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Dragon Age The Veilguard Taash Companion Guide

Taash is a Qunari companion in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. See Taash's companion lore, faction, and skills in this guide!

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List of Taash Builds

Spellblade Build

Companion Build
TaashTaash Skills:
Dragon Age The Veilguard - Dragonfire Strike Dragonfire Strike
Dragon Age The Veilguard - Spitfire Spitfire
Dragon Age The Veilguard - Dragon Dragon's Roar

Equipment:
Main Weapon: Golden Locus
Keepsake: Jade Cleaver
Armor: Strong Arm
Trinket: Numbing Herbs

Spellblade Build and Best Skills

Veil Ranger Build

Companion Build
TaashTaash Skills:
Dragon Age The Veilguard - Dragonfire Strike Dragonfire Strike
Dragon Age The Veilguard - Spitfire Spitfire
Dragon Age The Veilguard - Dragon Dragon's Roar

Equipment:
Main Weapon: Golden Locus
Keepsake: Jade Cleaver
Armor: Strong Arm
Trinket: Numbing Herbs

Veil Ranger Build and Best Skills

Saboteur Build

Companion Build
TaashTaash Skills:
Dragon Age The Veilguard - Dragonfire Strike Dragonfire Strike
Dragon Age The Veilguard - Spitfire Spitfire
Dragon Age The Veilguard - Dragon Dragon's Roar

Equipment:
Main Weapon: Golden Locus
Keepsake: Treasure
Armor: Trussed Finery
Trinket: Numbing Herbs

Saboteur Build and Best Skills

Taash Overview

Companion Profile

Taash Faction Lords of FortuneLords of Fortune
Race Qunari
VA Jin Maley
Bio
A Qunari dragon hunter allied with the Lords of Fortune, Taash lives for adventure and doesn't mind taking risks. While their interests include sparkling treasures and hitting things with an axe, Taash is also deeply knowledgeable about many topics.

Taash Strengths and Playstyle

Blunt and straightforward, Taash is a mighty warrior, who wields dual-axes and breathes out flames, igniting enemies with draconic fury.

How to Recruit Taash

Clear The Dragon Slayer

After the events at either Minrathous or Treviso, the Veilguard recruits Taash as their dragon hunter during the quest The Dragon Slayer.

The Dragon Slayer Quest Guide

Taash Abilities and Skill Tree

Dragon's Roar

DragonDragon's Roar Taash roars with draconic fury, drawing enemy attention. Taunts enemies in the area, forcing them to briefly focus their attacks on Taash. Does not affect some of the strongest boss enemies.
CD: 36 seconds
Quick to Anger Cooldown duration: -20%
Goad Enemies Taunted by Taash take 10% more damage for the duration.
ALT Enraged Duration: +50%
Shouting Taunt Effective radius: +100%
Inspiring Roar While the effect is active, you replenish 50 health per second.
Flaming Roar Deal 300 Fire damage to all affected enemies.
ALT Insult to Injury When activated, adds 1 stack to any active Affliction stack.
Look Out Bellow On hit, you gain Deflect.

Fire Breath

Fire BreathFire Breath Taash breathes out flames, igniting enemies with draconic fury. Deals damage and applies Burning to all enemies.
CD: 36 seconds
Scorch Damage vs health: +20%
Quick Ignition Cooldown duration: -20%
ALT Inferno Burning damage: +25%
Cauterize Duration: +100%
Deep Burn Damage: +25%
To Ash Damage is increased by 10% per stack of Burning on the target.
ALT Overheat Every time a target takes damage from Burning applied by this Ability, the target's Fire Resistance is reduced by 5%.
Dragonfire The width of the breath is increased by 50%.

Fortune’s Favor

Fortune’s FavorFortune’s Favor Taash’s luck and Lord of Fortune training all but ensure that you will get out of this battle alive. Grants Invulnerable.
CD: 36 seconds
Precise Immunity When activated, you also gain Precision.
Forceful Return When the effect ends, enemies near you take 150 Fire damage and are Knocked Back.
ALT Unstoppable Return When the effect ends, you gain Immovable.
Buckle Down Deflect: Ignores the next impact received, resulting in no damage.
Fortune's Favor Cooldown duration: -20%
Enrichment Gain 10 Rage each second you are Invulnerable.
ALT Respite When the effect ends, you are healed for 20%.
Continued Invulnerability Duration: +2 seconds

Spitfire

SpitfireSpitfire Taash spits a searing burst of flame that takes the fight out of the foe. Deals high Stagger.
CD: 36 seconds
Critical Strike Critical damage: +25%
Flame Splash On hit, applies Burning.
ALT Armor Breaker Damage vs. Armor: +50%
Razing Flames Damage vs Barrier: +50%
Spreading Weakness During combat, Spitfire may trigger automatically. This has its own independent cooldown that cannot occur more than once every 60 seconds. Auto-fire does not apply cooldown. Manual activation will remain available.
Accelerant Cooldown duration: -20%
ALT Overwhelming Pressure Overwhelming effectiveness: +10%
Overwhelming Duration Overwhelmed duration: +50%

Dragonfire Strike

Dragonfire StrikeDragonfire Strike Taash lands a fiery overhead strike that leaves enemies concussed, confused, and burning. Applies Burning on hit.
CD: 48 seconds
Sear Damage vs. health: +20%
Heatwave Damage vs. Burning: +25%
Firestorm The shockwave on impact deals an additional 200 Fire damage to enemies within 5 meters
L Stoke the Flames Taash's off-hand attack deals 50% additional Physical damage on top of the damage dealt by the initial strike.
Lingering Flame Stagger: +100%
Spill Blood Applies Bleeding to targets hit with the effect's initial impact.
R Focus Fire The shockwave on impact has a reduced radius but adds 2 stacks of Burning to enemies hit.
Bring the Hurt Detonator: Detonates a Primed target, causing additional damage and effects.
Explosive Timing Detonations caused by this Ability apply Burning.

Veilguard Skills

Skill / Choice Effect
Rivaini Flair
What did she want for you?
・Taash's Critical damage increases by 50%, with damage vs. High Health increased by 25%
・Taash's Burning now deals 50% more damage on the initial hit, reducing by 10% on each subsequent hit
Qunari Focus
Who was she?
・Taash's weapon attack damage increases by 50% with a 20% reduction in cooldown duration
・Taah's Burning duration increases by 2 seconds

Should Taash Embrace Rivaini Culture or Qunari Heritage?

Taash Equipment

Weapons and Keepsakes

Weapons Properties and How to Get
Neckbreaker Companion: Taash
・Attack My Target applies Burning to Antaam enemies (30s CD)
・The entire party deals +25% Damage vs. Antaam enemies
Treasure Companion: Taash
・Taash gains +25% Weapon damage
・Taash’s Weapon attacks are always Critical vs. Knocked Down enemies
Golden Locus Companion: Taash
・Attack My Target deals +25% damage vs. health; this bonus is doubled vs. Dragons
・Attack My Target's damage bonus is now tripled vs. Dragons
Jade Cleaver Companion: Taash
・The entire party gets +1 maximum Burning stacks
・Taash's basic attacks can interrupt Burning stacks
Viridian Tusk Companion: Taash
・Taunted Dragons take +50% damage
・Applying Taunted to Dragons deals 400 damage
Tusk of Glory Companion: Taash
・Attack My Target applies Taunted: does not affect some of the strongest boss enemies (30-second cooldown)
・Taash deals +50% damage vs Taunted enemies
Battlehorn Companion: Taash
・Attack My Target applies Vulnerability to Fire damage (30-second cooldown)
・Vulnerability to Fire damage is increased by '+25%

Armor

Armor Stats & Properties
Plumed Platemail ・+50% Detonation damage vs. Dragons
・Detonating Dragons adds 1 stack to every Affliction already on them
Fortune's Favor ・+50% Stagger from Detonations
・Staggering enemeis with Detonations reduces Taash's Ability cooldowns by 50%
Trussed Finery ・Bonus Ability Damage
・+20% Overwhelmed effectiveness
・Taash deals +50% damage vs Overwhelmed enemies
Strong Arm ・Overwhelemed enemies have reduced Fire Resistance
・Bonuses to Overwhelmed effectiveness are also applied to this Fire Resistance reduction
The Qun's Honor ・Detonating a Weakened enemy Detonates another nearby Weakened enemy (internal cooldown)
・The second Detonation now applies to all other nearby Weakened enemies, not just one
Rivain's Legacy ・All Detonations apply Burning to all affected enemies
・Detonations deal an additional +150% Fire damage if the target is already Burning

Taash Cosmetics and Appearances

Companion Cosmetic Armor Sets

You can equip Taash with a cosmetic skin to change their appearance. You can obtain the Companion Cosmetic Armor Sets to give Taash a new look by purchasing the Digital Deluxe Edition of the game.

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