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[ScottyK]

I don't know what possessed me to try this combo, but it's a BLAST!

I took Anders to the Deep Roads trying to follow the Anders build guide, and got so sick of martyr it wasn't funny.
Since my other healer (Bethany) is out shopping (or in the gallows, whatever), I figured I'd try a go without a healer.

This party is working so well! 

First, I can't say enough about crowd staggers (Fenris + Hawke with shield blast and pommel strike) and then Merrill waits for the elite to get staggered and POP! goes her upgraded chain lightning. Basically the whole crowd goes down at that point, and I haven't seen much, if any, friendly fire from it. Fenris kills things so fast, he doesn't get agro long enough to matter. He's 2:1 STR:CON, so at the beginning of act 2 he's around 100 DPS. BTW, I don't use Mighty Blow on him, as I'm scared it'll hurt Isabela. His tactics have it set to go when someone is brittle, but I currenlty don't have a way to brittle someone, so it's effectively off. He just auto-attacks with might and his damage=damage passive and what-not.

I have to watch my assaults, since they tend to kill Isabela, but I got a build for her going that keeps her darting all over the place. I basically have her attack my target, but since I taunt, I pull the whole crowd of agro. Then, if Isabela is surrounded by 3+, I have her do all hands on deck, and she darts around and stabs everybody in the crowd. I also gave her confusion and have her fire it anytime she's surrounded by 2+. Her flitting, evading and confusion basically prevents her from ever getting agro, so even though I never gave her any points in CON, she does just fine, as long as I, Hawke, don't hit her. With 41 dex and two reward daggers, her DPS is ~125.

Merrill holds her mama spells until the right times. She has paralyzing prison and chain reaction and only throws them out on staggered elites+. She has a spirit staff and elemental weapons. She has CON to match MAG, but I didn't give her any WIL, so she has sustains and is always in blood of the first. She does pull agro with her lightning, but she has so much health and damage resistance (from equip, arcane shield and rivalry) that she can tank for a bit, so I usually let her until I'm ready with a taunt.

I find the only thing to watch is where the stealthy backstabbers are when they stealth and make sure me, Merrill or the dog is closest to that spot, so that squishy Fenris and Isabela don't get dropped. A lot of the time, they do go for Isabela, but they can't get her because she's always on the move.

I just did the entire Ladies Lights Out line (on Nightmare) with this party and lost Isabela only once (badly timed assault) and never used a single health potion.

Oh and beserk works well when you're scared of friendly fire. You can get the extra damage without killing your friends with assault!