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Thebest Spellblade buildintroduces you to a different way of fighting with magic inDragon Age: The Veilguard.
Mage is traditionally the glass cannon class, exchanging survivability for raw damage.
This specialization focuses on melee combat.
You will be closer to enemies, but not without good tools to deal with them.
Spellblade has access to longer sequences of normal attacks and low cooldown skills to quickly burst enemies.
Spellblade is a fairly straightforward class to learn.
Besides using skills and Light/Heavy attacks, you want to make the most out of theShockedstatus.
Despite how high your damage output is, you should never forget that you’re fundamentally a mage.
In other words,you’re pretty squishy!
As a Spellblade, you’re mostly limited to being an Electricity-magic user.
By considering all of these aspects, we can establish a simple gameplay loop during combat.
First, use your skills to apply Shocked before starting your Light Attack combo.
When facing a single enemy, venture to trigger the Astral Orb effect with a Heavy attack.
As an example, castStorm Surge,Void Blade, then Light attacks.
When handling too many enemies or in situations where you are overwhelmed, use Tempest to clean the area.
You want to get all the skills available in the Spellblade skill tree.
Be sure to put the Spellblade’s signature Ultimate skillThunderous Endand theVoid Bladein your hotbar.
To fill the other available spots in your hotbar, you should select theStorm Surgeand theTempestskills.
Passive abilities are crucial for this build and shouldn’t be overlooked.
Be sure to unlockMeditationin the Shadow Dragon segment andReclamationin the Burst segment to secure consistent Mana recovery.
This means the stave is the least important aspect of the build.
A second good option is theStormsphere.
By getting a Rare version of it, yourAgile attackswill apply Shocked.
These two mageknives come with passives that assist you in having a good Mana sustain.
All three passives of this armor are great and the first two - the easiest ones to unlock!
- increase your maximum Mana and the percentage of Mana generated.
To make your life a bit easier, you may want to use theResearcher’s Coatarmor.
In the Rare version, this piece of equipment recovers Health based on the damage you caused.
Exactly what you may need as a squishy Mage who is throwing knife attacks at giant dragons.
The helms follow the same logic.
It increases the duration and damage of Shocking Weapons against Shocked enemies.
For the second ring slot, you want to runThrumming Rock.
This ring increases the damage of Shocking Weapons and Electric Abilities.
If you upgrade it to Rare, it will also heal you based on the damage of Strike abilities.
However, we would like to suggest some solid options that you should consider picking.
Rings have great Mana generation enchantments if the ones you’re wearing don’t have this effect.
But if you looked for the specific accessories we listed in this guide, this won’t be necessary.
Instead, put+25% Strike Ability Damage.
At the same time, you want+20% Shocked Damageor+1 Max Shocked Stacksfor your amulet.
When it comes to enchanting skills, you have great options to make your kit work even better.
First, put+75% Damage while Shocking Weaponsin Void Blade.
Next, you want-15% Cooldown Durationon Storm Surge.
This is your escape ability and you want to have it up quickly for emergencies.
Lastly, for Tempest, theRadius +2mis what you’re looking for.
This enchantment will see to it that more enemies are hit by the skill.
Have fun playing Spellblade in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
