Dragon Age - Questions about the Warrior Class

Looking forward to replaying this game. Didn't really do much side quests. What skill should I go for ?

Dual Wield ? Two-Handed ? Or I just stick toSword + Shield ?

Need answers ASAP. Thanks !

Depends abit but if you want to go for heavy damage then you should use a 2h sadly in my opinion Dragon Age fell short on the character skill / talents /spell and so on selection.

Looking forward to replaying this game. Didn't really do much side quests. What skill should I go for ?

Dual Wield ? Two-Handed ? Or I just stick toSword + Shield ?

Need answers ASAP. Thanks !

NoctisCaelum52

I go first Sword + Shield, later on - Two Handed because the most powerful weapons are two handed.

Still it doesn't matter that much, as the most important in DAO is the teamplay. You have to use all of your party members.

I don't really recommend Dual Wield for warriors, they're more appropriate for rogues, dual wield skills waste much stamina much more than sword shield and 2 handed. Warriors can wear all armor types which means the higher the armor type the more fatigue you get which drains stamina faster. I recommend going sword and shield if you plan to play the role of a tank for the party or do 2 handed to help in the damage. Overall though you'll probably be leaving your main character out of control for most of the combat, diverting microing to the mage or rogue. Imo Warrior class isn't really that much fun, just make a good tactics then you can probably leave it alone for most of the combat.

I found the sword and shield style to be the more appropriate, the most important is to keep your mage unharmed and having a tank is the answer. At least on hard, it is very usefull to have an arrow soaking character; more than that,a skilled sword and shield warrior can have skills that makes him invulnerable to knockdowns wich makes him the best specialization to kill large creatures such as Dragons or Ogres. Also the combo of freezing an enemy and bashing him with that attack - the one in wich you hit the target with the shield 3 times - makes for an instant kill on white(regular)creatures. Having both Alistair and my Hero using this tactic, i could easily destroy hordes of though enemies.

I wonder if the people that say dual wield warriors are bad have ever played one?

I have played through the game with two different warriors, one that used 2-handers and one that dual wielded long swords.

With Momentum and berserker specialization I felt like the dual wielder did more damage over time (this warrior used medium armour by the way, no point in equipping heavier stuff). Yes the 2-handed warrior got awesome burst damage and a kickass knockdown 360 degree AoE skill, but the dual wielder is very capable of AoEing with Whirlwind and Dual Strike, and as long as you get yourself a couple of descent swords like Keening Blade and Topsiders Blade, you tear stuff apart really (Cripple + Punisher = Bye bye to most mages and archers in like 3 seconds).

Just remember that if you go dual wield you go to 36 Dexterity and not one point more, it's to get the talent for using two full-sized weapons. And use medium armour for efficient stamina usage, if you play Alistair (or whoever you got tanking) right, you should never have to soak much damage anyway.

Dual wielding warriors are simply a more fast paced style, I guess it mainly comes down to preference. But I dare to say that if you experienced Dual wielding to be weak or something, you either built it completely wrong, or you stopped playing around Ostagar or something :)

*Just to add to the statement that dual wielding is for rogues, I have completed the story as a dual dagger rogue aswell, although the dual wield talents are the same, warrior and rogue gameplay differ quite a bit.

having played all three id have to say sword and shield is definately the weakest until you get some decent gear (unless u got dlc). Two handed is good but has slow swings, i found the dmg to be overkill most of the time because my team already dmged the enemy. 2 hand is probably the best for boss and miniboss encounters for indominable. I played dual warrior through nightmare and it was pretty much a breeze. dual weapon sweep has very low stamina cost and completely destroys multiple opponents. Lack of indominable and shield tower a bit annoying for bosses (push back ones only) though.

Warrior are only good for tanking (sword + shield) . If you want to do dmg just pick up dual wielding rogue.

from easy to hard, it doesn't really matter, whatever suits your own taste.

at insane, I prefer two hander, huge 1 to 2 swing kills are very helpful in tight situations.

however though, I'd never go for a warrior build, there are plenty of them to go around in the game.

warrior is quite an underwhelming class in DAO, and that's another reason why i dislike the game, being a fan of melee class.

warrior is quite an underwhelming class in DAO, and that's another reason why i dislike the game, being a fan of melee class.

Jinroh_basic

you melee people have nothing on us arcane mania:P

while you blokes are busy sleeping and memorising engagement patterns, we are the ones with the balls to bust down any door and face anything from the get-go. as Apone puts it - we come here, and we gonna conquer, and we gonna kick some. 8)

Warrior are only good for tanking (sword + shield) . If you want to do dmg just pick up dual wielding rogue.

kazakauskas

[QUOTE="kazakauskas"]

Warrior are only good for tanking (sword + shield) . If you want to do dmg just pick up dual wielding rogue.

NoctisCaelum52

Not really , you would be better of with dual wielding and backstabing rogue .

damage warrior is definately worth it. combat wise warriors are on par with rogues (aoe vs single target), you lose out on lock picking but gain the ability to wear better armor. stamina really wasnt a problem for me even with massive armor and 0 additional (outside of(spoiler)fade shrines) points in willpower (on nightmare) since dual weapon sweep costs so little stamina (be conservative with cripple and punisher).

sword and shield becomes nigh unkillable later on with some regen items and the best armor

2 hander is strong especially against bosses.

Warrior are only good for tanking (sword + shield) . If you want to do dmg just pick up dual wielding rogue.

kazakauskas

Wrong.

Rogues rely on positioning to do good damage. A warrior tears enemies apart from any position. 2x longswords + berserking + momentum dishes out loads of damage, pretty close to a backstabbing rogue.

If the rogue happens to draw aggro and the mob turns towards you, youre quite gimped unless your tank got enough stamina to immidiately taunt.

[QUOTE="kazakauskas"]

Warrior are only good for tanking (sword + shield) . If you want to do dmg just pick up dual wielding rogue.

spittis

Wrong.

Rogues rely on positioning to do good damage. A warrior tears enemies apart from any position. 2x longswords + berserking + momentum dishes out loads of damage, pretty close to a backstabbing rogue.

If the rogue happens to draw aggro and the mob turns towards you, youre quite gimped unless your tank got enough stamina to immidiately taunt.

If rogue draws agro for tan - you are doing something wrong .

This have been discussed a lot in bunch of forums and it aways came to this : dmg wise (expect for mage) dual wielding rodue is the best . You need to combine items for your part and use abilities wise to keep all agro on tank.

Btw , is it so hard to possition rogue for backstab ?!

[QUOTE="spittis"]

[QUOTE="kazakauskas"]

Warrior are only good for tanking (sword + shield) . If you want to do dmg just pick up dual wielding rogue.

kazakauskas

Wrong.

Rogues rely on positioning to do good damage. A warrior tears enemies apart from any position. 2x longswords + berserking + momentum dishes out loads of damage, pretty close to a backstabbing rogue.

If the rogue happens to draw aggro and the mob turns towards you, youre quite gimped unless your tank got enough stamina to immidiately taunt.

If rogue draws agro for tan - you are doing something wrong .

This have been discussed a lot in bunch of forums and it aways came to this : dmg wise (expect for mage) dual wielding rodue is the best . You need to combine items for your part and use abilities wise to keep all agro on tank.

Btw , is it so hard to possition rogue for backstab ?!

Rogues got the edge on damage, it's true.

Yes, if you play it right you shouldn't draw aggro from the tank, and no, it's not hard to position your rogue for backstabbing especially with combat movement :)

I'm not going to argue about that, it was just your statement "Warrior are only good for tanking (sword + shield)" that I disagree with :) If someone finds a dual wielding warrior appealing, there's no reason not to do it, they are perfectly viable as damage dealers.

[QUOTE="kazakauskas"]

[QUOTE="spittis"]

Wrong.

Rogues rely on positioning to do good damage. A warrior tears enemies apart from any position. 2x longswords + berserking + momentum dishes out loads of damage, pretty close to a backstabbing rogue.

If the rogue happens to draw aggro and the mob turns towards you, youre quite gimped unless your tank got enough stamina to immidiately taunt.

spittis

If rogue draws agro for tan - you are doing something wrong .

This have been discussed a lot in bunch of forums and it aways came to this : dmg wise (expect for mage) dual wielding rodue is the best . You need to combine items for your part and use abilities wise to keep all agro on tank.

Btw , is it so hard to possition rogue for backstab ?!

Rogues got the edge on damage, it's true.

Yes, if you play it right you shouldn't draw aggro from the tank, and no, it's not hard to position your rogue for backstabbing especially with combat movement :)

I'm not going to argue about that, it was just your statement "Warrior are only good for tanking (sword + shield)" that I disagree with :) If someone finds a dual wielding warrior appealing, there's no reason not to do it, they are perfectly viable as damage dealers.

I don't have any sword & shield tanks (or any tank for this matter) in my party, only having Alistair when necessary plot event wise.

warriors I love two handers, good facing big enemies, especially dragons, and dual wielding I'd leave it to rogues.

So is a Two-Handed Warrior a good choice ? I'd rather have Alistair as the tank.NoctisCaelum52

Yes, a 2-handed warrior is good. Slow swings with big numbers, they are especially strong on boss fights and yellow mobs.