Haste (Origins)

For the spell in Dragon Age II, see Haste (Dragon Age II).

Haste
Type	Creation spells (Heroic Offense tree)
Effect type	Sustained
Range	Allies
Upkeep	60
Fatigue	10%
Cooldown	30s
Requires	30 magic
Description	While this mode is active, the caster imbues the party with speed, allowing them to move and attack significantly faster, although the spell also imposes a small penalty to attack and drains mana rapidly while in combat.

Haste is a mage spell from the Creation tree in Dragon Age: Origins.

Information

• Movement Speed Bonus: 30.0%. Attack Speed Bonus: 25.0%. Ranged Attack Aim Speed Bonus: 20.0%. Attack Penalty: 5.0. Mana Regeneration Penalty (caster only, combat only): 3.0.

• Please note: Attack Speed Bonus: 25.0% = 0.75 base attack animation duration. It means attack speed is effectively increased by 33.3%. Refer to Momentum to learn more about attack speed modifiers.

• Conjuration time: 1s.

Notes

• Upkeep is in Mana.
• Arcane Warrior Spellcasting: The spell requires your weapon(s) be sheathed in order to cast.
• For summoned creatures and shapeshifting forms, Haste increases movement speed normally. However, it does not affect their attack speed.
• In principle, two or more Haste spells maintained by two or more mages will stack. However, there is a catch. For example, mage X activates Haste. When mage Y toggles his own Haste on, it will replace any effects of Haste maintained by mage X only on mage Y. Which means, the rest of the party, mage X included, will, indeed, benefit from two stackable Haste spells. (Also see Rally for the similar issue)
• A third Haste will increase movement speed for mages X and Y one more level, but mage Z will be left at level one. Therefore you would have mage X at level 3 movement, mage y at level 2, and mage z at level 1. Activating the third haste triggers the attack speed reset for mage x by exceeding the 0.5 breakpoint.
• Consider using Dispel Magic to remove Haste from your ranged attackers and characters using Momentum to avoid bugs listed below, while maintaining the benefits for other party members.

Bugs

• There is a bug in core_h.nss resulting in the loss of any attack speed bonus if the speed modifier is higher than 0.5. Activating Haste + Momentum corresponds to a speed modifier of 0.55, resulting in the loss of the speed bonus. Activating Haste + Momentum + Precise Striking results in a valid speed modifier of 0.45. Unofficial fix for PC available here.
• As of version 1.03, there is another bug affecting ranged attack speed with Haste. See Ranged attack speed bug for details.

See also

• Ability mechanics