Rogue

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Rogue

'The Sly Assassin'

Strength

9

Vigor

10

Agility

21

Dexterity

25

Will

10

Knowledge

10

Resourcefulness

20

Health

99.5

Description

Rogues in Dark and Darker are skilled thieves, assassins, and infiltrators, who rely on cunning, agility and stealth to accomplish their objectives. They are experts at avoiding detection, picking locks, disarming traps, and gathering information. Rogues can also deal lethal damage from a distance or up close, using ranged weapons or sneak attacks. They can also use their sleight of hand to steal from their enemies, making them a valuable asset when it comes to acquiring rare items and treasures.

Class Info

Weapon of choice: Daggers.

• Pros
  • Very high interaction speed, attack speed and base movement speed.
  • High DPS, with many stacking damage abilities and fast-swinging weapons, as well as Armor-piercing capabilities.
  • Unlimited lockpicking ability through the Lockpick Expert perk.
  • Can detect and disable traps with the Trap Detection perk.
  • Hide skill lasts for a long time when Hide Mastery perk is equipped, allowing them to avoid encounters or setup ambushes.
  • Strong Damage Over Time options.
• Cons
  • Limited melee range if not using the Rapier.
  • Low health requiring good decision making skills.
  • Limited to leather and cloth armor.
  • Low Will and Knowledge means lower Magic Resist, longer debuffs, shorter buffs, and slower Escape Portal opening.
  • Limited ranged options, if not using Hand Crossbow Mastery perk.

PerksSkillsGearStatsTipsPatch Notes

You can equip an additional perk every 5 levels. Currently maxed out at Level 15, so a total of 4 perks can be equipped.

Name	Description	Scaling
Ambush	The first attack within 3 seconds after exiting the Hide skill benefits from +50% increased Physical Power Bonus.
Back Attack	Increases Physical Power Bonus by +30% when attacking from behind a target.
Creep	When crouch walking, the volume of the footstep sound is significantly reduced and Movement Speed Bonus is increased by +5%.
Dagger Mastery	Increases Physical Power Bonus by +15% when attacking with a dagger.
Double Jump	Unlocks the ability to jump once while mid-air at the cost of -18 Move Speed.
Hand Crossbow Mastery	Allows the Rogue to equip the Hand Crossbow and additionally increases weapon damage by +2 for the hand crossbow only.
Hidden Pockets	Items worn in utility slots do not appear on the waist.
Hide Mastery	Extends the total duration of the Hide skill to 40 seconds. (As Hide is a buff, its duration is affected by Starter Rogue's -30% buff duration)
Jokester	Grant all party members within 4.5 meters +2 All Attributes.
Lockpick Expert	Ability to pick locks without a lockpick.
Pickpocket	You can steal an enemy's item from the dungeon by using the "interact" key. Bumps no longer break stealth. Items currently equipped by enemies cannot be stolen. Stolen item is random.
Poisoned Weapon	A successful attack applies poison that deals 4 Magical Damage over 4 seconds as Damage over Time. The poison can stack up to 5 times at once. (Rogue has a -50% Magical Power Bonus penalty and Poisoned Weapon does not perform as the tooltip indicates with default stats.)	50%
Shadow Runner	Move Speed Bonus is increased by +10% for 3 seconds until the next action is performed when coming out of the Hide skill, excluding other sources of invisibility.
Stealth	When using the Hide skill, you can move 10 steps while crouching or slow walking without breaking invisibility.
Thrust	Grants +20% increased Armor Penetration when swinging with Daggers.
Trap Detection	Highlights traps within 4.5 meters. Highlighted traps can be disarmed by the player.

You can equip a total of 2 skills.

Name	Description	Scaling	Cooldown
Caltrops	Places caltrops on the ground behind the user. If stepped on, the caltrops deal 10 Physical Damage and will decrease the victim's Move Speed Bonus by -50% for 3 seconds. (4 uses, non-replenishable.)	100%	12s
Cut Throat	If the next attack is successful, it cancels all of the target's current animations and channels of casting Spells/Skills/Songs, refunding the cast to the target and applying a Silence debuff to the victim for 4 seconds. Silence prevents the further use of Spells/Skills/Songs. Additionally Cut Throat removes all Skill-sourced buffs that apply an effect on-hit, like Blow of Corruption, Smite, other Cut-Throats, Blood Exchange, etc. It also purges some other specific buffs, which do not fit the previously mentioned criteria and can be found below. Interactions Cutthroat removes the effect buff of the following effects, which were performed after the activation animation had completely finished: Extra purges that don't already meet the mentioned criteria Barbarian: War Sacrifice, Reckless Attack Cleric: Divine Protection Fighter: Adrenaline Rush, Perfect Block Rogue: Hide Ranger: Penetrating Shot, Forceful Shot Wizard: Intense Focus Cutthroat does not remove: Rage, Warcry, Arcane Shield, Sprint, Second Wind, Taunt, Quick Fire, True Shot, any of Bard's buffs Weird interactions: Quickshot and Multishot get their cooldown refunded so its effectively a buff. Rations have their animation go off, have the skill go on cooldown but the heal does not go through.		18s
Hide	Become invisible for 20 seconds. 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. (As Hide is a buff, its duration is affected by Starter Rogue's -30% buff duration)		40s
Rupture	The next successful attack causes the target to bleed for 20 Physical Damage over 5 seconds as Damage over Time. The buff is consumed when attack hits an object or target.	50%	18s
Smoke Pot	A smoke grenade is deployed creating a smoke screen. The smoke screen lasts 12 seconds and covers a 7.5m area. When a hostile target enters the smoke screen, their Move Speed Bonus is decreased by -10%. Has only 3 charges.		24s
Tumbling	When used, backtumbles in the opposite direction the player is facing.		/
Weakpoint Attack	Applies debuff on the next hit that decreases target's Armor Rating by -30% for 3 seconds. This only affects Armor Rating given by gear's base stats. It will not impact Armor Rating given by buffs or by +Armor Rating enchantments.		24s

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These Stats do not include starting armor.

Stat Name	Base Stats
Strength	9
Vigor	10
Agility	21
Dexterity	25
Will	10
Knowledge	10
Resourcefulness	20
Health	99.5
Memory Capacity	4
Utility Effectiveness	0
Luck	0
Health Recovery Bonus	-15%
Spell Recovery Bonus	58%
Move Speed	304.5 ( 101.5% )
Action Speed	9%
Manual Dexterity	28%
Spell Casting Speed	-15%
Equip Speed	50%
Regular Interaction Speed	37.4%
Magical Interaction Speed	-25%
Persuasiveness	20
Buff Duration	-11%
Debuff Duration	12.4%
Armor Penetration	0%
Magic Penetration	0%
Headshot Reduction	0%
Projectile Damage Reduction	0%
Physical Damage Reduction	-22%
From Armor Rating	0 ( -22% )
From Bonuses	0%
Magic Resistance	1.5%
From Resist Rating	15 ( 1.5% )
From Bonuses	0%
Physical Power Bonus	-14%
From Physical Power	9 ( -14% )
From Bonuses	0%
Magic Power Bonus	-11%
From Magic Power	10 ( -11% )
From Bonuses	0%
Primary Weapon	0
Secondary Weapon	0
Impact Power	0
Primary Weapon Impact Power	0
Secondary Weapon Impact Power	0

- Armor penetration abilities do not affect negative PDR, which means they have no affect on Monsters except some bosses

- Prioritize bringing bandages instead of potions into a raid, because potions last less time and therefore also heal less on Rogues due to their abysmal Buff Duration stat.

- Use your invisibility skill to ambush enemy players or de-aggro monsters.

- Use your throwing knives, they can do quite a bit of damage. You can even apply your on hit debuff skills and poison with them.

- You are not as durable as a Fighter, don't take big group fights head on, prioritize ambushing their low health or supportive team mates, to quickly turn the tides of battle into your favor. If you are forced to fight head-on, use your superior movement speed to your advantage by spacing yourself out of the enemy's range.

- If you are hiding in the dark, be sure to unequip your potions from your quick-slots, since they glow in the dark and would give your position away. In the same vein, enemies can see your weapons glowing in the dark if you use your buff abilities or Poison Weapon.

- You can use Hide while jumping up in the air if you crouch or shift walk, this will confuse the enemy and make your movements unpredictable.

- You cannot use your Hide skill while holding a light source in your hands.

- Keep in mind that swapping weapons and items makes noise, even if you are invisible.

2024/02/29 Early Access Hotfix #34

• Rogue's Smoke Pot now has 3 uses and cannot be recharged.
• Rogue's Smoke Pot movement speed penalty changed from -20% → -10%.

2024/01/24 Early Access Hotfix #29

• Rogue’s Double Jump movement speed penalty has changed from -12 to -18.

2024/01/05 Early Access Hotfix #27

• Rogue’s base Strength reduced from 9 → 6, base Vigor reduced from 6 → 5, and base Resourcefulness increased from 20 → 25.
• Rogue’s Weak Point Attack skill armor rating reduction reduced from 40% → 30%.
• Rogue’s Double Jump perk movespeed penalty has been reduced from -20 → -12.
• Magic Invisibility no longer activates Ambush and Shadow Runner.
• The Shadow Runner buff deactivates when an action such as attacking is performed.

2023/12/21 Early Access Hotfix #25

- Rogue's Dagger Mastery physical power bonus has been changed from 20% → 15%.

- Rogue's Cut Throat cooldown changed from 14s → 18s.

- Rogue's Cut Throat duration changed from 5s → 4s.

- Rogue's Shadow Runner movement speed bonus changed from 15% → 10%.

2023/11/30 Early Access Hotfix #22

- Rogue's ‘Dagger Mastery’ perk’s physical damage bonus has been increased from 10% → 20%.

- Rogue's ‘Thrust' perk’s armor penetration increased from 15% to 20%.

- Rogue's ‘Cut Throat’ skill’s silence time has been increased from 3s → 5s.

2023/11/03 Early Access Hotfix #19

- Rogue's Hand Crossbow Mastery perk also increases crossbow weapon damage by +2.

- Rogue's Double Jump perk no longer confers a landing penalty, but instead grants a -20 movement speed penalty when the perk is equipped.

- Rogue's Weakpoint Attack skill’s debuff duration has been reduced from 4s → 3s, and armor rating reduction on the target has been increased from 30% → 40%.

- Rogue's Cut Throat cooldown changed from 28s → 14s.

2023/09/28 Early Access Hotfix #14

- Rogue's Trap Detection range has been increased from 400 → 450.

- Rogue's Jokester range has been increased from 350 → 450.

- Rogue's Ambush physical damage bonus changed from 30% → 50%.

- Rogue's Weak Point attack armor rating reduction has been changed from 25% → 30%, and the duration has been changed from 3s → 4s.

2023/09/26 Early Access Patch #1

- Rogue will no longer break stealth when bumped if the Pickpocket perk is equipped.

- Rogue's Hide cooldown changed from 45s -> 40s.

- Rogue's CutThroat cooldown changed from 60s -> 28s.

2023/09/21 Early Access Hotfix #13

- Rogue’s base Agility decreased from 35 → 30.

- Rogue’s base Resourcefullness increased from 15 → 20.

- Rogue’s Ambush perk damage bonus decreased from 50% → 30%.

- Rogue’s Hide base duration decreased from 60s → 20s.

- Rogue now has Hide Mastery Perk that increases their hide duration.

- Rogue’s Weakpoint Attack’s 50% Weapon Damage Bonus on the initial attack has been removed.

- Rogue’s Weakpoint Attack’s Armor rating debuff has been reduced from -40% → -25%.

- Rogue’s Weakpoint Attack’s Duration 5s → 3s.

2023/09/12 Early Access Hotfix #11

- Rogue's Double Jump slow on landing duration reduced from 3s -> 2s

2023/08/31 Early Access Hotfix #8

- Rogue’s Caltrops ability cooltime reduced from 24 → 12s,

- Rogue’s Caltrops ability slow duration increased from 2 → 3s,

- Rogue’s Caltrops ability count reduced from 6 → 4.

2023/08/24 Early Access Hotfix #7

- A new Hand Crossbow Mastery perk has been added for the Rogue.

2023/08/22 Early Access Hotfix #6

- Rogue’s double jump has been modified to apply a temporarily movement speed reduction upon landing -30 Move Speed for 3 seconds. The maximum height of the double jump has also been slightly reduced.

- Rogue’s Weakpoint Attack now reduces the target's Armor Rating by 40% instead of reducing the Physical Damage Reduction.

- Rogue can no longer equip the Hand Crossbow.

14/02/2023 Alpha Playtest #4 Hotfix #6

- Rogue’s Hide duration changed from 50 to 60 seconds.

20/12/2022 Alpha Playtest #3 Hotfix #4

- Fixed an issue where Weakpoint Attack could deal less damage depending on the opponent.

17/12/2022 Alpha Playtest #3 Hotfix #2

- Fixed an issue where the Hide state could be broken by another player's corpse.

16/12/2022 Alpha Playtest #3 Changelog

- Added two new Rogue weapons – Stiletto Dagger and Kris Dagger.

31/10/2022 Alpha Playtest #2 Hotfix #2

- Rogue 'Weakpoint' skill: weapon damage bonus 100% -> 50%.

26/09/2022 Bug squashing QA playtest Hotfix #3

- Fixed an issue where an item could be seen when item swapped in Hide state.