Evasion is a rogue talent from the Below the Belt tree in Dragon Age: Origins.
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- Grants +20% Chance to Dodge, +20% Resist Stun, Knockdown, Slip.
Notes[]
- This passive is quite a mixed bag due to the attack animation interrupts it forces. Evasion and equipment that provides the "+X% dodge chance" effect both modify the property "Displacement", but there is a dodge animation associated exclusively with Evasion. If a dodge occurs without Evasion, the attack simply misses and there is no animation interruption. With Evasion, how often this animation comes in depends on the total dodge chance. Whenever a dodge occurs, the chance of the animation being played is [random number from 10 to 20] / [dodge chance]. To simplify the calculations, the random number from 10 to 20 can be approximated by 15.
- With just Evasion and no other sources of dodge chance, the character has 20% dodge chance, so approximately 3 out of 4 dodges (15/20) will be accompanied by the animation.
- With Evasion and Cailan's Greaves (+20% dodge chance), the character has 40% dodge chance, so approximately 3 out of 8 dodges (15/40) will be accompanied by the animation.
- Demonstration videos: Evasion (20% dodge) and Cailan's Greaves (20% dodge).
- +20% Resist Stun, Knockdown, Slip is not a physical resistance bonus, but a flat 20% chance to ignore any stun/knockdown/slip effect. Knockdown and stun from abilities like
Ram and 
Scattershot may be resisted this way.
- There is no animation interruption for resisting these effects.
- It is quite easy to reach a high level of dodge for rogues in Dragon Age: Origins through gear and talents:
- Evasion (+20%) + Dark Passage (+5%) + Battledress of the Provocateur (+15%) + Cinch of Skillful Maneuvering (+10%) + The Spellward (+10%) + First Enchanter's Cowl (Origins) (+10%) + Cailan's Greaves (+20%) = +90% dodge.
- 18 out of 20 attacks will miss you without even factoring in your defense.