If you've chosen to play as a Rogue in *Baldur's Gate 3*, you've made an excellent decision. These cunning and agile characters are not only fun to play but can also dish out impressive damage. Let's dive into the best feats for optimizing your Rogue's potential in *BG3*.
Top 10 Feats for the Rogue in BG3
Here are the eight best feats tailored to enhance your Rogue's capabilities in *BG3*:
Sharpshooter
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Sharpshooter is a game-changing feat for Rogues who favor long-range combat. It allows you to disregard cover, extend your attack range, and boost your damage output by 10, albeit with a -5 penalty to hit. With Sharpshooter, your Rogue transforms into a deadly sniper, capable of striking targets with precision and power, making it an essential choice for maximizing ranged combat effectiveness.
Skilled
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The Skilled feat offers unparalleled 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 your 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
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The Athlete feat boosts your Rogue's agility and finesse. It eliminates the additional movement cost for climbing and standing up from prone, 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 receive a +1 bonus to either Strength or Dexterity.
Tough
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While most Rogues aim to avoid getting hit, it's challenging to stay unscathed in *Baldur's Gate 3*. No matter how stealthy you are, you'll eventually encounter a mishap or get caught in an area-of-effect attack. Given the Rogue's potential for high damage output, ensuring their survival is crucial for success in battles. Tough isn't mandatory, but it's incredibly beneficial for your Rogue, significantly increasing their hit points and survivability. Combined with the Rogue's natural evasiveness, they become exceptionally hard to take down.
Mobile
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If you prefer a hit-and-run style with your Rogue, Mobile is an excellent choice. It enables you to dart in, deliver a devastating strike, and retreat unscathed. It's also advantageous in ranged duels, allowing you to snipe an enemy and then swiftly move out of their reach.
Alert
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Being surprised is a dangerous situation for a Rogue, as it can lead to quick defeat, especially without feats like Tough to bolster your resilience. The Alert feat helps keep your Rogue safer by preventing ambushes and maintaining their valuable damage per second. The bonus to initiative is also a great general advantage.
Dungeon Delver
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*Baldur's Gate 3* is filled with traps, locked doors, and chests. The Dungeon Delver feat enhances your Rogue's already impressive skills in dealing with these hazards. It allows you to detect most traps before they trigger, disable them with ease, and unlock most doors and chests without breaking a sweat. It's a quality-of-life feat that greatly benefits your Rogue outside of combat.
Crossbow Expert
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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 a good crossbow on your Rogue and take this feat to become a truly devastating damage dealer. With Crossbow Expert, you can ignore melee range concerns, enabling you to use your crossbow's sneak attack up close. Your sneak attacks will also deal more damage at all ranges. Plus, it's incredibly thematic and satisfying to play as a crossbow-wielding Rogue.
Lucky
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Lucky is a versatile feat that benefits any class and build in *BG3*. You receive three Luck Points, which you can use to gain an advantage on Attack Rolls, Ability Checks, or Saving Throws, increasing your chances of success. Additionally, you can force an enemy to reroll their attack, turning a potential hit into a miss. Since these points refresh after each Long Rest, you can use them freely without reservation.
Savage Attacker
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For those focusing on a melee build, Savage Attacker is a must-have feat. When making a melee attack with this feat, you roll the damage dice twice and use the higher result. Paired with your Rogue's sneak attacks, this can lead to significant damage output and maintain that potency even when sneak attacks aren't available.
That's it for the best feats to transform your *Baldur's Gate 3* Rogue into a formidable force capable of dealing as much damage as they can withstand (which is quite a lot). If you have a different setup, I'd love to hear about it. Meanwhile, for more tips on improving your survival odds in the game, explore our comprehensive range of 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.*
