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Rogues are agile fighters who deal high damage at the expense of survivability. InLast Epoch, they fill the role of the archer/thief archetype, fighting hordes of monsters with bows and blades alike.
The following is a versatile, low-level Rogue build designed to help players get used to how the class plays without sacrificing overall power. It’s low-risk and easy-to-use, and it serves as a good base for future builds as players continue their journey to reachLast Epoch’sendgame content.
Last Epoch Rogue Leveling Build Skills
This build relies on applying and stackingdamage-over-time ailmentsto melt everything that stands in your way, from the largest of monster packs to the toughest of bosses. Players can reach the starting point of this Rogue build as soon as they hit level 6, and they can continue using it until they decide otherwise. The setup works with both ranged and melee weapons — the former offers better AoE, while the latter can potentially deal more upfront damage. The two major skills for this build are:
Puncture
Puncture will pierce through all targets in a straight line, and this works with both melee and ranged weapons. It doesn’t attack as quickly as Flurry, but its ability to stack tons of Bleed stacks makes it much deadlier, especially when used with the right gear.
Shift
Apart from being a solid traversal skill, Shift also boosts Puncture’s effectiveness by further improving its ability to inflict Bleed while also providing guaranteed critical hits. Use this ability to get out of harm’s way or to breeze through maps as you try to clearLast Epoch’slengthy campaign.
Other Recommended Skills
Passive Skills
This logic behind this passive skill setup is fairly standard. Swift Assassin and Lethal Cadence increase your DPS while the rest make you slightly harder to kill. If you want to use two one-handed weapons, you’re able to dual wield inLast Epochwith this specific class by investing a skill point into theTwin Bladepassive.
Dodge Rating
Movement Speed
Bleed is your main DoT for this build, and that’s what you’ll want to focus on getting when sifting through loot.Last Epochhas a built-in loot filterthat you can use to make things easier. Stack as much Physical Damage and Bleed Chance early on to maximize your DPS. Once you get enough crafting shards, put critical hit stats into your items to further increase your upfront damage.
Your choice of defensive stats depends on what weapon you’re using. Melee Rogues should invest more into Armor and Dodge Rating to dampen incoming attacks, while Ranged Rogues should get more Dodge Rating and Movement Speed so they can walk away from danger. Regardless of what weapon you choose, always increase your Health and Resistances to avoid getting one-shot by enemies.
Which Mastery Class Should You Choose?
Due to the flexibility of this Rogue leveling build, players canchoose any of the three mastery classeswithout losing much power, granted that they don’t pivot too far away from the DoT-centric theme of the build.Bladedancers, for example, can swap Puncture out forUmbral Bladesequipped with Bleed passives together withSynchronized Strike. Meanwhile,MarksmenandFalconeerscan also spec into Bleed builds via their Dark Quiver/Hail of Arrows and Net/Dive Bomb skills respectively.
