more than what they bargained for. The Hero Classes are...
Female Human Golden Knight
Female Elf Archer
Female Seraph Guardian Angel
Male Half Demon Master Assassin
Male Orc Death Bringer
Male Human Demon Hunter
Idea 2: All of the 7 builds are new companions of a Tactical RPG similar to Baldur's Gate 3 or Fire Emblem called Birthright. The builds are just some examples of the companions that Avatar character takes with him/her as he/she fights to reclaim his/her throne.
Idea 3: It's the same companion concept from Idea 2, but it's an action JRPG similar to either Kingdom Hearts or Tales of Berseria/Arise called Fantasy Journey.
I have a couple suggestions for new Trilogy Builds; the Paladin, which is basically this build, but geared towards sword and shield instead of two-handed swords, and The Black Mage or Dark Mage, or (if you want to go meta) Dark Magician, a mage build geared towards the dark magics. (Blood Mage in Origins and 2, and Necromancer in Inquisition)
just finished origins with the build it's my favorite way to play now thanks for another great video
Every time I revist DA: I it makes me all the more anxious for Dreadwolf, as I want it to be good and Bioware needs a solid "win."
As an old Bioware (and Titanfall 2) fan, I hate all of the legacy IP that large publishers like EA and Acti-Blizz and Ubisoft (and even Sony) have held hostage.
Edit: For myself, I greatly enjoyed revisiting old 2H DAI builds and spec-ing FAR into the Battlemaster tree and less into Vanguard (which is what I usually do or have done). It requires a LOT more effort and coordination (but more fun), I've found, to play a Warrior this way. It's VERY easy to trivialize the combat in DAI, being overpowered early in the game, even on Nightmare.
Awesome as always! Good focus on anti demon & magic! That fight with Gurd still has me stunned-pun intended!-despite having seen it already! Well done!!
Your DAI build even had me decking Cassandra out with decent gear to try some demon hunting things! Been having a blast with stagger on being hit lately too. Not as damaging, but getting weaken combos left and right with Cass. Just a really fun way to play!
I even tried it on mages to mixed success. It does make Vivienne a better tank. Little tricky to solo or tank as the others with it, especially when I like using the inferno pact to get high fire mine & immolate damage making them extra squishy. Since barrier doesn’t take defenses into account tho, I learned you may as well spend defensive metal points on stagger. With a battlemaster and orlesian helm set up you can get 74% stagger (stun) on hit & still have room to play with equipment & weapons for the rest of the build. KE with immolate alt upgrade can get so many weaken combos & keep high barrier-tho tbh I think Ring of doubt flaming array builds with inferno pact will always out damage. Still the spirit damage usually around 3-9k is a nice compliment to any build imo.
Inevitably, I drifted toward rogue stun on being hit applications cuz I have an obsession! I even managed to make rogue tanks without barrier using stagger on being hit & elusive stacks (which do work together!)! Tempest was a lot like KE tbh-hard to kill, freezing & slowing enemies, etc-Artificer made the best overall tank I think, able to constantly reapply elusive due to opportunity knocks, keeping self & party safe & never have to retreat to stealth while waiting for cooldowns. Assassin however was able to get insane combos. Still very much rogue, but you could take a few hits & stun enemies before attacking to proc a MB weaken combo, then hit with sleep & HB AoE for a finisher. Even without high dex armor, combo damage was really strong.
And In other rogue news, I just got a 611k mark of death with just throwing blades, hidden blades & deathblow (ngl the hardest part was not killing the dragon before detonating the mark!). No revive gimmick-not even qunari with vitaar either-just bosun blade on an elf assassin solo & I managed to deal over 1M total damage in 5 seconds! Is there any health bar in the game made for the power of that weapon?! I think a qunari version could delete the ravager with just throwing blades + hidden blades!
I did try the revive gimmick with 3 mages & it literally only took throwing blades (with HB masterwork) to kill the ravager. Just one ability & a masterwork dealt over 400k damage! What is this game?!!
If I can find a flash drive & an adapter to plug it into my laptop, I can get the footage from my ps4 & edit it into a vid. Knowing me I doubt it lol, but I can always dream!
Anyway, super awesome trilogy build-shame I don’t know enough ab origins & 2 to comment on those parts of the build, but I loved the Inquisition side of things!
Yeah, playing around with stagger is always fun! :)
I did not use that here because I already have so many things to stun crowds with, but I think I should have still placed that on at least Cass just for the annoying shield mobs. Wait, stagger on hit still works with Shield Wall active right? I forgot. It's been a while since I used Blackwall as a staggering punching bag.
I would love to see the footage! Seriously, I have been wanting to play around with the Bosun Blade since forever, but I always end up not doing it because I'm already in the middle of something else, then I forget about it! There is so much potential in that little thing it's insane. No idea why the devs thought putting 500% backstab dmg on a weapon is okay, as long as they de-buff it from the front. As if the Arti can't just do non-stop Flank Attacks lol. I think with the correct gear, you can get close to 1k backstab dmg% with that blade(Deepstalker Sigil alone gives +200%). And then of course you won't just do normal attacks, but you use skills that would buff you with additional dmg%. Throwing Blades is an excellent choice indeed - I assume with the Precision Targeting upgrade. Not only its damage stacks with itself(first hit is 100% then each hit adds +25%), but with just one throw you can get all the dmg bonuses from the passives Bloodied Prey(after the first blade hits it's +10%), Pincushion(4hits so +20% for the final blade) and First Blood(+15% for the first two hits probably, if the health does not drop blow 80% on the first dagger). And this is without your attack%, and crit dmg%.
I don't think they ever crunched the numbers on just how insane this can get lol. Glad you are having fun with it! :)
I just bought origins ultimate on steam( i played first on ps3) my fav DA ever, gonna use some of ur builds of course, great video as aways
I remember I used a similar build in inquisition. It's pretty great overall except for maybe dragons, but I'm okay with it since they always where a really hard enemy to beat.
i was waiting for this ❤
I just love your video presentations as well as the detailed in depth explanations. Cant help but wondering what you would have accomplished if you used mods, covered more games and other popular contents. Top notch stuff!
Thank you for all your videos. Making builds has never been a skillset of mine, but I've definitely gotten better by watching your content. Quick question about putting mind blast on a templar to trigger the eldritch combo--is that something also viable on Cassandra? Even when both Wrath of Heaven and Spell Purge are favorited, she doesn't do that combo THAT often and I was wondering about other ways to make it proc more often
Yes, it is viable with Cassandra as well. :)
@@AKisHerceg Oh that's great to hear! Thank you so much!
I won't give Cassandra detonation abilities same as Inquisitor. If she sets off a combo, it'll be significantly weaker. I'll just give her Blessed Blades with 10sec out of circle upgrade and disable the other two skills. You can keep Wrath of heaven enabled for CC but Spell Purge must be disabled. Besides, with crits, cooldown time should be very low anyway so no need for someone else to make a weak combo when yours is many times stronger.
So you don't want Cass to have some fun? :)
Actually, her combo is not that much weaker. Also, I give her the ability to use SP because not only she can use it against enemies with Barrier, but many times I get to stun so many people(and she can also stun multiple ways), I don't get to detonate them all so she can do it when I can't. This actually yield more dps than just me booming around.
I'm guessing since there isn't really an equivalent in DA2, you won't have enough to make an arcane warrior Mage build?
Sadly, yes.
@@AKisHerceg I figured. a shame DA2 skips it, but at least we have Knight Enchanter!
Perfect ! Video contains everything I want to know
this is exactly what i was looking for, i wanted to play a 2h templar build and this is great. looks strong too. I love playing RPGs but i never been good at strategizing and building stuff. do you post your builds in text format anywhere as well? thanks.
Sometimes. Sadly I'm way too busy to do it consistently, but I do have some builds with a full written guide. Usually they can be found in the description on the video. This one does not have one though.
i love to see complete walkthrough from you
From which game? I have a full playthrough for a mage in Origins(I named it War Mage). Soon I will complete my Awakening one as well with that mage.
My future plans include: 2 playthroughs for Origins, one rogue, one warrior. On top of this, I plan to have a Trilogy Playthrough with a weapon and shield reaver, and one blood mage playthrough in DA2.
Which is why I decided to end my Trilogy Build series. I just don't have time for it if I want to do those playthroughs. :)
@@AKisHerceg for dai yeah i see the origins one currently watching
Oh, how I have been waiting for this! Thank you for all the hard and brilliant work you’ve put into this! You see things that I simply don’t, very creative and clever build ideas!
My only two questions: what will you focus on now if no more trilogy builds? Also, from a thematic standpoint, did you side with the Templars in all three games?
Well, I promised a few things already, so I would like to keep that promise. Namely:
Finishing Awakening and Golems of Amgarrak with my War Mage(as a playthrough). Also I promised a commentary for my War Mage playthrough, and at least two more playthroughs one rogue and one warrior in Origins.
I'm flirting with the idea of a W&S Reaver trilogy playthrough, since that was requested as well.
People keep telling me to try our Dragon's Dogma so I will probably give it a shot. And there is Dreadwolf which I think will come out this year... so it seems I have lots to do! :)
No I did not side with the Templars in DA2 at the end(I was with them until Anders did what he did). I never side with them at the end, because Meredith is crazy and would try to kill Bethany.
Also in DAO, I spared the mages because otherwise I would have to use BM to save Connor(or kill him), which is not something I wanted to do.
@@AKisHerceglove it, look forward to it all!
Yeah she is crazy! However, I have been able to save Bethany in past play throughs with a dialogue option basically telling Meredith to F off.
I also never side with them in origins because I’d have to kill Wynne, Connor etc.
I suppose siding with them in Inquisition is less consequential than the other games.
@@landstreicher2269 Yeah, I know I can stop her, but I still would have to either kill Anders or Merril, which is not good, esp since Anders is your support mage lol.
You don't have to kill Wynne to pick the Templars in origins though. After you leave the Fade you will have the option to change your party in that room where you met Sloth. You can just remove Wynne from your party there. You can also just not use the Litany which will result in Irving dying so the Circle will fall. Wynne is still gonna be alive.
Connor can be saved, even if you go with the Templars, but you need to use Blood Magic and sacrifice Isolde to do it.
Gods!! I wanna play DAO again after watching this
What is a good replacement boots since I don't have the dlc to get Cailans greaves?
The Boots of Diligence is good(get it from Owen the Blacksmith in Redcliffe after you save his daughter) or the Warden Commander boots(requires Warden's Keep dlc, you can get it after you kill Sofia). As a final alternative you can get the Juggernaut Boots from the Bercillian forest(by disturbing the tombs and killing the revenants - one of them will drop the boots).
I really like your builds, something that I think would be cool is if you showed us the order of abilities to get. Some builds do this and others don’t, I feel like the builds that do are always the ones I go with personally.
I usually don’t because I leave it up to personal preference. Whichever skill you feel like you need sooner to help you out in combat, that is what you should take. :)
For inquisition what materials did you use for the armor and did you dye the armor? What my templar armor to look like the others templars
Thanks
I used Dragon Bone, and colored it with Obsidian. The cloth, was Highever Weave, and the leather was Dragonling Scales.
Rewatching the video made me wonder something:
If we went with a more common, and lawful evil Templar, which would be no mages as companions and such, then how would you have gone about with gameplay, stat allocation, and party composition in all three games?
I would think potions, grenades, consumables like rock salve, and gear become a big factor, specifically for DA2 since it’s unbalanced.
I was wondering your thoughts on it?
I have to unlock everything in dao again but this build looks so fun.
You think making templar in Dragon Age Inquisition but using all the skill from the templar tree while being two handed is still viable for decent build? I just started my DAI adventure and im wondering if i can do interesing build with decent dmg even if it isnt meta one
Yes, it is viable. The Templar has 3 active skills, I use two already in this build. Using Blessed Blades is actually the standard thing to do, since it reduces the cooldown on your combo with Wrath of Heaven and Spell Purge.
Curious (and also can’t decide on a trilogy build for the life of me), what would you generally rank this build compared to your Deathbringer and Golden Knight builds?
I can compare it with the Deathbringer, because they are both crowd damage but not with the Golden Knight. The viability is the same, the style is different basically. I get this ranking question a lot so I might do a whole video on it. :)
Hey sorry for bothering you, its my first time playing the game and i dont know what armor or weapons should i give to the companions you mentioned, im still in the early game but i would like to get an idea of what should i search for. Tysm :)
Which game do you need help with?
@@AKisHerceg With origins :)
@@elsenormisterioso7114 Alistair has Shadow of the Empire for the armor and the Falon Din's Reach as a weapon. His gloves are the Repeater Gloves and his boots are the Silverhammer's Trackmasters.
Leliana has the Battledress of the Provocateur(this is a dlc reward item so you will not have it if you go through the game the first time). So I recommend that you give her the full Dalish Armor set. She has Thorn of the Dead gods(silverite version)for one dagger and Duncan's Dagger as for the other one.
Wynne has Robes of Avernus and the Corrupted Magister Staff. :)
Nice
Last build? So … Dragon's Dogma coming up?
Last Trilogy Build(probably). Definitely not the last build. :)
@@AKisHercegExcellent! But, I do love me some Dragon's Dogma, too. Have you played it (for yourself, not for YT)?
@@BrazenNL I have the game for two years now, but I haven't got the opportunity to actually play it. :)
@@AKisHercegI was a late-comer, too! Trust me, if not for the game, you'll _love_ the gameplay.
Please make a duelist trilogy build. I'm trying to get my Deadpool on istg 😭
There is no Duelist in Inquisition sadly, so I can't create a Duelist specific build.
What do you think about this build compared to the Divine Avenger?
Safer. Similar damage, but safer. It was always intended to be an upgrade for that build in Inquisition.
I was just wondering (again) when we were going to "see" your demon hunter design, and BOOM, the video drops.
Please answer one question if you don't mind. WHY make Allistair an archer when Leliana is already specked to be well on her way to fill that role? I mean, it would take no more effort to alter Allistair's design "path" from Tank into a two-weapon combatant than it would for Leliana. So please explain your reasoning. (so I can understand better)
I wanted Leliana as double dagger from the start. In the beginning I was not really using Alistair, I was using Morrigan and Sten with Leliana. As a 2h Templar, Sten felt like he was just in the way most of the time, so after I got Wynne, I switched Morrigan to Wynne and Sten to Alistair. But I did not want Alistair to be in the way like Sten was, so I made him use a bow. That's pretty much it. :)
@@AKisHerceg OK. I understand WHAT & HOW you did what you did. But I still don't understand WHY you did it that way.
Wouldn't Leliana be JUST as "in the way" as Alistair (or Sten) as a melee build?
Maybe I am "over thinking" this & it was just a "stylistic" choice and not a game "mechanic" based choice?
Either way, your Demon Hunter is a cool character build from both an efficiency and role-playing standpoint.
@@sharkdentures3247 As I said, I always wanted Leliana as double dagger, so she is fine. However, Leliana+Sten+Warden, well, this is a bit too crowded, especially if we all go for a single target. Two melee is fine(esp. if I go for the front, Leliana can actually position on the side or the back to backstab), but three? There are some positioning issues.
So in short, Leliana alone is not in the way next to my Templar. But Leliana + someone is a bit bothersome already. So Alistair gets a bow. Simple. :)
@@AKisHerceg Ah. Now I get it. You wanted a Backstabber to coordinate with your melee fighter. (and backed by an archer) Makes sense.
Which means Leliana COULD have remained an archer build if you had used Zevran (the only other rogue) as the backstabber. But, like Morrigan, that would not have fit "thematically" with your "Paladin" style character build.
Thanks for clarifying. And thanks for the great content!
Do you have any suggestions for a pre-Skyhold version of this build? Best perks and skills to get as an early game two-handed warrior?
Grappling Chain, Combat Roll, Charging Bull, Pommel Strike, Livid. These are the skills I used early on. :)
Thanks! What about Pre-Skyhold Cassandra, Vivianne, and Sera?
YAAAAY
Not sure if it's a bug but powerful swing lowered my attack and i felt like it was harder to hit enemies on PC.
That is not a bug, PS gives +5 damage for the price of -10 attack and -10 defense. Which is why I never use it without the Two-handed Strength upgrade, which lowers the penalty to -5.
With Precise Striking, you gain +10 attack so it will offset the attack penalty even when it's high, but I usually don't use the two together early on because of the lack of stamina. So just use PS later, when you have 100+ attack already. Alternatively, just pick Heroic Offense for one of you mages and it will boost your attack significantly.
Do you think Alistair could be built into this easily enough despite his starting skills being spent on shield stuff?
Easily. If you watched my playthrough you can see that I made him use double weapons. Using two-handed weapons is even easier for him. At the end of the game he will have more than enough abilities to spend even if he starts with weapon and shield skills.
@@AKisHerceg sweet! Tysm, if I would have watched like a few seconds more, I would have saw you made him an archer in this video hahaha. Appreciate the quick reply and your great build videos. You’ve taught a new comer like myself to the series a bunch!!
So i'm going to use this build for my "new" run and i was going to ask, what's a good way to build a dual wield warrior? Was going to either use sten or alistair as a dual wield warrior. Only issue is, I've never build a dual wield warrior before.
Pretty simple: you get dmg boost from STR so boost that and nothing else except the necessary 36 Dex that you need to unlock Dual Weapon Mastery. Always sustain Dual Striking, and use Riposte(two hit, one can be critical and stuns the target), Flurry(quick damage), Double Weapon Sweep(crowd damage), Whirlwind(high damage, good against elites and bosses, knocks the target down). Get Death Blow so you can sustain your stamina.
Get Berserker for bonus damage and Champion for War Cry(aoe knockdown and attack penalty on enemies) and Rally for the attack+defense buff on yourself and the team.
Get two good full sized weapons, and start massacring everyone. :)
@@AKisHerceg sorry for the late reply, youtube didn't even alert me of this reply.
But thank you for the info.
Should I tank or fight more like a berserker and let Cassandra or Blackwall tank in the early game?
Let Cass tank with her Shield Wall and War Cry.
@@AKisHerceg Thanks! What skills should I unlock first in the early game for both myself and my party? Before we get specializations? I get that I’m to start as a two-handed warrior, but what order should I get my skills?
Whats the best rune for the demonslayer blade? DAI
What is the demonslayer blade?
@@AKisHerceg The sulevin blade
@@td1964 You can put a Demonslayer rune, or a Corrupter rune(or whatever its name is, the one you make from red lyrium). :)
@@AKisHerceg thanks
An archer Alistair, now I've seen everything.
a god amongst men saw you also played some dungeon siege, so you are a legend in my eyes. quick question, how does this compare to your deathbringer build? much love
Thanks! Dungeon Siege 2 forever! :)
The two builds are similar, yet different. For example in Origins, the Deathbringer has higher damage and higher crit chance on average, but bad magic res and no ability to leech stamina from magic users. So for the Gaxkang fight, you would need a little luck to solo it with the Deathbringer, because of all the horrendous spells that the demon puts on you. This one, because of the magic immunity, ignores all of it and kills the demon solo like it's nothing, while never running out of stamina.
In DA2, they are both out of luck during act 1 and 2 because of the crap weapons you have access to as a 2H warrior(but the Empress's Point is the best phisical weapon in the game, so the Demon Hunter has the advantage here), but in act 3 they are both unstoppable. The Demon Hunter might have a slight advantage because of the unique sword he uses that deals spirit damage, which is something that more enemies are weak to than the cold axe that the Deathbringer uses. In both cases the main quest finale is a joke if you side with the mages, since templars are weak to both cold and spirit - Meredith included - Orsino's undead are weak to spirit, but the spawning Arcane Horrors are weak to cold so it's pretty even.
In Inquisition, the Deathbringer uses mostly Whirlwind to grind everyone into paste, whereas the Demon Hunter uses the weakness combo. Both are phenomenal for crowd damage, especially if you go with a team. The Deathbringer might have a little advantage over singe targets, since it can use Dragon Rage. The Demon Hunter might have a slight advantage with it comes to support and crowd control, because it has access to many skills that can stun, pull, scare, slow and build up guard for the team.
So as I said, they are similar, but they both have their own strengths and weaknesses. :)
you rock my guy, thanks for the answer. keep on keeping on
you ever thought about posting your guides in written form, like on steam for example, where you point out all the skills, equipment for hero and companions? you would make a killing
also, would love a video on that w&s reaver vs arishok.
thanks for keeping this game alive
@@bobbobbington7755 I do have some written guides, if you are into those. Not many sadly because of my limited time.
I plan to do a whole playthrough on that Reaver. :)
Would you say a sword and shield version of this build is viable too?
I would say, yes, it is. :)
Hi all o/ sorry for bit offtop. But anyone knows how to summon dragon in multiplayer?
P.S Nice builds as always ✊👀❤
This is good for Nightmare?
Yes. All of my builds are for Nightmare. :)
In DAII, why use Control over Might? Is there a damage cap for single attacks that makes Might useless?
@@diobrando2160 I use Control because I value crit chance over the simple dmg buff.