Well, I guess this could be useful for someone, but I don't really see the point in even attempting to kill a dragon at a lower level. The dragon fights are some of the best moments in the game, and waste them like this seems... well, like a waste. I would advice players to level up and try to do it without exploits, just taking your best team and enjoying that really cool combat. I killed that dragon at level 14. Also: take Iron Bull. Not only he's a great fighter, his comments during and after the combat against a dragon are priceless.
I agree if you really want to play the game like it should be. I defeated him at lvl 16 with a rogue class :-) i was just doing all kind of things and he almost didnt took damage but i did it with only 12 health photions. If i can you can ;-) keep that in mind!!!
What? Iron Bull? How do you have him set up? Because for me, I really want to take him with but, he is dies too quick. I took my Champion, and brought Solas, Vivienne, and Sera all with their specialized classes at level 14 and just made the dragon focus on me, while the ranged took down it's health. Champion warriors basically cannot be killed. lol
peoplemcnuggetz I don't know, I find Iron Bull (sorry, THE Iron Bull) to be a great Tank. He can take a lot of damage and deal a fair amount too. Although if your Inquisitor is a warrior, of course he would be even better. Mine is an archer Rogue.
Gabriel Bryan Um.. it... actually takes less than that. Go in with whatever you have equipped and... actually use tactics? Took me about 5-6 minutes on my first nightmare playthrough. The Fereldan Frostback and Fire Dragons in General (except for Ravager without using the bugged Thousand Cuts/Flask of Fire combo) are probably the biggest joke in the Game... unless you suffer severe brain damage that is.
Can do, just wait a bit. Poor shits are already dead in my current playthroughs, I'm starting a new one around wednesday. Wanna try it all out with actually using my da keep storyline and a controller. I'll record the Frostback fight once im 11 or 12 in that playthrough
There's much easier way, albeit, even more cheesy. You simply emerge at the back of the camp where you can see the dragon. Staying far beyond her reach you spam normal attacks with a cold staff firing Energy Barrage now and then (it takes the properties of your staff). Since both the regular attack and Energy Barrage seemingly have unlimited range and 100% accuracy (they always hit the target) you can kill her off staying relatively safe. She won't retaliate. She won't even move from her rock. The only threat is your moron party going berserk on her (stop them) or dragonlings killing you in the process. So have your party keep the distance and kill off any irritating dragon babies which may come. Cheesed out the Fereldan Frostback at level 9. Not proud of it.
This video is good for those who have killed all 10 dragons in a previous game and now just want the loot and this dragon was actually the hardest for me, but I don't recommend it for someone who is new to fighting dragons, it is nice to fight them, I made the best armor and weapons and upgrades for my characters, and that equipment was useful for the future battles to come with other mini bosses, and you can't glitch and bug your way through all the dragon fights, so knowing the battling style of the lowest level one will be good for when you fight a stronger one, I'm not criticising the guy who made this video! I'm going to use with my newest character if I remember to!
I beat this dragon at level 9, hell it was a long fight but with strategy (and always running around reviving comrades) I was able to defeat it the right way! Challenges are what makes these games so much fun! This may have been an interesting glitch but it is a waste of a boss fight!
I'm not a big fan of "boss fights." Running around and kiting a "boss" for a long time while chipping away at it is a by product of the console dumbing down of video games anyway. I play these games for the story element, not the mindless button mashing PS/XBOX crap fest that games are slowly being reduced to.
2099nightfall The play the game on the lowest difficulty and enjoy the PvE content that it provides. Shit die retardedly easy...Some players use those and have fun with it ('cuz most likely they can't do it the right way and ACTUALLY try doing some simple tactics) , others (like moi) don't like it and prefer shit gets done correct. Did it @ lvl 9 with lightning/frost mage , Cassandra , Varric , Solas on auto builds , before i even start thinking on how the game works in general (and level up my own skills etc)
Thank you for this video, I just got done beating this dragon. However things are different. I was playing on casual, already at level 11, I had fought this dragon with two tanks Cassandra and Iron Bull & two mages Dorian and my mage (I played the mage role). Dorian and I were sort of tag team support to keep our tanks with a barrier. Sadly I didn't have a high enough ice staff for my mages in combat. Thankfully my mage had an ace up her sleeve and used resurgence to restore my crew to full health/revive. It took me 15 min to take down the dragon. Because of ice rune weapons and ice based attacks. Of course level of my crew, and the high tier armor I could put on them at a moment notice when I prepared. Thanks for this inspiring video. I enjoyed it. It gave me some kind of insight in what I was about to face. To be honest this dragon was going to be the last thing on the list. lol I'm glad I tackled this one.
Hmm, I wonder what would happen if you brought all ranged fighters, kept them all alive to get to the dock there, and had them hold position so they wouldn't run off.
it's easier at the entrance when he comes in and lands, you can target from there and he will just take the hits, did it at lvl 7, also with that range you can cast your high mana costing spells twice since it doesnt take mana or go on cooldown till it hits the target.
I used a mount to cross over to the fighting area it stops you from taking damage and your party from taking damage- the dragon is weak to ice magic so i would suggest having a mage with the final skill in the ice magic tree i then used Sera and had her use leaping shot and full draw so she can evade attacks and deal lots of damage- i used bull as a tank- have the mage you are running spam the barrier skill or if you have a warrior have them spam warcry to gain their own version of barrier- secondly you can revive your party and in the first two stages of the fight you can leave the area and get out of combat and your party will teleport to you and gain some health( dont worry the dragon doesn’t regain its health) then on the final stage I stayed on the ground and made my mage me(an archer) and dorian stay on ground level to attack :D hope this helps Edit: i used red jennys bee bomb and the inquisitors mark and also when the dragon flies away it will go over head and shoot a column of fire so disengage the party and run around while looking at the sky to evade it and then run under the small cliff thingy the dragon will be on to not have fire thrown at you from it
You can also sit in the opening at the beginning of that area, it's simply an exploit you can use on most enemies because of the increased range of direct targeting over the engage areas of many enemies.
I guess this is a good idea if your a mage. I usually stick with the 2handed warrior, I usually kill this dragon at level 9. Not exactly easy but it doesn't take me 30 minutes luckily lol.
I actually discovered this accidentally on my own my first time fighting it, and I decided to roll with it since I was about the same level in this video.
The dislikes are likely because this method doesn't work anymore. The video is many years old at this point. However, I still appreciate the positive comment :)
You can be any level you want. You just must have patience and a object in between the dragon and you so you can hide behind it when the dragon shooting fire balls or trying to drag you in.
I don't see the point of this, just wait till you are high enough level to fight fairly. I have a list of all 10 dragons, their level and type (fire, cold or electricity) and plan out my dragon killing accordingly. On Hard you need 1-2 levels on each dragon, for eg do this dragon (Feraldan Frostback, level 12 fire dragon) at level 13-14. Remember if you are 3 levels above the encounter enemy you don't get any xp.
Navjit Gill I found after several several play though's (I am at just over 650 hours as per Origin so I have invested a heap of time playing Inquisition) to have at least 1-2 levels if playing on Hard or Nightmare, you can do it at even or 1-2 below but why bother, it just makes these fight's that much more difficult. To be honest I got sick of having my entire party killed and having to reload. Anyway it is your game, play it how ever you like, and let me play it my way.
Orion Telling you how to play wasn't my intention, sorry if it sounded that way. I don't go out of my way to face them underleveled but rather I just do them when I spot them(or in my second playthrough kill them when I'm in the area) and I tend to be underleveled. I don't have dragon slayer achievement on either of my two character's since I haven't really searched them out but sometime I might. So that being said I'm not trying to be elitist pro or anything just saying that being two levels up isn't necessary.
Navjit Gill sorry if I was harsh, I have encountered a lot of fucking trolls recently replying to any posting on Inquisition. Sorry mate. I too did as you did, and tried to kill all the dragons as I found 'em, but as I said I got sick of having to reload the game so often...LoL I am far more strategic now (I think I have played through the game 4 times now) and am now trying to do a "perfect" play though. (human rogue archer, haven't decided if I am going to do tempest or assassin yet [at level 7 presently])
i actually took the dragon out at lvl 6 while standing at the entrance without it ever taking off to fly around was so easy. the only problems i ran into where the dragonlings that are near the entrance but other than that all it took was time...
Yeah... on the left of this video where the dragonlings drop down is rocks that you can stand and not get hit by her fireballs, you are also in range to hit her with your spells, no need to run half way across the world...
When you look at the XP bar in this video the uploader is a level 11 so he is not a killing the dragon at a low level, but trying to kill the dragon at an equal level. This dragon is level 12 and he's level 11. Another thing with this video is he's killing the dragon from a far "distance" because he fast forwarded this video. This isn't a "cheat" as he calls it, but rather a "wimpy" glitch that will not be patched to beat the dragon because he's went out of the dragon's DPS range to do it. You can only use a mage or a rogue to do this so this strategy won't work with a warrior class. Solo him face to face and then you're good.
Thanks for the vid........... it came in handy! I tried it your way but couldn't pull it off. So I did it a little different............ instead of the bridge, I just posted up on the rocks(hiding behind them), using the upper most as a shield from the fireballs and adjusting as the dragon moved from side to side. It took a good 15-20 minutes to finally "lay him down", but was worth it. I tried going "toe to toe"....... no F'in way......... and I attempted it at a Level 10? Three times I tried! I finally said screw it....... "CZcams". THANKS FOR THE VID!!!!!!
Took this down at Level 10 here. My toon Level 10 - War Horn, War Cry and crafted armor and weapon. Iron Bull Level 10 - War Horn, Ring of Pain and Challenge. Crafted armor and weapon. Dorian - Revival, Barrier and Energy Barage. Varric - Stealth, Full Draw and Explosive shot. Crafted armor with 56% critical chance and upgraded bianca.
Question, I made a warrior tank and was wondering if Iron Bull would have been better off? I feel like I can grab aggro better and mitigate the damage more than the npc. Any tips would be nice.
I hate that these fights are made hard bc the companion AI has to be told what to do at all time. They legit don’t even try to dodge any of the dragon attacks unless specifically told so.
Dude! Lowest level you can fight a level 12 is level 8, anything else it barely dazes them. 11 is just one done from equal. Bring either two shield or two mages, and always a rogue with invisibility. {Just to clarify, either two shields, one mage and rogue, or two mages, one shield and rogue}. In tactics put emphasis on block and charging bull, or barrier and fade step. Keep your warriors close to the dragon, your mages at its side but out of its legs reach, and always, ALWAYS, keep your rogue in its blind spot. Kill Lord Woolsley four times (he respawns) for the belt of fire. Staff of Lovias from the Rebel Mage strong hold will be good against the fire dragon. Also check the burning mage house the Templar’s set on fire for some good staffs, however by level 8 you should have found a better frost staff by then. Also get the Masterwork Vanguard Armour at the Grand Forest Villa, you literally cant equip it until you’re level eight. Make sure each of your companions are equipped with regeneration potions. Take the path least tread when going to the dragons layer. You literally went through the most densely populated area of dragonlyings. Go into your command section, and holster your weapons, until you’re ready to fight the dragon. The ai will try to draw your weapons twice, once entering the dragonlyings layer, then when entering the dragons layer. Do be aware and on the ready. Holster ing your weapons will increase your speed and movement control by double. Use either your rogue or warrior to cross the dragonlyings layer. Invisibility will confuse the dragon shooting fire. And charging bull will get you across the field fast enough to teleport you companions in. Even using your battlefield tactics screen to order your companions to hold the position before you enter the dragonlyings layer may help them teleport to your position without injury when you make it to the other side. Don’t take the path you did. Keep to the left.
I did the same thing on Xbox One but I went on the other side of the map at the rocks and where the treasure is located to attack the dragon and sent my other characters to hide. I used Solas. Lol
Killed this dragon at level 8 or 9... Warrior DPS, Cassandra, Solas, and Varric. I didn't have the rest of the characters lol...You just have to make sure Solas and Varric stay in the water so the fireballs don't rape their face.
There are only 10 dragons in this game that you can kill, I don't understand why would anyone kill them using this kind of cheese. It's not fun at all.
I am 7 years late but if you use shot from the shadows with varic and use this method you can put him in the boat your party will infinitely respawn and you can afk kill her
Is that where it flies off to when I enter that area after killing the baby ones I thought it left cause I hadn't gotten far enough in the story quests yet or something
I bet this got nerfed. When I first played DAI I couldn’t beat the dragon on Hard Mode and was upsetting to me to go Normal. To help I allowed Casandra to target the front Left or Right leg and Bull to hit the opposite back Right or Left leg. The Rouge was me and focused on archery. My mage was Dorian. He focused on the head I gave him ice staff and and winters grasp with star tactics. He only used winters and barrier with energy barrage. It was fun. Bull didnt get hit unless her got stuck around a rock and the dragon focused his fire breath. Second playthrough I was mage and beat him on Hard Mode. It is fun beating the dragon at lvl 9-10
Are you even hitting the dragon from that distance, I couldn't actually hit it from that far away, but I just stood still and it had the same effect. Then I leveled up and just did it properly. Also, isn't it immune to lightning spells?
Wow...I did it on lvl12 and did not hide behind the rocks at all. I just kept reviving my followers when they fallen, as easy as that + I had fire spells and fire staff so most of my attacks were immune and I killed the dragon as well. + I never used strategies or tactics for fight, not in any of the DA games, I was too lazy to do them when I could just switch for who I was playing in a moment while my game was frozen and tell my followers how to attack.
Tips on fighting dragons. Since dragons only focus on the closest person attacking them. Bring cassandra. Blackwall is good for decoy but not damage. Iron bull....no. bring a mage with barrier cast only on cassandra. rest just far rangers.
i have done this before... but who wants to stand there spamming for about 35 minutes, which believe me is SO VERY BORING, and 35 minutes of spamming is longer than it looks, especially when she just speeds it up for you, not worth it, trust me.
no point killing this one on a lower level considering the equipment it drops can't be used til you're level 15 anyways. i love the dragon age series but if i'm honest i think the scarcity of the gold is a bit unfair considering some shops sell equipment at 20k plus. imo that is this games biggest flaw and one of the reasons i doubt i'll be replaying it a second time. dragon age origins still remains the best in the series to me.
I'm playing a Mage who specializes in lightning based attacks, but I can't seem to lock on to the dragon that far away. I've watched this video over and over. Positioned my inquisitor in the same spot as yours in video. I just can't seem to lock on to the dragon through the canyon wall. Can you help? Do I need tier 2 special abilities? Maybe something I haven't unlocked in my skill tree yet? Thank You and great video.
Thanks for getting back to me, I guess this explains why I can't do it. I tried to get what position you where in, & attempted to do so. Thanks for your time.
I mean... my favored build is a Knight-Enchanter with the Blade of Tidarion (Masterworked with something to give guard on hit!) Never had problems with dragons after unlocking masterworks... any staff works just as well, im just a fan of the spectral blade on a mage since my favorite thing to do in origins was make a heavily armored mage! since its not a thing in later games this is my way of compensating! lol
I tried this on PC and man got bored in the first 5mins. Went head on anyway with a lot of dying and reviving and healing and shit. I had my mage built as frost necro, brought blackwall, varric and vivienne. It took hours but worth it. Btw it's so much challenging having the level scaling trial on.
Well, it depends on your age: If you are 11 or beyond, you really may feel whitty. If you are above it, I have to say: It is embarrassing and has no style. - I recently defeated the dragon with my lvl 10 mage and my whole team staying alive.
It would matter if it wasn't single player. However, it is, so it doesn't matter how you play. You can cheese the shit out of everything and it's just fine.
how u got sera ? i am lvl 15 killed 2 dragons until now but i cant find the mission that unlocks her can someone tell me how is called ? my main is wicked eyes wicked hearts or something like that
Go to Val Royeaux. There should be an arrow in the ground near where the Chantry Mother was punched by Lord Seeker. The arrow has a note attached to it. Read it, check the journal/quest menu, and look around for red objects all over the city area and eventually you'll find her.
Dragons are beatable enough. But having the retarded party AI fuck it up 50 times must get on everyones nerves. The game is not good enough in the combat department to bother with fights like these.
I beat the dragon at level 8 with my mage. I just stood near some cover so i couldn't be hit with the fire balls and could take out the dragonlings before they could get to me.
i used sera on top of that last landmark with long shot skill, with skill ring and a skill that raises attack when you're on high ground? 1-2k damage per skill on hard mode im lvl 15 that time tho.
All the dragons have a way to bug like this, you can't call this bullshit as a cheat, for god sake... Anyway, it takes TOO long and you didn't enjoy the epic thing that is to kill a dragon in DA Inquisition.
I got there in like 10 seconds in my steed, with no party casualties and i was fine, then the fight came... let party hold position way back, when i died (mage), ide switch to party member and my character revived. Then i switched back, held party command.... boom until i won. All by myself (toon) haha. Try that for size guys
basically if on console just watch the vid showing the level ten dude killing the dragon legit, seems like kill legs hurt dragon repeat till dead....didn't watch the whole vid
lordjavaxx No, you just keep holding your attack button, and it's the final basic attack. After that the basic attack animation renews. The Energy Barrage is a skill that looks similar, but I don't think that's what they meant.
Quelfish I would like to think he did mean the energy barrage considering he said burst. I don't see the multiple projectiles at the end of a regular attack amounting to a burst. Burst seems better fit with energy barrage than it does his regular attack. This is all assuming he did mean energy barrage when he said burst. Could be either or I suppose.
i prefer to wait for the access to Skyhold and the special trees, rebuild the party's skills to match these and go teach that bitch who's the boss PS a new option allows you to get all the schematics from a playthru to another so it means early access to curing bombs, which is good ^^
You shouldn't.... If you don't want to. I just thought it would be fun to show people how to do it. That's the best part about playing this game for me. You can pretty much play however you want and in the end you're going to end up with a super powerful badass that saves the day.
fake video you say low lvl you already lvl 11 man theres onlt like 30 lvls in game you like already half way there low lvl means like at least 8 or lower
Well, I guess this could be useful for someone, but I don't really see the point in even attempting to kill a dragon at a lower level. The dragon fights are some of the best moments in the game, and waste them like this seems... well, like a waste. I would advice players to level up and try to do it without exploits, just taking your best team and enjoying that really cool combat. I killed that dragon at level 14. Also: take Iron Bull. Not only he's a great fighter, his comments during and after the combat against a dragon are priceless.
Remy Blas This is good advice and I agree.
Totally agree.
I agree if you really want to play the game like it should be.
I defeated him at lvl 16 with a rogue class :-)
i was just doing all kind of things and he almost didnt took damage but i did it with only 12 health photions.
If i can you can ;-)
keep that in mind!!!
What? Iron Bull? How do you have him set up? Because for me, I really want to take him with but, he is dies too quick. I took my Champion, and brought Solas, Vivienne, and Sera all with their specialized classes at level 14 and just made the dragon focus on me, while the ranged took down it's health. Champion warriors basically cannot be killed. lol
peoplemcnuggetz I don't know, I find Iron Bull (sorry, THE Iron Bull) to be a great Tank. He can take a lot of damage and deal a fair amount too. Although if your Inquisitor is a warrior, of course he would be even better. Mine is an archer Rogue.
LOL
How to kill a Dragon 101:
Put in an episode of Game of Thrones
Hold R button.
Challenge Completed!
c Season*
I tried this and it didn't work. my spells didn't lock on to the dragon at all
or in the time it takes to do this you could level up a bit and take it out properly :p
oh yes because it totally takes less than 30 mins to find good weapons and armor and level up fairly high
Not to mention you can just AFK with something holding down the auto attack button. Watch a movie. Come back. Free loots.
Gabriel Bryan Um.. it... actually takes less than that. Go in with whatever you have equipped and... actually use tactics? Took me about 5-6 minutes on my first nightmare playthrough. The Fereldan Frostback and Fire Dragons in General (except for Ravager without using the bugged Thousand Cuts/Flask of Fire combo) are probably the biggest joke in the Game... unless you suffer severe brain damage that is.
Goawaynewb Gandhi Video or it didn't happen ;)
Can do, just wait a bit. Poor shits are already dead in my current playthroughs, I'm starting a new one around wednesday. Wanna try it all out with actually using my da keep storyline and a controller. I'll record the Frostback fight once im 11 or 12 in that playthrough
There's much easier way, albeit, even more cheesy. You simply emerge at the back of the camp where you can see the dragon. Staying far beyond her reach you spam normal attacks with a cold staff firing Energy Barrage now and then (it takes the properties of your staff). Since both the regular attack and Energy Barrage seemingly have unlimited range and 100% accuracy (they always hit the target) you can kill her off staying relatively safe. She won't retaliate. She won't even move from her rock. The only threat is your moron party going berserk on her (stop them) or dragonlings killing you in the process. So have your party keep the distance and kill off any irritating dragon babies which may come. Cheesed out the Fereldan Frostback at level 9. Not proud of it.
I love that the dragonlings killed your party after. Serves you right lol
+Peter Young :)
This video is good for those who have killed all 10 dragons in a previous game and now just want the loot and this dragon was actually the hardest for me, but I don't recommend it for someone who is new to fighting dragons, it is nice to fight them, I made the best armor and weapons and upgrades for my characters, and that equipment was useful for the future battles to come with other mini bosses, and you can't glitch and bug your way through all the dragon fights, so knowing the battling style of the lowest level one will be good for when you fight a stronger one, I'm not criticising the guy who made this video! I'm going to use with my newest character if I remember to!
and 3 hours later....!!!
I beat this dragon at level 9, hell it was a long fight but with strategy (and always running around reviving comrades) I was able to defeat it the right way! Challenges are what makes these games so much fun! This may have been an interesting glitch but it is a waste of a boss fight!
What's the right way to play a game again? Is it something like..."however the fuck you choose because you bought it"...maybe?
I'm not a big fan of "boss fights." Running around and kiting a "boss" for a long time while chipping away at it is a by product of the console dumbing down of video games anyway. I play these games for the story element, not the mindless button mashing PS/XBOX crap fest that games are slowly being reduced to.
2099nightfall The play the game on the lowest difficulty and enjoy the PvE content that it provides. Shit die retardedly easy...Some players use those and have fun with it ('cuz most likely they can't do it the right way and ACTUALLY try doing some simple tactics) , others (like moi) don't like it and prefer shit gets done correct. Did it @ lvl 9 with lightning/frost mage , Cassandra , Varric , Solas on auto builds , before i even start thinking on how the game works in general (and level up my own skills etc)
If this is the only choice, I wouldn't budge to do it.
Thank you for this video, I just got done beating this dragon. However things are different. I was playing on casual, already at level 11, I had fought this dragon with two tanks Cassandra and Iron Bull & two mages Dorian and my mage (I played the mage role). Dorian and I were sort of tag team support to keep our tanks with a barrier. Sadly I didn't have a high enough ice staff for my mages in combat. Thankfully my mage had an ace up her sleeve and used resurgence to restore my crew to full health/revive. It took me 15 min to take down the dragon. Because of ice rune weapons and ice based attacks. Of course level of my crew, and the high tier armor I could put on them at a moment notice when I prepared. Thanks for this inspiring video. I enjoyed it. It gave me some kind of insight in what I was about to face. To be honest this dragon was going to be the last thing on the list. lol I'm glad I tackled this one.
Reno T 4
If you jump over the left of that bridge all party members revive.
And Question... how is he getting a lock on the dragon from that range, you need the little star on the dragon to hit it with your staff???
Hmm, I wonder what would happen if you brought all ranged fighters, kept them all alive to get to the dock there, and had them hold position so they wouldn't run off.
it's easier at the entrance when he comes in and lands, you can target from there and he will just take the hits, did it at lvl 7, also with that range you can cast your high mana costing spells twice since it doesnt take mana or go on cooldown till it hits the target.
so I guess you taped your controller and went shopping while this was going on?
He's on PC lol
I used a mount to cross over to the fighting area it stops you from taking damage and your party from taking damage- the dragon is weak to ice magic so i would suggest having a mage with the final skill in the ice magic tree i then used Sera and had her use leaping shot and full draw so she can evade attacks and deal lots of damage- i used bull as a tank- have the mage you are running spam the barrier skill or if you have a warrior have them spam warcry to gain their own version of barrier- secondly you can revive your party and in the first two stages of the fight you can leave the area and get out of combat and your party will teleport to you and gain some health( dont worry the dragon doesn’t regain its health) then on the final stage I stayed on the ground and made my mage me(an archer) and dorian stay on ground level to attack :D hope this helps
Edit: i used red jennys bee bomb and the inquisitors mark and also when the dragon flies away it will go over head and shoot a column of fire so disengage the party and run around while looking at the sky to evade it and then run under the small cliff thingy the dragon will be on to not have fire thrown at you from it
I didn't even know this area was here. I've played through thus game like 3 times. Thanks for showing the dock.
How do you do this on the Ps4? i cant lock on to it.
i tried this and my spells cant lock on to the dragon. any ideas of what im doing wrong?
You can also sit in the opening at the beginning of that area, it's simply an exploit you can use on most enemies because of the increased range of direct targeting over the engage areas of many enemies.
I guess this is a good idea if your a mage.
I usually stick with the 2handed warrior, I usually kill this dragon at level 9.
Not exactly easy but it doesn't take me 30 minutes luckily lol.
I actually discovered this accidentally on my own my first time fighting it, and I decided to roll with it since I was about the same level in this video.
I don’t get the dislikes. I like enjoying the playthru as much as the next guy but speed runs will benefit from this.
The dislikes are likely because this method doesn't work anymore. The video is many years old at this point. However, I still appreciate the positive comment :)
You can be any level you want. You just must have patience and a object in between the dragon and you so you can hide behind it when the dragon shooting fire balls or trying to drag you in.
I know this is a old video but I would NEVER attempt this. I would rather level up my team and face this dragon head on. As it was meant to be.😊
I don't see the point of this, just wait till you are high enough level to fight fairly. I have a list of all 10 dragons, their level and type (fire, cold or electricity) and plan out my dragon killing accordingly. On Hard you need 1-2 levels on each dragon, for eg do this dragon (Feraldan Frostback, level 12 fire dragon) at level 13-14. Remember if you are 3 levels above the encounter enemy you don't get any xp.
I wouldn't say need on mine I've been doing them 1-2 levels under
However this one I did do over leveled(mostly because I forgot about it)
Navjit Gill I found after several several play though's (I am at just over 650 hours as per Origin so I have invested a heap of time playing Inquisition) to have at least 1-2 levels if playing on Hard or Nightmare, you can do it at even or 1-2 below but why bother, it just makes these fight's that much more difficult. To be honest I got sick of having my entire party killed and having to reload. Anyway it is your game, play it how ever you like, and let me play it my way.
Orion Telling you how to play wasn't my intention, sorry if it sounded that way. I don't go out of my way to face them underleveled but rather I just do them when I spot them(or in my second playthrough kill them when I'm in the area) and I tend to be underleveled. I don't have dragon slayer achievement on either of my two character's since I haven't really searched them out but sometime I might. So that being said I'm not trying to be elitist pro or anything just saying that being two levels up isn't necessary.
Navjit Gill sorry if I was harsh, I have encountered a lot of fucking trolls recently replying to any posting on Inquisition. Sorry mate. I too did as you did, and tried to kill all the dragons as I found 'em, but as I said I got sick of having to reload the game so often...LoL I am far more strategic now (I think I have played through the game 4 times now) and am now trying to do a "perfect" play though. (human rogue archer, haven't decided if I am going to do tempest or assassin yet [at level 7 presently])
the rocks I'm speaking of are just behind the pile of lumber that is off to the dragon's right side...
As someone who is playing on hard difficulty, this seems to be the easiest way to become a dragon slayer tnx :)
i actually took the dragon out at lvl 6 while standing at the entrance without it ever taking off to fly around was so easy.
the only problems i ran into where the dragonlings that are near the entrance but other than that all it took was time...
Yeah... on the left of this video where the dragonlings drop down is rocks that you can stand and not get hit by her fireballs, you are also in range to hit her with your spells, no need to run half way across the world...
When you look at the XP bar in this video the uploader is a level 11 so he is not a killing the dragon at a low level, but trying to kill the dragon at an equal level. This dragon is level 12 and he's level 11. Another thing with this video is he's killing the dragon from a far "distance" because he fast forwarded this video. This isn't a "cheat" as he calls it, but rather a "wimpy" glitch that will not be patched to beat the dragon because he's went out of the dragon's DPS range to do it. You can only use a mage or a rogue to do this so this strategy won't work with a warrior class.
Solo him face to face and then you're good.
look in description he was on nightmare
Thanks for the vid........... it came in handy! I tried it your way but couldn't pull it off. So I did it a little different............ instead of the bridge, I just posted up on the rocks(hiding behind them), using the upper most as a shield from the fireballs and adjusting as the dragon moved from side to side. It took a good 15-20 minutes to finally "lay him down", but was worth it. I tried going "toe to toe"....... no F'in way......... and I attempted it at a Level 10? Three times I tried! I finally said screw it....... "CZcams". THANKS FOR THE VID!!!!!!
Took this down at Level 10 here.
My toon Level 10 - War Horn, War Cry and crafted armor and weapon.
Iron Bull Level 10 - War Horn, Ring of Pain and Challenge. Crafted armor and weapon.
Dorian - Revival, Barrier and Energy Barage.
Varric - Stealth, Full Draw and Explosive shot. Crafted armor with 56% critical chance and upgraded bianca.
Question, I made a warrior tank and was wondering if Iron Bull would have been better off? I feel like I can grab aggro better and mitigate the damage more than the npc. Any tips would be nice.
I hate that these fights are made hard bc the companion AI has to be told what to do at all time. They legit don’t even try to dodge any of the dragon attacks unless specifically told so.
Considering how epic this fight actually is when you do it properly there is generally no point in this, it just ruins the fun.
Dude! Lowest level you can fight a level 12 is level 8, anything else it barely dazes them. 11 is just one done from equal.
Bring either two shield or two mages, and always a rogue with invisibility. {Just to clarify, either two shields, one mage and rogue, or two mages, one shield and rogue}. In tactics put emphasis on block and charging bull, or barrier and fade step. Keep your warriors close to the dragon, your mages at its side but out of its legs reach, and always, ALWAYS, keep your rogue in its blind spot.
Kill Lord Woolsley four times (he respawns) for the belt of fire. Staff of Lovias from the Rebel Mage strong hold will be good against the fire dragon. Also check the burning mage house the Templar’s set on fire for some good staffs, however by level 8 you should have found a better frost staff by then. Also get the Masterwork Vanguard Armour at the Grand Forest Villa, you literally cant equip it until you’re level eight.
Make sure each of your companions are equipped with regeneration potions.
Take the path least tread when going to the dragons layer. You literally went through the most densely populated area of dragonlyings.
Go into your command section, and holster your weapons, until you’re ready to fight the dragon. The ai will try to draw your weapons twice, once entering the dragonlyings layer, then when entering the dragons layer. Do be aware and on the ready. Holster ing your weapons will increase your speed and movement control by double.
Use either your rogue or warrior to cross the dragonlyings layer. Invisibility will confuse the dragon shooting fire. And charging bull will get you across the field fast enough to teleport you companions in. Even using your battlefield tactics screen to order your companions to hold the position before you enter the dragonlyings layer may help them teleport to your position without injury when you make it to the other side.
Don’t take the path you did. Keep to the left.
I did the same thing on Xbox One but I went on the other side of the map at the rocks and where the treasure is located to attack the dragon and sent my other characters to hide. I used Solas. Lol
Killed this dragon at level 8 or 9... Warrior DPS, Cassandra, Solas, and Varric. I didn't have the rest of the characters lol...You just have to make sure Solas and Varric stay in the water so the fireballs don't rape their face.
There are only 10 dragons in this game that you can kill, I don't understand why would anyone kill them using this kind of cheese. It's not fun at all.
I am 7 years late but if you use shot from the shadows with varic and use this method you can put him in the boat your party will infinitely respawn and you can afk kill her
Is that where it flies off to when I enter that area after killing the baby ones I thought it left cause I hadn't gotten far enough in the story quests yet or something
I bet this got nerfed. When I first played DAI I couldn’t beat the dragon on Hard Mode and was upsetting to me to go Normal. To help I allowed Casandra to target the front Left or Right leg and Bull to hit the opposite back Right or Left leg. The Rouge was me and focused on archery. My mage was Dorian. He focused on the head I gave him ice staff and and winters grasp with star tactics. He only used winters and barrier with energy barrage. It was fun. Bull didnt get hit unless her got stuck around a rock and the dragon focused his fire breath. Second playthrough I was mage and beat him on Hard Mode. It is fun beating the dragon at lvl 9-10
Are you even hitting the dragon from that distance, I couldn't actually hit it from that far away, but I just stood still and it had the same effect. Then I leveled up and just did it properly. Also, isn't it immune to lightning spells?
Wow...I did it on lvl12 and did not hide behind the rocks at all. I just kept reviving my followers when they fallen, as easy as that + I had fire spells and fire staff so most of my attacks were immune and I killed the dragon as well. + I never used strategies or tactics for fight, not in any of the DA games, I was too lazy to do them when I could just switch for who I was playing in a moment while my game was frozen and tell my followers how to attack.
I would rather level up, than standing and shooting in the wall for 1 hour.
I get that this was when the game came out, but you can kill it in seconds at low lv using golden nug schematics from other characters..
Tips on fighting dragons. Since dragons only focus on the closest person attacking them. Bring cassandra. Blackwall is good for decoy but not damage. Iron bull....no. bring a mage with barrier cast only on cassandra. rest just far rangers.
i have done this before... but who wants to stand there spamming for about 35 minutes, which believe me is SO VERY BORING, and 35 minutes of spamming is longer than it looks, especially when she just speeds it up for you, not worth it, trust me.
no point killing this one on a lower level considering the equipment it drops can't be used til you're level 15 anyways. i love the dragon age series but if i'm honest i think the scarcity of the gold is a bit unfair considering some shops sell equipment at 20k plus. imo that is this games biggest flaw and one of the reasons i doubt i'll be replaying it a second time. dragon age origins still remains the best in the series to me.
I'm playing a Mage who specializes in lightning based attacks, but I can't seem to lock on to the dragon that far away. I've watched this video over and over. Positioned my inquisitor in the same spot as yours in video. I just can't seem to lock on to the dragon through the canyon wall. Can you help? Do I need tier 2 special abilities? Maybe something I haven't unlocked in my skill tree yet? Thank You and great video.
A week ago I posted a question and still no response, do you not have time to answer you're viewers or subs questions?
Luvcat1974 I have not played the game in some time now. I believe this may have been fixed since I posted the video.
Thanks for getting back to me, I guess this explains why I can't do it. I tried to get what position you where in, & attempted to do so. Thanks for your time.
There's no technique in it, that's just making use of a bug
I mean... my favored build is a Knight-Enchanter with the Blade of Tidarion (Masterworked with something to give guard on hit!) Never had problems with dragons after unlocking masterworks... any staff works just as well, im just a fan of the spectral blade on a mage since my favorite thing to do in origins was make a heavily armored mage! since its not a thing in later games this is my way of compensating! lol
I took Solas, Vivienne and Iron Bull at level 13 and got along just fine, took about 20 minutes. Fereldan Frostback really isn't that hard.
Goddamn lol, I was having hard time on nightmare mode. Thanks
I tried this on PC and man got bored in the first 5mins. Went head on anyway with a lot of dying and reviving and healing and shit. I had my mage built as frost necro, brought blackwall, varric and vivienne. It took hours but worth it. Btw it's so much challenging having the level scaling trial on.
Pro tip: craft a bunch of fire resistant gears before going in. Those 25% protection will turn the tides.
i did this dragon level 9 rogue with cassy,bull,and solas no need to cheat,just the right setup and its a nice 1st dragon fight
This isn't a cheat, it's a cheese. Far better to actually take the time to get to level 11 or 12 and fight her proper, far more enjoyable too.
it don't work on Xbox 360. I think
Well, it depends on your age: If you are 11 or beyond, you really may feel whitty. If you are above it, I have to say: It is embarrassing and has no style. - I recently defeated the dragon with my lvl 10 mage and my whole team staying alive.
It would matter if it wasn't single player. However, it is, so it doesn't matter how you play. You can cheese the shit out of everything and it's just fine.
how u got sera ? i am lvl 15 killed 2 dragons until now but i cant find the mission that unlocks her can someone tell me how is called ? my main is wicked eyes wicked hearts or something like that
Go to Val Royeaux. There should be an arrow in the ground near where the Chantry Mother was punched by Lord Seeker. The arrow has a note attached to it. Read it, check the journal/quest menu, and look around for red objects all over the city area and eventually you'll find her.
Dragons are beatable enough.
But having the retarded party AI fuck it up 50 times must get on everyones nerves.
The game is not good enough in the combat department to bother with fights like these.
+poingpoing11 Agreed. I did all the dragon fights solo for that reason.
Very helpful Indeed.All i have to do is keep at it.:)
that didn't work for me. the darn thing move to the top of the hill and wouldn't come down.=/
Lure the dragonlings into the cave near camp and flank the shit out of them before the battle.
Not a bad glitch cheat if you want the mega xp for killing it early
Doing this at level 11... I killed this dragon at level 10 as a Mage... Just curve the bullet and you'll be fine
I beat the dragon at level 8 with my mage. I just stood near some cover so i couldn't be hit with the fire balls and could take out the dragonlings before they could get to me.
ChalkyPlays No you didn't.
i used sera on top of that last landmark with long shot skill, with skill ring and a skill that raises attack when you're on high ground? 1-2k damage per skill on hard mode im lvl 15 that time tho.
I was killing Emprise dragons by level 11...just sayin...and I didn't glitch or cheat. Golden Nug was involved but still.
Did this at level 11 the regular way, I had Cassendra, Black Wall and Iron Bull, I'm an knight enchanter
All the dragons have a way to bug like this, you can't call this bullshit as a cheat, for god sake...
Anyway, it takes TOO long and you didn't enjoy the epic thing that is to kill a dragon in DA Inquisition.
I got there in like 10 seconds in my steed, with no party casualties and i was fine, then the fight came... let party hold position way back, when i died (mage), ide switch to party member and my character revived. Then i switched back, held party command.... boom until i won. All by myself (toon) haha. Try that for size guys
I fucked up my whole build and perks 😖 is there any way to reset this?
He dude you can just buy the amulet from the blacksmith in haven or skyhold
I beat that dragon at level 11 after 3 attempts why would you even want to do this
I cant tagert it from there... the dragon is too far away... and nit even on sight...
basically if on console just watch the vid showing the level ten dude killing the dragon legit, seems like kill legs hurt dragon repeat till dead....didn't watch the whole vid
I don't know about killing a Dragon on level 5 but I've killed a giant as a level 5.!
whoa, how do you do that burst at the end of your basic combo?
It's one of the first mage spells in the lightning skill tree. It's called "Energy Barrage"
lordjavaxx No, you just keep holding your attack button, and it's the final basic attack. After that the basic attack animation renews. The Energy Barrage is a skill that looks similar, but I don't think that's what they meant.
Quelfish I would like to think he did mean the energy barrage considering he said burst. I don't see the multiple projectiles at the end of a regular attack amounting to a burst. Burst seems better fit with energy barrage than it does his regular attack. This is all assuming he did mean energy barrage when he said burst. Could be either or I suppose.
Novice! You should disengage so you can run faster out of agro
Wow i mean i guess. But these fights are supposed to be iconic and to see this was just like why????
This really just ruins it if u can't beat a dragon on your difficulty lvl then just lower it or actually put some strategy in your fighting.
hm i don't think this work for Xbox one:(
How long did that take? Forever
I defeated this guy as a lvl 6warrior with only combat roll
Kind of a boring way to do it, but it got it done. If an exploit exists its fair game.
i prefer to wait for the access to Skyhold and the special trees, rebuild the party's skills to match these and go teach that bitch who's the boss
PS a new option allows you to get all the schematics from a playthru to another so it means early access to curing bombs, which is good ^^
Nice... but why should i miss an epic fight?
You shouldn't.... If you don't want to. I just thought it would be fun to show people how to do it. That's the best part about playing this game for me. You can pretty much play however you want and in the end you're going to end up with a super powerful badass that saves the day.
It helps with nightmare difficulty
Level 11 is not low for that dragon
Level 12 Mage on nightmare and I kicked this dragons ass!
I just killed all ten dragons, if i do it ur way i will be in my late fifty to finish them all like this.
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A week ago I posted a question. Do you not have time to answer viewers or subs questions?
my lvl 11 knight enchanter could just tank it and allowed me to kill it in 15 minutes
I killed it normally at level 11 with my party at level 10 on hard. its not too bad.
why would you do this glitch
You can kill the Drag with Vivienne even at level 12 (-_-;)
Soo, it took him that long? Hah, My guess is thats he's doing it on Normal.. I killed at lvl 6, Nightmare and all Trials on.. Its childs play....
Take no dmg if you use horse
fake video you say low lvl you already lvl 11 man theres onlt like 30 lvls in game you like already half way there low lvl means like at least 8 or lower