As we inch ever closer to the highly anticipated release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, BioWare has just released a few more details about the RPG's companions, including a full list of each one's abilities and some information about what they all do in combat.
Each companion in The Veilguard has five skills, but you can only select three of them to use in combat at a time. If you develop your relationship with a given companion, you'll increase your relationship level with them, with each level granting you a skill point that you can use to improve that companion's skills. All of this information was reported in a Game Informer article that sadly no longer exists, but you can still view an archived version thanks to the Wayback Machine.
Now BioWare has just updated the official Veilguard website with new companion profiles, each of which includes a brief bio, a full list of skills, and a brief overview of that character's role in combat. Personally, I'll have a hard time staying away from Taash, the Qunari dragon hunter, who wields two axes and literally breathes fireWhat better tool than that for a dragon hunter?
- Hardening
- Harding's skills with a bow are unmatched: his arrows can stagger enemies and shatter armor.
- Seismic shot
- Heavy attraction
- Pinch
- Adrenaline rush
- Calming potion
- Harding's skills with a bow are unmatched: his arrows can stagger enemies and shatter armor.
- Davrin
- Fiercely loyal, Davrin strikes down his enemies with a combination of powerful attacks, working in tandem with Assan to keep his companions out of harm's way.
- Battle cry
- Death from above
- Heroic strike
- Assan attack
- In war, victory
- Fiercely loyal, Davrin strikes down his enemies with a combination of powerful attacks, working in tandem with Assan to keep his companions out of harm's way.
- Bellara
- Bellara manipulates the Veil and uses electricity and control magic to support her Companions and diminish the powers of her enemies.
- Fade Bolts
- Debilitating Shot
- Replenish
- Time is slow
- Galvanized tear
- Bellara manipulates the Veil and uses electricity and control magic to support her Companions and diminish the powers of her enemies.
- Taash
- Direct and forthright, Taash is a powerful warrior who wields dual axes and breathes flames that ignite enemies with draconic fury.
- Breath of fire
- Dragon's Roar
- Dragon Fire Strike
- Volcano
- The favor of fortune
- Direct and forthright, Taash is a powerful warrior who wields dual axes and breathes flames that ignite enemies with draconic fury.
- Lucanis
- Lucanis stylishly deals necrotic damage in battle with his dual daggers, while supporting his companions with potions and buffs.
- Gut
- Abhor
- Calming potion
- Weaken
- Adrenaline rush
- Lucanis stylishly deals necrotic damage in battle with his dual daggers, while supporting his companions with potions and buffs.
- Emrich
- Emmrich calls upon the spirits of the dead to entangle and hinder his enemies and heal his companions.
- Final rites
- Replenish
- Tangled Spirits
- The bells are ringing
- Time is slow
- Emmrich calls upon the spirits of the dead to entangle and hinder his enemies and heal his companions.
- Neve
- Neve uses her talents as an ice mage to freeze and slow enemies, stopping them in their tracks.
- Icebreaker
- Blizzard
- Glacial rhythm
- Time is slow
- Replenish
- Neve uses her talents as an ice mage to freeze and slow enemies, stopping them in their tracks.
BioWare teased that August 26 would be the start of The Veilguard's Companion Week when it revealed the promotional roadmap at the beginning of August. The week is just getting started, so it's safe to expect more information about the game's companions in the coming days.
BioWare claims to have spent 200,000 hours testing Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and that's just for the PC version of the role-playing game.