Maximize Your Baldur's Gate 3 Rogue's Potential: The Best Feats
Choosing a Rogue in Baldur's Gate 3 is a smart move. Their stealth and damage output are formidable. To truly optimize your Rogue, selecting the right feats is crucial. This guide highlights the top feats to transform your Rogue into a devastating force.
Recommended Feats for Your BG3 Rogue
Here are eight exceptional feats to consider for your Rogue in BG3:
Sharpshooter:
Screenshot by The Escapist
Ideal for ranged Rogues, Sharpshooter ignores cover, extends attack range, and boosts damage by 10, offset by a -5 penalty to hit. Transform your Rogue into a deadly sniper.
Skilled:
Screenshot by The Escapist
Provides incredible versatility, granting proficiency in three skills or tools of your choice. Customize your Rogue to excel in stealth, acrobatics, lockpicking, or any combination that suits your playstyle.
Athlete:
Screenshot by The Escapist
Enhances agility, removing movement penalties for climbing and rising from prone, and enabling efficient running jumps. Improves maneuverability and traversal. Also grants a +1 to Strength or Dexterity.
Tough:
Screenshot by The Escapist
While Rogues aim to avoid damage, BG3 presents unavoidable challenges. Tough significantly increases hit points, bolstering survivability and making your Rogue remarkably resilient.
Mobile:
Screenshot by The Escapist
Perfect for hit-and-run tactics, allowing you to strike from range and retreat safely. Highly effective in ranged combat.
Alert:
Screenshot by The Escapist
Avoids the devastating effects of surprise attacks, crucial for Rogue survival. The initiative bonus is also a valuable asset.
Dungeon Delver:
Screenshot by The Escapist
Enhances trap detection and disabling, and lockpicking, significantly improving the overall gameplay experience.
Crossbow Expert:
Screenshot by The Escapist
A top choice, especially for crossbow-wielding Rogues. Allows close-range sneak attacks with crossbows and increases sneak attack damage at all ranges.
Lucky:
Screenshot by The Escapist
A universally beneficial feat, providing Luck Points for advantage on attacks, checks, and saves, or forcing enemy attack reroles. Refreshes on long rests.
Savage Attacker:
Screenshot by The Escapist
Best for melee Rogues, allowing you to reroll damage dice for maximum output, significantly increasing damage potential, particularly when combined with sneak attacks.
Conclusion
These feats will empower your Baldur's Gate 3 Rogue, maximizing both damage and survivability. Experiment to find the perfect combination for your preferred playstyle. For more survival strategies and game guides, explore our comprehensive collection.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is available now on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.
This article was updated on 2/7/2025 by Melissa Sarnowski.
