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The 2024 Rogue Assassin (Full Build): D&D Build #172
Here's a full Rogue Assassin build using everything from the new 2024 PHB!
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Intro 0:00
Level 1 6:50
Level 2-6 20:09
Level 7-9 35:26
Level 10-13 40:08
Level 14-17 45:19
Final Thoughts 51:12
Outtakes 57:04
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Master Nova Damage Comparison (5 tabs):
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  • @chokidinis1484
    @chokidinis1484 День тому

    The word you say in the end of your videos aways touch me, specialy in hard days, thanks for that, you are a great man!

  • @billabonggolkpr
    @billabonggolkpr День тому

    WotC must have gotten hella desperate. On the other hand I'm kind of sad to see my favorite content creators showing for WotC.

  • @jakeybmo
    @jakeybmo День тому

    19:56 THE KRAKEN IS COMING YAYYY

  • @Jvstm
    @Jvstm День тому

    Why is this not in your DnD Optimized playlist?

  • @williambradford6575
    @williambradford6575 День тому

    Imagine Bugbear Assassin '24

  • @stay9cool
    @stay9cool День тому

    New Drinking Game: Drink one shot of vodka, anytime Colby corrects himself with the written "**Species" on screen. Enjoy the hangover! :P

  • @victorthurse6027
    @victorthurse6027 День тому

    I wonder if DMs will use assassins more often now.

  • @codybeck371
    @codybeck371 День тому

    Im just so confused why you didn't take a 2 lvl barb dip for on demand advantage

  • @Kordling
    @Kordling День тому

    I'm gonna make my first bladesinger with this guide THANK YOU SO MUCH

  • @leeway3739
    @leeway3739 День тому

    I don't think you've ever used Redemption Paladin in your builds...I'd be curious to see what you could do with that! 🤔

  • @edwardflores6604
    @edwardflores6604 День тому

    Also, since we need to run around, why not get the monks unarmored movement?

  • @DaDunge
    @DaDunge День тому

    53:45 Except a caster will always be better at utility than you are and do more damage than most martials. Leaving Rogue as by far the worst class in the game,.

  • @DaDunge
    @DaDunge День тому

    48:30 A Con save and only first round of combat after level 17. This will trigger once or twice in a campaign.

  • @DaDunge
    @DaDunge День тому

    45:45 Sure, but we're at level 14 now and we're talking a CON save.

  • @edwardflores6604
    @edwardflores6604 День тому

    How many spell slots will a level 4 alchemist have?

    • @DnDDeepDive
      @DnDDeepDive День тому

      3 - www.dndbeyond.com/classes/252717-artificer#TheArtificerTable

    • @edwardflores6604
      @edwardflores6604 23 години тому

      @@DnDDeepDive Thank you

  • @DaDunge
    @DaDunge День тому

    31:15 Knocking them prone really doesn't unless you have other martials who can benefit. And that depends on initiative order, if the creature that was knocked prone goes before your melee allies it's just reduced movement. Also helping you melee allies who are alreayd outdamaging you do so even more is not groing to feel great. And it's also assuming that the party doesn't have a better way to get advantage, which when you have arogue, why not? If there is a rogue in the party someone really should pick up faerie fire.

  • @DaDunge
    @DaDunge День тому

    29:25 At this point not all creatures have super high con saves.

  • @Fantasyscaping
    @Fantasyscaping День тому

    Huge fan, love your channel. Thanks for your content 😀

  • @brianl9571
    @brianl9571 День тому

    Ooh, since you asked, I would be most excited to see you do updates to your series on underused weapons (Whippoorwill, Needler, whatever that slingshot/Crusher build was called, &c) as well as maybe a seperate video speaking on your opinions on which weapons got the biggest buffs and nerfs given Weapon Mastery, GWM being nerfed, how cool it is to have a 15 ft+ reach under easily achievable conditions &c &c. Have a really wonderful day, and thanks for making the world a little bit kinder by being in it! 💖

  • @mickaelbalta1050
    @mickaelbalta1050 День тому

    Man Starlight is one of my favourite songs ever 😂

  • @DaDunge
    @DaDunge День тому

    24:30 One per level wpuld have been fine if it was somehting you consistently got to do but nope it's 3 extra damage against a single target every combat at best. Even at level 20 its' 20 extra damage per combat. Edit: Ok if you cna get a second sneak attack it's twice your rogue level per combat. It's still supwer low.

  • @DaDunge
    @DaDunge День тому

    23:00 I really don't like the extra weapon damage. I'm sorry but at best it's your rogue level in extra damage per combat. That's nothing. I really wish they'd have gone with being allowed to sneak attack more than once per round so long as the target hasn't taken a turn yet.

  • @MatthewDragonHammer
    @MatthewDragonHammer День тому

    Crusher, Piercer & Slasher being in the PHB is a big deal! That will really help to cement & differentiate the weapons & the weapon damage types.

  • @joaod.carvalho182
    @joaod.carvalho182 День тому

    I don't know if wotc addressed this at some point, but why keeping Rogue 2nd subclass features at lvl 9? It just feels so late

    • @DnDDeepDive
      @DnDDeepDive День тому

      Yeah it's a bummer - I think the main reason was so the 2024 stuff could stay "backwards compatible" with 2014 rules subclasses

    • @joaod.carvalho182
      @joaod.carvalho182 День тому

      @@DnDDeepDive makes sense, but still...

  • @gameparty-yt7290
    @gameparty-yt7290 День тому

    I would like to see an update on the swashbuckler nova!

  • @wreckedgamerqq5001
    @wreckedgamerqq5001 День тому

    Just wanted to share some insight on the comparison of this to Colby’s other builds because I know someone is going to hear “Tier 4” and immediately think “weak”. This was a straight build and Colby (he even admits this) is a notorious multiclasser. Those other builds utilized things like pally smites on crits while also using abilities from other classes as well. So him comparing it to the old builds should definitely taken with a grain of salt. I suspect he could have jacked those numbers way higher if he had free rein to go class hopping. And speaking directly to Colby here: Keep up the great work and enjoy the family vacation. You’ve more than earned it. Be seeing you in the next video you share. Much love brother.

  • @Crispy915
    @Crispy915 День тому

    Id love to see a 2024 phb blade singer.

  • @jasonlee6604
    @jasonlee6604 День тому

    Colby!!! If you haven’t you gotta listen to Plug in Baby!!! My favorite Muse song for sure!

  • @jyabriel08
    @jyabriel08 День тому

    So rogue 7 is the new rogue 11 when it comes to where to cut off and stay multiclassed. My favorite class is rogue but I'd probably never go high level.

  • @optimus2200
    @optimus2200 День тому

    If they have said whenever you use snak attack you can add 1d6 damage for each condition the target have that would have been preeeeemooo then those new cunning strike features would have really shined

  • @optimus2200
    @optimus2200 День тому

    "No more varient human or custom leaniage" .... yeah I am sure we wont see like Normal human all the time because they get two feats :D

    • @DnDDeepDive
      @DnDDeepDive День тому

      Very possible, but also, you're not necessarily going to need two origin feats for every build. /shrug

  • @timstavorinus4112
    @timstavorinus4112 День тому

    As a paladin main I am sad about the divine smite changes, but from what I have seen so far most changes are pretty good! I would love to see a eldritch knight updated build! I think the EK can benefit a lot from the new weapon masteries and second wind changes.

  • @bshorrar
    @bshorrar День тому

    "Treemonk would be so proud" lol

  • @hericn
    @hericn День тому

    I really wish the cunning strike didn`t cost your sneak attack damage and instead had an option that increased the damage by 1d6. Something like: "Whenever you hit with your Sneak Attack you can choose one: Disarm, Poison, Withdraw, Trip or Extra d6" It's more of a psychological thing, not really a buff. Just a way of saying "see this new feature? you will be using it every round and it will always give you something nice"

  • @chrishousenick6105
    @chrishousenick6105 День тому

    I think the one thing you could have mentioned is that rogue has no resource expenditures for sneak attack, while paladins and fighters and barbarians all have limited uses of smites, action surges, and rages. Rogues cannot keep up damage-wise if there is only one combat encounter per day, but if the party is in an endurance challenge, fighting half a dozen times between rests, rogues would match up well with the martial classes.

  • @SortKaffe
    @SortKaffe День тому

    47:32 Your friendly banter with @TreantmonksTemple gets me every time 😂 Taking Resilient Con at level 12, Skilled wouldn't be a bad feat at level 16 to raise Con to 18 and get another Expertise and Skill Proficiency for Reliable Talent.

  • @user-eo6gx4re7j
    @user-eo6gx4re7j День тому

    Seems unfair to compare this 2024 build to the nova builds of 2014 (which I would assume make use of multi-smites, GWM, Sharpshooter, action surge spells, and twin spells; all of which have been nerfed)

  • @shoulung6203
    @shoulung6203 День тому

    I think you’re going to see all your martial builds are going to drop in damage with the loss of sharpshooter and great weapon master.

  • @shoulung6203
    @shoulung6203 День тому

    Surprised you didn’t pick up the current version of magic initiate for booming blade, seems like it would scale better than your second weapon attack.

    • @DnDDeepDive
      @DnDDeepDive День тому

      At level 5, booming blade would do an extra d8 to one attack (4.5 on average) as opposed to a second attack doing d6+dex (8.5 on average). Considering that having advantage on two attacks greatly increases our chances of landing a successful sneak attack, surprise strikes, et al, even when booming blade scales to 2d8 on a hit at level 11, a second attack is just better. Considering that magic weapons exist in game and you'll likely have a really nice second weapon at level 17, it even makes sense to keep taking the attack action at level 17 when booming blade goes to 3d8 at most enemy ACs and depending on your weapon.

  • @Bonuschair
    @Bonuschair День тому

    I think it sounds best when you pronounce it "Scimitar"

  • @vichraev.5386
    @vichraev.5386 День тому

    Great vid as always. Big oof on the changes though. One of my favorite combos is Assassin 3/Gloom Stalker 3 for those autocrits, and my player who has that character is in a solo campaign with me, so she almost always has a surprise round, since one person is easier to make that happen with.

  • @abcrasshadow9341
    @abcrasshadow9341 День тому

    I am really curious how much damage the less optimized characters can do vs the most optimized characters. This ph24 has really been about rebalancing the game to bring the outliers closer to the main pack so getting a baseline build for each class as a newbs first optimization comparison point to the hyper optimized you are known for could be really interesting. I really am excited for the new phb

  • @Blaidd101
    @Blaidd101 День тому

    Curious to here your thoughts on the new grappling rules.

  • @scottburns7974
    @scottburns7974 День тому

    The obscure I will always roleplay “POCKET SAND!! Shi Shia!!”

  • @erikslorenz
    @erikslorenz День тому

    Definitely had no idea d4 stood for anything

  • @Salem-Arrak
    @Salem-Arrak День тому

    I'm probably gonna homebrew sneak attack dice to equal to the amount in the table + your proficiency bonus

  • @Cimarb
    @Cimarb День тому

    I am sure rules lawyers will find a way to make this really good in niche situations, but as someone that has not played in a long time, this seems extremely weak compared to pretty much every other class.

  • @deanrutland9047
    @deanrutland9047 День тому

    I’m tempted to consider Rogue level + Proficiency bonus for Surprising Strike damage

  • @fraidnaught9067
    @fraidnaught9067 День тому

    The 2024 Rogue can finally use Scimitar by RAW? Biggest news of all so far!

  • @legba7550
    @legba7550 День тому

    Colby supports the metric system! I knew I loved you before but you always surprise me!