This page shares tactics and tips on defeating some of Dragon Age's Boss monsters.
Note that there is a significant number of spoilers on this page, do not read further if you do not want those.
Spoilers below this point
The first boss the player encounters, the Ogre in the Tower of Ishal poses the first real challenge in the game.
The party makeup at this point consists of the Player character, Alistair, a nameless towerguard and a nameless soldier. If the player is not a Mage, the solider is subsituted for a nameless Circle Mage.
The Ogre is capable of dealing massive damage when attacking directly, but also has some slightly less powerful area of effect slam attacks.
| Slam | A powerful physical attack causing massive damage to a single target. | |
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| Stomp | Area of Effect attack damaging and pushing back everyone within 3 meters. | |
| Kick | Powerful physical attack only used against enemies located in his back. | |
| Charge | The ogre charges a target, impaling it with his horns, dealing a lot of damage and pushing them over. | |
| Grab | The gore grabs the target, squeezing and pummeling it with his fists, usually resulting in their untimely demise. This is by far the most devastating attack in the Ogre's arsenal. |
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His by far most devastating attack is the ability to grab a character and pummel him several times, usually resulting in their untimely demise.
The ogre's greatest weakness is his limited movement speed and
There is no way to sneak up on the ogre as a cutscene triggers when the player open the door. It is recommended to