Rogue Leveling Guide
Last Updated:April 12, 2025|Changelog
Welcome to the Rogue Leveling Guide! Want to strike fast with deadly blades, command a vicious Falcon, and zip through the campaign like a shadow? This Falconer Leveling Guide shows you the way!
Your early journey relies on the quick strikes of Flurry combined with corrosive Acid Flasks. The build quickly evolves, swapping to Puncture for ranged damage before unlocking the deadly spinning Umbral Blades at level 16, marking a significant jump in your clearing power alongside your loyal Falcon.
Use Shift constantly to reposition, eventually upgrading to the versatile Aerial Assault. Sustain comes from Melee Damage Leeched as Health found on gear. Defensively, prioritize Health Regen early, then build up Health and cap your Physical Resistance to breeze through the campaign.
This build becomes very powerful, especially once you get good Daggers and master throwing your blades with your Falcon's Aerial Assault. It's easily one of the fastest and most satisfying ways to level a Rogue, letting you blast through the campaign and easily clear the Normal Monolith timelines, preparing you for the challenge of Empowered Monoliths.
This guide focuses on the Falconer Mastery to provide the optimal Rogue leveling experience, feel free to respec your Mastery after the leveling process at the Respec NPC 
in the End Of Time.
Gameplay and Skills
As you level the power of skills evolves, with some becoming stronger while others getting weaker. To account for this, you transition from setups that are optimized for early game to one that is more suited to tackling endgame content.
Starting Setup
- As soon as you create your character :
- Replace Attack with Flurry.
- At level 3 :
- Use Shift to move quickly through the chapters.
- At level 4 :
- Spec Acid Flask and use it for damage.
When you unlock Puncture at 5 points in the Rogue Passive Tree, switch to the Early Setup tab.
Early Setup
- At 5 points in the Rogue Passive Tree :
- Respec and replace on the Action Bar Acid Flask for Puncture.
- Equip a Bow and a Quiver and use Puncture to deal damage.
- At level 8 :
- Spec Shift.
- At 10 points in the Rogue Passive Tree :
- Place Decoy on your Action Bar and use it to taunt monster away from you.
- Once you unlock your Falconer Mastery :
- Place Falconry on your Action Bar and use it as an extra clear ability.
- Use Shift to move quickly through the chapters.
When you unlock Umbral Blades at level 16, switch to the Intermediate Setup tab.
Intermediate Setup
Start dual wielding one-handed weapons with at least one Dagger.
- At level 16 :
- Respec and replace on your Action Bar Puncture for Umbral Blades and use it for damage.
- Equip at least one dagger for Lethal Darkness to work.
- At level 20 :
- Spec Smoke Bomb.
- Use it on bosses for a damage boost.
- Use it in combination with Decoy to clear big packs of monsters.
- At level 35 :
- Spec Falconry.
- Use Shift to move quickly through the chapters and leave behind Umbral Blades.
When you unlock Aerial Assault at 30 points in the Falconer Passive Tree, switch to the Final Setup tab.
Final Setup
- At 30 points in the Falconer Passive Tree :
- Respec and replace on the Action Bar Shift for Aerial Assault.
- At level 50 :
- Spec Dive Bomb and replace Decoy on the Action Bar for it.
- Use Aerial Assault to move quickly through the chapters and to deal damage.
- Use Umbral Blades during downtime.
- Use Dive Bomb on cooldown for a Movement Speed boost during echoes and a damage boost on bosses.
- Use Smoke Bomb on cooldown on bosses or on big packs of monsters for a damage boost.
Passives
Passives provide powerful effects that dictate the playstyle of a Class and its Masteries. Remember that you can allocate Passives in the first half of any Mastery regardless of the one you chose.
- Put as many point in Coordinated Fade as you need for this to proc when you use Aerial Assault. From left to right on your hotbar, the first skill is 1 point, the second is 2 and so on, all the way up to 5 points required when Aerial Assault is final skill on your hotbar.
Gearing and Side Quests Step by Step
Itemization is a vital aspect of your journey in Last Epoch. While prefixes and suffixes matter, what sets Last Epoch apart is the power of item bases. Many items have potent implicit attributes that can rival or even surpass modifiers.
Items
- Focus on Health and Physical Resistances affixes for defenses.
- Buy a Bow and Quiver at the shop.
- Use two handed weapons with Chance to Bleed on Hit and Chance to Ignite on Hit.
- Equip Silver Rings to boost your movement speed.
- Look for a Venom Phial to boost your damage.
When you unlock Puncture at 5 points in the Rogue Passive Tree, switch to the Early Setup tab.
Items
- Focus on Health and Physical Resistances affixes for defenses.
- Equip a Bow and Quiver.
- Look for a Bandit Garb and Salvaged Bow to boost your damage.
- Start looking for daggers and Iron Hammer as you get closer to level 16.
Side Quests
- Storeroom Sabotuers for 1
Passive point.- The Storerooms - Area level 5.
- Evacuation Quest for 1 Passive point.
- Last Refuge Outskirts - Area level 10.
- Erza's Ledger Quest for 1 Passive point and Avarice.
- Erza's Library - Area level 11.
- The Upper District Quest for 1 Passive point.
- The Upper District - Area level 14.
When you unlock Umbral Blades at level 16, switch to the Intermediate Setup tab.
Items
- Focus on Health and Physical Resistances affixes for defenses.
- Dual wield one-handed weapons with at least one Dagger and use a Iron Hammer in your left weapon slot. Gamble them if necessary at the Gambler NPC
in The End of Time. - At level 16, equip Weathered Coins.
- At level 27, equip two Kris.
- Brigandine Armor and Horned Helm are great bases to cap your Physical Resistance.
- Get Ward and Ailment Cleansing on Potion Use on your belt to easily cleanse your ailments.
Side Quests
- An Ancient Hunt for extra
Idol slots.- The Ancient Forest - Area level 20.
- The Lesser Refuge Quest for 2 Passive point.
- The Lost Refuge - Area level 21.
- The Corrupted Lake Quest for 1 Passive point and extra Idol slots.
- The Corrupted Lake - Area level 26.
- Hidden Gems Quest for 1 Passive point.
- Maj'elka - Area level 33.
- The Sapphire Tablet Quest for 1 Passive point and extra Idol slots.
- The Ruined Coast - Area level 35.
When you unlock Aerial Assault at 30 points in the Falconer Passive Tree, switch to the Final Setup tab.
Items
- Bone Amulet, Solarum Greaves, Crusader Gauntlets, Antidote Vial, Gold Ring, Ivory Ring and Spidersilk Sash are great bases to cap your resistances.
- Exile Hat is a nice base to increase your damage. This build lacks in sources of Increased Damage so get as much as you can.
- At level 70, replace one of your Kris by Doom Star.
Side Quests
- A Heoborean Cure Quest for extra Idol slots.
- The Wengari Fortress - Area level 47.
- The Ice Caverns - Area level 46.
- The Tundra - Area level 46.
- Liberating the Nomads Quest for extra Idol slots.
- The Wengari Fortress - Area level 47.
- After defeating the Frostroot Warden boss and completing chapter 7 quests, you have reached the cap of 15 Passive points and 8 Idol slots. You can dive into the Monolith of Fate or you can choose to finish the campaign for a reward of +1 to all attributes.
Monolith Progression
After beating the Abomination timeline boss and completing your first timeline, you have the choice to go between The Stolen Lance timeline and The Black Sun timeline. Go for The Black Sun timeline.
You want to do timelines on the right-hand-side of the Monolith progression as they provide more relevant Blessings for your character progression.
What awaits you is unlocking Empowered Monolith after pushing through the Spirits of Fire, The Age of Winter and The Last Ruin Timelines and activating the beacon in the middle of them.
Check out the Campaign Guide for an in depth breakdown of the campaign.
Stats Priorities
Offensive Stats
- Physical Penetration with Shadow Daggers
- Only after level 16
- Critcal Strike Multiplier
- Only after level 16
- Increased Physical Damage
- Increased Throwing Damage and Increased Melee Damage
- Only after level 16
- Flat Melee Damage and Flat Throwing Damage
- Only after level 16
- Level of Skills
- Puncture until level 15
- Shift until level 45
- Umbral Blades, Smoke Bomb, Dive Bomb, Falconry and Aerial Assault for the Final Setup
- Increased Throwing Attack Speed
- Only after level 16
- Armor Shred
- Until level 45
Defensive Stats
- Health Regen
- Until level 16
- Any type of Resistance
- Focus on Physical Resistance during campaign
- Ward per Second and Ward Decay Threshold
- Health
- Frailty Chance, Slow Chance and Chill Chance
- Vitality
- Endurance
- Armour
- Dodge
Scaling Tips
- This build lacks sources of Increased Damage, so get as much as you can on your gear.
- Rely on item bases to cover your Resistances, but focus on Health and Physical Resistance during the campaign.
- Ward per Second and Ward Decay Threshold is massive for defense and recovery on this build. Get it to tier 5 on rings and amulet.
Uniques
If you are lucky you might get a Rune of Ascendance while leveling. Use this first on One-Handed Mace to get Nest of Nightmares.
Keep an eye out for these Uniques as they are very impactful for your build, such as :
The Kestrel         Elecoe's Abandon         Thorn Slinger         Nest of Nightmares         Mourningfrost         Advent of the Erased         Gambit of an Erased Rogue         Riverbend Grasp         Li'raka's Claws
Key Leveling Notes
- Keep your character at the area level by killing monsters.
- To use this guide, you need to maintain at most a 5 level difference with the area.
- Press C to open the character sheet to find your level and TAB to find the area level.
- Only collect loot that serves as an upgrade.
- The loot filter reveals many items that might not be an upgrade for your character.
- If your inventory is full, stick gear with high value affixes in your stash and sell the rest.
- Don't sell gear that has high value affixes to a vendor.
- Instead, keep it to use later or destroy it with a Rune of Shattering or Rune of Removal.
- Always get the best weapon you can.
- Weapons are a core part of your power and getting a higher level base boosts your damage significantly.
- Early on, you can buy them at the
Gambler NPC in the Council Chamber town and in the End of Time town. - After level 40, they don't sell you higher item bases.
- If you want to enter the Monolith of Fate early, unlock all the passive points and idol slots from quests first.
- By the time you complete chapter 7, you are ready to tackle the Monolith of Fate content.
- Crafting is powerful and important for enhancing your gear.
- Press F and place your item in the crafting interface to level up its affixes and craft new ones!
- Adding health or vitality on a few empty affix slots can increase your HP by a significant amount!
- The Nemesis system has the ability to grant incredibly strong equipment.
- It can generate exalted items with no high-level requirement, giving you a massive power boost.
If you need help with crafting check the Beginner Crafting Guide.
Loot Filter
Loot Filters are critical in Last Epoch. Highlighting all the related valuable Item Bases, Affixes, Uniques and Idols is crucial to your character's progression. As your gear gets better, remember to hide the rules that are no longer useful to avoid screen clutter.
Link : Download Lootfilter
Learn how to load and make Filters with our Loot Filter Guide.
Summary
This Rogue leveling build is matchless in speed and damage. It kills monsters in seconds, is fast and super fun to play!
- Choose the Falconer Mastery.
- For damage, spam Acid Flask early, then Puncture when you have 5 points in the Rogue Passive Tree and finally Umbral Blades once you are level 16.
- At level 16, dual wield one-handed weapons with at least one Dagger.
- At level 27, look for Kris to get a massive damage increase.
- Get Melee Damage Leeched as Health to recover health instantly.
- Use Shift to move quickly through the chapters, then Aerial Assault after 30 points in the Falconer Passive Tree.
- Focus on Health and cap your Physical Resistance early to make the campaign feel easy.
What's Next?
Congratulations, you completed the campaign and unlocked Empowered Monoliths! You can dive into dungeons, empower your character further and test your limits at the Arena leaderboard.
Check out our Rogue Guides and find the perfect Rogue Endgame build for you.
Explore the Monolith of Fate with our Beginner Guide and learn how to farm Dungeons.
Credits
Written by Terek.
Reviewed by Tenkiei.