Baldur's Gate 3 - Rogue/Stealth Builds Guide | Updated for Release!

hello everyone and welcome to the first video from the series of build archetypes in this one I will be teaching you how to properly build a row it doesn't mean that it's only going to be specifically the Rogue class but we also gonna go into the other agile type characters that you can build in Baldur's Gate so your Rangers your Rogues your bars we're gonna talk about all of them and I'm gonna try to steer you in the right direction how to properly make a character like that we will be going through the very beginning of character creation of useful ability scores and other Basics that you should know but later on I will also talk about useful feeds that you should pick up because there were actually newly announced fits recently and I will include them in this video because there are some very useful ones to take as a rogue and at the end we will also talk about some multi-classing and how you can Branch out as your roguelike character to perhaps be a bit more of a hybrid guy so being an agile roguelike character does not limit us to being a rogue we can also make a very good case for a ranger build for a fighter even for a barbarian Bard or the upcoming Monk is also a very good archetype for what we're doing today we should first of all look at the ability scores and most importantly dexterity dexterity we want to raise to at least 16 but you should also consider 17 because with some items in the game you can easily get it to 18 and then have plus 4 to damage and attacks which is very important for us but also on level 4 we have some useful feeds to pick from which some of them actually Rises out of dexterity by one also with some other benefits that it's gonna give give it to us but we also can choose to increase two of our abilities scores by one or one of them by two so you can even go all the way to 19. just remember that it doesn't matter if you have 18 or 19 score in this case or for example 15 or 17 because we actually get our damage and attack improved only by the intervals of plus two ability score so for example we want to go from 17 to 18 as fast as possible then from 18 to 20 because 19 doesn't really do anything for us you should also consider to raise your Constitution score a little bit because despite us wanting to remain in the shadows and being Nimble as possible we should increase our constitution just in case of those moments where we cannot avoid damage and we want to have a bit more of it because constitution of course defines our hit points so it is important to have a decent score here the third score that is good to focus on is wisdom because it actually saves us from a lot of spells because a lot of spell checks are decided on the wisdom score so it's also good to have a decent score here as well intelligence also affects a lot of our skill checks especially in conversations and different things that we'll discover in the world if you are a rogue specifically you are pretty good in that so you don't need a very high score and overall we will neglect intelligence in most cases for the most part but it is good to have it at least 10 or 12 it is it will just make your life easier in the game with all the various checks that you're gonna have throughout the whole Baldur's Gate 3. strength and Charisma are usually our least useful stats unless you play a college of Swords Bard for example and of course you want your charisma to be a bit higher for your spell casting abilities I mean actually a lot higher but in most cases if we focus on being just melee Menace and just attack from the Shadows stuff like that and it's not gonna be about specifically then we neglect those scores they start out with the simple weapon and hand crossbow proficiency right away so you don't have to potentially multi-class to a fighter in order to get your preferred weapon sneak attack makes you deal more damage when you have advantage on the target so it is your priority to get that advantage against foes that you're gonna be fighting against it applies to both ranged and melee attacks which is great alongside the Bard they make the best skill monkeys in the game which means they are proficient in a bunch of different skills that can be handy to get out of various situations at level 3 you will get to choose a subclass between the Arcane trickster and the thief the thief is more suited for what we're doing today mostly because of the fast hand feature which makes you gain an additional bonus action means you can use it for a bunch of different things in the game when you're gonna be in the combat for example it's gonna let you use two offhand attacks in a single turn but thanks to this feature you can also do a bunch of different things like maybe just attack once with your offhand and then for example disengage so you can get to safety also it is important to note that all classes except for rogue will have stealth as an action so that Buffs the Rocks significantly currently in Early Access stealth can be used by anyone as bonus action but it will be exclusive to Rogues on release so it is something very important to keep in mind because of this feature that is actually stronger in Baldur's Gate 3 than in the 5th edition player's handbook I think teeth will be a staple for many builds to come now we come to the Assassin who I think will be a very popular pick as well just because of the fact of the level 3 ability which is assassinate it will allow you to have advantage on attack rolls against any creature that hasn't taken a turn in combat yet in addition any hit you score against a creature that is surprised is a critical hit so if you're gonna hide in Shadows before the start of combat and you'll be able to surprise your opponent you're just gonna do a bunch of damage right away on the first turn I also think that larion will buff assassins quite a bit in Baldur's Gate 3 because they are a bit underwhelming from the mechanical standpoints in 5th edition DND tabletop which will also make them great candidates for multi-classing for example with a gloomstalker but more on that later on level 4 you will have to make a decision between picking a new feed or an ability score Improvement which I mentioned before just make sure that if you're gonna do the ability score Improvement that you will increase your score to an even number so you get that plus one plus one to attack and damage rolls and also consider your second ability score what is what is it gonna be because you want to for example have this wisdom up to 14 so you're a more defensive towards spell attacks but overall you want to probably take plus two if you take this option and make sure that it's an even number even higher for example 20 dexterity which would be amazing but you have also a choice of picking a feed and here we have some cool options for example if your roguelike character is focusing on wielding two melee weapons then consider dual-wheeler which gives you plus one bonus to Armor class while wielding MLA weapon in each hand you will also be able to use two weapon fighting even if your weapons are implied driest style so that means that you can for example wield now the two long swords and still have your bonuses from agile weapons which is pretty cool and opens up some build possible abilities if you are going the range route however consider the newly announced Sharpshooter which is similar to Great weapon fighting as you take more or less 25 percent a penalty to attack rolls at -5 but you get a whooping plus 10 damage I'm not sure if crossbow expert will be in the game but if it will be then aside from the fact that it will lock you into using crossbows from now on we'll let you shoot without this Advantage even if an enemy is right next to you which is very useful because you won't have to switch to MLA weapon if you are focused on the Range then you can shoot them right in the face when they are next to you a very useful feat to consider as a ranged character next up is the Ranger who I also think will be a staple in many roguelike builds he gets martial weapon proficiency right away which is great if you want to use those long balls or for example long swords or some other weapon other than the ones that we already had available as a rogue natural Explorer is always nice to have especially waste and Wanderer fire which makes you take half damage from fire which is always handy we can also pick our favorite enemy which can be handy in certain situations what's different in a ranger comparing to your classic rogue's character is that you want to have your wisdom at 14 so you get more spell slots as you level up and also your spell casting ability is a bit better on level 2 you will get to pick a fighting stylus Avenger you will most likely want to go with the archery or two weapon fighting if you decide to equip those two weapons and on Level 3 you will also get to decide your subclass however currently on Early Access we don't have access to the possibly strongest subclass of the Ranger which is the gloomstalker gloomstalker will almost for sure be the strongest subclass for a rogue type character because it has a lot of useful tricks up his sleeve with hiding in the shadows and also having a great initiative and also doing more damage on the first turn that you enter combat for example you will be able to add a dice roll to your first attack roll as you start out so this is something great to have and it is just perfectly suited for a rogue type character and I think a lot of builds will incorporate the Gloom stalker in their roguelike builds now if you want to incorporate a bit of Charisma and music into your Roblox build then the BART is the way to go but you will have to put a lot of points in Charisma as well just to have your spell casting up and be able to have more spell slots it would be the way to go of course if you want to be a bit more of a support type roguelike character that not only strikes from the Shadows but also can help your allies from them as well as a part if you will decide to do damage from long range this is not a problem because we have hand crossbows as well available to us right away and also short bows and also you're obviously gonna want to pump this Charisma quite a bit to at least 16 so we get more spell slots and more spell power which will be useful for a lot of spells if you decide to go more towards a Gish like Rogue character most likely the most viable subclass of The Bard for the roguelike character of course will be the College of Swords because we will get additional attack on level 6 we're gonna get a bunch of flourishes that can help us both offensively and defensively and it can make for some cool hybrid Rogue and Caster characters now when the monk will become available in the game I think it's safe to say that the shadow subclass will be the most viable able for our roguelike archetype you will still want to pump dexterity but also wisdom will be very important to us which will raise our AC which is armor class thanks to our normal defense feature Shadow Monks will be our ninja-like characters and will be able to cast spells like darkness dark vision pass without trace or silence starting on level 2 by spending some of our key points also on level 6 we will most likely get Shadow step which will let us step into the shadows and possibly reposition ourselves to make us even more Mobile in combat I think it will be a really cool place to play if you want to cosplay a ninja in Baldur's Gate 3 and now let us go through some builds and potential great multiclassing options for our Rogues build starting with the gloomstalker Fighter Assassin Rogue multi-class this multi-class will have some great synergies in baltus Gate 3 because we are going to combine the great initiative from gloomstocker and assassin along with additional bonus damage from both of those classes bloomstocker wisdom adding a bonus to your initiative roles and if you start the combat from stealth you will be critically striking your enemies right away and doing additional damage thanks to the goombstalker's ability and on top of that if you had two fighters levels into the mix you get action surge which will give you another attack once per combat so after you get five levels in Ranger and unlock your second attack potentially you can be having an opening of seven attacks on the first turn so as you can tell that does sound pretty badass but you have to keep in mind that after the first turn you're gonna win down quite a bit and you're not gonna have another a great turn like that after the next combat but still you're gonna be able to have your stealth abilities you're still gonna do formidable damage and you're gonna be a very powerful combination of classes when it comes to which class you want to pick first and how many levels you want to pick it is a bit up to you and also we have to wait for the actual gloomstalker class to come into the game to see what the features will be and also how the Assassins gonna have his abilities implemented in Baldur's Gate 3 but if I had to guess I would go probably gloomstalker 5 first or five levels into the ranger groom stalker to get this additional attack and then go to the Assassin to get the assassinate on level three so we can get into our crit action and then then add the two levels of fighter on top of it so you'll get action Surge and you're just gonna be a complete Powerhouse but it can be even better potentially depending how larion's gonna Implement those two subclasses another somewhat unconventional build could be the Barbarian Rogue you obviously won't be your typical assassin but more of a shouting angry street fighting bully that relies on barbarian's Reckless attack that you're gonna get on level 2 in order to trigger your own sneak attack on the Target because it will give you advantage on your attacks you can even go further to grab the Berserker subclass and have frenzy as a bonus attack which combined with the thief circus feature fast hands will let you have an additional bonus action which you can turn into into using another frenzy attack which does sound like a lot of attacks it is important to note that in this build you might want to go the strength variant and use a Rapier for example so utilize your rage bonuses even further you will also most likely want to start out as a barbarian to get that Medium armored proficiency when it comes to the level spread of the Barbarian Rogue most people will go two into Barbarian you will start out as a barbarian and then go 10 levels into row to grab all the Rogue goodies most people do this because you're gonna get the Reckless attack on level 2 right away which is very handy but you could go to level 3 as mentioned before and grab that frenzy and have some multiple attack action going on right away now let's throw the craft a little bit about our upcoming Monk class and what class can pair well with the monk in order to create a cool Thief like ninja character so the example I have for you is grabbing the three levels of teeth so we grab that bonus action from the Rogue and then going six levels of monks for shadow steps Shadow monk of course and then two levels of fighter in order to get that juicy action surge it also pairs well if you want to make an Archer character and it can just be a very good combination that not only attacks from stealth gets some Darkness goodies and stuff you can do to feel like a ninja but also be pretty powerful alternatively you could go three levels into Ranger for the gloomstalker subclass and then go away of Shadow and then transition into the fighter it would be probably a pretty versatile combination and also potentially do even more damage than the TV variant Ranger also synergizes nicely with the monk because they both use wisdom for a lot of stuff for example the Gloom stalker gonna add his wisdom to his initiative roles which means you're gonna be able to go faster in combat which is very useful to have and then you can finish the build off with fighter which gonna lets you get that amazing action surge which will just let you do even more stuff in combat and that concludes our Rogue archetypes video I hope you will find it at least a little bit helpful in creating your perfect sneaky or Street fighter-like character let me know what you think and what do you want to see next should I continue the series with fighter and Caster archetypes or perhaps should I focus on something else also thank you so very much for watching my videos in the last upload I mentioned how I'm not partnered with YouTube yet well thanks to all of you I just got approved into the program today which I just can't believe already happened I wouldn't be able to put so much time into this channel if it wasn't for the amazing reception all of you gave me so from the bottom of my heart thank you so much for making my day a little bit brighter because I love this game in this community and I'm looking forward to contributing to it even more I hope you will enjoy about the Gate 3 and other RPGs with me don't forget to check out my live stream at Twitch TV Kendra and I'll see you again very soon [Music]

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Length: 14min 15sec (855 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 10 2023