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 Rogue Feats in BG3
Here are eight exceptional feats for your BG3 Rogue:
Sharpshooter:
Ideal for ranged Rogues, Sharpshooter ignores cover, extends attack range, and boosts damage by 10 (at the cost of a -5 penalty to hit). Transform your Rogue into a deadly sniper.
Skilled:
Provides incredible versatility. Gain proficiency in three skills or tools of your choice – perfect for tailoring your Rogue to any playstyle (e.g., stealth, acrobatics, lockpicking).
Athlete:
Enhances agility and finesse. Reduces movement costs for climbing and rising from prone positions, and enables efficient running jumps. Also grants a +1 to Strength or Dexterity.
Tough:
While Rogues aim to avoid damage, BG3 presents unavoidable risks. Tough significantly increases hit points, bolstering survivability, making even a hit-and-run Rogue more durable.
Mobile:
Perfect for hit-and-run tactics. Allows you to strike and retreat effortlessly, excelling in both melee and ranged engagements.
Alert:
Avoids the devastating effects of surprise attacks. The initiative bonus is also a valuable asset.
Dungeon Delver:
Improves navigation through BG3's many traps and locked areas. A significant quality-of-life improvement.
Crossbow Expert:
A top choice. Allows close-range sneak attacks with crossbows, significantly increasing damage at all ranges.
Additional Powerful Feats
Lucky:
Universally beneficial. Provides Luck Points for advantage on rolls and the ability to force enemy rerolls.
Savage Attacker:
Best for melee Rogues. Rerolls damage dice, maximizing melee attack damage, especially when combined with sneak attacks.
Conclusion
These feats will significantly enhance your Baldur's Gate 3 Rogue's capabilities. Experiment and find the combination that best suits your playstyle. For more survival tips and guides, explore our comprehensive collection of resources.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is available now on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.
Updated 2/7/2025 by Melissa Sarnowski