Death Caller Mage Build and Best Skills

The Death Caller Mage Build is a build you can create for the Death Caller specialization in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Learn the best skills to get, the best weapon and armor to use, the best companions to bring, and more!

Death Caller Mage Best Skills Build

Early Game Skills (Level 1 to 20)

Skill enchantments are unlocked with Caretaker Workshop Rank 5. We do not consider Shop Rank 5 to be an early-game facility as the upgrade cost is too much.

Your main spells would be casting Frost Nova then Corrupted Ground together to maximize the Necrosis duration and the effect of your Deathfrost passive. Make sure to keep using these together often as they are a terrifying combo against most of your enemies.

Use Arcane Shot and Destructive Light for finishing off opponents and filling in the damage you are missing until you unlock your specialization.

Death Caller Mage Skill Tree Progression

Skill Tree Progression

Try to get Frost Nova and Corrupted Ground as early as possible since these will be your primary source of damage. Get Channeled Thoughts early as well since this will be your main way for regaining mana once you have Corrupted Ground.

As for Ability Upgrades, the most important ones are Time Management and Collateral Damage for that huge damage increase, and Breathing Room to increase the radius of both of your main spells.

Death Caller Mage Best Weapon Builds

Early Game Weapons (Level 1 to 20)

We recommend focusing on Cold weapons as your main and Necrotic weapons for your offhand or vice versa as they can both proc damage over time.

Make sure to take Spellcaster's Stiletto as well for the 15% Mana Generation bonus to help you cast your spells more efficiently.

Death Caller Mage Best Equipment Builds

Early Game Equipment (Level 1 to 20)

For the early game, equipment won't matter that much as equipment will mostly come from chests in the overworld. For this one, we suggest always slotting in the strongest equipment you see and bolster your Defenses as much as possible.

Go for Necrotic Damage and Duration Ability Damage

As a Death Caller, you might want to focus on slotting in equipment that improves on Necrotic Damage and Duration Ability Damage since this will apply to all your spells that deal damage over time.

Death Caller Mage Best Rune Builds

Early Game Runes (Level 1 to 20)

Since Necrotic damage is great against Barriers, Ravage will be your go-to rune when going against opponents with high health. Once you have destroyed their Barrier/Armor, cast this immediately before unleashing all your spells for maximum damage.

On the other hand, Upend synergizes well for this build since their passives offer a good chunk of resistances which in turn, adds more damage for you when you activate it.

Death Caller Mage Best Companion Builds

For this build, we suggest bringing Harding and Davrin because of their ability to detonate Weakened and Overwhelm. Additionally, Davrin will be your frontliner just in case enemies start getting aggressive against you.

Harding Build

Early Game Equipment Builds

Skills
1	Heavy Draw
2	Soothing Potion (Harding)
3	Shred
Equipment
Main	My Regards
Off-Hand	Secrets and Memories
Armor	Spelunker's Gear
Trinket	Dwarven Key

We recommend to slot in Heavy Draw and Shred to detonate Overwhelm and apply Sundered on enemies. Depending on the situation, you can use Heavy Draw to detonate Overwhelm created by Davrin while Soothing Potion is there as a failsafe just incase you run out of Potions.

Davrin Build

Early Game Equipment Builds

Skills
1	Heroic Strike
2	Death from Above
3	Battle Cry
Equipment
Main	Blight Killer
Off-Hand	Reforged Bulwark
Armor	Monster Leathers

Davrin will be your main tank and synergizes well with Death Callers since he can detonate Weakened from your Corrupted Ground spell. Make sure to use Battle Cry often whenever enemies start getting close to you.

We also recommend filling up the skill tree for Battle Cry since it can provide healing for you, especially when you have low health.

How to Play the Death Caller

The Death Caller is a specialization for the Mage that focuses on using Staves and Necrotic spells to eliminate their enemies. They specialize in casting Damage Over Time (DOT) spells and is classified as a Necromancer type of class without the traditional minions.

• Cast Frost Nova with Corrupted Ground
• Restore Mana With Channeled Thoughts
• Rinse and Repeat

Cast Frost Nova with Corrupted Ground

Make sure you cast Frost Nova first so you can trigger your Deathfrost passive for that sweet 15% Necrotic damage increase and cast Corrupted Ground immediately after.

Since Corrupted Ground uses mana, its cooldown is very short but can only be cast again once the current one in play has expired.

Restore Mana With Channeled Thoughts

The Channeled Thoughts trait will be your fastest way for restoring mana, allowing you to infinitely cast Corrupted Ground and have your enemies die to damage over time. Just make sure you are using Channeled Thoughts in a safe position so your channeling does not get interrupted by heavy attacks.

Rinse and Repeat

Since you always have Corrupted Ground active in the field, your only problem would be the long cooldown of Frost Nova. During that time, you can also keep using Arcane Shot to finish off your enemies until Frost Nova is back online and start casting it again before recasting Corrupted Ground.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Related Guides

All Classes and Builds

List of Class and Specialization Builds

Rogue Class
Duelist	Saboteur	Veil Ranger
Warrior Class
Champion	Reaper	Slayer
Mage Class
Spellblade	Death Caller	Evoker