Ultimate Abilities in Dragon Age: The Veilguard acts as the personality of your subclass, but you won’t be restricted to using the same one repeatedly.

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Not only does the new Dragon Age RPG have a wide set of available choices for players, but you’ll be able to unlock new ones by just grinding out the game. To do so, you’ll need to gain something called Skill Points, but before that, let’s check out the complete list. This will give you a precise idea of all the options that you’ll unlock as part of your selected class.

All Ultimate Abilities in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

In Dragon Age: The Veilguard, you’ll be able to pick between three classes, and each of them has three further specializations. Each class has three Ultimate Abilities to unlock. Just like the classes themselves, the abilities work very differently from one another.

ClassAbilityEffectDeath Caller (Mage)The Crypt’s HeraldSteals life from your enemies, and then explodes to deal the same damageEvoker (Mage)Vortex of ShadowsGenerates an icy black holeSpellblade (Made)Thunderous EndCreates a storm that does damageDuelist (Rogue)Murder of CrowsDamages different enemies in a single area. Veil Ranger (Rogue)Twin Gifts of ArlathanThrows electric shooting starsSaboteur (Rogue)Fortune’s FuryTurns your crossbow into a machine gunChampion (Warrior)Warden’s FireDoes a series of fire-based attacksReaper (Warrior)Spirit StormCreates a Necrotic stormSlayer (Warrior)For Gold and GloryStaggers an enemy, and strikes down your enemy from above

While the following section includes the steps to unlock new abilities, they might not necessarily be better. For both the Mage and Warrior, the default options are more than decent, and you can complete the game with them. That said, the specializations are useful scenarios, and allow you to try something different. Otherwise, you’ll practically have to use the same ability throughout a single play through, which can feel pretty boring.

How to unlock Ultimate Abilities in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

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As you proceed deeper into your adventures, you’ll be able to unlock up to three different specializations. These choices will be entirely based on your class. When you unlock a specialization, you’ll get a new Ultimate Ability. The Specializations can be viewed from inside the Skills menu. The Ultimate Ability will be placed in the second skill slot.

For starters, you’ll need to gain plenty of skill points to unlock a Specialization. Once done, you can change the new Ultimate Ability with the one equipped from inside the Character tab. You can always switch between your available options to mix how your class works in a battle to the maximum.

Even if you have multiple ones unlocked, you can only equip one Ultimate Ability at a given moment. If you want to change, always pay close attention to your enemies and companions alike. An ability, that works well with one companion, might not be as effective for another.

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