The best early game weapons for Rogues in Dragon Age The Veilguard

summary

• Weisshaupt's Wail is essential for Rogues, offering increased damage and accompanying cooldown reduction.
• The Golden Grassblade provides Rogues with defensive boosts, extra damage, and stunning abilities.
• The Duelist's Blade provides high physical damage, stunning effects, and necrotic damage to Rogues.

The Rogue class is a balanced war machine Dragon Age: The Protector. These people can use their sword and bow very well to quickly destroy their enemies. To make them even more effective in battle, they need the right weapons.

With so many weapons to choose from found in chests and weapons purchased from Faction vendors, setting up the early game can be difficult. When players first start out, the enemies can be challenging and having the right equipment is crucial. Each of these weapons makes the early game a breeze for the Rogue.

1 Zari Weishaupt

Excellent light attack

• unusual: Increases light attack damage by 15%
• scarce: Increases Light's final attack damage by 20%
• epic: Every third final attack helps the party rally
• legendary: When Rally Party is active, companion cooldown is reduced by 15%

Weisshaupt's Wail is a must-have for Rogues going the route of a Duelist or Saboteur. This works well for any of the specializations and prepares players for the early game. For a beginner blade, it offers the right combination of damage and stagger.

Players can purchase Weisshaupt's Wail from the Gray Wardens Faction Vendor at the very beginning. It can later be found during the “A Guardian's Best Friend” and “Siege of Weishaupt” quests to unlock more points. To get more use out of this weapon, enchant it with the 10% Weapon Damage enchantment.

2 Golden meadow

Strengthening cardiac defenses

• unusual: Increases defense by +30
• scarce: Damage taken is reduced by 5% per missed arrow, up to a maximum of 25%
• epic: Weapon attacks deal 10% of the Rook's defense as bonus damage
• legendary: Defense increases by +20 per active perk

As with any game, when players first start playing, their Rogue will be rather sloppy. Any boost to Rook's defense would be greatly appreciated. Golden Grassblade is a great weapon that deals decent damage and Stagger. But its benefits make it even more desirable.

Once this weapon is upgraded to Uncommon Rarity, it will begin to offer defensive bonuses, giving Rok a much-needed advantage in early combat. Players can find the first version of this weapon from a chest in Arlathan Forest. Also available from the Veil Jumpers Faction store after reaching rank 4. Players should enhance this weapon with +25% Stagger Enchantment.

3 Duelist's Blade

High physical damage and stumbling

• unusual: Adds +40 necrotic damage
• scarce: Necrosis is applied when hitting with the Riposte trait
• epic: After the end of Necrosis, inflicts physical damage on the target enemy
• legendary: Adds 10% Necrosis damage per stack of Necrosis

For players looking to adopt the Duelist specialization, a great starting weapon is the Duelist's Blade. As the rarity of this weapon increases, it deals necrotic damage and applies necrosis, which is the hallmark of this specialization. Additionally, it causes incredible Stagger.

Players can find this Rapier in a chest during the quest “Where The Dead Must Go” or during the fight with the Formless One in Arlathan Forest. Players should take advantage of its Stagger capabilities by adding +25% Stagger Enchantment.

4 Antoine Rapier

Severe necrotic injury and stumbling

• unusual: Increases necrosis resistance by 15%
• scarce: Increases Necrosis damage by 15%
• epic: Critical hits cause necrosis if not applied before
• legendary: When Necrosis is applied to a target, 100 Necrosis damage is applied to the surrounding area.

For players interested in the Duelist or Saboteur specializations, the Antivan Rapier is a solid weapon choice. It has high necrotic damage for Duelist and extreme Stagger for Saboteur. As its perks are unlocked, players will also benefit from higher necrotic resistance.

This weapon can be found early in the streets of Kevin Financials in Treviso or purchased from the Antivan Crow Faction shop after reaching rank 2. Adding +10% Weapon Damage Enchantment makes this longsword even more effective in tough combat situations.

5 Storm needle

Increased critical damage

• unusual: Increase penetration by 20%
• scarce: Applies a critical against enemies with high health
• epic: Melee Critical hits ignore enemies' defenses
• legendary: Melee critical hits deal 30% damage in an area around the target enemy.

Storm Needle is a great option for players who want to become Vail Rangers. While this specialization focuses on the use of the bow, they still need powerful close range weapons when the going gets tough. This Rapier is an excellent choice for Critical Damage, allowing players to make the most of any well-placed hit.

To enhance the effects of this weapon, it must be enhanced with +20% Barrier Damage Enchantment. Players can find this weapon in the Rank 1 Veil Jumpers Faction Shop.

6 Long barbed sword

Great for Stagger

• unusual: Increases Stagger by 25%
• scarce: Light attacks deal extra damage based on the enemy's Stagger meter
• epic: When an enemy is hit, it takes twice as long to recover their stagger meter
• legendary: Rook gains 50 Momentum on successful removal

The Barbed Longsword is a great starting weapon that can carry through to the endgame, especially when players choose the Saboteur specialization. Stagger's incredible abilities make it one of the best options for any Rogue. Enemies will have a hard time recovering from any well-positioned attacks with this weapon.

Players can obtain this Rapier from the Shadow Dragons Faction Shop at rank 1. Its benefits can be made even more impressive by adding +25% Stagger Enchantment.

7 Cryptwood bow

High remote necrotic damage

• unusual: Adds +40 necrotic damage
• scarce: Increases damage to enemies with necrosis by 20%.
• epic: When weak points are hit, Necrosis is applied
• legendary: Necrosis stack increase increases to 20% per stack

The Cryptwood bow is a wise choice for players who enjoy inflicting necrosis on their enemies. It is also very suitable for physical damage. Players can make quick work of their enemies from a distance without much effort.

This Bow can be obtained from the Mourn Watchers Faction store as soon as you start working with Emmrich. To make it stronger, they can use +20% Barrier or +25% Stagger Enchantments.

8 Dragon War Bow

Fire and electrical damage

• unusual: Increase fire resistance up to +15%
• scarce: Applies electrical damage bonus to weapon damage
• epic: Weakpoint attacks cause burns if enemies are stunned
• legendary: Burning reduces the target enemy's Fire and Electric resistance by 10% per stack.

The Dragon's War Bow is great for dealing fire damage to rook enemies. As its perks unlock, electric damage is added to the mix, making it a good long-range weapon. While it doesn't exactly pack a punch in terms of physical damage, it makes up for it with the potential to cause fire and electrical damage.

Players will likely first find this weapon during “The Warden Vault” quest on Rivain Beach. They can make the most of its effects by adding +20% Armor Damage Enchantment.

9 Glory hunter bow

Major physical damage

• unusual: Charge attack damage increases by 20%
• scarce: Rook deals 20% more damage to enemies that are at least 20 meters away
• epic: Weak point hits at 20 meters or more add 50% of the Rook's critical damage as Weak point damage.
• legendary: Any companion that has a range deals 100% damage

The Glory Hunter's Bow is a solid choice for Rogues looking to become Veil Rangers. Since this specialization focuses on Bow usage, it's important to choose bows that deal the most damage, and this one fits the bill. And the more points are unlocked, the more damage will be done.

Players can get this bow as an automatic reward after completing the On Blighted Wings quest. Adding the +10% Weapon Damage Enchantment will make the hunter bow more effective in action.

10 the edge of the hijab

Advanced accuracy

• unusual: Arrow regeneration has increased by 50%
• scarce: Accuracy is gained with every third hit of weakness
• epic: Accurate effectiveness is increased by 10%
• legendary: Enemies with critical hits fall back from Precision

Dealing as much damage as possible is critical in every battle Rook faces. One way to do this is to make sure players get critical hits. Veil's Edge gives Precision which allows for more critical hits and ensures an easier victory.

Players can obtain this Bow from the Veil Jumpers Faction Vendor after reaching rank 2. To get the most out of this weapon, it's best to add +20% Barrier Damage Enchantment.