"This is ridiculous." There are so many of them, and while he doesn't want to disrupt what Inessa's doing, his greatest elemental strength is fire.

"I suppose it's time to dance, then." He's mostly talking to himself; running his mouth always makes him feel a little better when he's stressed, and right now there are a lot of large, glowing, red things to feel stressed by, including several closing in.

Anders sends a wave of fire outward, keeping its width contained so as to not threaten any of his allies, but keeping it so much in check means two red Templars get around to attack from the sides and he's left fighting them off with his bladed staff.

This. This is why they should have brought a bunch of muscley, burley swordy types along.