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  • What is ur characters base stats?

  • I dont think your MANA regen is 11, I think its more than that because FADE SHROUD gives you a bonus to mana regen in combat, and also the SPIRIT HEALER specs gives you a bonus to mana regen as well

  • Did you get the fade wall drop without toolset? If so then I commend you. Haven't reached the unbound quest yet since I'm trying to complete all the other quests before heading to orzammar, but thats a really nice AM build. Just a question, wouldn't it be better to supplement AM build with a blood mage specialization?

  • @CodeBypass Depends on your style. I prefer SH. And I did not use a toolset. What's the point of playing if I can get everything easily?

  • Hey folks, i've got one doubt. We can clearly see how powerful this build is in Origins, but how does it fare in Awakening? I've already finished my playthrough, but i don't know how i'd do it in Awakening. thanks =D

  • dude i tried soloing flemeth on casual with almost the exact same build (wade dragon bone set instead of scale and fade wall instead of howes shield) my stats were about the same. but even on casual the dragons grab destroyed me. how do you stop it? i used the same basic buffs (shimmer shield, combat magic, spell shield, arcane shield, tele weps, and rock armor)

  • @donteswolf Equipment and ducking out once in a while. Even the small difference in toughness does count.

  • i'm new. what's the build?

    cheers

  • @GodOnStrike Equipment and skills is at the start of the video

  • @Carsomyr80 Cheers, I was mentioning this the other day with my mate, I don't know much, but I came up with something

    Dex accounts for crit chance right?

    I'm not sure if any stat accounts for crit dmg but that don't matter right now

    I presumed seeing as I plan to be AW, would a build of Magic/Dex be good?

    Constitution wouldn't matter as dex also accounts for evasion/def w,e right?

    The only downfall is a lack of WPower for spells but I'd be a melee based char anyway (AW)

    What do ya think?

  • Epic. It was hard for me to beat gaxkang on medium with my whole party lol

  • lol, 2 people arguing in a language they're not great at. That's good stuff. :D

    There are a number of countries besides America, that use English as the primary language.

    United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, The Bahamas, Australia, are a few places where English is an official/primary language.

  • I have a question, when an item says (insert number here) stamina regeneration, does that count as mana when ur an arcane warrior?

  • What the hell.. This game sucks.

  • @Vorloon troll harder,bro

  • @eusouocarameuirmao I thought it was World of Warcraft and when i saw the vid i was like : WTFROFLMAO

  • @Vorloon what one thing have to do with the other?

  • @eusouocarameuirmao better..

  • @Vorloon are you implyng that wow is better than dao? woah, thats deep. Tell me exactly the concepts behind your theory, which surely is very well thought out and based on hours of experience playing both games,yes?

  • @eusouocarameuirmao Sorry i'm from France I can't speak english very well like you so i can't explain myself but i just think WoW is better motherfucker

  • @Vorloon i'm not american as well,bro. I'm actually brazillian. But it is nice to hear compliments about my english though :D

    anyway, what i'm trying to say is that DAO doesn't suck, it was the best rpg of 2009 and along with baldur's gate it is one of bioware's masterpieces. You shouldn't compare it with WoW, simply because they are completely different games. One is a single-player game and the other a mmorpg. Second, you never played DAO,i assume,so you don't have any argument on your favor

  • mana crash booom wtf :D

  • o_O how did you get the shield on the first try man :/ Ive been fighting the cultist leader for the spellweaver for the last 3 hours

  • do you use haste in this build? or what do you think is the best from all of the elemental damage. Fire, Nature, Shock or Ice? And or what combinations do you use?

  • @Rosvosektori Most players would go for Fire or Frost. Fire does more direct damage; Ice does less, but slows/paralyses foes at the same time. Electricity is somewhere in between, but harder to estimate its effect so it isn't as popular. And no, I didn't use Haste.

  • @Carsomyr80 why dont you use haste bro? and is it more damage if i duel wield on my arcane warrior

    i have (spellweaver or duncan's sword idk which) and shales personal quest dagger that interrupts and has 3 rune slot and other stuff xD)

  • i can never be bothered to put points into dex which is why on my second playthrough i just took AW for the passive bonuses

  • Sigh....I seen this build a lot before! Made it myself, though I had differant items it was pretty much the same idea! Only difference was less defense, but more offense

    My problem with this however is that it ruins the point of the game. The way I see it Arcane warrior are meant to be Offensive units, not defensive. I try to play the characters as I imagine them to be!!! I am sure that the makers of he game did not intend for such char to be possible (Same with my version of Arcane warrior)

  • I did the same for my arcane warrior except I had two swords instead of the shield and a little higher dex.

  • what race r u?

  • While I like the idea that the Arcane Mage gives, I've always pictured mages as the person who sits in the back, casting spells and ripping shit up. For that reason, I don't think I'll ever be able to play a Arcane Mage and be satisfied. :\

    I was rather saddened by the mage specializations in this game, because even with Blood Mages, I don't want to weaken my party to increase my damage, healing is left to Wynne, and I can't grow to like Arcane Warrior or Shapeshifter.

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  • I had a blood mage-arcane warrior and I owned shit so hard it made the game no fun at all.

  • Can I use another different sword instead of getting it from DLC patch ?

  • my ears!

  • Did you go solo on nightmare against the Harvester?

  • Omg Neria is my new idol-- going to try out this build now.

  • I saw the shimmering shield collapsing a couple of times there. Cailan's armor set is better for greater resistance and best health regeneration. It's almost pointless to heal then.

  • Seems like you had a lot of fun pressing the numbers on your keyboard.

    See, I know this is an indestructible build but it can't be fun to duke it out for half an hour while keeping your buffs up.

  • where did u get the helm

  • @yodadax222 Helm of Honnleath, from the Stone Prisoner DLC

  • I can't unlock Nature of The Beast quest! I'm lvl 15, I got the spellweaver sword, and i can' equip it! Where i can unlock Nature of The Beast quest???

  • @andrius75 you probably figured it out but I'll say anyway

    during the quest with the elves you'll come across a ruins/lair. I can't give specific directions as I suck at that but keep an eye out for a gem or vial (like the ones for the revenant fights), follow the dialogue options to unlock the spec.

    Alternatively you can hop onto Awakening and buy the spec manual if you can from that DLC ^_^

  • why arcane warrior when you can be blood mage/spirit healer lol

  • Any idea if +stamina regeneration increases mana regeneration in the 360 version? I thought they remained separate modifiers meant for different character classes since some items say stamina and some say mana.

  • im guessing this is computer game?

  • @soulrisk1010 There is a PS3 and 360 version, but I'm pretty sure he/she is playing on a PC.

  • @soulrisk1010 Xbox, PS3, and PC but yes this is the PC version.

  • Am I misunderstanding his little speech at the beginning, or is he pretty much saying, "Yeah, I'm going to lose."

  • yea I'm just gonna say in Awakening it's really unfair against the darkspawn with three Arcane Warriors/Battlemages/Spirit Healers; never went for Blood Mage found it useless to have cause I sacrifice my own blood or one of my party members to power my spells or replenish mana? Don't think so

  • Hey just wondering almost all the tim ehwne im fighting with melee attacks (especially with a 2 hander) the game will just kinda not register that i attacked. I wont do any danamge but no miss text will pop up. Does this happen to anyone else? is there a way to fix it?

  • nice build

    thou its easier to kill him with mana clash, 2 mana clash blows and YAAAAY gaxkang dead

  • Is you dex skill 20 at least? There's no way you should be missing that much

  • @nwsrocker Base Dex was 25. But this is Nightmare Difficulty.

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  • what ur status ?

  • ok, i seriously need to see how you got started with this line up, cause it seems like in advancing the stats you need in the end, you'd sacrifice power in the early game, which is a huge no-no on nightmare difficulty. How'd you level up your character?

  • @TheForgottenEagle What do you mean by "how did I level up?" Level up. Can add attribute points and pick spells. That's it. Admittedly I didn't add pick any spells after 1st level until, well, my Archmage spells video, but it was still a Nightmare-level playthrough, and I didn't need to use anything other than my starting spells anyway - as my other vids showed.

  • @Carsomyr80 Do you have a new build for awakening?

  • Everybody sees gear differently! But I believe it's important to make your character look more kick ass (to be blunt your arcane warrior doesn't look like much of a beast! I don't care how well you fight --) and effective ! I have a current arcane arcane warrior. I've dived into the nature of this beast I will release the ultimate arcane warrior on YouTube!!!

    Ps: five stars very smart build!

  • What stats are ideal for a blood mage/arcane warrior e.g. strength? constitution?

  • @wadegout neither

  • cool game :L but i deffinitly dont wanna play it im now busy on like 5 other online games xd if i play 1 more then.. u know.. no-life.. xd

  • Very impressive build.

    Oddly enough, fans of Baldurs Gate II will notice Bioware's subtle homage to that game. Like the name of this enemy, Gaxkang? There's a demi lich in Baldurs Gate II who can be found in a little building like this called Kangaxx. Or Edwina, who tends bar in the Gnawed Noble, is a direct reference to Edwin the mage who (in BG2) was turned into a woman by Elminster. There are also pantaloons that Dog can find, referencing the pantaloons enigma.

    ...Yeah, I'm a nerd.

  • @TheDragonCastDown Right on you tell em! =D

  • @TheDragonCastDown Very sharp observations! I didn't notice the dog+Pantaloons similarity until you mentioned it.

  • @TheDragonCastDown or you simply read the dragon age wiki on this quest XD because thats all in it almost word for word.

    nice copy paste tho :3

  • @Theangryemu Wiki's are for people who can't, won't, or don't figure things out for themselves. I'm not one such person.

    Nice try, though.

  • @TheDragonCastDown rofl stop being mad

    who are you trying to impress

  • @TheDragonCastDown Not to mention Leliana has same hairstylist as Imoen.

    ... Yeah I'm a nerd too (and proud of it).

  • @TheDragonCastDown Also one of the loading screen advice things says 'When all else fails, go for the eyes', which is referencing Minsc's famous battle cry. Also, the name of the guy who made this video, Carsomyr80, is a reference to Baldur's Gate 2. The Carsomyr, also known as the Holy Avenger, is the Two Handed Sword +5 which you find on the dead body of Firkraag the Red Dragon if you choose to kill him, and can only be wielded by a Paladin. My guy kicked ass with that sword

    I'm a MEGA nerd

  • @TheDragonCastDown and that's why we love you..

  • If you have Golem's of Amgarrak, you can swap the Spellward with the High Regard of House Dace so you can use the Wicked Oath ring slot for the Key to the City.

    I have no idea which one's better. Spell resistance would take a dive, but if Spell Shield is being used, I don't see it that as too big of an issue. You CAN get yourself back up to 99% if you use two rune slots on Grandmaster Dweomer Runes on Duncan's Sword.

  • God DAMNNNN this game looks amazing on pc too bad i got it on xbox

  • @snakebreezy

    lol name an RPG that looks better on XBOX than PC. I can't.

  • use should get the spellweaver it was created for arcane warriors

  • you should really get the cailans arm set, gives 5.75 stamina regen using both the sword and the shield + decent damage

    also blood magic is better not only because you get to do an awesome aoe, but because you can use your own HP instead of mana. being a blood mage is riskier, but if you`ve got the skills its a better build all around.

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  • i never understood this part. who or what is this guy?

  • Where did you get wicked oath ring?

  • @rioter43 DLC.

  • @Carsomyr80 Which one i don't remember getting that ring in any of the DLC on dragon age

  • i want pure warrior (Dwarf) no spells so what would be best for a dwarf shield and word or a 2 hander sword?

  • can someone tell me what is best for warrior to have 1 weapon and a shield, a 2 handed weapon or duel weapons (2 weapons at once) i need some good advice on how to make a great warrior that has quick attack speed but also deals high damage thanks

  • @thegodwars73 well a simple version of the warrrior options are

    Sword and sheild :Great defense less than average damage

    2 hander : Great heavy damage but quite slow

    Dual wielder: good attack and it is quite fast but i woul reccomend being rouge for it

    I would reccomend that if you want to build a 2 hander for high damage and maby if you have a mage in your party get them to cast haste to speed it up. i think it can be found in the mage creation tree

  • Very nicely done and explained, correct grammar&stuff. This proves my point - many RPG players are intelligent/mature people.

    I play a mage in every game, for years. Finished DA:O twice and Awakening three times, all on Nightmare. Wanted to make one of the mages Arcane Warrior, but never had the balls... it's so deep in my blood that I have to stay far away from the battle casting stuff, or get killed.

    Maybe in Dragon Age II...

  • where did you find all those weapons and armors? i only have started the game 3 weeks ago,,. pls help me..

  • @allangwapokeu The fun lies in exploring and trying. The DA:O Wiki can help you if you want spoilers.

  • @Carsomyr80

    tnx man.. one more thing.. i can't get the downloadable contents coz. i just donwloaded it.. i cant have my game registered coz i don't have the cdkey. hope you can help me with this.

  • @Carsomyr80

    tnx man.. one more thing.. i can't get the downloadable contents coz. i just downloaded it.. i cant have my game registered coz i don't have the cdkey. hope you can help me with this.

  • Is there anyway to turn off the stupid animation when you use combat magic? I hate looking like a ghost....

  • Has the game been patched to nerf this class since the video was posted? I am noticing that I can't seem to keep the shimmering shield up perpetually like he does in the video.

  • Isn't it better to use Cailan's Arms? When in set they give +6.5 stamina regeneration. And with Improved Combat trainig, Fade Shroud and Wade's set wit Evon you get +10 mana regeneration. And Howe's Shield drains you from 10 mana.

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  • @Cheebajunkie Remember that this is an arcane warrior.c Which means that he/she that is playing would have to balance attributes, so that he/she can benefit from both attacks and spells. He/she wouldn't have as much str,agil etc as a pure warrior

  • does someone know if Herren sometimes doesn't sell Evon the Great's mail? i have completed the broken circle and went to check the price, but he wasn't selling

    can someone gimme hints?

  • @milach157 Need to complete 2-3 of the main plot recruitment quests before he starts selling the high-end armor like Evon the Great's mail.

  • cool vids bro

  • Nice video mate. Have a look my duel against Gaxkang whit arcane warrior.

    /watch?v=KJwHlCEKDGQ

  • Thing is, does the game continue after u beat main story line in console version ? and why does the pc version seem so much easier to lvl in

  • how on earth do you get this armor and that helm with them wings cuz i know that aint the duty helm

  • @MakaylaCommisso Helm of Honnleath from The Stone Prisoner DLC. And that's Evon the Great's mail, from Wade's Emporium in Denerim.

  • Are these videos from PC or console version? I am asking beacause PC version has different (lower) stamina regen bonuses than console versions, so there are fewer options (only one or two, as far as I know) for AW that can best Shimmering shield mana drain.

  • @Ariescz This is from the PC version. As you can see, he or she got actionbars at the bottom, where a concole user would have a pop-up menu.

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  • Your character is the same as Mhari, I think it is from awakening. Nice I am playing with a Dalish Elf archer rogue next I will do arcane warrior. Nice video.

  • Does anyone know how many blood mothers there are?

  • @MLGresurrectionxX *brood* mothers. And in DA:O, you get to fight just one.

  • @Carsomyr80 but if you get the extended pack there's another u can fight yes?

  • @Carsomyr80 You know if you did a "Let's play" with this character I would be your number one fan lol

  • @Carsomyr80 there's also another in DA:A but according to lore, there are a lot of broodmothers

  • @MLGresurrectionxX one in DA:O + one in awakening=2 BROODmothers

  • @MLGresurrectionxX we can assume, possibly hundreds in the deep roads, and of each race: dwarf, elf, human and Qunari (they make the Ogres..yikes!)

  • how are you able to prevent him from draining you. Everytime I solo he is able to heal himself every second.

  • @Brighamama Resistance to his Spirit Blasts. 75% resist = I take only 1/4 damage (8 points instead of 33) and he only heals 1/4 as fast.

  • @Carsomyr80 hey how can i unlock the arcane warrior in origins? i did the exp glitch at ostagar and when i put my stats in i cannot find arcane warrior :( help!

  • I have to disagree with you about AW/SH being more versatile than AW/BM. At lower levels, you can't control the enemy. At higher levels, SH spells are made totally irrelevant by higher hitpoint totals and the completely over the top and insanely overpowered battlemage specialization.

    As a solo character, the SH might be better, I don't know. But I can guarantee you that the BM will be faster since he'll be able to spam offensive spells and he'll have blood wound.

  • ive noticed you used evon's great mail armor. Isnt Wade's Superior Heavy plate chest armor better because of the 50% fire resistance,+25 stamina, and the 2% stamina combat regeneration?

  • @Brighamama I mean if you combine that with the warden commander boots and all the equipment you have. The mana pool is extremely large. I mean the buffs barely take up any mana.

  • @Brighamama Fatigue and overall bonuses.

  • this seems like a mod to me.

  • @Hexznutznig its not, its legit.

  • @Brighamama Your character is like Mhari in awakening.

  • @Hexznutznig how do you know my character?

  • @Brighamama Your character looks exactly like Mhari from dragon age awakening only she is 2 handed swordsman and not an arcane warrior. But you guys have the same armor at least in look.

  • How do you get the Wade's Superior Heavy DragonScale armor?

  • @klam122 kill the high dragon, bring the scale to wade in denerim. pay wade extra money to make the armor "superior"

  • Anyone know how he had a balance of 25 dex, 35 will, and 60 magic at level 21? Im dying to know because Im struggling.

  • Great build I love it. I am wondering though. How did you get 60 points in magic and 35 in willpower, and 25 in dexterity, because I reached level 21 with out spending any points and I can only seem to get magic to 60 and willpower to 35 but not dexterity 25

  • the arcane warrior is the best class of dragon age

  • Mana clash = Gaxkang has 50% less hp ;]

  • is this awakening? i do not remember this in the regular game play

  • @DylanGlennFTW origins, you may have just missed it on your playthrough.

  • @DylanGlennFTW its a side quest

  • So, do you need high constitution for the arcane warrior, or do can you just leave it at what it starts off?

  • I noticed you paired Duncan's Sword With Fade Wall, I wonder if you could also consider Cailan's Arms combo (Maric Blade + Cailan's Shield). Maric's Blade has 1.5 mana regen, but when combined with the Cailan's Shield, there is an additional +5 mana regen...

  • @rondivu Absolutely right!...but I had no space left to mention that combination in the text of this video, so I mentioned it in the next one...or Part 3. I forgot whether I stated it in Part 2 or 3.

  • how do u become a arcane warrior? and do u hav to be a mage?

  • If you dont mind me asking. In the starting levels what did you put your points into. I tried picking up most of the sustainables and went heavy magic to grab the dragon armor as soon as possible. But in nightmare I was struggling just to get through the tower of ishal portion of the game. Thanks in advance and thats an awesome character. Think Ill make an elf one..I never noticed the racial bonuses.

  • Dude...Your build is awesome!!!! I 've tried it myself and now my AW kicks ass!!

  • @orestesangel what was your build exactly?

  • @Brighamama Mine is mostly based on buffs at the moment

  • This is a cool build. I was wondering what spells you chose?

  • Is this on normal or the lower difficulty? Not trying to insult, just curious.

  • @z71jazz ...the answer lies in the title of the video!

  • @Carsomyr80 Haha, I'm sorry. Feel like an idiot now.

  • @Carsomyr80... Hmm Carsomyr? I bet you have played Baldur's gate 2? :)

  • @dargon80 Obviously=). Another great RPG of our time, it was.

  • This is extreme. I love it, really just lovely! I think i will try this myself one time.

  • my arcane warrior never died. i was using wades superior dragon bone plate and the spellweaver and duncans shield

  • @spartanfan6 ? Duncans shield? Duncan had a shield? Maybe u were thinking of Cailan's Shield. Or Eamon's perhaps? I personally use Eamon's Shield. Its not the best, but it gives u +25 stamina, and its a good substitute till u get the Fade Wall or Howe's Shield.

  • @Jericho921 yes, duncan has a sheild. you have to get the warden's papers from the chest right before you meet riordan. then mention the papers while talking to him. after the alienage quest, talk to him about the secret vault he mentioned. then go to the warehouse next to wonders of thedas, and behind the bookcase, loot everything and one object is a gift for allistair. give it to him, go through cut scene, and he will be equipped with duncan's shield

  • @scrtwpnx Oh yea shit my bad, i totally forgot about that. I guess i was a little focused on tryin to get the damn Fade Wall lol.

  • @Jericho921 no, duncan had a shield. its in the warehouse in denerims market district after you talk to riordan about the old warden stache. if you go in there there is all kinds of stuff but there is a gift for allistair called duncans shield and after you give it to him it becomes a usable shield, much like asala for sten or the dalish boots for zevran

  • @spartanfan6 Yea, i remember now.

  • @spartanfan6 When do you talk to him @ the arl's estate in denerim?

  • k but her attacks are shit...

  • arcane warriors are way to op in this game... i managed to solo every major boss in nightmare difficulty so far except the archdemon, the only bad thing is that it takes a long time

  • Where did u get this helmet?

  • forget about Spirit Healer use Wynne for that, mages with high constitution need blood magic

  • What is the best massive armor for arcane warrior...

  • @AntichristKJ

    From my experiences, King Cailan's armor set

  • @Fear08MX but i dont have return to ostagar

  • @Fear08MX i also heard the juggernout (or however you spell it) was realy good with arcane

  • @AntichristKJ Juggernaut is mainly for resistances. So it's only useful if you can't maintain Shimmering Shield. Otherwise you're better off with other Massive armor. IMO armor that gives mana regen is probably the most useful for Arcane Warrior.

  • @Carsomyr80 maybe like wades superior dragonbone plate...?

  • @AntichristKJ Yea. Juggernaut and Cailan's armor are the top armors for arcane warriors. But if you don't have Ostagar then just go with Juggernaut. Or, like Carsomyr said, just get an armor with mana regen.

  • @Fear08MX Nah, i think Wades Superior Dragonbone Plate is best, gives u like 4 stamina regen with the full s