There are many different types that you can choose from in your party Dragon Age: Inquisitionand even though they fall into a few different classes, each character comes with their own skill tree. These skill trees give each character their own flavor, and do a lot to set them apart.

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As for Varric, he's a Rogue like Cole and Sera, with all the regular Rogue trees, with his own Artificer tree. This tree compliments any house the Rogue may take, but in this case, it will fit in a very damaged and spaced house.
Best skill choice for a similar build
This system can be used Varric's personal weapon, Bianca. Bianca can be updated during the gamekeeping it on par with other weapons to varying degrees.
Technically, this build will use the Artificer tree, Archery tree, and Sabotage tree. As with any build, feel free to play around with it, but this guide will give you a good foundation for what you need.
Skills that are needed to progress the tree but are not included in the build will be covered in this guide, but will still count towards the total skill.
The best artificer wood skills
The Artificer tree will serve two purposes for crafting an item: set a trap. Varric will be free self defense by surrounding him with many amusing traps. These traps will keep the enemy away from Varric, and they will go deal a lot of damage to these enemiestoo.
SKILLS |
to improve |
Description |
---|---|---|
Spike trap (active) |
pyrotechnics |
A trap that explodes when an enemy gets too closesending them into the air. With the Pyrotechnics upgrade, it will cast a wider enemy radius. |
Fix them |
N/A |
Traps deal 25% additional damage.. Varric also gains +3 Willpower. (Willpower increases the Rogue's attack, and increases magic defense.) |
Freedom is knocking |
N/A |
Get a reducing the cooldown by half a second every time an ally gets a critical effect. Varric also gets +3 cunning. (The subtlety of cunning increases both the danger and the defense.) |
Hail of Arrows (Active) |
N/A |
Release all arrow abilities used within the next 12/25/40 seconds (depending on the Focus used) twiceit doubles Varric's damage, but also doubles the chance of a critical. |
Mining Location (Active) |
Throw everything away |
Throw a variety of traps with different elemental effects; with the Throw Everything upgrade, Varric throws traps until his power is depleted, with 1 trap per 5 strength. |
Fallback Plan (Active) |
N/A |
Put on a torch before the enemy enters, and Varric immediately jumps to the beacon as his health starts to wanehe regained his health the same way he put the torch. |
And Bring them down |
N/A |
Increase the damage rate of the entire party by 5%. Varric also gains +3 Dexterity. |
Tricks of the trade |
N/A |
Increase the damage and duration of status effects associated with enemies by 10%. Varric also gains +3 Willpower. |
- Total Skill Point Investment: 10
- Benefits of goodwill: 6
- Total trick bonus: 3
- Benefits of the skill: 3
These Artificer abilities allow Varric to have an easier time using abilities in the next tree, Archery.

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The best skill in archery wood
Skill in Archery The tree is very straightforward: it gives Varric a special ability to use on Bianca. Although these skills may be simple, they are not powerful, and there is a lot of damage in this buildespecially for targets with larger health pools, ie will come from this tree.
SKILLS |
to improve |
Description |
---|---|---|
Death from above |
N/A |
Take 25% extra damage when shooting enemies from above. Varric also gets +3 cunning. |
First blood |
N/A |
Deal 15% additional damage to enemies at 80% health or higher. Varric also gains +3 Dexterity. |
Long shot (active) |
Archer's Lance |
Fires a shot that deals extra damage when the target is far awaydeals 600% damage within 15 meters of your target. With the Archer's Lance upgrade, this shot pierces the enemy. |
Strafing Shots |
N/A |
Varric can move faster without losing his stability. He also gains +3 Dexterity. |
Explosive Shot (Active) |
Chain Reaction |
Varric fires an explosive arrow which damages the target, and nearby enemies. With the Chain Reaction upgrade, the explosion deals 25% more damage to all nearby enemies, up to an additional 100%. |
Pincushion |
N/A |
All consecutive arrows fired at the same enemy will deal 5% bonus damage.repeats every 10 seconds. Additionally, Varric gains +3 Dexterity. |
Full Image (Active) |
N/A |
Enemies at full health take 1,600% damagewhile the half is given to enemies under health. |
- Total Skill Point Investment: 11
- Total profit trick: 3
- Skill Benefits: 9
Most of your active damage comes from these skills, but the bulk of your passive damage comes from Artificer skills.
We are short on skill, but we are I have a few left that will be useful in the Sabotage tree.
The best skill in the sabotage tree
While it's possible to get more skill points than that, many people start out at 27 in general. Sometimes even less, depending on your progress in the game. At the maximum we give six points (and only one active skill slot), but luckily, everything we really want from a Sabotage tree is the same.
SKILLS |
to improve |
Description |
---|---|---|
Poison Weapon (Active) |
An infected wound |
Hitting an enemy with Varric's weapon poisons themdeals damage per second. Infected Wounds allow Varric to deal 25% additional damage while the ability is active, in addition to damage over time. |
Fighting Dirty |
N/A |
Varric's poison effects last 25% longer. He also gains +3 Dexterity. |
Explosive poison |
N/A |
Dead enemies explode in a poisonous mist when poisoneddeals damage over time to enemies in the radius. Varric also gains +3 Dexterity. |
- Total Skill Point Investment: 4
- Benefits of skills: 6
While getting Toxic Cloud would be nice, this deck doesn't have an active slot to run it. For situations where you need a lot of damage and can sacrifice single damage, you can replace it, although Explosive Shot and Explosive Toxin already fill a similar niche for this ability.
Varric Ranged build completed
All told, this build costs 25 skill points. It is real good balance between defense and attack with traps and Archery skills, such as Hail Of Arrows, that allow you to level up your Archery skills when needed.
the Tactics slots are done includes:
- Spike Trap
- Hail of Arrows
- Element Mines
- Fallback Plan
- Long shot
- Explosive shots
- Full picture
- A poisoned weapon
In addition to the many protective properties of the Artificer skill, The Fallback Plan will help keep Varric on his feet and out of harm's way without a problem.. With one group filling the other role, Varric will contribute a lot of damagewith a slight increase in other people's losses with a large chance boost.
Other Varric Builds
You can also run Varric with a Build Double Daggersand make it very effective. He doesn't want to use Bianca, but his the trap will be used more often when the enemy is always close to it.
This build will bypass all Archery skills, and invest more in the Sabotage treealong with Double wooden daggers.

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