Getting to the third tier of the first line of Warrior Talents and all the lines of Weapon and Shield talents should occupy most of your time. Talents: Concentrate on filling out the tactics load-out described below.If you need a talent that requires the next level of Combat Training get that, otherwise, get Combat Tactics. Alternate between selecting the two based on what talents you're about to pick up. Skills: Combat Training and Combat Tactics don't bother with the rest.If you've built your healer well, you don't need to get fancy with Constitution and Willpower. Pop a couple points into Dexterity when talents require it. Specializations: Templar, then Champion.You're locked in with the relatively useless Templar specialization, but once you reach 14 and can choose a second, definitely pick Champion. Obviously, Alistair is going to be a warrior. So I've built him around me not having to do anything with him: prioritizing his tactics load-out and passive skills.

However, you really need to make sure you have a good Spirit Healer (like Wynne) backing him up. The aggressive behavior, combined with the tactics loadout described below, makes the AI pretty smart and hands-off. I've found letting Alistair run on auto-pilot works really well. I'm playing through Dragon Age: Origins again with this specific goal in mind, so I'll outline what I've done: Overview

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