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Legionnaire
Dragon Age: Inquisition

Legionnaire

Master the Legionnaire tank in dragon age inquisition. Unlock order: Walking Fortress (level 4), War Cry, Unbowed. Prioritize Guardian tree.

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Master the Legionnaire tank in dragon age inquisition. Unlock order: Walking Fortress (level 4), War Cry, Unbowed. Prioritize Guardian tree.

Unlock Order:

  1. Reach Walking Fortress (level 4).
  2. Acquire War Cry and Unbowed.
  3. Upgrade all abilities except Shield Wall (level 9).
  4. Obtain Bulwark and Untouchable Defense.
  5. Acquire Bear Mauls the Wolves (level 14).
  6. Fill out the rest of the Guardian tree as desired, prioritizing defensive passives.
Walkthrough
  1. 1
    As a tank, your primary role is to absorb damage and generate threat. You are practically invulnerable when using this build correctly.
  2. 2
    Use Shield Wall as a parrying tool to maintain mobility and aggression while generating Guard instead of losing health.
  3. 3
    Charge into rooms, use War Cry to taunt enemies, then Unbowed when your Guard drops.
  4. 4
    When Guard drops from enemy onslaught, use Walking Fortress or War Cry if it's off cooldown.
  5. 5
    Use Walking Fortress for dangerous revives and to survive against large groups, especially archers, or when tanking powerful melee units like Templar Commanders/Knights, dual-wielding rogues, Behemoths, Pride Demons, or Brutes.
  6. 6
    Ensure Walking Fortress is ready when needed; do not spam it.
  7. 7
    With correct play and parrying practice, you can be unkillable, even on Perilous difficulty.
  8. 8
    Always face enemies; never turn your back. Use all available abilities and health potions to stay alive.
  9. 9
    Your DPS teammates will handle the killing; your job is to distract enemies.

Recommended Abilities:

  • Shield Wall: Blocks attacks using stamina, generating Guard. Upgrade grants 30% armor to allies within 4m.
  • Unbowed: Grants 10% Guard per nearby enemy with a 32s cooldown. Upgrade improves Guard generation by 100%.
  • War Cry: Taunts all nearby enemies for 4s, granting 20% Guard per enemy taunted. 24s cooldown, 35 stamina cost. Upgrade enhances armor by 200% for 10s.
  • Walking Fortress: Grants invulnerability for 8s with a 32s cooldown. Upgrade reduces all cooldowns by 1s and grants 10% Guard per hit taken.

Recommended Passives:

  • All passives in the Guardian tree except Balanced Combat.
  • Passives from the Combined Arms tree: It’ll Cost You, Deep Reserves, and Bear Mauls the Wolves (prevents flanking and reduces stagger from the front).

Top 5 Weapons:

  • Firm Tournament Axe (Rare, Level 22, 248 DPS, 170 Damage)
  • Song of the Marshes (Unique, Level 20, 245 DPS, 168 Damage)
  • Thunderstrike (Unique, Level 23, 220 DPS, 153 Damage)
  • Caliban (Unique, Level 23, 220 DPS, 197 Damage)
  • Serpents Rage (Rare, Level 19, 216 DPS, 148 Damage)

Crafting Requirements:

  • Legionnaire’s Plate: 0 Requisition Total, 0 Rq #1, 0 Rq #2, 0 Rq #3, 0 Rq #4.

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