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Find out how to unlock Neve Veilguard skill, which lies in the center of her skill tree in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
A decade after the events seen in Inquisition, the story of BioWare’s Dragon Age: The Veilguard begins. Playing as the protagonist Rook you’ll be recruiting companions and forming alliances with various factions throughout the game. Each of your seven companions has their own skill tree, with abilities that can produce combos. Moreover, each skill tree also has a central passive called the Veilguard Skill, which serves as a key part of their combat potential. In the following guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about Neve’s Veilguard skill, how to unlock it, what options you have, and even the legendary armor you can earn at the same time!
How to Unlock Neve’s Veilguard Skill in Dragon Age: The Veilguard?
To unlock Neve’s Veilguard skill in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, you will need to progress her companion quest line through The Returned Cultist Case. During the final fight, you will need to help her make a choice. Depending on the nature of that choice, you will unlock one of two possible Veilguard skills for Neve.
Keep in mind that you cannot earn both of these skills for Neve in a single playthrough. If you want to test out each skill, then you will need to make separate save files. Additionally, with this choice, you will also unlock a legendary armor for Neve. Each armor has a unique design that reflects the choice you made. Moreover, the traits on each armor are different and can affect your Neve build.
Finally, the choice you will be making for Neve is whether she will be an inspiring hero or a shadowy protector of Dock Town. The moment you help Neve make this choice will occur during the final confrontation with Aelia. However, you won’t receive the skill and armor until after you speak to Neve upon returning to the Lighthouse. Make sure not to skip this step!
Additionally, if you choose to save Treviso during Act 1 and Neve is hardened, then you will not be able to persuade Neve for one choice or the other. You will instead be locked into the ‘shadowy protector’ choice and receive those rewards.
Here are each of the Veilguard Skills and Legendary Armor you can unlock for Neve in Dragon Age: The Veilguard:
- Veilguard Skills
- Cold Justice
- Winter’s Wrath
- Legendary Armor
- Investigator’s Robes
- Threader’s Plates
Neve Inspiring Hero Veilguard Skill
All features and mechanics of Neve’s Inspiring Hero Veilguard Skill:
- Name: Cold Justice
- Description: Neve’s Chilled effectiveness increases by 2%, and her Frozen duration increases by 100%.
If you choose the inspiring hero role for Neve, then you will unlock the Cold Justice Veilguard skill. Speak to Neve at the Lighthouse following Aelia’s defeat and this skill will automatically unlock for you. You do not have to spend a skill point to activate Neve’s Veilguard skill.
The Cold Justice passive will increase the maximum number of Chilled stacks Neve can inflict by +1. Additionally, a second trait will increase the effectiveness of her Chilled status by 2%. Moreover, the significant power from this passive comes in the boost of her Frozen duration by 100%.
Therefore, this would be a potentially great passive to have if you are primarily using Neve as your crowd-control mage. Her elemental abilities such as Icebreaker and Blizzard deal Cold damage and can slow or stop your enemies.
Neve Inspiring Hero Legendary Armor
All features and mechanics of Neve’s Inspiring Hero Legendary Armor:
- Name: Investigator’s Robes
- Weight: Light
- Rarity: Legendary
- Companion only: Neve
- Traits:
- Detonations permanently reduce enemies’ Cold Resistance.
- Detonations apply Frozen if the target’s Cold Resistance drops below 0%.
The Investigator’s Robes legendary armor has bonuses that modify detonations and reduce enemy Cold Resistance. The first trait changes detonations so that they will permanently reduce enemies’ Cold Resistance. The second trait builds on that so that detonations apply the Frozen statues effect if the target’s Cold Resistance is below 0%.
Therefore, this set of armor is likely best to combine with Neve’s Icebreaker ability, which hits with Cold damage and detonates Sundered. On more powerful enemies, it may take more than one detonation to get your target’s Cold Resistance below 0%. However, this would be an incredibly affect combination whenever you are facing an enemy with a weakness to cold.
Neve Shadowy Protector Veilguard Skill
Features and mechanics of Neve’s Shadowy Protector Veilguard Skill:
- Name: Winter’s Wrath
- Description: Neve’s Critical damage increases by 50%. Neve’s damaging Abilities deal bonus 25% vs Low Health, and their cooldown duration is reduced by 20%.
If you choose the shadowy protector role for Neve, then you will unlock the Winter’s Wrath Veilguard skill. Although you will make this crucial choice during the fight with Aelia, it won’t unlock until you speak with Neve at the Lighthouse afterward. Then, the center skill will unlock without you having to spend a skill point.
The Winter’s Wrath passive will increase Neve’s Critical damage by 50%. Next, a second trait will increase the damage from any of her abilities against low-health enemies by 25%. Moreover, their cooldown duration is reduced by 20%.
The decrease in cooldown duration is a fantastic perk, but keep in mind that according to the tooltip, this bonus should only apply to ‘damaging Abilities.’ Consequently, this will likely not have any effect on her powerful Time Slow skill or her Replenish healing ability.
Neve Shadowy Protector Legendary Armor
All features and mechanics of Neve’s Shadowy Protector Legendary Armor:
- Name: Threader’s Plate
- Weight: Light
- Rarity: Legendary
- Companion only: Neve
- Traits:
- Enemies remain Sundered when Detonated (but cannot be Detonated again).
- Sundered effectiveness increases by 20%.
The Threader’s Plate legendary armor has bonuses that boost the effectiveness and duration of the Sundered condition. The first trait causes enemies to remain Sundered after they have been detonated. However, they cannot be detonated again. The second trait is an overall boost to Neve’s detonations, with Sundered effectiveness increasing by 20%.
In Dragon Age: The Veilguard, with the Sundered condition a target receives increased damage from all sources. With a trait like this that inflicts a target with a permanent Sundered condition, that means that all of your party members will deal increased damage. This could be very strong against bosses and other high-level, single-target enemies.
FAQs About Neve Veilguard Skill in Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Q1: How soon can you unlock Neve’s Veilguard skill in Dragon Age: The Veilguard?
Answer: You will have to reach Act 3 of Dragon Age: The Veilguard before you can unlock Never’s Veilguard skill. Furthermore, you will have to complete all of Neve’s companion quests, through the final fight against Aelia. Speak to Neve at the Lighthouse after the battle to unlock the skill and receive legendary armor.
Q2: Should You Choose Inspiring Hero or Shadowy Protector for Neve in Dragon Age: The Veilguard?
Answer: Your choice of Inspiring Hero or Shadowy Protector for Neve will depend on which Veilguard skill and legendary armor work best with your class and build. On the other hand, if you are serious about the roleplay choice or like the look of a certain armor more, you may prioritize differently.
Q3: Which Veilguard Skill is better for Neve in Dragon Age: The Veilguard?
Answer: If you are using Neve primarily for crowd control with her Icebreaker, Blizzard, and Time Slow abilities, then the Cold Justice Veilguard skill would be the ideal choice. However, if Neve’s role in your party is that of a damage-dealing support mage, then it’s possible that you would be better served with the ‘shadowy protector’ choice. The cooldown reduction for damage abilities, paired with the armor trait that causes all enemies to remain Sundered, would pack a powerful punch. Moreover, it would allow all members of your party to deal more damage after the initial detonation had been triggered.
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