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deathssavior157

6 years ago

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Why can't I use thousand cuts? I have all the skills for it.

Why can't I use thousand cuts?

dragon age inquisition

Leora85
6 years ago
@deathssavior1577 As others have said, it is a focus based skill (like your rift ability), you must have at least one full focus bar to use it. Whether you're using a bow or daggers does not matter. Focus abilities are not intended to be able to be used often, you save it for when you really need it. There are also inquisition perks (from the war table) to increase your focus bars from 1 to 3.

deathssavior157

6 years ago

@mcsupersport I am sorry I haven't made a archer in a long time I didn't know I do that. Can I use Sabotage and Supterfuge for archer?

deathssavior157

6 years ago

@deathssavior1577 Seriously who the hell made it not possible to use it, I did use it once but I used once and now I doesn't work, I never had this trouble before the new version. Mcsupersport I do not know anything new.

mcsupersport
Hero+
6 years ago
Ok, maybe I was thinking of a different skill.....Thousand Cuts is a focus based skill, in the Tempest tree....I was thinking a different game maybe...

Best guess is you don't have enough focus to use the skill, Focus is shown by the gold bars just above your skill hotkeys. So if you don't have a full bar or three, then you can't use the skill. In your first picture you definitely don't have enough focus, and in the second, I can't tell, but you may still not. So fill the bar up and see if it is usable, but it is basically a one shot ultimate power and not a every fight thing...which is one reason I rarely use my focus skills, or base a build on them, cause my luck is I will really really need it and it is not available..
- Fred_vdp
  Hero+
  6 years ago
  Now that you mention it... I didn't even notice the focus bar.
- deathssavior157
  6 years ago
  @mcsupersport I have no idea except for cullen for help, any other places?
  - Leora85
    Hero+
    6 years ago
    @deathssavior1577 Cullen can give you the perks to get the extra focus bars. Focus itself you get from fighting, it builds up over time. If you have the trespasser DLC, make sure you don't have the trial turned on that resets focus every time you go to a camp (trials are in difficulty options if I remember correctly).