Do Rogues Need INT?

[Judicator]

I'm going through PoE right now with a Fighter from the Deadfire region with the Raider background and I figure multiclassing him with a rogue makes perfect sense from a character and story perspective, but I used INT as his dump stat. Do rogues in PoE2 need intelligence or can I get away with it? Haven't played the beta.

[Boeroer]

If you can live with a fighter who has dumped INT in PoE (Disciplined Barrage, Knockdown, Constant Recovery and more all depend on INT) you can surely do a fighter/rogue (aks "Swashbuckler") with dumped INT in Daedfire.

 

However, I would not recommend dumped INT on fighter nor rogue in Deadfire (because of Disciplined Barrage/Disciplined Strike which are awesome and Constant Recovery - as well as Deep Wounds and other DoT abilites of the rogue).

 

It's no problem though: you can play your low INT fighter in PoE and once you import him you can allocate new stats anyway. Maybe he read some books between PoE and Deadfire, who knows?

Edited April 19, 2018 by Boeroer

[Judicator]

Meh, I find that even with 3 INT knockdown lasts long enough to land a couple of hits even with slow weapons. I don't need constant recovery since I rarely get hit either.

[Boeroer]

Knockdown lasts 3.5 seconds with 3 INT, only half as much on a graze. I doubt that you can land a couple of hits within 3.5 seconds of base duration until you have reached high levels.

The real bummer for me is the shorter duration of Disciplined Barrage and/or Vigorous Defense though.

 

But anyways - as I said: if you like your fighter with 3 INT then you don't need more INT on a rogue. Not in PoE and also not in Deadfire.

 

I gave you the information that stuff like Disciplined Strikes and rogue's DoTs are powerful in Deadfire - but less so with dumped INT. You can consider it or discard it for all I care.

Edited April 19, 2018 by Boeroer

[Judicator]

I might pump it up a bit. Those points in CON feel like a bit of a waste anyway.

[Boeroer]

Yes, rogues are sturdier in Deadfire than in PoE - so a little less CON might not hurt too much.

[Yosharian]

If you play around low int it's no big deal.

 

However, many rogue abilities have durations.

[Judicator]

I respec'd him. There's no need to dump anything with those ridiculous item boosts from items in White March.