Ability wheel: Combo Opportunity and Weak Point callouts

About this game

Developer: BioWare · Publisher: Electronic Arts · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Realistic 3D · Screen type: HUD & Gameplay UI

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What to study

The wheel in its scouting state, before any ability is inspected: the ring lays out the player's and both companions' abilities around the paused fight, and the game annotates the moment instead of opening a tooltip, flagging a Combo Opportunity on the left and a Weak Point on the dragon itself. The target card beside the wheel carries the same read in miniature (Vulnerable to fire, Resistant to frost), so the player picks a combo from the annotations, not from memory. Frame at about 2:16 (136s) in the Blighted Dragon Trailer (Steam).

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

radial-menu mechanic-wheel party-portraits target-selection hud-overlay

Components

Parts on screen.

Portrait Action bar Button prompts

Screen inventory

• large radial ability wheel centred on the player: diamond ability icons on a purple ring, green-outlined icons marking ready abilities
• three diamond companion portraits on the wheel's upper arc with weapon icons beneath them, player portrait at left
• target card at right: "Corius the Icetalon" with "Vulnerable" (flame) and "Resistant" (frost) lines
• "Combo Opportunity" banner at left and "Weak Point" tag on the dragon, no ability tooltip card open
• right-side controller prompts: L NAVIGATE, R CHANGE TARGET, X SELECT, R1 CLOSE, O CANCEL; bottom: Daze, triangle ACTIVATE, cross CHANGE

Top 3 colors

#0f1219 21%#191a1f 20%#4b423d 19%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© BioWare / Electronic Arts, Dragon Age: The Veilguard screenshot: Steam trailer (Blighted Dragon Trailer), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Electronic Arts.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-11-04. verified 2026-11-04: dense-scan frame f_069 (2s interval scan of the Blighted Dragon Trailer), inspected visually at full resolution (1920x1080); wheel, portraits, Combo Opportunity and Weak Point tags, target card and all controller prompts settled and legible; no trailer caption in frame. Timestamp is the scan frame's nominal time, cross-checked within a few seconds against the spot-verified 105s boss frame from the same trailer

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