Arcane Warrior

[LooksLikeDaniel]

I made my mage Warden an arcane warrior as her second specialization. I really want to like it, but I can't figure out how to make it work. The arcane warrior fixes the strength, but her her dexterity is so lo that she can neither hit nor dodge anything. Thus, she invariably gets torn apart by the mob of bad guys.

Any tricks or tips?

[Ilja]

One of the best features of Arcane Warrior is their ability to maximize the magic regeneration. You can now wear any armor. Most notably: Wade's Superior Dragonskin armor set.

This itself is a big advantage. Arcane Warrior types are sort of classes that you either need to preplan for combat, or take a full advantage out of the fact that any armor suits for you mage now. That is the power of the first stage of Arcane Warrior build. If you want to remain there, then you can spare yourself from casting most protection spells and use armor with high fatigue and regeneration bonuses.

If you want to actually go in to physical contact, then you will pretty much needs to develop further in to Arcane Warrior build options and develop your protagonist toward more combat oriented character at the same time.

[Yvo]

you need zero points on dex , i've finished the game a lot of times i always play on nightmare mode and you DONT need dex, with the fade bonus (4 dex), some equipment (bergen's honor) and miasma you're going to hit everything, with rock armor + combat magic (with aura of might passive) you'll have insane defenses, if you activate shimmering shield you're on god mode (max res and more armor), you can also go for the dodge path with fade shroud passive and some dodge equipment (cailan's greaves, reaper's vestment, the spellward) , if you need more attack add leliana with song of courage, warrior with rally and a mage with heroic offense to boost your attack even more. so yeah.. there's no need to waste points on dex.

[Yvo]

check this ---> https://fextralife.com/forums/t93492/the-ultimate-guide-to-arcane-warriors/

[K00lex]

Originally posted by LooksLikeDaniel:

I made my mage Warden an arcane warrior as her second specialization.
Any tricks or tips?

I wrote a quick AW build / play tip:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/47810/discussions/0/1736595227859009338/?tscn=1543306403

You can also find more about it and other specializations in this general companions guide:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/47810/discussions/0/412449508292035275/#c392183857624146944