Rogue Skills With The Highest Damage

Key Takeaways

• Veil Ranger specialization in Dragon Age: The Veilguard focuses on bow abilities like Storm’s Path, dealing electricity damage.
• Lightning Quiver fires electric arrows randomly, hitting multiple foes, increasing damage output.
• Saboteur specialization includes Fortune’s Turret, a deployable turret exploding for extra damage.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard changed combat for the franchise, with it becoming far more action-based. This also meant the skills and abilities available to the three classes in Dragon Age were also changed to better suit its combat. Rogue is one of the three classes that has always been available to players, with the agile class having both physical and elemental skills available for it.

Players who are looking for the best Rogue skills that do the highest amount of damage should look no further than these options for creating a lethal Rook that is sure to be able to hold their own when taking on the Blighted gods Elgar’nan and Ghilan’nain.

10 Storm’s Path

Damages All Foes In An Area With Electricity

• Type: Area, Projectile
• Cost: One circle of Adrenaline

Veil Ranger is an entirely new specialization for Rogues that was introduced in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. This specialization focuses heavily on the bow, and, therefore, many of the abilities available to the player also involve using the bow.

Storm’s Path shoots electricity into an area that electrocutes all foes that are hit by it in a blast. Not only does this do a decent amount of damage from afar, but Storm’s Path can also be used to detonate Overwhelm, which also deals damage in an area as it causes the foe it hits to explode.

9 Lightning Quiver

Pepper Enemies With Electric Arrows

• Type: Projectile, Control
• Cost: One circle of Adrenaline

On the way to the Veil Ranger specialization, there are other electric-themed abilities for the player to invest their points in. Lightning Quiver is another brilliant Projectile option for players who are looking for skills that do the highest amount of damage, not only due to the amount of damage it does but also due to it firing seven arrows randomly at foes.

Although the randomness may be an issue for some players, being able to fire into a group of enemies from afar and being sure that a good majority of them will be hit means players can damage multiple foes with one ability.

8 Lightning Flask

Shock And Push Enemies Away

• Type: Duration, Control
• Cost: One circle of Adrenaline

Continuing to explore the Rogue abilities that deal electricity damage, the Lightning Flask is another worthwhile option for players to make the most of, and a familiar ability that players may remember from Dragon Age: Inquisition.

While similar to the Flask of Lightning in name, players that throw down this glass bottle of elemental damage will surround themselves with electricity that not only explodes to unleash a storm but also applies Shocked on the player’s opponents. By applying Shocked to an enemy, they don’t only receive more damage over time, but also gradually gain more stagger too.

7 Explosive Daggers

Daggers Stick To And Explode Foes

• Type: Projectile, Duration
• Cost: One circle of Adrenaline

While the Rogue class does have an assortment of elemental damage abilities, players are more likely to be using skills that deal immense physical damage to their opponents instead. One great option that players may be interested in always having available to use is Explosive Daggers.

These sticky explosive daggers are perfect for any Rogue, no matter the build. Not only does this Rogue skill apply the Sundered affliction to enemies, which can then be detonated by a party member for more damage, even on its own, the explosive daggers are sure to detonate slowly with incredible physical damage.

6 A Thousand Cuts

Slice And Dice With Necrotic Damage

• Type: Strike, Control
• Cost: One circle of Adrenaline

Duelist is a returning specialization in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. However, since its original appearance in Dragon Age: Origins, this Antivan Crow-themed specialization has changed quite a lot.

Instead of simply focusing on melee combat, which the player would assume would make the abilities do physical damage, the assassin faction has instead made the most of poison with skills like A Thousand Cuts dominating all foes ahead of the player with necrotic damage. Players hit for a total of sixteen times ahead of them, which has the potential to deal a significant amount of damage if the slicing and dicing tactic doesn’t push them out of the way.

5 Fortune’s Turret

Another Friend That Shoots Enemies

• Type: Duration, Tool
• Cooldown: 60 seconds

On the opposite side of the skill page is the third and final specialization available to Rogues, the Saboteur. This specialization has some of the best abilities available, especially for a player who wishes to mix up their combat with both ranged and melee attacks.

However, these abilities also give players extra help, like Fortune’s Turret, which the player can freely place without needing to use Adrenaline. This turret will then continuously attack nearby enemies. After it has done its job, the turret then explodes in a final burst of damage.

4 Murder Of Crows

Quickly Dispatch Enemies Using Necrotic Damage

Returning to the Duelist specialization, the ultimates that are available are by far the best way for players to deal a high amount of damage. Although Murder of Crows may be one of the weaker ultimates available to Rogues, it still deals a decent amount of damage to make this specialization worthwhile, especially for any player focusing on a melee build.

Murder of Crows attacks all enemies in an area with Necrotic damage that quickly dashes between them. It then concludes with one final explosion of necrotic damage for any foe that still finds themselves trapped within the strike area.

3 Concussive Barrage

Bombs That Stagger Opponents

Alongside the ultimates given to players depending on the specialization they have chosen, Concussive Barrage is the ultimate that the Rogue has access to from the start and is another great skill option that does the highest amount of damage.

Not only is Concussive Barrage perfect for players looking to do a lot of physical damage, but it’s also a brilliant option for players looking to create a stagger build, as each explosion of the bombs does a high amount of stagger alongside its usual damage. This means after the ultimate is over, players will likely have multiple takedowns to complete.

2 Twin Gifts Of Arlathan

An Ultimate That Bounces Between Enemies, Electrocuting Them

Using the artifacts found around the Arlathan Forest, Twin Gifts of Arlathan is another Rogue ultimate that damages a group of enemies easily with electricity damage. The player throws out two electric gizmos that bounce between their foes, dealing electric damage continuously.

This is another great option for Rogues who have decided to use the bow most of all, as this ultimate allows the player to still stay away from danger and then throw their ultimate into a large group of enemies. While Twin Gifts of Arlathan can’t cause the Shocked affliction like other Veil Ranger abilities, it is still a great option for players hoping to kill foes quickly.

1 Fortune’s Fury

Players Are Given A Canon To Shoot Foes With

Out of all the available skills for the Rogue in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, one of the best skills with the highest damage is the Saboteur ultimate of Fortune’s Fury. This ultimate is by far the best for Rogue, not just because of its high physical damage, but also because of how cool it looks.

When using Fortune’s Fury, players whip out an expendable weapon that looks like a canon, which then repeatedly shoots ammunition. Once the ultimate is over, the player is then able to throw the weapon at enemies in one final explosion. This means players can do even more damage with Fortune’s Fury if they aim for critical rather than just regular shots.