Best Rogue builds in Last Epoch

Rogues are one of the most fun and viable classes in Last Epoch. To dominate Last Epoch from beginning to end, you need the best Rogue build.

What is the best Rogue build in Last Epoch?

You can make three great Rogue builds from the Mastery Classes. However, the best Rogue Bladedancer build focuses on Dancing Strikes and Shadow Cascade. You can make an incredible Rogue Falconer by focusing on Explosive Trap and Dive Bomb. Last but not least, you can make an amazing Rogue Marksman build by honing in on Hail of Arrows and Dark Quiver.

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Best Rogue Baldedancer build in Last Epoch

The Rogue Bladedancer might be the best Rogue build in Last Epoch, but it requires a lot of skill to execute. The playstyle is dancing around the battlefield with Dancing Strikes, using Smoke Bomb to create Shadows, and using Shadow Cascade to deal critical hits to everything on screen. This build offers a unique playstyle that is hard to master and deals very high damage to everything.

Best Rogue Baldedancer Skills and Specializations

• Dancing Strikes
  • Eluding Step – 1/2
  • Tenacious Vitae – 3/3
  • Slicing – 4/5
  • Dark Blades – 1/1
  • Broad Dancing – 2/3
  • Cutting Corners – 1/3
  • Rhythm – 4/5
  • Perfect Choreography – 1/1
  • Elegance – 3/3
  • Art of Blades – 2/2
• Shift
  • Unseen Strike – 1/1
  • Consumed by Shadow – 3/4
  • Broad Sweep – 2/3
  • Hidden Blades – 2/2
  • Velocity – 2/3
  • Momentum – 3/3
  • Swift Recovery – 3/4
  • Shadowslip – 1/1
  • Elusive – 1/4
  • Lasting Presence – 1/1
  • Dancing Shadows – 1/1
• Smoke Bomb
  • Thick Smoke – 1/1
  • Eroding Fumes – 3/4
  • Swirling Fog – 4/4
  • Knives in the Dark – 2/2
  • Generosity – 1/5
  • Enfeeblement – 1/4
  • Moonlight Bomb – 1/3
  • Lingering Fumes – 2/5
  • Smoke Blades – 5/5
• Shadow Cascade
  • Dismantle – 3/5
  • Crushing Darkness – 1/1
  • Battle Trance – 1/3
  • Incapacitate – 4/4
  • Dagger Dance – 4/4
  • Porcupine’s Wrath – 1/1
  • Shadow Elegance – 1/1
  • Daggerflow – 2/2
  • Onslaught – 1/1
  • Fight in the Shadows – 2/2
• Umbral Blades
  • Jagged Carvings – 2/5
  • Subzero Intrusion – 1/1
  • Coldsnap Strike – 2/2
  • Twilight Assault – 1/1
  • Dawnfall – 4/4
  • Edge of Obscurity – 1/4
  • Umbral Remnant – 1/1
  • Sword Thrower – 1/1
  • Lethal Darkness – 1/1
  • Cacophony of Steel – 1/1
  • Steel Torrent – 4/4
  • Loathing – 1/4

With Dancing Strike, you’ll gain stacks of Rhythm and Shadow Dagger that increase your damage output. When entering battle or wanting a quick escape, use Shift to gain Invulnerability and deal damage to those you pass through.

When you’re far away from enemies, use Umbral Blades to inflict more Shadow Dagger. You can keep Decoy on your skill bar instead of Shadow Cascade because that ability always procs when we use Shift. When surrounded by enemies, use Smoke Bomb as an offensive ability that applies Shadow Daggers and Eroding Fumes.

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Best Rogue Bladedancer Passives

• Rogue
  • Steady Hand – 8/8
  • Guile – 1/8
  • Evasion – 5/5
  • Agility – 3/3
  • Twin Blade – 1/1
  • Dodge and Parry – 5/5
• Bladedancer
  • Pursuit – 5/8
  • Cloak of Shadows – 8/8
  • Once – 8/8
  • Shroud of Dusk – 8/8
  • Veil of Night – 5/5
  • Scarlet Stream – 1/8
  • Crimson Shroud – 5/5
  • Blood Dance – 5/5
  • Asuvon’s Pact – 6/6
  • Perfection – 5/5
  • Argent Veil – 1/10
  • Confidence – 5/5
  • Critical Eye – 1/5
  • Exuberance – 1/5
  • All In – 5/5
• Marksman
  • Focus Fire – 8/8
  • Assassin’s Quiver – 1/5
  • Missile Mastery – 1/10
  • Wound Maker – 3/10

Evasion and Agility are necessary Passives since we’ll be using Shift so often. Blood Dance is also an important one to gain health from dealing melee damage. All In makes Shadow Daggers stronger by giving us a big crit multiplier.

Swift Assassin and Once help Shadow Daggers deal even more damage. Focus Fire, Pursuit, Wound Maker make us harder to hit and Perfection and Confidence make us stronger both offensively and defensively.

Best Rogue Bladedancer weapons, armor, and gear

• Helmet – Rogue’s Sealed Bandit Helm of Endurance, anything with high physical penetration with Shadow Daggers.
• Amulet – Rejuvenating Sealed Bone Amulet of the Fox, anything with a high dodge rating.
• Body Armor – Wings of Argentus, anything with high armor and less damage while moving.
• Dagger – Marauder’s Smoke Weaver, anything with high physical damage or reduced cooldown for Shift.
• Dagger – Eviscerating Smoke Weaver, anything with a high critical strike multiplier.
• Belt – Cleansing Sealed Chain Belt of the Ox, anything that increases your health.
• Ring – Rejuvenating Sealed Ivory Ring of Deflection, anything with more throwing distance and lower throwing attack mana cost.
• Ring – Ballista’s Siphon of Anguish of Life, anything increases health, decreases throwing attack mana cost, and increases throwing damage.
• Boots – Dexterous Sealed Solarum Greaves of Lucidity, anything with increased cooldown recovery speed.
• Gloves – Leeching Sealed Plated Gauntlets of the Giant, anything with increased health.
• Relic – Eviscerating Sealed Antidote Vial of Life, anything with increased melee damage and points toward Dancing Strikes, Umbral Blades, or Shadow Cascade.

Regardless of the weapons, armor, and gear you get for this Rouge build, you should focus on finding things that give you higher throwing damage, quicker Sprint cooldowns, more health, and damage reduction. Marauder’s Smoke Weaver and Eviscerating Smoke Weaver are the two Legendary Daggers you’ll want to hunt for and Wings of Agentus is an incredible Unique, but they aren’t necessary to make this build sing.

Making the best Rogue build in Last Epoch will take time, so keep at it and follow what’s fun. In the meantime, check out how to customize your character.