Dark and Darker - Rogue Build and Guide [February Playtest]

In Dark and Darker players mainly focus on finding treasures and fighting enemies in dungeons. They can choose from a number of available classes, one of which is Rogue. In this guide you will learn about the best skills and perks, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of this particular class. Read our Rogue build.

• Rogue's strengths and weaknesses
• Rogue build – Skills
• Rogue build – Perks
• Dark and Darker Guide

Rogue's strengths and weaknesses

Rogue is a character class whose main asset is fast and quiet movement around the map. Rogue has high attack speed. His skills enable the character to effectively loot crates and hide in the shadows.

Rogue, however, is not all advantages. The weaknesses of this class include a very small number of life points and low endurance compared to other melee classes (responsible for negating the damage received). In addition, this character does not do well in ranged combat, so you has to take risks when approaching opponents (which is helped by stealth). Rogue is also heavily dependent on his skills, which means their cooldowns.

Rogue build – Skills

Every character in Dark and Darker can choose 2 active abilities. At the moment, these are the only available skills for this class:

1. Caltrops – upon stepping on it, it deals 10 physical damage and slows the movement speed of the stepper by -50% for 2 seconds.
2. Hide – you can become invisible, however, moving or performing an action will cause your character to reveal himself. This enables you to hide, ambush enemies and change your equipment.
3. Rupture – an offensive ability that, when activated, makes your next attack deal additional 20 damage over 5 seconds.
4. Smoke Bomb – activating the ability will cause a cloud of smoke to appear in a 7.5m area, reducing visibility. In addition, being in it will slow down enemies by 20%. The effect lasts for 30 seconds.
5. Weakpoint Attack – if the next attack succeeds, it will deal 50% more damage, in addition, it will reduce the opponent's defense by 50% for 5 seconds.

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If you play with a team, we personally recommend to choose Rupture. It is a basic skill for this class. Additionally, it is worth to pick Weakpoint Attack. These abilities will allow you to quickly kill opponents.

If playing solo, you have to use the ability Hide with the perk Stealth. With this combination, you will be able to afford to take 10 steps without losing invisibility. As a second skill pick Rupture. These skills should make your life easier.

Rogue build – Perks

When it comes to perks, things are a bit different from skills. In Dark and Darker you gain a perk every 5 levels, with the level cap being 15 at this point. This means that you will be able to use four perks at the same time (at max level). Below is the list of perks available for Rogue:

1. Ambush – if you attack an opponent within 3 seconds after being released from stealth, you will deal 50% more weapon damage.
2. Backstab – each of your attacks inflicted on an enemy's back will deal 30% more damage.
3. Creep – this perk makes the sound of your footsteps significantly reduced when crouching.
4. Dagger Expert – if you hold daggers in your hands, you will receive a 5% damage bonus using this type of weapon.
5. Hidden Pockets – items worn in utility slots do not appear on the waist.
6. Lockpick Expert – this perk enables you to open locks without having a lockpick.
7. Pickpocket – thanks to this perk, Rogue is able to steal items from other players. You can find more information about this perk in a separate article: Dark and Darker - How to use pickpocket.
8. Poisoned Weapon – successful attacks will cause poisoning, which deals 4 magic damage in 4 seconds. This effect can stack, up to a maximum of 5 times.
9. Stealth – thanks to this perk you will be able to move 10 steps while remaining hidden and invisible.
10. Trap Detection – enables you to discover traps that appear in the dungeon, moreover, you can disarm them.

As it was mentioned earlier, If you use skill Hide, you must pick Ambush and Stealth. It is very important if you want your character to disappear successfully. Other very important perks, which in our opinion, are worth using: Backstab, Lockpick Expert, Poisoned Weapon and Trap Detection. Backstab and Poisoned Weapon are especially important if you want to deal a lot of damage. It is useful for solo games. If you are part of a team, they will thank you for Lockpick Expert and Trap Detection (this one is handy also in the case of solo runs).

Dark and Darker Guide

If you want to learn more about Dark and Darker, then read our guide. There you will find a lot of essential information for survival. The link to it is here: Dark and Darker Build.