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The video provides a comprehensive guide on playing a rogue in Baldur’s Gate 3, focusing on their stealth-based mechanics, mobility benefits, and optimal strategies for both ranged and melee combat. It emphasizes the importance of dexterity and cunning actions like dashing, hiding, and disengaging to enhance survivability and damage potential. The narrator compares the Rogue class's three subclasses—Thief, Arcane Trickster, and Assassin—suggesting the Thief subclass for its powerful bonus actions and effective hiding and attacking strategies. Key recommendations include choosing advantageous feats such as Sharpshooter for ranged builds and Mobile for melee-focused rogues. Throughout, the speaker highlights the significance of sneak attacks, stealth maintenance, and proficient weapon use to maximize damage output and survival in combat situations. The video concludes with an invitation for viewer feedback and thanks the audience for their support.
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In this part of the video, the narrator provides an in-depth guide on playing a rogue in Baldur’s Gate 3, detailing their stealth-based mechanics and mobility benefits. Rogues can use cunning actions as bonus actions to dash, hide, or disengage, and gain extra damage through sneak attacks. Optimal race choices depend on play style, with elves recommended for ranged rogues due to dark vision and longbow proficiency. Key skills include dexterity-based ones like acrobatics, sleight of hand, and stealth. The narrator emphasizes the importance of dexterity for ability points and suggests proficiency in stealth and sleight of hand for expertise.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the Rogue class’s leveling up process and compares its subclasses: Thief, Arcane Trickster, and Assassin. At level three, players choose a subclass. Thieves gain additional actions and the ability to fall without taking damage. Arcane Tricksters, meant to be mage-focused, currently have issues with their spell, Mage Hand, making it less effective. Assassins specialize in stealth attacks and gain advantages in initiating combat but aren’t as versatile as Thieves. The speaker prefers the Thief subclass due to its powerful bonus actions, which allow for effective hiding and attacking strategies. They describe leveling a character named Astarion as a ranged stealth Thief, successfully employing these tactics. At level four, the speaker suggests choosing the Sharpshooter feat for ranged builds to avoid penalties from higher ground.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses strategies for maximizing damage and survivability as a rogue in combat. They highlight that attacks with proficient weapons incur a -5 penalty to attack rolls but provide an additional 10 damage, especially impactful when attacking from stealth due to the advantage and extra damage from stealth bonuses. They advise on leveling decisions, suggesting feats like Lightly Armored, Ability Improvement, or Athlete to increase dexterity. For melee-focused rogues, the Mobile feat is recommended to boost movement speed and avoid opportunity attacks. Key tactics include frequently using sneak attacks, maintaining stealth outside of combat to avoid initial engagement, and hiding again at the end of turns to prevent enemy attacks. The speaker also suggests respeccing a character like Astarion if not playing as an Arcane Trickster, to reallocate ability points for better combat effectiveness. Lastly, they emphasize using melee weapons with the Finesse trait and dual-wielding for bonus attacks.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses how Rogues can achieve multiple attacks despite not gaining extra attacks like other melee-focused classes. The speaker then invites viewers to share their thoughts on the Rogue class in the comments and thanks them for watching and supporting the channel.