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Similar toprevious Bioware RPGs, Dragon Age: The Veilguard features a cast of companions that can aid the player in combat using a variety of abilities. Each companion comes with a unique set of abilities that can be activated by players at any time provided they’re not on cooldown. Abilities can be combined to create powerful effects known as Detonations that inflict a massive amount of AoE damage.
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Every companion in Dragon Age: The Veilguard gets access to a total of six active abilities and numerous passive skills. Some of these abilities will be available right away as soon as the companion joins the party, while others will unlock over time as you progress through the game. This guide will give you a full breakdown of how to unlock the remaining abilities. We’ll also go over each companion’s kit so you’re able to get a good idea of what party members bring to the table even before you recruit them.
How to Unlock Companion Abilities
Players can unlock new abilities for their companions by increasing their Bond with them. You only need to increase a companion’s Bond to level 2 to unlock most of their abilities. The Bond is essentially a reputation system, so do things your companions like and your Bond with them will steadily increase over time. Some of the things you can do to speed things along include having them in your party during missions, making dialogue choices they approve of, completing side quests for them, and giving them gifts.
At Bond level 2, your companions will have five out of their six abilities available to use. The sixth ability is their Ultimate ability and this one is a bit trickier to unlock. Instead of simply increasing your Bond level with a specific companion,you’ll need to complete their entire questlineand achieve the “Hero of the Veilguard” status. Doing so will not only unlock their Ultimate ability, but will also give them some unique passives and a Legendary armor.
At the end of a companion’s questline, players must choose between two sets of mutually-exclusive rewards. The Ultimate will be the same regardless of your choice, but the other rewards will differ depending on your choice.
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Companion Abilities and Ultimates
While each companion gets access to five main abilities, only three of them can be active at any one time. You can choose the three you want from the Companions menu. Ultimate abilities and unique traits have their own dedicated slot, so you don’t have to worry about those. Below is the full list of main abilities and Ultimates available for every companion in the game.
Damage Type
Heavy Draw
Overwhelmed
Seismic Shot
Adrenaline Rush
Soothing Poison
Ultimate:Heart of the Titan
Main Ability
Glacial Pace
Icebreaker
Ultimate:Winter’s Wrath
Enfeebling Shot
Electricity
Fade Bolts
Galvanized Tear
Ultimate:Chain Lightning
Debilitate
Eviscerate
Soothing Potion
Ultimate:Demon of Rebellion
Entangling Spirits
Final Rites
The Bell Tolls
Ultimate:Death’s Caress
Heroic Strike
Death From Above
Assan Strike
Battle Cry
In War, Victory
Ultimate:Defender
Dragonfire Strike
Fire Breath
Dragon’s Roar
Fortune’s Favor
Ultimate:Qunari Focus
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