Worst Mage skills not worth using

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the first game in the Dragon Age franchise that really gives players the freedom to experiment with the build of their classes. Since the player is free to redeem their points whenever they want, a player can easily experiment with different abilities, passives, and traits to create the perfect build for their playstyle.

As a wizard, this could include creating a Death Caller that stays at a distance using their ranged attack while draining health or a Spellblade that instead focuses on melee. But even on this vast web of skills, there are some that the player can avoid investing in to better use their fifty levels to buy something else.

8 Ice Storm – Passive

Armor and weapons increase damage better than these passives

• The player's cold damage is increased by 10%.

Ice Storm isn't the only elemental damage passive available for players to buy on the skill page, although it is a good example of many of those passive skills that players shouldn't bother wasting their skill points on.

While any small increase in damage can help, there are also an assortment of weapons and armor available in Dragon Age: The Veilguard that increase the elemental damage a Mage does, meaning players can instead focus on purchasing other, much more useful skills and leave passive items like Ice Storm to either never be bought or at least near the end of the player's build.

7 Wall Of Fire – Ability

Some battlefields are too big for that

• Type: Duration, control
• Cooling down: 60 seconds

Every ability i Dragon Age: The Veilguard has its use depending on the build the player is working towards. However, an ability from the past Dragon Age games that become somewhat useless in Dragon Age: The Veilguard for Mages is Wall of Fire. In previous titles, players would line up this ability to block themselves from enemies or tactfully place the wall of fire in small spaces to hit multiple enemies.

However in Veilguardthe majority of areas the player fights are much larger, where even the burning affliction caused by the Wall of Fire does not make the ability useful compared to the other fire abilities available to the player.

6 Resistant Blasts – Ability Upgrade

Resistance is not as useful as being invulnerable

• Killing an enemy with a Blast ability grants the player Resistant.

Resistance is another characteristic of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which reduces the amount of damage the player takes from the brutal enemies they encounter throughout the game. But of the advantages found in VeilguardResistance is arguably one of the weakest available, with many players not really feeling the effect of being resistant.

With many mages already built as glass cannons, any damage could be the difference between life and death. Therefore, Resistant Blasts and ability upgrades like that aren't worth the trouble when the player would have a much easier time if they were invulnerable to all damage instead of a reduced amount.

5 Defy The Elements – Passive

Players should focus on defending instead of countering

• Gives players 10% fire and cold resistance.

In addition to perks that give players resistance to all damage, Mages also have an assortment of passive skills, such as Defy The Elements, which gives the player constant resistance to certain elements of damage, such as fire, cold, necrotic, etc.

Again, this is only a small percentage of the damage resistance that can be taken, and therefore, depending on the difficulty a player has chosen, the player may not survive, even if they have 10% less fire or cold damage. Instead, a player should instead invest in the other skills available on the web unless they need it to get to a more important skill.

4 Spell Slinger – Ability Upgrade

Players tend to focus on what is close

• Projectile Abilities deal 28% more damage to enemies at least 20 meters away.

Although Projectile Abilities tend to be used by mages who attack from afar, many players in this action RPG will still tend to focus on enemies that are closer to them as they are usually more dangerous.

Therefore, it becomes incredibly unlikely to use projectile abilities on enemies that are at least 20 meters away. Any use of Spell Slinger would most likely be due to accidentally using this buff occasionally. Players should instead focus on other ability upgrades available on the skill page that better improve damage, regardless of range.

3 Overdraft – Greater passive

The cost is not worth it

• Abilities cost 50 more Mana but also do 50% more penetration.

While players may be tempted to buy every skill within a specialization, there are some times when a player will instead want to avoid buying a skill like the greater passive rollover because the cost of using it isn't worth the reward.

Overlays increase the penetration of all the player's abilities by 50%, which sounds incredible at first. But it also increases the cost of each ability by 50 Mana. With each ability requiring more Mana to use, a player may instead find themselves using them less often due to not having time to Mana, with abilities that once cost nothing to use not requiring Mana as well .

2 Catalyst – Ability upgrade

Players should focus on their own damage

• Defeating an enemy with a projectile ability grants the player the Rally Party.

Rally Party is another advantage mechanic i Dragon Age: The Veilguard as players may not want to use as much as they first thought. By having the Rally Party benefit from the ability to upgrade Catalyst, the player can temporarily increase the damage dealt by the companions in their party.

A player may find that the regular damage their companion does isn't much, and this increase increases it by a small margin. However, a player may want to instead focus on increasing their own skills and abilities while using companions' skills to better improve the companions' damage output.

1 Light Armor Mastery – Greater passive

Mixing Armor is much more beneficial

There are an assortment of armor masteries available for all three classes i Dragon Age: The Veilguard. By purchasing these larger passives, players gain additional buffs for wearing certain types of armor. Unlike before Dragon Age titles like Dragon Age: Inquisitionwhich only allowed one class to wear specific armor, i Dragon Age: The Veilguardthe player can wear light, medium, or heavy armor even if playing as a Mage.

While a player may be tempted to buy Light Armor Mastery, there are many other ways to increase the staff's energy charge rate through other more valuable skills, so players can still experiment with their armor and even try something medium or even heavy. alternative.