Dark and Darker Rogue Guide

Introduction

Welcome to our Dark and Darker Rogue Guide. Rogue is a stealth-based class that uses positional techniques and poisons to deal massive amounts of damage to monsters and enemy players. In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know to get started as the Rogue.

Pros

Excellent Burst Damage
High Movement and Interaction Speed

Cons

Poor Survivability while not in Stealth
Not Beginner friendly (weak Starting Gear)
Cooldown dependent

Skills

Caltrops

Drops Caltrops at your feet that deal 10 physical damage and slows the move speed bonus by 50% of anything that steps on them for 3 seconds.

Cut Throat

When you successfully hit a target, silence them for 4 seconds, disabling the target’s skills/spells/performance abilities.

Hide

Become invisible, It is possible to change your equipment in this state. You are revealed when you attempt an action such as moving, attacking or using a skill.

Rupture

The next Successful attack causes the target to bleed for 20 physical damage over 5 seconds. The buff is consumed when an attack hits an object or target.

Smoke Pot

A smoke pot is deployed creating a smoke screen. The Smoke screen lasts 12 seconds and covers a 6m area. When an enemy target enters the smoke screen, reduces their move speed bonus by 10%.

Tumbling

When used, Backtumbles in the opposite direction the player is facing.

Weakpoint Attack

When you successfully hit a target, reduce their armor rating bonus by 30% for 3 seconds. Only when melee attacking.

Skill Recommendations

Burst Rogue For a high damage build we recommend Rupture and Weakpoint Attack as your active skills. Rupture deals heavy amounts of Damage over Time. Weakpoint Attack is the Premiere Rogue Skill and is good in both solo and group play. This allows you to set up targets for high amounts of burst damage by reducing the target’s defence by 50% for 5 seconds.

Stealth Rogue – For this set up swap out Rupture for Hide. For this Skill set up you will choose the Stealth Support Perks. We’ll speak more about this below.

Perks

In Dark and Darker, Perks are passive traits that effect how your Rogue performs in combat. At Max level, Clerics can choose up to 4 perks. Here are the perks available to Rogues in Dark and Darker:

Ambush – When coming out of hide, you gain an additional 10% Move Speed Bonus and 50% physical damage bonus for 3 seconds. If the melee attack is successful, the effect disappears.
Back Attack – When attacking a target from behind, gain 30% backstab power.
Creep – Footsteps no longer make sound while crouch walking.
Dagger Mastery – When using a dagger, gain 15% physical damage bonus.
Double Jump – You gain the ability to jump an additional time in the air, but lose 18 additional move speed.
Hide Mastery – Extends the duration of the Hide skill by 40 Seconds.
Jokester – Give all party members +2 all attributes.
Pickpocket – Steal items from nearby enemies, Additionally, your hide will not be revealed when you are bumped into. Items worn in utility slots do not appear on the waist.
Poisoned Weapon – A successful attack applies poison that deals 4 magic damage over 4 seconds. The poison can stack up to 5 times at once.
Stealth – If you are hiding, you can move 10 steps while crouching or slow walking.
Thrust – While using dagger, gain an additional 20% armor penetration.
Trap and Locks – You can unlock locked locks without a lockpick and detect traps within a certain range to disarm them.

Perk Recommendations

What perks you choose as Rogue will highly depend on what your active skills are. Below we break down the Perks you’d choose for both Stealth and High Damage builds.

Burst Rogue

Poison Blade
Backstab
Creep
Lockpick
Double Jump

This is the standard package for Rogue that has a ton of burst potential with Weakpoint Attack combined with Poison Blade and Dagger Expert. You can also apply heavy pressure on targets by applying Poison and bleeds to your enemies.

Without the stealth package, the Burst Rogue also has some nice utility. Lockpick is great to help your team unlock chests to make sure you’re getting the most profit out of every lobby.

Stealth Rogue

Ambush
Backstab
Poisoned Weapon
Stealth
Double Jump
Shadow Runner

This Perk setup allows you to deal lethal amounts of damage from stealth while applying Bleeds and Poisons to finish off even the tankiest of targets. Positioning and Tactics are key to making this build effective. Shadow Runner is an essential perk in the Stealth Rogue’s kit to ensure a fast engagement out of stealth.

Double Jump is incredibly powerful in the right hands in any Rogue build. Double Jump is a strong movement tool that allows you to massively outplay enemies, while also getting to hiding spots nobody else can reach.

Weapons

The rogue has a limited amount of weapons that he can equip. All are quick-attacking melee weapons.

Castillon Dagger
Stiletto Dagger
Rapier
Rondel Dagger
Throwing Knife
Hand Crossbow

The best set-up for Rogue is a Rapier in the main hand and a Dagger in the offhand. This allows you to pump out the most amount of damage and get access to both weapons’ stats.

Stat Priority

Rogues Stat Priority is pretty simple. As always All Attribute gear is ideal, but as a Rogue make sure to look for Agility. Strength can also be helpful to increase your physical damage output. One of the Unique things about Rogues, though, is its access to Poisoned Weapon. Poisoned Weapon is a magic-based ability that deals damage over time and can be stacked. Each tick benefits from the “Additional Magic Damage” stat. Due to this Rogues should prioritize this Stat, as it severally increases the rogue’s damage output.

Additional Magic Damage
All Attributes
Agility
Strength

How to Play Rogue in Dark and Darker

In Dark and Darker, Rogue is divided up into two different playstyles: Burst Rogue and Stealth Rogue. In this guide we will walk through both. Burst Rogue is more new player friendly and plays well in groups. The Steal Rogue requires good positioning and tactics to make it effective with a higher skill floor and Ceiling.

Burst Rogue

Burst Rogue is centered around coordinating attacks with your team using Weakpoint Attack and applying Rupture. Weakpoint Attack reduces the target’s defence by 50% by 5 seconds. This opens up the target for increased Bleed and Poison damage from Poisoned Weapons as well as other damage from your teammates.

Positioning is important as rogue. Make sure to step into your target as you deal damage and duck out after you land a few blows. Also, due to rogues poor survivability, don’t be afraid to disengage targets once you use your Skills to allow them to regen for your burst attack.

Stealth Rogue

The Stealth Rogue is centered around using Hide to position yourself behind targets using the Stealth, Backstab and Ambush Perks. This gives you “one shot” potential on most targets. For added damage make sure to attempt to attack your targets in the back of the head.

The stealth playstyle is great for solo but can also work well in group play. When running with a squad, your group can help you get in position by distracting enemies while you remain in stealth, in position. Again, make sure to use your cooldowns and disengage combat when needed to prepare for your next burst window.

Remember to utilize your Dot damage and movement speed as much as possible.