5 best Mage weapons in Dragon Age The Veilguard

In Dragon Age The Veilguard, playing as a Mage can be a unique way to approach the campaign as you travel across the vast and sprawling map of Thedas. A Mage's greatest skill set is the ability to make spells their most powerful weapon. That said, it can be beneficial to have your Mage gear up with some weaponry to make them even more powerful in combat.

With a variety of orbs and other items to choose from, picking the ideal weapon for your Mage may be challenging. Below is our take on five great weapons that a Mage can use in the game, which could prove beneficial to the party as a whole.

Note: This article is subjective and reflects the writer's opinion. The list is not meant to be a ranking of any sort.

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5 great Mage weapons to use in Dragon Age The Veilguard

1) Timeworn Mageknife

The Timeworn Mageknife can greatly enhance the effects of Arcane Bombs (Image via EA)

The Timeworn Mageknife can be found all across Thedas, though its benefits can be truly reaped as you keep leveling it up. It can also greatly enhance the damage effects of Arcane Bombs in various ways, with the Legendary variant of the weapon helping deal area damage at the cost of 10 Mana. When it reaches Epic rarity, it can also recover 250 HP upon triggering an Arcane Bomb.

2) Fadelight

The Fadelight can also aid with health replenishment (Image via EA)

The Fadelight Orb helps not just with the replenishment of Health, but also damaging that of the enemy. When leveled up to Epic, it aids greatly in the replenishment of 250 Health upon performing a Perfect Defense. However, it is best utilized when no potions are present in the inventory, as the Light attack damage is increased by 25%. This is great if other allies can focus on the healing while you concentrate on the offensive.

3) Veilsong

The Veilsong helps Stagger enemies, allowing you to take them down more easily (Image via EA)

Should some enemies need to be Staggered on the battlefield, the various perks of the Veilsong Orb can prove to be handy. In addition to increasing the effects of Stagger, it can also deal additional damage to the enemy as per their degree of Stagger. Lastly, if upgraded to Legendary rarity, you receive Health each time an enemy is taken down, which can come in handy when consumables are running low.

4) Thorn of Misfortune

The Thorn of Misfortune enhances the effects of Arcane bombs while also dealing a vast amount of Critical damage (Image via EA)

The Thorn of Misfortune can also help enhance the effects of Arcane Bombs while helping deal Critical damage to enemies. Additionally, if the rarity is Epic or higher, any enemy struck with a Critical hit will be dealt an affliction depending on the type of Orb that you have equipped. Lastly, the Legendary rarity will reduce the need for an Arcane Mark by one when creating new Arcane Bombs.

5) Stormcharger/ Veilseeker

The Stormcharger can deal electric damage to the player as well as enemies. Being hit when Rook is shocked deals Electric damage to all enemies nearby (Image via EA)

Enemies weak against Electric damage can be stopped in their tracks with the Stormcharger weapon. With the base weapon in itself providing resistance to Electric, the first unique perk may cause some Electric attacks to come back to Rook. This is countered by the second Unique perk, however, which removes the Electric effects if Rook is hit while being shocked. Additionally, it helps deal Electric damage to nearby enemies.

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