talk about dorian and his fighting style!!
oh boy, i think about this a lot. a lot.
to be short about it : dorian has a very FLASHYĀ fighting style. this is evidenced in his dialogue with solas, if you drag the both of them around. heās very prone toĀ showing off, to the surprise of absolutely no one.
beyond that, however, it should be noted that ( my, and many others, because itās effectively canonĀ ) dorian is a specialized PYROMANCER / NECROMANCERĀ hybrid. iāll write out a post of his ridiculous moveset another time, but around him the air burns hotĀ in battle. ridiculously so. you may also hear a spirit or two screaming every now and then āā uh, donāt pay too much attention to that. regardless, itās also noted in game that he uses a nullification enchantmentĀ to remove ambient magic to make things BURN HOTTER.
all this is to say : dorian multitasks, quite a bit. he has a mastery of his mana and isnātĀ afraid to show that off, and isnāt afraid to utilize that to its fullest potential in battle. this also means that he MOVES. a lot. almost constantly. dorian is a dynamic person in general, often moving / pacing / never standing still, but in battle you will neverĀ find him standing still. his movements are almost dancer like, in some ways, in that they are gracefulĀ and fluid. however, they are also generally HARSHĀ and AGGRESSIVE at the tail end,Ā punctuated with vibrant flares of gestures and magic and sheer movement.
itās worth it to note that dorian isnāt particularly nimbleĀ for all that heās constantly moving. heās not very FAST. he covers quite a bit of ground, generally speaking, and he has great reflexes, but in a race heāll almost alwaysĀ lose. heās more about enduranceĀ than speedĀ ( in modern verse he was probably a long distance runner in high school but thatās not really related āā ) and if heās cornered too quickly by a rogue, heās definitely in trouble. his movements are fairly broad, not refined, because heās not trained to be a dancer. heās trained to be a MAGE, and a fearsome one at that.
so in general : dorian honestly kind of just has funĀ with his fighting style, and heās incredibly funĀ to watch. maybe not the best technicalĀ caster in the world, because he didnāt learn magic in a technical manner āā HE WAS A PRODIGYĀ and developed his own style as he grew up. because heās stubborn like that.