Abilities (Inquisition)

The Inquisitor and their companions can select from a variety of abilities to define their character.

Types of abilities

Each ability tree contains active abilities, upgrades, and passive abilities.
Active abilities have diamond-shaped icons. They can be mapped to your hotbar and then used in combat.
Upgrades are attached to an ability and make it stronger.
Passive abilities have circular icons and are permanent boosts to your character that are always active.
Use "L" (console) to navigate the trees and inspect an ability's details.

Players are limited to a total of 8 mapped abilities at any given time. There is no 'Ability Wheel' like in previous Dragon Age games.

Activated 

Diamond icons represent active abilities that have an instant effect: the character executes a special attack or action (e.g. using Flashfire to ignite an enemy).

Passive 

Circle icons represent passive abilities that add a permanent bonus, change in game mechanics, or upgrade to an existing ability (e.g. doing more damage with elemental spells). Also, all passive abilities add 3 points to a certain attribute, often related to the character's class (i.e., Strength or Constitution for Warriors).

Mage abilities

Spirit

Barrier Effect Type: Activated Size: 4m Activation: 50 Cooldown: 24s A barrier provides an additional health bar that must be destroyed before the target will take any damage. Barrier is vulnerable to dispel effects. Barrier Activated	Peaceful Aura Effect Type: Passive Your aura of tranquillity makes enemies less likely to attack you in battle, even when you damage them. Peaceful Aura Passive	Guardian Spirit Effect Type: Passive Cooldown: 60s A protective barrier springs into place around you automatically when you are badly injured. Guardian Spirit Passive	Dispel Effect Type: Activated Size: 5m Activation: 35 mana Cooldown: 8s You remove hostile magic and status effects from allies while stripping beneficial effects from enemies. Dispel Activated
Mind Blast Effect Type: Activated Size: 5m Activation: 20 mana Cooldown: 8s You send enemies staggering with an explosion of willpower that drives them back and makes them less likely to target you again. Mind Blast Activated	Rejuvenating Barrier Effect Type: Passive When you or your allies have an active barrier, the beneficial energy invigorates them and helps the recover mana or stamina more quickly. Rejuvenating Barrier Passive	Revival Effect Type: Activated Size: 2m Activation: 85 mana Cooldown: 60s You summon spirits to heal fallen allies in the area, getting them back on their feet and fighting again. Revival Activated	Strength of Spirits Effect Type: Passive Your barriers draw on the magic of the fade to absorb more energy before depleting. Strength of Spirits Passive

Storm

Chain Lightning Size: 5m Activation: 50 mana Cooldown: 8s You unleash a blast of lightning that shocks one target and arcs to nearby others. Chain Lightning Activated	Energy Barrage Activation: 50 mana Cooldown: 16s You launch a salvo of elemental blasts from your staff that homes in on targets ahead of you. Energy Barrage Activated	Stormbringer Effect Type: Passive Cooldown: 15s The storm comes to your aid even without your calling it. When you are in combat, lightning will periodically strike a random nearby target. Stormbringer Passive	Lightning Bolt Activation: 65 mana Cooldown: 24s You summon a bolt of lightning that blasts and paralyzes a single target. If other enemies are nearby, the bolt will paralyze the target for longer. Lightning Bolt Activated
Conductive Current Effect Type: Passive The more magical energy you expend, the more damage your spells do. Conductive Current Passive	Gathering Storm Effect Type: Passive You use your staff's energy to fill the area with sympathetic magic. Each basic attack shortens your active cooldown times. Gathering Storm Passive	Static Charge Effect Type: Passive You sheathe yourself in lightning while casting spells. Enemies that attempt to interrupt your casting with attacks are struck by arcs that leave them paralyzed. Static Charge Passive	Static Cage Size: 9m Activation: 65 mana Cooldown: 32s You trap enemies inside an electricity field that paralyzes those that try to leave. Static Cage Activated

Inferno

Flashfire Activation: 65 mana Cooldown: 20s You ignite an enemy in searing pain and send them fleeing in panic.Flashfire Activated	Immolate Size: 3m Activation: 35 mana Cooldown: 16s You unleash a massive explosion, leaving enemies in the area burning in agony.Immolate Activated	Flashpoint Effect Type: Passive Cooldown: 10s After you land a critical hit, your next spell doesn't trigger a cooldown period.Flashpoint Passive	Pyromancer Effect Type: Passive You have mastered the summoning of fire, increasing your effectiveness when panicking or burning enemies.Pyromancer Passive
Clean Burn Effect Type: Passive Your spells burn away ambient magic that would otherwise slow down your casting. Every spell you cast shortens your active cooldown time. Clean Burn Passive	Fire Mine Effect Type: Activated Activation: 35 mana Cooldown: 24s You mark the ground with a glyph that takes a short time to prime. Once it is ready, it will erupt into flame when a enemy crosses it, damaging and staggering the target.Fire Mine Activated	Chaotic Focus Effect Type: Passive When you cast a Fire spell, the spell consumes half of your barrier to empower it. The larger the barrier consumed, the greater the bonus to the spell's damage.Chaotic Focus Passive	Wall of Fire Effect Type: Activated Size: 6m Activation: 35 mana Cooldown: 32s You conjure a flaming barrier that burns and panics enemies that pass through it.Wall of Fire Activated

Winter

Winter's Grasp Effect Type: Activated Activation: 65 mana Cooldown: 16s You lock a target in a sheet of ice, freezing it in place.Winter's Grasp Activated	Fade Step Effect Type: Activated Cooldown: 12s You let invisible waves of magic carry you forward, blurring ahead a short distance.Fade Step Activated	Mana Surge Effect Type: Passive Size: 3m Your barrier explodes into wild magic when enemies destroy it. The blast freezes all nearby enemies and allows you to cast your next spell without consuming mana.Mana Surge Passive	Winter Stillness Effect Type: Passive Activation: 3s idle By standing still, you enter into a meditative state that restores your mana at an enhanced rate and reduces all cooldown times.Winter Stillness Passive
Frost Mastery Effect Type: Passive You have mastered the calling of cold, increasing your effectiveness when chilling or freezing targets.Frost Mastery Passive	Wall of Ice Effect Type: Activated Size: 6m Activation: 50 mana Cooldown: 24s You raise a wall of ice to keep enemies at bay.Wall of Ice Activated	Ice Mine Effect Type: Activated Activation: 35 mana Cooldown: 18s You mark the ground with a glyph that takes a short time to prime. Once it is ready, it will freeze the first target to step on it.Ice Mine Activated	Ice Armor Effect Type: Passive You draw on cold magic near you to protect you from all attacks. Standing near a frozen enemy or a persistent cold spell reduces all damage you take.Ice Armor Passive
Blizzard Effect Type: Activated Size: 8m Activation: 5 mana per second Cooldown: 24s You summon a freezing blizzard to chill and damage enemies caught in the area.Blizzard Activated

Rogue abilities

Double Daggers

Flank Attack Effect Type: Activated Activation: 35 stamina Cooldown: 8s Requires: Daggers You leap through shadows to attack your foe with deadly strikes that hit them from behind.Flank Attack Activated	Twin Fangs Effect Type: Activated Activation: 50 stamina Cooldown: 8s Requires: Daggers You lash out with both daggers, striking deep, with bonus damage if you flank your foe.Twin Fangs Activated	Bloodied Prey Effect Type: Passive Your strikes cut deeper into any foe whose current health is lower than your own.Bloodied Prey Passive	Parry Effect Type: Activated Activation: 10 stamina Requires: Daggers You quickly block a strike made by your foe, then counter as their own defenses fall.Parry Activated
Dance of Death Effect Type: Passive You regain Stamina with every kill, the better to continue your assault.Dance of Death Passive	Unforgiving Chain Effect Type: Passive Your daggers blur, a dance of deadly pain. Each strike adds to your critical hit chance. After a critical attack, your chain resets as you begin another dance.Unforgiving Chain Passive	Sneak Attack Effect Type: Passive Attacks upon a target's back or flank are much more likely to be killing blows.Sneak Attack Passive	Spinning Blades Effect Type: Activated Activation: 65 stamina Cooldown: 16s Requires: Daggers You lash out with a set of slashing blows that bring you in and drive your target back.Spinning Blades Activated
Deathblow Effect Type: Activated Activation: 50 stamina Cooldown: 8s Requires: Daggers You lash out hard with swift and deadly skill and then again against a wounded foe.Deathblow Activated

Archery

Death from Above Effect Type: Passive You do more damage when firing from elevation.Death from Above activated	First Blood Effect Type: Passive You've learned to pick apart enemies that are still unwounded and unwary. You do more damage to enemies that are only slightly injured.First Blood Passive	Leaping Shot Effect Type: Activated Activation: 35 stamina Cooldown: 12s Requires: Bow You dive out of trouble and fire a hail of arrows at the enemies that were trying to close with you.Leaping Shot Activated	Long Shot Effect Type: Activated Activation: 50 stamina Cooldown: 8s Requires: Bow You fire a powerful single shot that delivers more damage the farther you are from the target.Long Shot Activated
Explosive Shot Effect Type: Activated Size: 4m Activation: 50 stamina Cooldown: 8s Requires: Bow You fire a powerful shot that explodes on impact, damaging enemies around your target.Explosive Shot Activated	Strafing Shots Effect Type: Passive You can move faster while firing without sacrificing accuracy.Strafing Shots Passive	Pincushion Effect Type: Passive If the first arrow doesn't kill them, the tenth might. Each consecutive hit with a bow attack does progressively more damage to the target.Pincushion Passive	Full Draw Effect Type: Activated Activation: 65 stamina Cooldown: 24s Requires: Bow It takes a moment to line up the perfect shot, but it pays off with a devastating hit that bites even deeper against enemies that aren't injured yet.Full Draw Activated

Sabotage

Poisoned Weapons Effect Type: Activated Activation: 20 stamina Cooldown: 24s You coat your weapons in a deadly toxin, making every attack poison enemies for a short time.Poisoned Weapons Activated	Caltrops Effect Type: Activated Size: 3m Activation: 35 stamina Cooldown: 16s You scatter spikes behind you, hurting and slowing down enemies who come after you. This ability is considered a trap for any abilities that enhance or affect traps.Caltrops Activated	Fighting Dirty Effect Type: Passive All of your sunder and poison effects last longer as you make more potent toxins and uglier wounds.Fighting Dirty Passive	Looked Like It Hurt Effect Type: Passive The worst mistake your enemies can make is to let you see them flinch. Whenever you score a Critical Hit, you regenerate stamina.Looked Like It Hurt Passive
Explosive Toxin Effect Type: Passive Size: 3m Your poisons curdle the blood of your targets. Enemies that die while poisoned explode in a shower of toxic mist.Explosive Toxin Passive	Hook and Tackle Effect Type: Activated Activation: 20 stamina Cooldown: 12s You hurl a light grappling hook at a target, then yank hard as you leap to pull yourself to it.Hook and Tackle Activated	Cheap Shot Effect Type: Passive Your Critical Hits tear through enemy armor, leaving it sundered for a short time.Cheap Shot Passive	Toxic Cloud Effect Type: Activated Size: 3m Activation: 50 stamina Cooldown: 32s You unleash a cloud of toxic dust that damages all enemies that remain in the area.Toxic Cloud Activated
Throwing Blades Effect Type: Activated Activation: 50 stamina Cooldown: 12s You hurl a group of knives at all nearby targets, ripping through their armor and leaving it sundered.Throwing Blades Activated

Subterfuge

Stealth Effect Type: Activated Activation: 20 stamina Cooldown: 24s You step into the shadows, all but invisible to your enemies. Attacking from stealth gives you a damage bonus and brings you back to the enemy's attention. Dealing damage to enemies reduces the ability's cooldown time. Stealth Activated	Evasion Effect Type: Passive They can't hit what they can't see. Your deceptive fighting style gives you a chance to dodge enemy attacks, taking no damage.Evasion Passive	Easy to Miss Effect Type: Passive Enemies are likely to overlook you in combat, much to their regret. This is especially true if you are flanking them.Easy to Miss Passive	Evade Effect Type: Activated Activation: 20 stamina Cooldown: 2s You leap away from incoming attacks, putting yourself where you need to be to win this fight.Evade Activated
Knockout Powder Effect Type: Activated Size: 6m Activation: 35 stamina Cooldown: 20s You throw a handful of dosed dust into an enemy's face, putting them to sleep for a short time.Knockout Powder Active	Ambush Effect Type: Passive While you are in stealth and shortly after leaving it, your attacks ignore some of your target's armor.Ambush Passive	Shadow Strike Effect Type: Activated Activation: 20 stamina Cooldown: 16s You launch a surprise attack on your target. If you strike an enemy that did not have you targeted, you regain stamina.Shadow Strike Activated	Mercy Killing Effect Type: Passive When their hearts aren't in the fight, it's almost too easy. Your attacks on panicked or sleeping enemies are automatically critical hits.Mercy Killing Passive

Warrior abilities

Weapon and Shield

Shield Wall Effect Type: Activated Requires: Shield You stand firm and block incoming attacks at the cost of stamina. Each block adds to your guard. You move much more slowly while sustaining this ability.Shield Wall Activated	Payback Strike Effect Type: Activated Activation: 35 stamina Cooldown: 8s Requires: Shield You recover from any disabled condition and lash out with a great blow against nearby enemies. If you've recently taken damage, you hit that much harder and stagger your foes.Payback Strike Activated	Bear Mauls the Wolves Effect Type: Passive Using techniques perfected by Orlesian chevaliers, you can't be flanked by enemies, and you're less likely to be staggered when hit from the front.Bear Mauls the Wolves Passive	Warrior's Resolve Effect Type: Passive You fight all the harder when you're hurting, gaining Stamina when you lose health.Warrior's Resolve Passive
Turn the Bolt Effect Type: Passive Your expertise with the shield protects you from ranged attacks from the front.Turn the Bolt Passive	Shield Bash Effect Type: Activated Size: 4m Activation: 35 stamina Cooldown: 8s Requires: Shield Many foes think a shield is just for defense. You correct that mistake with a brutal slam that does bonus damage to an enemy's guard.Shield Bash Activated	Lunge and Slash Effect Type: Activated Activation: 35 stamina Cooldown: 8s Requires: Shield You lunge forward, then spin with a slashing strike if your first blow connects. You can use this attack to close with opponents.Lunge and Slash Activated	Turn the Blade Effect Type: Passive Any blow you can see, you can turn aside. All damage coming from the front is reduced.Turn the Blade Passive

Two-Handed Weapon

Block and Slash Effect Type: Activated Activation: 10 stamina Upkeep: 5 stamina per second Requires: A two-handed weapon You stand ready to deflect the next incoming attack and deliver a punishing counter to your attacker.Block and Slash Activated	Mighty Blow Effect Type: Activated Activation: 50 stamina Cooldown: 16s Requires: A two-handed weapon You deliver a powerful attack that crumples foes, leaving them knocked down for a short time.Mighty Blow Activated	Flow of Battle Effect Type: Passive Every critical hit reduces the cooldown times on your abilities, giving you the edge to finish off your enemy.Flow of Battle Passive	Shield Breaker Effect Type: Passive Your critical hits crack armor and rend shields, sundering your enemy's armor for a short time.Shield Breaker Passive
Pommel Strike Effect Type: Activated Activation: 35 stamina Cooldown: 20s Requires: A two-handed weapon You lash out with a fast strike that briefly stuns your target.Pommel Strike Activated	Whirlwind Effect Type: Activated Activation: 10 stamina Cooldown: 24s Requires: A two-handed weapon You spin with your weapon outstretched, cutting through any enemies in your path.Whirlwind Activated	Guard-Smasher Effect Type: Passive You've learned how to batter through your enemy's defenses, doing more damage to their guard with every hit.Guard-Smasher Passive	Clear a Path Effect Type: Passive Hitting multiple targets with a single swing of your weapon restores your stamina for each extra target.Clear a Path Passive
Earthshaking Strike Effect Type: Activated Size: 12m Activation: 50 stamina Cooldown: 20s Requires: A two-handed weapon Your great blow tears open the ground with a shockwave that batters enemies caught in its path.Earthshaking Strike Activated

Battlemaster

Grappling Chain Effect Type: Activated Activation: 20 stamina Cooldown: 12s With a hooked chain and a lot of muscle, you drag your target into arm's reach.Grappling Chain Activated	Crippling Blows Effect Type: Passive You know how to take the fight out of foes. Your critical hits leave enemies weakened. The effect stacks.Crippling Blows Passive	Hamstring Effect Type: Passive When you attack a target from behind, you leave them slowed.Hamstring Passive	Coup de Grace Effect Type: Passive You deal more damage against enemies that are stunned or knocked down. Better them than you.Coup de Grace Passive
Combat Roll Effect Type: Activated Activation: 20 stamina Cooldown: 2s You dive and roll to where the battle needs you to be, whether it's escaping from a group or moving to flank an opponent.Combat Roll Activated	Deep Reserves Effect Type: Passive You get your breath back faster than most. When your stamina is very low, it regenerates more quickly.Deep Reserves Passive	Horn of Valor Effect Type: Activated Activation: 35 stamina Cooldown: 18s Your war horn's blast rings across the battlefield, giving allies the strength to fight harder.Horn of Valor Activated	War Horn Effect Type: Activated Size: 8m Activation: 35 stamina Cooldown: 24s Your war horn's blast puts fear into the hearts of your foes, leaving them panicked.War Horn Activated

Vanguard

War Cry Effect Type: Activated Activation: 35 stamina Cooldown: 24s You taunt all nearby enemies with a shouted challenge, gaining extra guard for each enemy affected.War Cry Activated	Challenge Effect Type: Activated Activation: 20 stamina Cooldown: 16s Your powerful shout carries across the battlefield, taunting a targeted enemy and improving your guard.Challenge Activated	Untouchable Defense Effect Type: Passive They can't kill what they can't hit. You get a bonus to your maximum guard.Untouchable Defense Passive	Charging Bull Effect Type: Activated Activation: 5 stamina per sec Cooldown: 8s You slam into enemies, increasing your guard and knocking them down as you break through their lines.Charging Bull Activated
Trust the Steel Effect Type: Passive You know how to make the most of your equipment, gaining a bonus to armor when you have active guard.Trust the Steel Passive	It'll Cost You Effect Type: Passive Any foe that attacks you in melee is going to bleed for it, taking a portion of the damage they inflict.It'll Cost You Passive	Cutting Words Effect Type: Passive Your party does more damage to taunted targets as you rattle your enemies' nerves and goad them into mistakes that leave them open.Cutting Words Passive	Livid Effect Type: Activated Range: 5m Cooldown: 32s The more foes nearby, the harder you fight and the tougher you get.Livid Activated
Bodyguard Effect Type: Activated Activation: 35 stamina Cooldown: 24s You accept blows meant for allies, taking a portion of the damage.Bodyguard Activated

Mage specialization abilities

Knight-Enchanter
Spirit Blade Effect Type: Active Activation: 10 Mana You create a blade of solid magic to make melee attacks against nearby enemies. Dealing damage with other abilities charges the blade. Attacking expends this charge to deal additional damage.Spirit Blade	Combat Clarity Effect Type: Passive Requires: Spirit Blade The chaos of combat frightens some, but for you, its a comfortable rhythm. Your mana regenerates faster when you're near hostile enemies.Combat Clarity	Fade Shield Effect Type: Passive Requires: Combat Clarity You draw back the energy released by your enemies in your attacks against them. Any successful attack strengthens your barrier. The more damage you do, the more powerful your barrier grows.Fade Shield	Fade Cloak Effect Type: Active Activation: 20 Mana Cooldown: 12s Requires: Spirit Blade You surround yourself with the magic of the Veil itself. You are briefly invulnerable and can pass through enemies unharmed.Fade Cloak
Veiled Riposte Effect Type: Passive Requires: Fade Cloak Whenever you have a barrier active, enemies who attack you will take damage in return.Veiled Riposte	Knight-Protector Effect Type: Passive Requires: Fade Shield or Veiled Riposte You're adept with defensive magic. Barriers you create take longer to naturally decay.Knight-Protector	Disruption Field Effect Type: Active Activation: 65 mana Cooldown: 24s Requires: Knight-Protector You fill an area with magical energy that slows and weakens your enemies. Enemies larger than the field are immune.Disruption Field	Resurgence Effect Type: Activated Range: 5 Meters Cooldown: 24s Requires: Combat Clarity or Fade Cloak You call on benign spirits to restore you and your allies for continuing the fight. All party members are healed to full health, including those who have fallen unconscious, and a glyph around you provides ongoing healing to the party for the spell's duration. This ability consumes and is powered by focus.Resurgence
Necromancer
Horror Effect Type: Activated Size: 3m Activation: 50 mana Cooldown: 24s You unleash spirits of fear that terrify all enemies within the area.Horror	Death Siphon Effect Type: Passive Requires: Horror Every time an enemy dies nearby, you regain both health and mana.Death Siphon	Blinding Terror Effect Type: Passive Requires: Horror You have learned to leave enemies vulnerable in their terror. Enemies that are panicked take increased damage from all attacks.Blinding Terror	Haste Effect Type: Activated Requires: Death Siphon or Blinding Terror You increase the speed of the entire party. While this ability is active, all enemies move and attack more slowly by comparison. This ability consumes and is powered by Focus.Haste
Power of the Dead Effect Type: Passive Requires: Death Siphon Killing enemies attracts spirits that increase the power of your spells for a short time.Power of the Dead	Simulacrum Effect Type: Passive Requires: Blinding Terror If you are knocked unconscious, a spirit you control takes on your likeness and fights on your behalf for a short time. The spirit draws magic directly from the fade, casting spells without cost. You cannot be revived by any means until the spirit leaves.Simulacrum	Spirit Mark Effect Type: Activated Activation: 50 mana Cooldown: 20s Requires: Power of the Dead You mark a target with an attacking spirit, inflicting ongoing damage. If the target dies while marked, the spirit mimics the victims body briefly to fight on your behalf.Spirit Mark	Walking Bomb Effect Type: Activated Activation: 65 mana Cooldown: 20s Requires: Simulacrum You curse an enemy, inflicting ongoing spirit damage, and then trigger the curse in a devastating explosion.Walking Bomb
Rift Mage
Veilstrike Effect Type: Active Activation: 35 Mana Cooldown: 24s You recreate your own fist from the essence of the Fade and smash nearby foes to the ground.Veilstrike	Stonefist Effect Type: Upgrade Activation: 50 Mana Cooldown: 8s You summon a boulder from the Fade and smash it into your target, sending them flying.Stonefist	Restorative Veil Effect Type: Passive Requires: Veilstrike You pull stray magic from around weakened enemies to regain mana based on the damage you do to them.Restorative Veil	Encircling Veil Effect Type: Passive Requires: Stonefist You use stray magic around weakened enemies to increase the power of status effects on them.Encircling Veil
Smothering Veil Effect Type: Passive Requires: Restorative Veil Weakened enemies have the damage they inflict reduced even further.Smothering Veil	Twisting Veil Effect Type: Passive Requires: Encircling Veil You catch stray magic around weakened enemies and use it to increase the damage of your own attacks.Twisting Veil	Pull of the Abyss Effect Type: Active Size: 6m Activation: 65 Mana Cooldown: 32s Requires: Smothering Veil or Twisting Veil You create a tiny rift that pulls enemies toward a central point.Pull of the Abyss	Firestorm Effect Type: Activated Size: 6m Requires: Restorative Veil or Encircling Veil You summon flaming meteors, raining fire down upon enemies all over the area for the next several seconds. This ability consumes and is powered by focus.Firestorm

Rogue specialization abilities

Artificer
Spike Trap Effect Type: Activated Activation: 20 stamina Cooldown: 8 seconds You set a trap that, when an enemy approaches, detonates and flings enemies into the air.Spike Trap	Set Them Up Effect Type: Upgrade Requires: Spike Trap You've mastered the proper placement of spikes and levers. When you spring any kind of trap, your enemies feel it.Set Them Up	Elemental Mines Effect Type: Activated Activation: 50 stamina Cooldown: 24s Requires: Set Them Up You throw out an assortment of different traps in front of you, applying different elemental effects to enemies that come into range.Elemental Mines	And Take Them Down Effect Type: Passive Requires: Elemental Mines Your experience with finding and pointing out enemy vulnerabilities gives the entire party a better chance to land critical hits.And Take Them Down
Opportunity Knocks Effect Type: Passive Requires: Spike Trap When an ally critically hits, you take advantage of their success faster with reduced cooldown times.Opportunity Knocks	Fallback Plan Effect Type: Activated Activation: 35 stamina Cooldown: 32s Requires: Opportunity Knocks You place a thieves' lantern to mark a fallback location before heading into battle. When the fight gets ugly, you leap back to safety, as healthy as you were when you placed the marker.Fallback Plan	Tricks of the Trade Effect Type: Passive Requires: Fallback Plan You help the team make the most of its abilities, increasing the damage and duration of all status effects the party applies.Tricks of the Trade	Hail of Arrows Effect Type: Activated Requires: Set Them Up or Opportunity Knocks You fire so quickly that enemies will swear there are at least two of you putting arrows into their ranks. While this ability is active, any archery ability you use is duplicated. This ability consumes and is powered by focus.Hail of Arrows
Assassin
Hidden Blades Effect Type: Activated Activation: 65 stamina Cooldown: 32s They'll swear you leapt from the shadows like the thrown blade and hit your target with a flurry of strikes from every angle... but its obvious that you were nowhere near them at the time.Hidden Blades	I Was Never Here Effect Type: Passive Requires: Hidden Blades You have learned to use the distraction of an enemy's death to slip silently into the shadows. Killing a target removes any cooldown on stealth.I Was Never Here	Knife in the Shadows Effect Type: Passive Requires: I Was Never Here You are a deadly threat to any enemy that can't see you coming. When you attack from stealth, you automatically critical hit.Knife in the Shadows	Throatcutter Effect Type: Passive A wounded enemy is the perfect target. Your attacks are even deadlier against targets that are close to death already.Throatcutter
Knockout Bomb Effect Type: Activated Activation: 35 stamina Cooldown: 20s Requires: Throatcutter You hurl a grenade containing a powerful concoction that put nearby enemies to sleep. Sleeping enemies awaken after taking damage.Knockout Bomb	Gaps in the Armor Effect Type: Passive Requires: Knockout Bomb Your attacks slip past armor to find a target's hidden vulnerabilities.Gaps in the Armor	Mark of Death Effect Type: Activated Activation: 10 stamina Cooldown: 32s Requires: Knife in the Shadows or Gaps in the Armor You mark your enemy, and every hit adds part of its power to the mark's damage. Trigger your mark when you are ready, and watch your enemy fall from injuries that were never even noticed. You can manually trigger the mark early for bonus damage.Mark of Death	Cloak of Shadows Effect Type: Activated Requires: I Was Never Here or Knockout Bomb You go into stealth, and your allies follow your lead. The entire party remains undetected for the duration of the effect, even while attacking. This ability consumes and is powered by Focus.Cloak of Shadows
Tempest
Flask of Frost Effect Type: Activated Activation: 20 stamina Cooldown: 32s This flask coats you in an icy skin that increases your armor and freezes enemies that strike you in melee range. You can't use this ability while another one is active.Flask of Frost	Flaskmaster Effect Type: Passive Requires: Flask of Frost Your experience with elixirs has made you better equipped to handle potions and other consumables, letting you carry more of them at a time and giving you a 25% chance not to use an elixir when you activate an ability. This ability does not apply to healing potions.Flaskmaster	Ride the Storm Effect Type: Passive Requires: Flaskmaster The effect of your elixir lasts longer if you activate one immediately after another expires.Ride the Storm	Flask of Fire Effect Type: Activated Activation: 20 stamina Cooldown: 32s This flask coats you in flames that spur you to frenzied action. For a short time, your abilities cost no stamina, and enemies who attack you are knocked backward. You cannot use this ability while another elixir is active.Flask of Fire
Fury of the Storm Effect Type: Passive Requires: Flask of Fire When your stamina is exhausted, you fight even harder, lashing out with fury to win the fight.Fury of the Storm	Killer's Alchemy Effect Type: Passive Requires: Fury of the Storm You can use more concentrated elixirs that give you an uncanny edge in battle. You do bonus damage with all attacks for a short time whenever you use an elixir or potion. This bonus is stackable.Killer's Alchemy	Flask of Lightning Effect Type: Activated Activation: 20 stamina Cooldown: 32s Requires: Ride the Storm or Killer's Alchemy This flask sends you into a heightened state of incredible speed. Everyone on the battlefield except you moves much more slowly for a short time. You cannot use this ability while another elixir is active.Flask of Lightning	Thousand Cuts Effect Type: Activated Activation: Focus Requires: Flaskmaster or Fury of the Storm You choose a target, then dash to and fro- a shadow leaving blood with every leap. After you slice through other nearby foes, you land behind your target, striking deep. This ability consumes and is powered by Focus.Thousand Cuts

Warrior specialization abilities

Champion
Line in the Sand Effect Type: Activated Size: 6m Activation: 35 stamina Cooldown: 20s You call upon the legacy of the greatest champions in history, defying enemies as you hold your position. This stops enemies from moving past you and enables you to block choke points.Line in the Sand	Bulwark Effect Type: Passive Requires: Line in the Sand You stand all the stronger to finish the fight, gaining a bonus to your maximum guard.Bulwark	Adamant Effect Type: Passive Requires: Bulwark You've trained hard, and you know how to make the most of whatever armor you're wearing.Adamant	To the Death Effect Type: Activated Range: 15m Activation: 35 stamina Cooldown: 32s Requires: Adamant You taunt an enemy into a frenzy. Their damage output increases over time, but so does the damage they take. The effect ends if you get out of range.To the Death
Resilience Effect Type: Passive Requires: Line in the Sand You don't flinch, don't blink, and don't back down. Enemies that hit you with melee attacks are staggered by recoil.Resilience	Unyielding Effect Type: Passive Cooldown: 60s Requires: Resilience An attack the would bring you down instead leave you with a small amount of health, and you are immune to all damage for a short time.Unyielding	Walking Fortress Effect Type: Activated Cooldown: 32s Requires: Unyielding You may not be able to hold them off forever, but right now, nothing can touch you. You have complete immunity for a short time.Walking Fortress	Counterstrike Effect Type: Activated Requires: Bulwark or Resilience You push yourself to the limit, gaining full guard and taunting all nearby enemies. While the ability is active, you automatically counter all melee attacks. This ability consumes and is powered by focus.Counterstrike
Reaver
Ring of Pain Effect Type: Activated Size: 15 meters Activation: 10 stamina per sec You mark part of the battlefield as yours. Enemies inside the ring take spirit damage while your own attacks hit harder, The more you are hurt, the stronger both effects are.Ring of Pain	Blood Frenzy Effect Type: Passive Requires: Ring of Pain They thought you'd get weaker once they wounded you. They were wrong.Blood Frenzy	Terrifying Fury Effect Type: Passive Size: 10m Requires: Blood Frenzy Your critical strikes have a chance to cause a gory mess and send nearby enemies fleeing in a panic.Terrifying Fury	Fervor Effect Type: Passive Range: 10m Requires: Ring of Pain When an enemy dies near you, the thrill of death spurs you to hit that much harder.Fervor
Scenting Blood Effect Type: Passive Range: 10m Requires: Fervor Being near a badly wounded enemy spurs you into a frenzy, driving you to move faster and giving you a better chance of striking deadly blows.Scenting Blood	Devour Effect Type: Activated Activation: 65 stamina Cooldown: 12s Requires: Terrifying Fury or Scenting Blood Blood is life. You rip into your enemy, doing damage based on how badly you're wounded and healing yourself. Ring of Pain significantly increases the effect.Devour	Dragon-Rage Effect Type: Activated Requires: Devour You launch an attack fueled by your fury, ripping into foes for damage that increases as your own wounds deepen. Ring of Pain significantly increases the effect. You take damage with each swing.Dragon-Rage	Rampage Effect Type: Activated Requires: Blood Frenzy or Fervor You're an unstoppable fury of physical force while this ability is active. Your attacks are harder and faster, and you gain health with each strike. This ability consumes and is powered by focus.Rampage
Templar
Blessed Blades Effect Type: Activated Activation: 10 stamina Cooldown: 24s You rally all of your nearby allies to fight with greater strength, especially when facing demons.Blessed Blades	Spell Purge Effect Type: Activated Range: 5 meters Activation: 35 stamina Cooldown: 24s Through faith and will, you dispel all hostile magic from the area around youSpell Purge	Maker's Will Effect Type: Passive Requires: Blessed Blades Your party's attacks have a chance to weaken their targets.Maker's Will	Champions of the Just Effect Type: Passive Requires: Spell Purge Your righteous fervor inspires the entire party to fight harder against demons.Champions of the Just
There Is No Darkness Effect Type: Passive Requires: Maker's Will Your faith is your protection against the elements, and not for you alone. The entire party gains increased resistance to fire, ice, electric, and spirit damage.There Is No Darkness	The Last Sacrifice Effect Type: Passive Cooldown: 60s Requires: Champions of the Just Even should you fall, you give your allies strength to fight harder in your name.The Last Sacrifice	Wrath of Heaven Effect Type: Activated Range: 4 Meters Activation: 65 stamina Cooldown: 24s Requires: The Last Sacrifice or There Is No Darkness You summon a blinding pillar of light that stuns nearby enemies and damages demons.Wrath of Heaven	Rally Effect Type: Activated Range: 4 Meters Cooldown: 24s Requires: Champions of the Just or Maker's Will You rally your allies to fight harder. Your party's guard, stamina, and mana build up over time, and all party members gain damage resistance against incoming attacks. This ability consumes and is powered by Focus.Rally

Inquisitor abilities

Inquisitor
Mark of the Rift Effect Type: Activated Activation: 1 bar of focus minimum. You have gained Mark of the Rift, a focus based ability. Mark of the Rift causes massive damage and can even kill some enemies instantly.Mark of the Rift	Focused Teamwork Effect Type: Passive Requires: Mark of the Rift Successfully performing an ability combo earns additional focus for the party.Focused Teamwork	Aegis of the Rift Effect Type: Activated You turn the Veil itself into a magical shield that deflects enemy projectiles.Aegis of the Rift Jaws of Hakkon DLC	Anchor Discharge Effect Type: Activated The Anchor now steadily accumulates energy, building focus. By using its power carefully, you can slip your entire party briefly between the Fade and the normal world. This discharges the accumulated energy, makes you and nearby allies immune to damage for a short time, and reveals hidden objects in dark areas.Anchor Discharge Trespasser DLC

• A set of abilities depending on their specialization. See Classes and specializations (Inquisition) for more details.

Individual abilities

In addition to the ability tree available to every class, each companion has an ability tree identical to that of a specialization in the game. This ability tree is unique to that companion (unless the Inquisitor learns it) and available once that particular companion reaches level 12, and the player has reached Skyhold.

• Blackwall - Champion
• Cassandra Pentaghast - Templar
• Cole - Assassin
• Dorian Pavus - Necromancer
• Iron Bull - Reaver
• Sera - Tempest
• Solas - Rift Mage
• Varric Tethras - Artificer
• Vivienne - Knight-Enchanter