Evoker is a Mage specialization in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Discover key features of Evoker Specialization, how to unlock and its skills.
Players can set their appearance, race, faction, and class during Dragon Age: The Veilguard character creation. Tune your builds for specific roles based on their chosen class and then further with their specialization. Skill Specialization is a unique feature that can tune your class to a particular playstyle and you can unlock it after reaching a specific level that we will discuss in this guide. This is one of the best specializations without the wow factor from others. Companions can fight alongside you in combat, provide extra dialogue in conversations, and become romanced with the player-controlled character.
Build in Dragon Age: The Veilguard is consistent with the faction, race, class, specialization, skills, and companions you bring on your adventure. Each choice, from character creation to equipment, is impactful, and a wrong decision at the start can limit your combat performance. Companions are Non-Playable Characters (NPCs) that travel with the player’s controllable character and offer aid in combat and exploration. You can recruit seven companions: two warriors, two rogues, and three mages. Throughout the game, you’ll meet companions and make decisions that can directly affect the world around you.
What is Evoker Specialization for Mage Class?
The Evoker Specialization focuses on cold damage and a large area of effect spells that help to Combo with other abilities. The spells tend to linger in the air and can even suck up a group of enemies making this a great class for synergizing with other abilities to create big damage spikes. This Specialization is also better suited for using the staff since it gets some extra combos for it.
It’s all about controlling the battlefield and dealing massive damage with your spells to take down enemies. It’s a much more traditional style of Mage where you will be doing big, flashy spells at your foes. Lean into this traditional ranged control and damage-dealing Mage. Trained on Minrathous streets, the Shadow Dragon uses ice to control the battlefield and delivers powerful magical attacks to take down enemies.
Key Features of Evoker Specialization in Dragon Age Veilguard
This is your control Mage that can freeze and control the battlefield at range to dish out a ton of enemies. Below are all the key features and mechanics for this Specialization in the game.
- Class: Mage
- Resource: Mana
- Best Faction: Shadow Dragons or Mourn Watch
- Best Companion: Darvin and Lucanis
- Amor Type:
- Weapon Type: Elemental, Ice, and Lightning Magic
- Ultimate: Vortex of Shadow
- Ability: Entropic Sphere
- Faction: Shadow Dragons
Each level player has one skill point with a level cap of 50. Specializations allow you to customize your build further but you can unlock at a specific level. Players can customize their build and enhance their party composition with three classes and three specializations per class in the game. Consume all your skill points again by hitting the “F” key in the skill tree menu.
How to Unlock Evoker Specialization for Mage Class?
Once the Mage character is at level 20, this specialization is unlocked. Unlocking this specialization does not require being part of the Crow faction. Only skill points are utilized to gain any specific Specialization in the game. Completing the main story quests, side quests, and curated content will let the players level up their characters in the game.
Evoker and Mage Skill Tree Explained
Skill Trees can be customized and allow you to modify the builds within each Class and Specialization. Class Mage Core is the main origin of the Skill Tree in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. The Skill Tree is enhanced when you earn skill points and level up. The Skill Tree has three sections.
- Core Class Tree
- Sub-Class/Specialization Tree
- Ultimate Ability
The Core Class Tree involves your traits and base class skills and it is in the center hexagon. The Sub-Class/Specialization Tree is the outer hexagons that consist of skills exclusive to your specialization. Lastly, the Ultimate Ability is the strongest skill and is unique to each specialization and is located in the specialization tree.
For each level, you gain one skill point. You can access the bigger section of the tree at the endgame. Each node in the game represents multiple abilities or passives.
- Diamond Nodes
- Hexagonal Nodes
- Circular Nodes
Diamond Nodes shows Active Abilities and you can equip 3 of them at once. Get passive abilities and major upgrades through Traits that are represented by Hexagonal Nodes. The Circular Nodes grant stat boosts and small Passive bonuses.
Weapon Proficiencies, Ultimates, and Class Core Abilities are unlocked at the initial stages of the game. Expand these basic skills for your class by selecting your nodes in the skill tree. Move to the south of the Core Skills to get this specialization. Burst and Control are the two nearest skill clusters that you can unlock by unlocking most of your nodes here.
The ultimate ability offers crowd control with lower damage output in the game. It helps attract the enemies toward the center of the black hole which stops them from fighting back. Use AoE skills or any combo with your companions after casting the spell.
All Evoker Skills in Dragon Age Veilguard Listed
Below are all the Skills of the Evoker Specialization in Dragon Age the Veilguard:
Skill | Skill Type | Objective |
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Vortex of Shadow | Ultimate | It summons a black hole and deals less damage than other ultimates over time but it also pulls enemies into it setting them up for any AOE combos. |
Entropic Sphere | Ability | An Area projectile type ability that launches a sphere of energy that damages all enemies for cold damage in a path and then explodes at its end. It weakens targets hit and seems to pull enemies towards it. |
Onslaught | Traits | Unleash an additional barrage of projectiles at the end of a Light Attack Chain |
Knight of Staves | Traits | Unleash a heavy bolt at your target after performing one heavy attack after two light attacks. The current Staff charge level determines the damage and radius increment. |
Ice Storm | Passive | Cold damage increases by 10%. |
Two Fires | Passive | An additional bolt adds to your Staff attacks for the next 6 seconds after using a Projectile Ability. |
Staff Mastery | Passive | Staff Light attack damage by 25% and Maximum Staff Energy charges by 1. |
Quickened Strikes | Passive | Final Staff attacks decrease the cooldown of your Abilities. |
Withering Charges | Passive | It reduces the enemy’s Resistance to your Staff’s damage type by 5% for 10 seconds after being hit by a Light Staff attack. |
Heavy Weaponry | Passive | Heavy attack damage increases by 10%. |
Controlled Infusion | Passive | Generates 35% of your Staff Energy when utilizing a Control Ability and also upgrades Control Abilities. |
Cryomancy | Passive | Damage against Frozen targets increased by 15% and also enhanced Frozen duration by 1 second. |
Ice Shatter | Passive | Charged attacks become Critical against Frozen enemies. However, the Frozen is eliminated after a successful attack. |
Bonechiller | Passive | Frozen is applied to all nearby enemies once you’re on Low Health and this effect occurs every 2 minutes. |
Tips and Tricks for Evoker Specialization
Utilizing the Evoker Specialization requires a bit of knowledge and a lot of gaming experience, so we bring some tips and tricks for you.
- Your Entropic Sphere shoots a projectile applying the Weakened effects.
- The Vortex of Shadow is a cold ultimate ability that pulls enemies, dealing damage over time. Vortex of Shadow is one of the best for “trash” enemies due to that it pulls and sucks them inward. Therefore, you don’t have to worry about enemies escaping the damage.
- You can use a companion like Neve to get the benefit and crowd control while playing something else.
- Use the combo of Staff Mastery and Controlled Infusion for massive damage and generating Staff energy.
- Onslaught and Knight of Staves Traits will release additional projectiles with heavy bolts at the enemy.
FAQs About the Evoker Specialization in Dragon Age The Veilguard
Question 1: What does Specialization do for you in Dragon Age The Veilguard?
Answer: Each specialization allows the players to get access to a unique Skill Tree that offers Passives, Traits, and Abilities.
Question 2: When do I choose my specialization in Dragon Age, The Veilguard?
Answer: There are three classes: Mage, Rogue, and Warrior. Each will have three subclasses called specializations, which you choose after reaching level 20.
Question 3: What do you get when you pick a specialization?
Answer: You will get access to multiple unique abilities, Passes, and traits when you pick a specialization by consuming a skill point.
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