Credits: Rogue Build: Way of the Assassin Guide by Natsumi
Hey everyone!
Natsumi here from the Europe server.
So I already made an Archer guide, which can be found on the forum as well, but seeing as a topic arrived on which to choose between Rogues or Archers I decided to make a guide for the Rogue too.
Like always threads such as these are made for us to post our guides and discuss, not argue, which build is best and why. The Rogue's main stat is DEX, 1 DEX will give your Rogue +2 ATK and some ATK SPD.
The Rogue uses 'Vigor', these are the little blocks that are building up underneath your HP bar. Like every class the Rogue has both Active and Passive Skills, they are learned at their first level and can be maxed when the skill reaches level 10.
There are 3 'Ultis' (Ultimate Skills) that we can choose from when it comes to Active Skills however we only get to pick 1 when your Active Skill reaches level 10. The million dollar question would be... which one? And why? Keep in mind that your choice depends on your own playstyle.
A fair warning before you start adding points; After a skill reaches level 5 you'll need 2 SP to level it up everytime you wish to increase its level and lvl 9 and 10 are 3 SP each, so it's not like you can make a skill level 10 with just 10 SP, it will be 17 instead.
This is important to remember guys, cause just in case you need to restat you don't mess it up by accident (not that it happened to me or anything... *cough* failed lol).
Let's have a look at all Active and Passive skills first!
Active Skills:
* Hidden Blades - Dashes towards the enemy like lightning to unveil Hidden Blades. The emeny will be unable to use skills temporarily. (ST)
* Dance of Death - Unleashes Vigor that was accumulated through normal attacks and Hidden Blades. Increases ATK Speed and ATK. (AMP)
* Vanish - Blends in with the outside world to hide. Critical Rate and DEF Penetration increases while in Vanish state. (AMP)
Passive Skills:
* Perfect Attack - Develops the ability to deliver impeccable attacks. Deals additional damage for all attacks. (BUFF)
* Bloodthirsty Blade - The Rogue's ATK damage will partially convert to HP. Increases immunity rate. (BUFF)
* Piercing Gaze - Achieves sight that doesn't miss a thing. Increases Critical Rate and ACC as the skill level rises. (BUFF)
* Maximize Chance - Never miss a hard-earned oppertunity. Damage dealt increases with Critical Hits. (BUFF)
Ultimate Skills:
* Hidden Blades - Inflicts 1537% damage and disable skills (immune to dispel) for 10 seconds. Life Steal (immune to dispel) for 13 seconds (80% damage over time). Kills instantly (10% chance). Cooldown 14 seconds. Learned at level 35. Costs 5 SP.
* Dance of Death - ATK Speed +171, ATK +80% for combo hits. Duration 2.59 seconds, +1 sec per Vigor. Attacks regardless of formation. Cooldown 23 seconds. Learned at level 39. Costs 5 SP.
* Ultimate Conceal - Vanish (safe from single target attacks). CRIT Rate +26, CRIT DMG +69, DEF Pen +17. Duration 13 seconds. Cooldown 23 seconds. Learned at level 40. Costs 5 SP.
With all skills discussed it is time to make a choice how many points to put where and which Ultimate to get, seeing as we can only have 50 SP (1 per level). Feel free to post your Build and thoughts here so that we can all learn from each other!
My first thought would be as followed:
Active Skills:
* Hidden Blades - Dashes towards the enemy like lightning to unveil Hidden Blades. The emeny will be unable to use skills temporarily. (Lvl 10)
* Dance of Death - Unleashes Vigor that was accumulated through normal attacks and Hidden Blades. Increases ATK Speed and ATK. (Lvl 1)
* Vanish - Blends in with the outside world to hide. Critical Rate and DEF Penetration increases while in Vanish state. (Lvl 1)
* 18 pts.
Passive Skills:
* Perfect Attack - Develops the ability to deliver impeccable attacks. Deals additional damage for all attacks. (Lvl 10)
* Piercing Gaze - Achieves sight that doesn't miss a thing. Increases Critical Rate and ACC as the skill level rises. (Lvl 5)
* Maximize Chance - Never miss a hard-earned oppertunity. Damage dealt increases with Critical Hits. (Lvl 5)
* 26 pts.
Ultimate:
* Hidden Blades - Inflicts 1537% damage and disable skills (immune to dispel) for 10 seconds. Life Steal (immune to dispel) for 13 seconds (80% damage over time). Kills instantly (10% chance). Cooldown 14 seconds. Learned at level 35. Costs 5 SP.
* 5 pts.
One passive maxed and 2 passives at lvl 5 for high DPS and Hidden Blades as Ultimate to increase the DPS even further seemed very logic to me. I purposely chose for these few buffs for a good balance between ATK and CRIT. Sure, Bloodthirsty Blade is a nice buff that gains some HP but after debating it for a while I decided not to go with it after all if I wanted to try and maximize the damage output of my Rogue.
Dance of Death is a nice quick boost, but the Rogue mainly focuses on taking out single targets as soon as possible and this is something you do by trying to kill them asap. Therefore skills like Dance of Death and Vanish are kept at level one in my book. Of course there are players who may think otherwise and it would be nice to discuss their reasoning, I'm curious!