Talk:High dragon

Defeating the High Dragon
The High Dragon is an encounter which can be made a lot easier with 3 things:
 * 1) Force Field
 * 2) Ranged Attack
 * 3) Clever Positioning


 * Force Field:
 * This allows you to keep your tank up all the time, without ever having to heal him, since the cooldown is shorter than the duration, and the manacost is basicaly insignificant


 * Ranged Attack
 * No matter what your party composition is, for this fight you will want only ranged attacks

**SPOILER**

 * Clever Positioning
 * When you first enter the High Dragon area, you are on a longer brickroad, which ends in a ramp with an arch over it.
 * Place your damage dealers under this arch.
 * Set your Healer to Custom1 and reconfigure the tactics to: "If (insert tank here) Health <90%" "Use Ability: Force Field". Furthermore, set the tactics to: "If Enemy is Target of (insert tank)" "Attack". These 2 configurations allow for minimum mana usage, so you will always have enough mana to cast Force Field on your tank.


 * An alternative to using forcefield, though not as effective: Use high Fire Resistance gear. In order to use this strategy, use your tank to draw the dragon's attention with taunt, and move him back to the ramp, behind the 2 pillars and just in front of the little crater. You will be able to just sit and watch the dragon's health go down. Assuming you have enough fire resistance, a single occasional potion or heal will keep you up and healthy just fine. At times the dragon will pull you close to her, but you can safely run back to your starting position. Rinse and repeat till it dies.


 * Explanation: The Dragon can land basically anywhere, but the area between the arch and the ramp is simply too small, so it will have to use Fire Spit all the time, but since your tank has all it's attention and is quite far away from the rest of the party, the damage will be bearable, and you will be unaffected by the AOE Effect.


 * You can obtain this fire resistance gear by slaying the Elite Drakes inside the cave, before reaching the high dragon. Take the Drake Scales they drop to Wade in Denerim and ask him to make you Wade's Armor.

--Da maury 06:10, November 20, 2009 (UTC) Da_Maury - 20.11.2009