Sure, it has some solid spells.
Death Syphon as you pointed out works very well especially with the +5% health for every corpse. Some battles they just throw a lot of fools at you that you can kill easily. Death Syphon is very powerful in those battles as you can be at 100% strength when fighting the boss(es) in those encounters. I suppose it's unnecessary if you just potion chug but that isn't really fun.
Spirit Bolt/Strike is very powerful when an enemy is DISORIENTED and has both a short cooldown and activation cost. Combine that in addition to Stonefist/Golem's Fist after Varric has launched a Fatiguing Fog then it's good times.
Dispel Magic is a must for me as it can easily save your entire party by dispeling a blood mage or an arcane horror's bomb spells. It's even more vital for me as I play Nightmare without using any potions.
I'd recommend giving Merrill both Spirit Bolt/Strike and Dispel Magic even if your Hawke has those as well.
Modifié par GoodFella146, 15 octobre 2011 - 06:34 .