If you've chosen to play as a Rogue in Baldur's Gate 3, you've made an excellent decision. These cunning and stealthy characters excel in the game, capable of dealing significant damage. Let's explore the top feats that can enhance your Rogue's performance in BG3.
Top 10 Feats for the Rogue in BG3
Here are the ten best Rogue feats in BG3:
- Sharpshooter
- Skilled
- Athlete
- Tough
- Mobile
- Alert
- Dungeon Delver
- Crossbow Expert
- Lucky
- Savage Attacker
Sharpshooter
Sharpshooter is a game-changer for Rogues who prefer long-range combat. This feat allows you to ignore cover, extend your attack range, and boost your attack damage by 10 at the cost of a -5 penalty to hit. With Sharpshooter, your Rogue can transform into a lethal sniper, delivering powerful and accurate strikes, making it an ideal choice for maximizing ranged combat effectiveness.
Skilled
The Skilled feat offers unmatched versatility for Rogues, granting proficiency in any combination of three skills or tools. Whether you aim to master stealth, acrobatics, and sleight of hand, or become the party's locksmith, tracker, and appraiser, this feat lets you customize your Rogue's skills to suit your playstyle. Skilled enhances your Rogue's adaptability and expertise, making them indispensable in various scenarios.
Athlete
The Athlete feat boosts a Rogue's agility and finesse. It eliminates the extra movement cost for climbing and getting up from prone positions and allows running jumps with just a 5-foot run-up. These enhancements make your Rogue more adept at navigating terrain, evading traps, and leaping over obstacles, ensuring they can move with grace and speed in any situation. Additionally, you gain a +1 bonus to either Strength or Dexterity.
Tough
While most Rogues aim to avoid damage, it's nearly impossible to stay unscathed in Baldur's Gate 3. Even the sneakiest Rogues can fail a roll or get caught in an area of effect. Given the high damage output of Rogues, ensuring their survival is crucial for winning battles. Tough isn't essential, but it significantly enhances your Rogue's durability by adding a substantial amount of hit points. Combined with the Rogue's natural evasiveness, you become much harder to take down.
Mobile
If you're aiming for a hit-and-run style Rogue, Mobile is an excellent choice. You can dart in to deliver a devastating attack, then swiftly retreat without repercussions. It also aids in ranged duels, allowing you to snipe an enemy and then slip out of their reach.
Alert
Being surprised is a scenario you definitely want to avoid as a Rogue, as it can lead to a quick demise, especially without feats like Tough. The Alert feat helps keep your Rogue safe, ensuring they can maintain their valuable damage output. The bonus to initiative is also a great advantage in general.
Dungeon Delver
Baldur's Gate 3 is filled with traps, locked doors, and chests. The Dungeon Delver feat, when combined with a Rogue's natural proficiency in these areas, significantly simplifies your journey. You'll be able to detect most traps before they trigger, disarm them with ease, and unlock most doors and chests effortlessly. It's a fantastic quality-of-life feat for Rogues outside of combat.
Crossbow Expert
Crossbow Expert is my top pick for Rogue feats. If you haven't tried using a crossbow in Baldur's Gate 3 yet, you're missing out. Equip your Rogue with a good crossbow and this feat to create a devastating damage dealer. With Crossbow Expert, you can ignore melee penalties, enabling you to use your crossbow's sneak attack at close range. Your sneak attacks will also deal more damage at all ranges, making you feel like a true crossbow-wielding Rogue.
Lucky
Lucky is a versatile feat suitable for any class and build in BG3. You receive three Luck Points, which you can use to gain advantage on Attack Rolls, Ability Checks, or Saving Throws, thereby increasing your chances of success. Additionally, you can use a Luck Point to force an enemy to reroll their attack, potentially turning a hit into a miss. Since these points refresh after each Long Rest, you can use them liberally.
Savage Attacker
For a melee-focused build, Savage Attacker is a must-have feat. When making a melee attack, you roll the damage dice twice and use the higher result. Paired with your Rogue's sneak attacks, this feat allows you to deal substantial damage consistently, even when you can't use a sneak attack.
That's it for the best feats to transform your Baldur's Gate 3 Rogue into a formidable force capable of dealing and withstanding significant damage. If you have a different setup, I'd love to hear about it. In the meantime, for more tips on enhancing your survival odds in the game, explore our comprehensive guides.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is available now on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.
The above article was updated on 2/7/2025 by Melissa Sarnowski to include additional information about Baldur’s Gate 3.
