Dragon Age: Origins - Rogue Archer Build [HD]

Hey all, here's another really fun build if you're planning another play-through as a Rogue Archer. Now, this build is STRICTLY for Archers and nothing else, so it's best to spec your talents for Arching. Since this is strictly an Archer build, the Assassin and Duelist specializations are useless, so go with Bard and Ranger.

With Bard, you can buff your teammates. With Ranger, you can summon creatures to help you out - this is especially useful if you plan on going solo at certain parts of the game. To unlock the Ranger specialization, you can buy it from Bodahn at your camp for 15 Sovereign Gold coins.

As an Archer, you want to look super cool! Unfortunately, the best looking and most fitting armor set for an Archer is the Ancient Elven Armor set. The set gives you resistances and defensive bonuses.

The best Bow for an Archer is the Far Song, which can be purchased from the blacksmith at Redcliffe for 120 Sovereign Gold coins. It has Rapid Aim, +2 Damage, and +6 Attack.

You can assign whatever skills you'd like from the Radial Menu, but I recommend having Scattershot since it hits all enemies that are near you and stuns them. Arrow of Slaying is highly recommended since it'll be the biggest damage dealer you have in your arsenal - dealing over 300+ damage per usage depending on the enemy. Crippling Shot and Shattering Shot slows down your enemies, as well as weakening their defenses so put those in too.

Location of the Ancient Elven Armor:

Helmet: Brecilian Forest, trade either the scarf or the silver ring to the hermit.
Breastplate: Werewolves Lair, right before the big pool of water used to enter the werewolves' inner sanctum. Found in a sarcophagus.
Boots: Lothering Chantry, ask Ser Bryant for assistance and he'll give you a key to a storage cabinet.
Gloves: Ruined Temple (Haven), found during the Urn of Sacred Ashes quest. Found in the northern most room before the W shaped hallways.

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[TheXanoro]

@SanctusDiabolica Far Song is stronger than Falon'Din's Reach, it gives the +2 damage and Rapid Aim that Falon'Din's Reach gives as well as ranged crit chance, crit damage and attack.

The best armour for an archer is one of these:

Battledress of the Provocateur (Leliana's song DLC)

Evon the Great's mail (bought from Wade's Emporium BEFORE you give him the second set of drake scales)

The Felon's Coat (also bought from Wade's Emporium)

[Corporis]

I just replayed an archer to get the Armor set but messed up on the Hermit and just wasted 8 hours of my life...

[kidlink4OoT]

Hey your robin hood :O

[MrFunnylicious]

@TheAirGuitarMan do you know how to get far song? ive looked it up on the internet and said you either have to kill the blacksmith or just simply dont find his daughter and i chose not to find his daughter. i wanted to get couple good weapons and other items from his shop before he disappears. but after that when i talk to him he just says soemthing like "a promise is a promise, find my daughter."

[TheAirGuitarMan]

@MrFunnylicious Thats not the blood mage talents; they're talents a rogue can gain from the Warden's Keep DLC.

[MrFunnylicious]

and how the hell did you get three specializations and blood magic with a rouge??

[MrFunnylicious]

i dont understand why youve put so much attribute points into strength, you only need around 20 to 25 for quite good armour and also spare some cunning and put them all in dexterity. you get more damage with bows, increases critical chance and evasion.

[MrHaVoKeR]

Bitch, please... Sorrows of Arlathan all the way... The Fellons coat or the light superior drake set... Then the classic stuff, the amulet and that gives + 10 con and willpower and lots of magic resistance and stuff... helmet of honleath. etc

[Nizaris1]

@SanctusDiabolica

Wade Drakeskin is too ugly for women, so i myself will use Ancient Elven Armor, i don't care how people say about that matter. So i agree with the armor except few things, the stats is odd...he should have only have 22 str + 4 from the Fade for the armor, the rest invest in Cunning with Lethality

[YangBalanceYin]

( I consider it to be the best bow in this version of the game )

[YangBalanceYin]

Far song is aquired by not saving the black smiths daughter on the quest "lost in the castle". After finishing all the events of the caste, you return to the blacksmith, who has found out her daughter was never found. You are then kicked out of the shop. You return ( not sure the event period ) to find out the smith hung himself and theres a new smithy. This new smithy sells the bow for 100 something gold. ( source: experience )

[Gogetankz]

@qwerty50886 ...Another thing to note is rogues are best with daggers. don't mind swords. Reason is that daggers have higher criticals and armor penetration. Which is much more important than the initial damage. With light armors decreasing aggro so that the enemy is distracted by your massive-armored tank, you can flank the rear and backstab for a real potentially high damage. Search youtube for "Dragon Age Origins - Super Fast Duel With Teyrn Loghain" and you will be amazed...