So You Want To Be A Rogue (aka Fane) (Super Enhanced Edition Turbo Plus Ex Alpha Remix)

Super enhanced, actually able to understand edition + tweaks (not twerks). Even I couldn't understand myself in the other video...
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Twitter: / thequackstack
Tips and theory on choosing who to make your Rogue character in Divinity Original SIn 2. Including on why you should play him as Fane or simply an Undead Elf with skills that you should pick up early and attributes you should prioritize.
Actual Build starts at 5:09
Enjoy.

[@petrivanzyl3106]

"It's hard to explain puns to a kleptomaniac because they take things literally" 😂😂😂

[@KhorneDeth1]

I seriously had to pause the video I was laughing so hard at that one!!

[@DarkErrant]

same here.

[@BigggusDikkkus]

I was driving and trying not to die...

[@ArjunSidhan]

It took me a while to get the pun then 5 minutes to stop laughing

[@niklas3595]

I had to stop the video and meditate after hearing that.

[@namelessthedogboy3932]

The kleptomaniac line hit me way harder than it should have. 🤣

[@Quackstack]

Finally fixed the audio. Seriously, even I couldn't understand myself in the last video. Idk how the hell it has a like ratio above 90%. Been a stupidly busy week, but no fear! Steady content is gonna return because its almost over. Hopefully the 2 added jokes in this video will make up for the wait. See you in the next one.

[@bencheevers6693]

I wrote this on your 5k video but I really want you to see it so I'm going to post it here as well. Hey Quackstack, I think your content is great. Your tips are good, though it would be nice to get a little bit more explanation on the 'simple' stuff, not overly detailed, just a quick explanation of x. Because of the KZbin algorithm, you would benefit greatly from much more frequent content, your Honor mode let's play is a great idea, in my humble opinion it would be a great investment on your part to figure out a way to streamline production of your videos, I know making videos takes a lot of time and that means they are hard to fit into a full-time school/work schedule. My whole point here is that you've blown up really fast, you obviously are creating a product that people like, if you take advantage of your growth rate, and pump out videos the algorithm will work wonders for you. Recently I removed my payment method from Patreon as I was layed-off at end of season but once that changes I'll happily add you to the list of YTers and Sam Harris that I support.

[@marky6456]

Quackstack Please do more.

[@Jagonistdai]

Dude, I discovered this channel way too late. I love your videos, the builds are great and smart and its just overall really entertaining! I keep coming back to them just for a laugh!

[@BOBzilla321]

"Well oh shoot there's like 40 different stats" Literally my exact thoughts when I first purchased it

[@slurricrasher9923]

I'm a human, and i'v just been encouraged to play this.

[@TheNosScarFace]

You really should!

[@mystic1029]

Stop; you know what you’re doing

[@ignota8439]

Did you say bukakke chef? God I love this channel

[@bruhcoin2361]

These are great, not only are they really useful but they're funny aswell.

[@zenmastakilla]

Wish this guy made more videos, he's entertaining af

[@Eric-bm3wx]

What a fantastic video. This was EXACTLY what I was looking for

[@SaggyOranges]

Please start making vids again friend. The one thing divinity sorely needs is a good content creator, and no one seemed to do it like you did. Maybe the Definitive edition will respark your passion?

[@kuronanestimare]

I love you. A great informative video with just the right amount of humor to take the edge off.

[@TheDukanu]

I used to steal loot from vendors by talking to them with a character and pickpocketing them with the rogue so that they don`t turn :)

[@ouroson505]

We do that ALL THE TIME playing co-op

[@ryotoiii7945]

@@JushyBoy it’s so that they don’t turn around, they can still notice

[@ttuarmyjag84]

Great video! Quick and dirty and enjoyable to watch. I like the puns. Keep up the good work!

[@bluffmetohell]

Just finished the game and wanna start again. Your videos helped me a lot 😎

[@esdrasmendes5382]

The best youtube video talking about rogue build. Congratulations!

[@MrBeatlesfan117]

Never been so happy to wake up to a KZbin notification

[@Ghosty1020]

The Klepto-pun....next level, well done xD

[@munkyskratch2805]

Excellent vid. Funny wit and puns are bonus. Although, I hear you quit making content. Sad times.

[@LighterST]

Nice guide, dude. It's really helpful, simple and the humour is lit

[@mikehays3675]

That sign off. I'm dying 😂😂

[@Rankbaajin]

appreciate your videos, thanks for taking the time. just started this game and it's my first time playing this type of genre so thanks for the tips. Quick question, best build to get to grips with the game on 1st playthrough, ranger right?

[@mr.nekrogrape1367]

"chameleon finger and chicken cloak" xD

[@Elnis888]

Hehe ... you, sir, make me laugh! I really enjoy watching your videos - well researched, well made, and ... well ... funny as hell!

[@JT-jn4mf]

Great job!

[@TonyVachterberg]

4:40 subscribed immediately, well done

[@Post_Apocalyptic_Game]

I paired a poison rogue Fane with poison ranger Sabile and both had lone wolf. I had Sabile use the poison dart thing ability on Fane to heal him and gave Sabile all the healing potions. I was debating on giving sabile the undead skill but I decided not to because so many enemies damage you with regenerate on the hardest difficulty.

[@masterxk]

Nice vid. Any tips for making a master of elements? A wizard that use the 4 elements?

[@obeliskavox2399]

Subscribed, you are hilarious

[@Deiku]

Great videos man! I'm going to spend my evening marathoning your videos :) Is Battlemage a viable build? I'm new to this game and I'm building a Pyro/Warfare Battemage dude as Beast

[@dragonheart1236]

Savage skill and two handed weapon is best for battle-mage, if you're looking to balance your two skills. While you're leveling up your big weapon, you're increasing your spells critical chance

[@eiryukun]

Executioner>the pawn... Played it through to the end. I experienced most battles where my Rouge would simply one shot at least one cahracter per round, what makes executioner better than pawn. even tho the free movement can be helpfull, Rouge abs give you 2 mobility abilities from the scratch("backlash" and "cloak and dagger") and since you are specing in warefare anyway you can just pick up phoenix dive and battering ram and you should be good in any fight. Also thievery is a beast... I finished my game while having the fun of my life robbing without joking 99% of NPC's and 100% of PC's i met. I finished the game with about 1,8 Million coins... so no worries about gear since mercahnts do reset quiet frequently. Last but not least this comment is maent for adding some more information to the Video which is already very informative. its just some more things i picked up while palying a rouge and wanted to share. Also excuse my typos i'm not a native speaker ;)

[@zulimhelstrom6540]

the Kelpto joke was great, but then the Beast dance at the end!!!

[@Garemir]

Great job, was a good idea to fix this video! I have a question : you say to max scoundrel. So does it mean you don't advise to max warfare after taking enough points in scoundrel to max your damages anymore?

[@Wilooks]

@Quackstack is there a written full guide?

[@svartrbrisingr6141]

You may recommend some races over others but damn if I want to play as a short hairy bearded dwarf rogue then I will. Love these. They'll help when I finally get my copy... damn Amazon sent it to the wrong location

[@Tactavious]

The klepto pun was gold.

[@alexodd9862]

great video, but every time i steal something they catch me right away and call the guards. anyway around this?

[@spenceratherley7486]

Yeah. I'll watch this again.

[@cocogreen7218]

When you finally get the shampoo bottle joke at 6:37

[@4seiken-594]

This guy deserves to be so much bigger, the jokes are next level

[@galloe8933]

My lizard rogue is doing amazing. maybe he is harder in the long run but I think it's a ton of fun to breath fire.

[@Denolm]

Lol oh my god dude, your puns... top notch

[@Bl2EAKIN]

I play an Undead Human with Lone Wolf talent + Geomancer + Summoning and run with Fane as a Conjurer. I setup poison fields and put Poison Totems in them. It seems like it's literally impossible to get killed, and I'm playing on Tactician.

[@krisreed5536]

AYYYY, 2:23 Iceland, baby!

[@bensosnowski1128]

Your English is really good for a second language!!

[@axelminus]

'assisting your teammates by playing dead' I am one my first playthrough with 4 friends, and we are 3 undead. She doesnt think we are helping when we all play dead so we only have to use 1 ressurection scroll :-D

[@marktan127]

This is the guide for me.

[@bigSwigsofGuinness]

Would this Rogue work well in a party with the Polymorph build you did

[@ericrlawson]

You are fucking funny, dude. Great video!

[@skleem4871]

Is initiative still set up that way? Seems like it

[@eranbenzeev627]

What is the name of the outdo song?

[@janjankovicjahoda]

I have question you did not explain in depth how to invest points. Is it warfare and scoundrel equally or only max one of them. And what about dual weilding?

[@TrailerTrashThorne]

Start with scoundrel and warfare then put one point into polymorph. He only recommended maxing scoundrel, not putting another in warfare or dual wielding. I THINK it's because dual wielding and warfare affect base damage; where as scoundrel affects the crit multiplier, and a rogue should only be backstabbing which is a guaranteed crit.

[@janjankovicjahoda]

TrailerTrashThorne thank you.

[@TrailerTrashThorne]

No problem, like I said "I think" I haven't played DOS2 much yet, but reddit had basically the same question posted.

[@StabbeyTheClown]

Scoundrel boosts the critical damage, not the critical chance - your backstabs will do more damage. However, most people pick Warfare over the minimum needed in Scoundrel because Warfare boosts all damage, not just criticals, and some skills don't crit when backstabbing.

[@robafett81]

I'm totally going to go make a rogue that burps fire.... Sounds fun...

[@albertobernal2537]

Love these videos, funny as hell although the narration is spoken way too fast. Anyway, nah, Fane doesn't beat a custom elf as a rogue: flesh sacrifice gives you 3 NOT advantages: 10% damage increase 1 AP the ability to use elemental arrowheads on demand! They affect melee weapons as well (or rather they still do; it hasn't been nerfed yet). Also, Adrenaline is Very useful early on paired with chameleon cloak. Ok, I'll continue watching the videos. Cheers!

[@bigdeadanimals]

How do you get to have 4 main characters (they all have crowns)?

[@finnmarr-heenan2397]

What’s the song at the end when beast is dancing

[@Maximum7077]

Let me make this clear. the timespell is 5x better than adrenalin. not just you get a secound turn which is 6 points for the 2 if you play lone wolf. it also reduces the cooldowns by 1 because its your secound turn

[@Fr0zenP3nguin]

I have 11 hours in this game so far...all pretty much on character creation i can't seem to settle i just want to play it!

[@that_dude7268]

Funny enough I am playing as fane but only because he's immune to death fog

[@ms.tiadaniel8415]

Your jokes are brilliant lol.

[@blakepeterson9122]

So harsh, but goood.

[@supplantermusic9413]

multiple bruh moments experienced in this video

[@jha7623]

I love this game thank you bro subscribe

[@Yoni123]

Can you/someone put this in text form for easier reference? Thanks

[@insanecuriosity6067]

The klepto pun stole the show.

[@SuperMascolino]

can you make a more in depth video like past act 1

[@RationalOrc]

Want to be a rogue? Good luck backstabbing anything when 80% of the floor is ice/fire/poison/electrified blood

[@jackcrook1904]

When running a lone wolf party with a mage and rouge, necromancy is amazing. Tbf my rouges playing more of a semi tank rouge but living on the edge + death wish + apotheosis

[@slurricrasher9923]

Rogue, not rouge.... -_-

[@zaknefain100]

@@slurricrasher9923 accentuates his cheekbones

[@fndmntlbubble]

i just wish this was all summed up in notepad or something

[@fishyjustice1423]

1:12 No, that's in character. :)

[@jrpuffnstuf]

Ok so how do you get away with the items since they are marked stolen and they usually stop you next time they talk to you.

[@alexodd9862]

if you figure this out please let me know

[@michaelmcmahon5623]

Plant one of your party far away, steal, then immediately open your Inventory & send stolen items to your far-away party member. When the theft victim interrogates you, you will not be holding the stolen items & can walk free.

[@markfirestorm4967]

This is exactly why you're better of going with Shadowblade than Rogue....Shadowblades START with polymorph ability

[@Ozhar1]

Why undead elf over living elf?

[@TheB3astGaming]

If Fane turns into an Elf with his mask, he also gains corpse eater. I'm not sure of if this is a bug or not, but it allows him to get adrenaline as well.

[@cyrosphere0154]

Angry Joe's street fighters the minatures game raised $2m as well

[@Wuce_warior1Cats]

I don't understand why my graphics look on ultra way, waaay worse than anything else I see on youtube...

[@talkingbirb2808]

elfs are OP

[@hakenaton9031]

Awesome video! If I may a suggestion... speak a atd slower, I have been spending so much rewinding-play... rewinding-play.

[@niklas3595]

Chameleon Finger and Chicken Cloak.

[@dbaxter604]

Elf is best rouge. 1 ap and 20% damage boost is huge. Skin grafting to get it and adrenaline back can give you 5 extra ap. You don't have to deal with posion for heals and have to speci into geo for this or another char. And lockpicks are plentiful between what's dropped and what can be crafted with nails, soap and keys. Only reason to go fane is for timewarp, most op main character source skill in game. Which is fine. But if you look up the really good players of DoS2 like Grey Nusei (twitch cause his KZbin got shut down) or Sin Tee, they always go elf and they play 1 character without lone wolf.

[@pixelmaster9964]

I knew I wasn’t crazy!!! His name now is Diana grey on yt, but I swear I remember it being something else.

[@UnreliableUsername]

Chameleon Finger and Chicken Cloak lol

[@slavma9764]

Hope the other enchant editions didn't have any in video dlc

[@a-drewg1716]

idk man with a dwarf you can essentially be impossible to hit due to such a high dodging

[@Daewyniste]

Your voice like fane ! XD

[@remus-alexandrusimion3439]

2 years late to the party: you need to start making stand-up comedy for nerds...because these jokes were killing me (was listening at work and i was laughing out loud). The kleptomaniac and 9/10 wizards ones...GOLD

[@godlymegatron5698]

Scorpion: I am a rogue and I use flames. I am Ninja! I have a rope with someones name. I am Ninja! F##k Sub Zero I can't be tamed. I am Ninja! Die or obey I remember that shame. I am Ninja! My family gone I am all to blame. I am Ninja! I will send you off more than lame. I am Death.

[@kimamplayo7721]

i love u

[@pixelmaster9964]

Bit late to the discussion… I don’t get undead elf over alive elf. Undead elf loses flesh sacrifice, the whole reason I’m picking elf.

[@Mr_SpiritmaN]

My Fane was a tanky knight with warfare and geomancy. Well, I suppose I played him wrong.

[@MidoriGa95]

I forgot which specific class I chose Fane to be but his main skills were pyro and aero. I also made him the only one who had high loremaster I felt like magic class was more suitable for his skeleton appearance 😂

[@mileswilliams4807]

Actually works pretty well because you can just blast poison around him while he's being a tank. Poisons the enemy while healing him. Win win.

[@Captnjared]

Do not get gurella? Bad advice

[@callumswain5005]

would you mind if I stole that kleptomaniac pun cause it was fucking mint

[@sorenjensen3863]

The problem I have with playing undead, is every AI has a constant "detect undead" effect, and knows your bony ass regardless of masks. Say hello to every healing ability in the game being used to kick your ass

[@ColdSleep]

Yep that's my major problem with it. They gang up on your undead so hardcore. Combined with healing being more fiddly for undead, it makes it more trouble than it's worth.

[@sorenjensen3863]

@@ColdSleep i actually made a fane build now, i may do that every time now. His time warp ability is OP

[@austinblackburn8095]

Me personally I just mod my human character to have flesh sacrifice and pretend to be an emo half-elf cutting myself. Stronger than an elf still weaker than Fane with time warp and elf mask though.

[@lakeside1168]

Necro rogue is insane. You heal off back stab crits, living on the edge with deathwish??????? You just sit there 1 hp ripping the life out of everything healing to full. You should have lots of way to get out so you can just sit there as a rogue in any amount of damage and just keep messing them up. You can take away the fragility of a rogue and this unlocks new positioning. It let's you stay in the fight and the concept is sweet. I like to think they you start to bend blood and can pull soul with your daggers

[@gilbertallen9868]

If you heal to full off of your crits you aren't really benefitting from death wish / living on the edge

[@remat2551]

i wouldn't focus max scoundrel i would focus warfare first

[@UnregulatedChaos]

is there much difference for the shadowblade class

[@zamaskowany12]

You take polymorph instead of warfare and take Chicken Claw and Cameleon cloak and Backlash as your first abilities.

[@yulwu6758]

this game is too hard for OCD and english second language people. i bought this game like 2 years ago and it freaks me out till this day

[@zcvhzd]

Hahaha, shampoo bottle

[@freddymeisner]

What is your first language?

[@asdergold1]

More like use warfare in rogues, because most Rogue skills are bad. Use the good Warfare CCs instead. And Fane is better as a Knight. Or more like Necro. Because Necro is stronk and scales with Warfare, because physical. Basically, don't make a rogue, make a 2-hander Knight or something. Also, never use spears. Also don't play undead Elf, they are trash. No flesh sacrifice. Basically worse than undead human somehow. All in all, this game has a hard-on for damage builds and basically nothing else. And it's really not fun at all when you don't do shit for damage. Also, Fire Breath has never scaled with intelligence. It does scale with Pyro and the character level. And, ultimately, The Pawn is still not good. It's meh and barebones utility.

[@Brekner]

I pity those who don't spend their points on lucky charm! Best trait to have by far if you go around looting everything. You can have someone else with sneaky skills to open locks and steal.