The Isle Of The Godsis the beginning of the end forDragon Age: The Veilguard, and hopefully for the tyranny of the gods, the Blight, and the Veil. It’s a tough battle with tough choices, and sees youfight Darkspawn, Antaam, Venatori, and mercenariesbefore coming face to face withGhilan’nainherself.
With so many different enemies, it’s not really too crucial who you take, as they will always be someone who can exploit a Vulnerability. We suggest someone who has healing Abilities, as well as duos that combo well together (meaning one character that Detonates). And it all starts witha very important decision.
Davrin Or Harding For The Second Team
For here on out, there area lot of choices like this you’ll have to make, and we havea full breakdown of every choice and the best person to pick. But right here right now, you’re starting the mission off picking between Davrin and Harding. Since this is getting into spoilers, we’ll keep it basic- whoever you choose will be unavailable for selection for the rest of the game, so choose the character you like least.
Davrin’s Fire damage is useful, butcovered by Taash. Meanwhile,Harding is a generalist, meaningshe’s never a bad pick, but there’s always a better one. In that sense, neither are crucial to your lineup, so your decision doesn’t get any easier. Read on for spoilers.
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At the end of this mission,whichever companion you choose will sacrifice themselves to save the team. There isno way to complete this mission without Harding or Davrin(and Assan, who goes down with him)dying.
After this, you’ll be battling along the beach. It’sa linear combat gauntlet, so as long as you have your companion heal you, shouldn’t be too tough.
Bellara Or Neve To Take Down The Magic Wards
Much like with Harding and Davrin, there arepotential spoilershere, so we’ll stick to the basics (and, again, we havea full breakdown for all endgame choices here) and saywhoever you choose will also be unavailable until the end of the game. IfNevehas beenHardened, you shouldchoose her, as she won’t have her healing Abilities. Ifnot, it’syour choice. Since both canhealandarea control through Blizzard or Galvanized Tear, it comes down to person preference.
However, due to later choices, you willend up without one of Emmrich or Lucanisif you chooseNeve, andone of Emmrich or Taashif you chooseBellara.
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The consequences here are less deadly.Whoever you choose will be captured, and will need to berescued later in the game. But even then, you willnot be able to add them you your party, so choose wisely.
Once this choice is over, you will continue battling, and things will get tougher. When faced with Darkspawn, you want totarget the Boils to eliminate them, andtake out the Emissaries firstas they can leave powerful hazards all the way across the battlefield, trapping you in.
How To Defeat Ghilan’nain
When you fight Ghilan’ain, you will be alone at first, and the waves of Darkspawndon’t stop. While you want tofight back to avoid being crowded, yourfocus should be the Blight. The only major exceptions to this areJavelineers and Hurlock Blighters,as these have major area damage that can make getting around the arena a nightmare. Obviously fight back against anything attacking you, and use your Abilities against anythingaggressive and in your face, but the name of the game here is staying alive and destroying the Blight.
It’s important to know that youdo not need to fight Ghilan’nain.Once you get herBlight Shielddown, a cutscene will play to end the quest, somake good use of health potions - don’t save them.
Let’s get on with the Blight.Thefirst Boil is immediately in front to the leftas the battle starts. Attack it, thenhead up the steps next to itfor thenext Boil. Thethird Boilisat the bottom of the steps. After thisattack the Blight around Ghilan’nain. This frees your first companion.
Have your companion target the toughest Darkspawn, and get on withclearing the Blight.Go to theopposite side of the arenaandattack the Blight. Thesecond Boilis nearby at thebase of the steps. Next attack theBlight next to Ghilan’nain, then theBoil to the left. After this, goback up the stairs to attack the Blight on the arch.
With all this done, you canattack the Blight around Ghilan’nain,which frees your second companion.
To theback of the arena in the middle,you’ll find thenext Blight Boil.This leads youup the central stairswhere thesecond Blight Boil is on the arch, and thethird is at the bottom. Attack the Blighton the middle island near Ghilan’nain, thenat the other side of the steps at the bottom.
Again, you’re able to nowattack theBlight around Ghilan’nain,which this time frees Harding or Davrin, whichever one you sent. They can’t be used in battle, but they are key to the next phase. For now,keep going after the Blight.
Go back towhere the very first Boil was, anda new one can be attacked.Back up a little andaim at the right of the arch on the steps.This willdestroy the Blight, but alsoactivate another Boil right next to the first one. Destroy it, then headup the same stairs for a Boil on the other side.
Now you canattack the Blight around Ghilan’nain to end the quest.Watch the cutscene play out, and possibly regret not biting the bullet and checking that spoiler warning earlier.
