What role does the dog fill?

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What role does the dog fill? Aug 28, 2016 7:52:54 GMT

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Post by mattig89ch on Aug 28, 2016 7:52:54 GMT

Hidy ho all,

I've never had the dog in my party for longer then absolutely nessisary. Mostly because he seemed kind of pointless. But if, in the future, I do choose to have him along, I'd like to know what his role in the party is supposed to be. Is he a damage dealer? Is he a tank?

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Post by mousestalker on Aug 28, 2016 10:29:20 GMT

Dog does damage. Pump his Strength and ignore all the other stats. Give him bones and ask him if he sees anything interesting anytime you enter a zone. Sometimes he brings you stuff.

Always take him with you to Caridin's Cross in the Deep Roads. He will come back with a very nice hat.

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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2016 10:41:26 GMT

Yeah he's nowhere near as good as the otheres. If you're on PC, download the fifth dog slot mod from Nexus mods. Then he can take some aggro.

Also, put him in your party of 4 when you're in Denerim or Orzammar. Your companions will have dialogue with him. Loghain has 2 and they're heartbreaking.

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Post by Voxr on Aug 28, 2016 19:38:18 GMT

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Post by melbella on Aug 28, 2016 20:00:40 GMT

Dog will never lie to you (Morrigan), leave you (Alistair), creep you out (Leliana) or try to kill you (Wynne, Sten, Zevran, Oghren, Shale, Loghain - am I missing anyone here?). Therefore, he's the best companion in DAO.

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Post by Tuchanka Love on Aug 28, 2016 22:40:43 GMT

He's does some good damage and make enemies fall back while he rips them to shreds. He's quite useful.
I use a mod that makes him a permanent party companion. I think it fits the warden's human noble origin since he/she is a fereldan noble hence why a mabari fighting by his/her side is tradition.

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What role does the dog fill? Aug 28, 2016 23:38:47 GMT mousestalker, Beregond5, and 2 more like this

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Post by dragontartare on Aug 28, 2016 23:38:47 GMT

Um, he's your adorable best friend. How can you even ask? :crying:

In seriousness, I second the 5th slot mod for Dog. It didn't work for me in the fade (circle mage quest), but it's been handy everywhere else. Since starting my new game a few days ago, Dog lasts longer in a fight than Alistair, and much longer than Sten (all on auto level-up at the moment). Though, in fairness, I don't like Sten at all and haven't tried very hard to make him useful.

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Post by melbella on Aug 28, 2016 23:49:18 GMT

The only downside to Extra Dog Slot is that it bugs out Fort Drakon if you pick the "my companions will rescue me/us" option: you only get 1 companion instead of 2, which can make fighting on the way in very tough. To avoid the bug, either don't get taken prisoner or disable the mod before confronting Cauthrien. You can re-enable it once you're reunited with the rescuers.

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Post by mousestalker on Aug 29, 2016 10:04:52 GMT

If you are playing with the extra gore setting, Dog will lick you clean.

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Post by Beregond5 on Aug 29, 2016 16:14:54 GMT

He can also stun your enemies with his howl for a brief period of time, which can be pretty useful when you're surrounded.

Plus, it's gratifying when he learns the overwhelm technique himself and you send him after a pesky mage and/or archer. Ah, the sound of their screams as they get torn to shreds...

*cough* Excuse me. I'm not usually that bloodthirsty, honest. :blush:

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What role does the dog fill? Aug 29, 2016 22:44:49 GMT mousestalker, melbella, and 2 more like this

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Post by mattig89ch on Aug 29, 2016 22:44:49 GMT

Thats awesome. Its so freaking anoying how you can't break out of an overwhelm situation. Giving that back to the NPC's sounds like just a great idea to me.

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Post by Tuchanka Love on Aug 30, 2016 4:25:15 GMT

Aug 30, 2016 3:34:55 GMT @morwen said:

Oh I hate that move so much! Especially those darkspawn in DAA. There's so many and sometimes they are eating all 4 of us at once!

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Aug 30, 2016 4:25:15 GMT Tuchanka Love said:

Aug 30, 2016 3:34:55 GMT @morwen said:

Oh I hate that move so much! Especially those darkspawn in DAA. There's so many and sometimes they are eating all 4 of us at once!

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Shield Bash and stonefist work quite well too if you and / or your companion gets overwhelmed. And if all else fails, freeze them. >:D

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Aug 30, 2016 3:34:55 GMT @morwen said:

Oh I hate that move so much! Especially those darkspawn in DAA. There's so many and sometimes they are eating all 4 of us at once!

The children. The CHILDREN. Nightmares forever *shudder*

On-topic: I find Dog very useful. (Sometimes more useful than Alistair.) He hasn't got many abilities, but he's got a stun, knockdown, and there's Overwhelm as others have mentioned. He closes on enemies fast and does good damage. Plus he's low-maintenance in terms of gear and he doesn't bring any drama like some other companions. :why:

If you're being Overwhelmed, have another party member use a stun/freeze/knockdown attack on the enemy. It will interrupt the attack. Dog's Charge and Howl abilities can do that.

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Post by Dabrikishaw on Aug 31, 2016 1:13:40 GMT

Dog's best qualities are immunity to being grabbed or overwhelmed. He can also serve as a decent distraction and lock down a mage with his own overwhelm. He's best used on PC because then you can use the Extra Dog Slot mod to keep him while you have other, more powerful companions.

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Post by capn233 on Aug 31, 2016 1:28:21 GMT

Shield Wall and Indomitable don't actually protect you against Overwhelm since it isn't the same as a typical knockdown. But having a companion disable the enemy who is doing the overwhelming will work (whatever disable you like really).

As far as all those little bastards in Awakening, 2H warrior with high crit bonus activating Massacre works pretty nicely.

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What role does the dog fill? Aug 31, 2016 6:55:39 GMT

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Post by mattig89ch on Aug 31, 2016 6:55:39 GMT

How is the dogs defense? Can he tank? Or is he strictly dps?

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Post by naughtynomad on Aug 31, 2016 16:35:01 GMT

I've done a Dalish Ranger playthrough where Dog had a permenant spot in my party. I named him Fen'Harel... Haha this was before I met Solas.

He's not bad at all.

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Post by mattig89ch on Sept 4, 2016 7:44:34 GMT

I started another Character, the warrior, and am planning on keeping the dog with him. Of course, the game took him away from me for the wilds.

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Aug 28, 2016 23:38:47 GMT dragontartare said:

Um, he's your adorable best friend. How can you even ask? :crying:

In seriousness, I second the 5th slot mod for Dog. It didn't work for me in the fade (circle mage quest), but it's been handy everywhere else. Since starting my new game a few days ago, Dog lasts longer in a fight than Alistair, and much longer than Sten (all on auto level-up at the moment). Though, in fairness, I don't like Sten at all and haven't tried very hard to make him useful.

Another recommendation for the mod.

I hated having to leave Dog behind all the time when I played vanilla DAO, so it was great to finally have a way to keep all my companion slots open and still let my adorable canine friend totally wreck people as the Maker/Ancestors/Creators intended.

The best thing about Dog is having him alongside a Dwarf Warden. Would love to know what the various bystanders in Ferelden are thinking whenever they witness a tiny dwarf and a Mabari casually obliterating anything that happens to be in their path. But I can imagine the jokes in Ferelden post-Blight got a bit surreal;

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