Dragon Age The Veilguard Emmrich Companion Guide

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Discover everything about Emmrich Companion in our Dragon Age: The Veilguard guide including his equipment, abilities, best possible build, and much more.

Dragon Age The Veilguard - Companions - Emmrich Volkarin - Mage
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard offers seven different companions who will accompany Rook (protagonist) on a fantasy journey across Thedas. As you will get to choose your starting class from Mage, Rogue, and Warrior, every companion has a pre-defined class and faction that can synergize greatly with your build. In addition to the aid in encounters from the companions, they will influence the story, dialogue, and exploration.

Among the companions in Dragon Age: The Veilguard is Emmrich Volkarin, a well-meaning scholar with necromancy capabilities. Emmrich is a necromancer (Mage) with a wide range of Necrotic elemental abilities that allow him to engage with enemies from a distance. Bringing Emmrich along in your adventure will aid you in combat. Moreover, the overall involvement of Emmrich in your party will help you progress him, advancing his skill lines and equipment.

This guide will cover companion Emmrich’s equipment, abilities, build, romance options, and more in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

Everything about Emmrich Companion in Dragon Age The Veilguard

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Emmrich Volkarin is a highly skilled necromancer and a member of the Mourn Watch faction. The Mourn Watch operates within the Mortalitasi kingdom and is responsible for mummifying the dead so that their soul can rest and enter the fade. Emmrich has been a part of Mourn Watch for over thirty years and holds a deep knowledge of necromancy allowing him to summon forth spirits of the dead. Moreover, he has a skeletal assistant named Manfred who accompanies him all the time which can distract enemies for players during combat and even become an option to call while romancing with Emmrich.

Emmrich Volkarin is primarily a Mage specializing in Death Caller, allowing him to use necromancy magic. Most of his spells are necrotic-infused attacks that he can cast from a distance to deal damage. In addition to his potential abilities, he also has the healing ability to heal Rook. Moreover, Emmrich also holds knowledge of control magic allowing him to slow down time for controlling enemies and making opportunities for Rook for potential damage output.

We know that every companion in the Dragon Age: The Veilguard has a unique ability that allows them to manipulate something in the game world. However, Emmrich’s game-world manipulative ability is unknown at this point.

The Lighthouse and Emmrich Volkarin

The Lighthouse is the player hub area where you will get to gather with all of your recruited companions. You can interact and exchange dialogues to grow your relationship with them, which can eventually turn into romantic options. The companions play a crucial role in the overall narrative of the game providing you with aid in both enemy encounters and exploration. Every companion is skilled in their pre-defined class and provides you with great assistance with the set of skills during combat.

Order your companions to use either priming or detonating abilities that will help you create unique combos to annihilate the fighting grounds. As you cannot use companions by yourself, synergizing your build with the companions’ abilities will help you outplay the strong enemies. Outside of combat grounds, each companion will often exchange dialogue with you upon progressing your character and provide you with more dialogue options whenever you are dealing with an NPC from a corresponding faction of your companion.

Speaking of companions and their related factions, here are all the companions associated with factions and classes in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

Emmrich Faction

Selecting a Faction for Rook is a mandatory process at the beginning of the game as every faction provides certain traits. In the case of Emmrich, he is a member of the Mourn Watch faction and if you select a similar faction as him, you will get bonus traits providing you with more damage output against Undead and Demons. And apply an additional debuff stack on targets for more potential damage.

  • Recognized Name: Gain reputation with the Mourn Watchers more quickly.
  • Return to the Grave: Deal increased damage against Undead and Demons.
  • Acute Afflictions: Apply an additional affliction stack on targets.

So, if you are considering a Melee DPS-focused build for your character, Mourn Watch will give you a slight edge on applying more affliction stacks on targets with Rook’s abilities. It is best for a Melee DPS build with Slayer Specialization. Moreover, with Emmrich on your side, he will be able to slow down time for you to get additional hits in and inflict necrotic on enemies from a distance to assist you in combat.

Here is a quick look at the characteristics of Emmrich Volkarin in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

  • Race: Human
  • Gender: Male
  • Class: Mage
  • Specialization: Death Caller (Necromancy Magic)
  • Faction: Mourn Watch
  • Romance: Yes

Where to find Emmrich in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

The exact location of Emmrich is unknown at this time due to the limited introduction of the companions and combat system by the Devs. His introduction to Rook and the rest of the companions is still a mystery, so we will have to wait for a bit to see how it goes. We will update this portion of the Dragon Age The Veilguard Emmrich Companion guide, once we get the information on what point you meet Emmrich and what procedures you need to undertake to unlock him.

Emmrich Equipment

Emmrich Companion - Dragon Age the Veilguard

Emmrich is a Mage who focuses on doing necrotic damage and supports his companions with Control Magic. He uses a Staff as his primary weapon to target enemies from a distance. In addition to his Staff, the rest of the equipment slots include an Amulet, an Armor Set, and a Ring.

There are only four slots for all companions which is less compared to Rook with nine slots. The equipment slots on the left side for the companion include main weapons and the slots on the right include armor set pieces and trinkets.

  • Equipment Slot 1: Staff
  • Equipment Slot 2: Amulet
  • Equipment Slot 3: Armor Set
  • Equipment Slot 4: Ring

While being a Necromancy Mage, Emmrich utilizes his Staff most of the time to assist his companions from a distance. However, his Control Magic can be of great aid like slowing down time.  You can deal potential damage to enemies inflicted by his magic on top of the necrotic damage from him.

Another thing that is worth mentioning is that all companions have their own progression system so as they gain experience and level up, they will gain access to better equipment options, and new skills. Speaking of skills, let’s discuss Emmrich’s starting abilities.

Emmrich Abilities

Emmrich’s set of starting abilities hold skills that allow him to inflict various status effects on enemies, such as Weakened, Quietus, Stagger, and Detonate the Sundered. Moreover, some of the abilities target multiple enemies and even deal damage over time for a short period. Here is a list of all Emmrich’s starting abilities and their effects.

  • Final Rites: Emmrich summons an envoy of the dead who explodes in a blast of necrotic energy dealing 507 necrotic damage. Moreover, the enemies within the four meters of the explosion also take damage. It detonates the Sundered status effect on an enemy and has a base cooldown of 38 seconds.
  • Replenish: Emmrich casts a healing spell that instantly replenishes Rook’s health by 1,000 health points. It has a base cooldown of 28 seconds.
  • Entangling Spirits: Emmrich summons spirits to entangle and hinder the enemies dealing 243 necrotic damage with high Stagger. It also applies a Weakened status effect on the enemy and has a base cooldown of 36 seconds.
  • The Bell Tolls: Emmrich casts a death curse that causes an enemy to explode with necrotic energy and deals 351 necrotic damage. It also applies the Quietus effect to targets which will deal increased damage to the targets for a short period. Lastly, it has a base cooldown of 36 seconds.
  • Time Slow: Emmrich slows down time affecting enemies and allies’ movement speed, but Rook’s movement stays at normal speed. It has a base cooldown of 48 seconds.

The overall composition of Emmrich revolves around dealing damage to enemies from a distance. With his necromancy spells and the ability to cast control magic, the players can deal potential damage to the enemies. Emmrich is a great support character and his powers synergize greatly with a Melee DPS build for your character.

Emmrich Build Guide

From Emmrich’s equipment and abilities, we know that he is a great support character and healer who can fill up the missing gaps from your Rook’s build. The preferred build for your Rook with Emmrich as a companion is Melee DPS. Because it will allow you to take advantage of various opportunities that Emmrich creates with his abilities. Moreover, the second companion that we would recommend is Davrin. He is a great Tank character with close and ranged abilities. Also, it completes the overall composition of your party with 1 Melee DPS, 1 Mage/Ranged DPS (Support), and 1 Tank.

Creating combos with companions will aid you efficiently in Dragon Age: The Veilguard which relies on prime and detonate attacks. With Emmrich and Davrin, you can use Emmrich’s Entangling Spirits (ability) to apply the Weakened effect on an enemy. Then you order Davrin to use Death from Above to detonate and amplify the impact of the effect.

Moreover, with your Melee DPS build, you can use abilities like Bloody Advance or Toxic Dash (if playing Duelist) to apply the Sundered status effect on an enemy. Then you can order Emmrich to use Final Rites to detonate the Sundered effect on the enemy. Lastly, in the time of need for healing, you can order Emmrich to heal your character instantly for 1,000 Health Points with the Replenish ability.

Now, you can alter the builds throughout your adventure, and as Emmrich progresses, you can freely select advanced skills from his skill lines for better composition.

Emmrich Companion Quest

In Dragon Age: The Veilguard, every companion has their own unique recruiting quest that players can undertake. And complete them to unlock the corresponding companions. It is the same case with Emmrich, but at the time of writing this article, we are still in the process of finding the recruiting quest for him.

How to Romance Emmrich in DA: The Veilguard

Emmrich is a possible romanceable companion similar to all other companions in the game. Upon recruiting him and bringing him along on your adventure, you will get the opportunity to strengthen your relationship with him. And proceed to romance options by selecting corresponding responses during the dialogue choices. Similar to the Dialogue Choices Wheel in the Inquisition, The Veilguard offers multiple responses to a situation. These allow you to make a decision that aligns or conflicts with a companion.

For you to strengthen your relationship with Emmrich, you must make choices that align with his values and beliefs. Interact with Emmrich during the adventures to learn more about him and gain a deeper relationship. Moreover, progressing through the main story and side content around the world of Thedas will heavily impact your relationship with Emmrich. Unlocking more choices for you to make and possibly romance choices.

Improving your relationship with Emmrich and romancing him will unlock more rewards. Since Emmrich is serious about his duty to protect innocents from the occult, it is better to side with him on certain occasions to gain a deeper relationship. Moreover, another interesting romance feature with Emmrich is that his Skeletal Assistant, Manfred can join you during romance.

However, the specific impactful dialogue choices to strengthen the relationship and proceed to romance with Emmrich are unknown at this point.

Final Thoughts on Emmrich Volkarin Companion

Emmrich is one of the best support characters in the Dragon Age: The Veilguard with a great knowledge of necromancy. As there are other support and mage companions in the game, his ability to control enemies with abilities is what makes him one of the best. He has a strong line of starting abilities with various impactful spells that can make your encounters easy. Players should create various synergies with Emmrich to come up with priming and detonating combos. The best build composition that players can create with Emmrich is Melee DPS with Davrin as the second companion.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Emmrich in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Q1. How do you unlock Emmrich Companion in Dragon Age the Veilguard?

Answer: Emmrich is unlocked by completing his recruiting quest which is unknown at this point.

Q2. Is Emmrich a romanceable companion in Dragon Age: The Veilguard?

Answer: Yes, Emmrich is among the seven companions in Dragon Age: The Veilguard who all are romanceable companions.

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