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This guide breaks down which classes are available in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, including a gameplay overview, playstyle tips, and the one you should play.
In Dragon Age the Veilguard, players can pick a class during character creation for their protagonist, “Rook.” Your class will determine gameplay and combat mainly, while your faction (background) and race will have more impact on the story elements. However, you won’t be able to respec or change your class, faction, or race, and want to make an informed decision on which is the best for you. Furthermore, each class will feature three specializations starting at level 20, complimenting and adding skills and abilities to your class.
This guide explains classes, specializations, how they play, who should pick what, and why. We want to give you a solid understanding of what to expect from each class and optimal specializations to customize your experiences further.
Why you have to pick a class in Dragon Age: The Veilguard
You must choose from one of the available three classes for Dragon Age: The Veilguard during the character creation process. This is an essential choice, and is necessary to start the game.
Furthermore, your choice of class cannot be changed after you complete character creation. However, at any time during the game you can ‘refund’ all of your spent skill points, so that you can make different choices for your abilities and passives.
All Classes in Dragon Age: The Veilguard Listed
The three classes available to select in Dragon Age the Veilguard are the Mage, Rogue, and Warrior. The Mage is your typical spellcaster with a unique specialization (subclass) called the spellblade. The spell blade combines magic and daggers for a hybrid gameplay approach, blending physical and magical damage. The Rogue class is an assassin, quick, and damage-focused class with options for both ranged and melee. Lastly, the Warrior is your tank with a damage dealer, survivability, and a hybrid specialization.
Below is an overview of the classes in Dragon Age the Veilguard:
| Class | Specializations | Overview |
|---|---|---|
| Mage | Death Caller, Evoker, Spellblade | Spellcaster, range, status effects |
| Rogue | Duelist, Saboteur, Veil Ranger | High DPS, Range or melee |
| Warrior | Champion, Reaper, Slayer | Melee with damage or survivability |
Mage Class Overview
Below are the class features and mechanics for the Mage class in Dragon Age the Veilguard:
- Combat Style: ranged spellcaster
- Weapons: Staff, Dagger and Orb
- Resource: Mana
- Applies: Overwhelmed and Weakened
- Detonates: Sunder
- Specializations: Death Caller, Evoker, Spellblade
The Mage class features a ranged combat spellcasting combat style using mana as its resource for casting spells. Mages in DA:V is focused on massive area damage (AOE) and elemental damage like electric, frost, and necrosis, as well as helping detonate combos. The Mage can swap between the Staff and Dagger and Orb for various combinations with light and heavy attacks. Moreover, your heavy attack is a beam channel that can be used at range and is helpful for channeling damage.
The gameplay of the Mage is an active one, similar to Hogwarts Legacy. You can dodge, jump attack with your staff, and even cast a defensive bubble consuming mana. Moreover, you can play a hybrid-style semi-melee focused on daggers, especially if you select the Spellblade specialization. The Mage also has a unique debuff called Arcane Mark. The mark is applied via dagger attacks, and once you’ve accumulated enough stacks, you trigger an arcane bomb and an explosion.
Lastly, Dwarfs cannot be Mages, however every other race and faction can select this class. The Mage’s weakness are lower survivability due to light armor, and combo dependency for optimal gameplay.
| Mage Class Pros | Mage Class Cons |
|---|---|
| Range | Lower Survivability |
| Versatility | Weak Mobility |
| Damage | Combo Dependent |
Rogue Class Overview
Below are the class features and mechanics for the Rogue class in Dragon Age the Veilguard:
- Combat Style: melee or ranged DPS
- Weapons: Dual Daggers, Bow
- Resource: Momentum
- Applies: Weakened, Sunder
- Detonates: Overwhelmed
- Specializations: Duelist, Saboteur, Veil Ranger
The Rogue class epitomizes damage, using dual daggers and a bow for weapons. Rogues can play both in melee or at range and is unique because it doesn’t require a bar swap to activate the bow’s secondary weapon. The Rogue uses the momentum resource, requiring the player to hit light and heavy attacks to fill up a meter and activate a skill. Moreover, your bow can be aimed to increase damage with headshots or slow targets with leg shots. This requires more skill than something that automatically aims but has a greater impact on combat.
The gameplay of the Rogue is an ultra-fast movement with infinite dodge rolls, skills that close the distance, or hanging at a range firing off arrows. Depending on your specialization, you focus on a particular element and debuff enemies while triggering the overwhelmed detonation. The upside of the Rogue is that it has incredibly high damage at the cost of more complex gameplay. Players with high skill in aiming in combinations can likely take advantage of the DPS.
Any race in Dragon Age, the Veilguard can play the Rogue class. Moreover, consider the Veil Jumpers your faction for increased critical and weak point damage.
| Rogue Class Pros | Rogue Class Cons |
|---|---|
| No Weapon Swapping | Most Complex |
| High DPS | Squishy |
| Great Mobility | Aiming Required |
Warrior Class Overview
Below are the class features and mechanics for the Mage class in Dragon Age the Veilguard:
- Combat Style: melee focused with Shield throw
- Weapons: Sword and Shield, Two-Handed
- Resource: Rage
- Applies: Sunder, Overwhelmed
- Detonates: Weakened
- Specializations: Champion, Reaper, Slayer
The Warrior is the standard tank class in other RPGs using Rage resource, sword, and shield with bar swapping to a two-handed weapon. Primarily in melee range, you can throw your shield regardless of specialization, giving every class some range options. The Rage resources build as you attack or get attacked, allowing you to cast spells. Therefore, you should be able to soak up incoming damage and use your skill frequently. Furthermore, the Warrior is the simplest class to play with high survivability, though not the same damage as the Rogue or Mage.
The warrior’s gameplay involves charging into battle and obtaining aggro (enemies’ attention), crowd control, and stagger. Stagger is a mechanic in which enemy bars fill up below their health and, when full, allow for a killing blow animation. The Warrior also has some decent mobility tools to close the gap and charge into combat and should be a great choice for players who like to be on the front lines.
Any race in Dragon Age, the Veilguard can play the Rogue class. Moreover, consider the Grey Wardens your faction for increased health and damage reduction.
| Warrior Class Pros | Warrior Class Cons |
|---|---|
| Team Buffs | Lower Damage |
| Great Survivability | Weaker Range Options |
| Simplistic | Melee Range |
Who Should Play the Mage Class in Dragon Age: The Veilguard?
You should play the Mage if you enjoy range damage with spells or a hybrid melee spellcasting style similar to the Witcher’s Geralt. Unlike other RPGs, the Mage in DA:V has melee dagger weapons, and a specialization specifically focuses on melee combinations and spell casting. Moreover, the Mage can cast support spells, crowd control, and elemental effects. Furthermore, you can expect flashy and awesome-looking animations and gameplay.
You should avoid the Mage class if you prefer something durable or tanky. You won’t be a front-line fighter even with the Dagger setup, and you can always use a companion like Neve to fulfill the spellcaster role. Below are some recommendations on specialization for the Mage and who should play them:
- Death Caller: this subclass has higher survivability thanks to stealing and siphoning health from enemies. Death Caller is the necromancer of the group and uses stacks of necrosis status effects for damage. You can also sacrifice health for mana, giving you a unique resource, sustaining mechanics, high risk, and high reward.
- Evoker: select the Evoker if you want ice status effect and large AOE debuffs. This specialization emphasizes cold damage that lingers in the area and can debuff enemies.
- Spellblade: if you enjoy a hybrid gameplay using daggers and magic, then select the spellblade. The upside is burst damage and a unique status effect, though you will need to play closer in range, sacrificing some survivability. Moreover, this spec is more combo-dependent but has a high upside with damage.
Who Should Play the Rogue Class in Dragon Age: The Veilguard?
You should play the Rogue in Dragon Age the Veilguard if you value damage and don’t mind extra complexity. With headshot aiming and a combination of gameplay, the Rogue can produce an amazing single target and AOE damage. Moreover, the Rogue has high mobility and is versatile in range, not requiring bar swapping to fire off the bow. However, you won’t have a survivability specialization, so pick your spots when charging in for a deadly combo. If you like DPS but don’t want to sacrifice survivability, you can select the Warrior and use Lucanis as your companion Rogue.
Below are some recommendations on specialization for the Mage and who should play them:
- Duelist: Select the Duelist if you want the most damage in the melee range. You will be dealing necrotic damage, and it is combo-dependent with the most combat complexity.
- Saboteur: if you enjoy turrets, traps, and walking enemies into explosives, select Saboteur. However, this is an odd specialization and is likely limited in power when you can burst in melee or at range with the other two.
- Veil Ranger: For players who enjoy Range DPS, select the Veil Ranger. While you don’t weapon swap with the Rogue, the passives allow you to maintain this weapon resources arrow more frequently as they automatically regenerate.
Who Should Play the Warrior Class in Dragon Age: The Veilguard?
You should play the Warrior in Dragon Age: The Veilguard if you enjoy being the front-line fighter, tank, or enjoy survivability. Depending on your specialization, you do great damage with a two-handed weapon or play a hybrid tank DPS with the Reaper. The major downside is the lack of consistent range damage and overall DPS. However, the simplicity and survivability appeal to most players who love charging in and seeing an entire group of enemies come crashing down with a stun. Bring Darvin along to your party or Taash for a two-handed DPS warrior if you want a Tank Warrior on your team.
Below are some recommendations on specialization for the Mage and who should play them:
- Champion: This specialization is your typical tank (mainly sword and shield) that buffs the team, has high survivability, and has great skill selection. Additionally, CHampion deals with fire, so it can debuff and burn enemies.
- Reaper: Overall, the most versatile of the specializations because it uses both sword and shield with two-handed skills. Moreover, you drain health from enemies giving you a self-heal mechanic and outlasting opponents with necrotic damage. versatility draining, outlasting, necrotic damage
- Slayer: This DPS-centered specialization focused on two-handed AOE damage and stuns. You forgo some survivability for huge area and constant staggers and crowd control.
Important Points to remember while choosing class?
While the number of classes available may be small, with the addition of several class specializations, there is a lot to consider when choosing a class in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Here are some important points to remember while choosing your class:
- Your preferred playstyle – do you like close-quarters or ranged combat?
- Companion preference – party composition is important in DA:V because of potential combos. If there is a companion you want to travel with a lot, then it’s best not to choose the same class they have.
- Roleplay – Your chosen class will have some effect on dialogue options and could also influence some story decisions.
FAQs About Classes in Dragon Age: The Veilguard?
Question 1: Are Classes Gender Locked?
Answer: You can play any gender any class in Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Question 2: What’s the best Class?
Answer: Players who enjoy spellcasting should select the Mage, Rogue for DPS and burst damage, and Warrior for survivability and group buffs. Overall, the best class is the one you find most enjoyable. Moreover, your party can contain three players, and companions can fill in the missing roles like tank, support, or DPS.
Question 3: How do you pick your Class?
Answer: you pick your class in character creation and you cannot respec or change it once selected. However, you can respec or re-roll skill points and specializations.
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