Rogue

* Sprite
* Illustration

## Skills

 Dodge
 Iaido

 Cartwheel

The  **Rogue** is a playable character. He is a redhead wearing a turquoise cloak over a rogue suit.

Once unlocked, he can also be encountered during a run as an NPC. Upon interaction, he will follow and assist the player like a follower for the current floor only, wielding Jack and Mary (upgraded if the upgrade has already been bought).

## Unlock & upgrade

The Rogue can be unlocked at the cost of 2,000 gems, making him the cheapest purchasable character in-game.

Each upgrade changes his stats slightly.

1. +1 HP - cost: 500 gems
2. +1 Armor - cost: 1,000 gems
3. +20 Energy - cost: 1,500 gems
4. Skill CD - cost: 2,000 gems
5. Skill Upgrade - cost: 2,500 gems
6. "Critical hit bullets can pierce enemies" buff - cost: 5,000 gems
7. Enhance Starting Weapon - cost: 8,000 gems

## Statistics

The Rogue has one of the lowest armor of all characters, which makes his gameplay quite unforgiving. His skills partially make up for this, however.

His energy is average, and since his special ability forces movement, it is imperative that he obtains efficient weapons.

He also has the second-highest melee damage and critical chance, tying with the Assassin and Werewolf, but being outclassed by Airbender.

## Alternate Skins

Rogue currently has 20 alternate skins, which include:

* 5 gem skins
* 9 paid skins
* 2 fragment skins
* 2 fish chips skins
* 1 season coin skin
* 1 unavailable skin

## Dodge

### Basic:

*Roll forward and dodge all enemy bullets.*

### Skill Upgrade:

**Crit hit rate increases greatly for 1 sec after the dodge.**

### Cooldown:

2.5 (0.5) seconds.

Basic
*Roll forward and dodge all enemy bullets.*
* Dodge moves Rogue forward in the direction where he is facing.
* Dodge causes Rogue to evade and ignore all hostile damage for 0.5 seconds.
* It is still possible to attack during dodging.
* Has a cooldown of 2.5 (0.5) seconds. Cooldown starts once the roll animation is finished.

Skill Upgrade
*Crit hit rate increases greatly for 1 sec after the dodge.*
* This works for all attacks made within 1 second of dodging. Increases critical hit rate by 50%.

Mentor Upgrade
*Roll forward further.*
* Increases roll distance.

## Iaido

### Basic:

*Dash towards enemies and slash them. You won't take any damage when dashing. Starts with 3 charges.*

### Mentor Upgrade:

**Each dash deal more slashes and higher damage.**

### Cooldown:

3 (2) seconds.

How to unlock
Pay $1.99 to unlock this skill.
Basics
*Dash towards enemies and slash them. You won't take any damage when dashing. Starts with 3 charges.*
* Quickly dashes forward by 10 tiles, aiming towards the target. Enemies caught in the dash will receive 8 damage.
* Rogue is invulnerable during the dash.
* This skill can stack up to 4 uses, and each stack takes 3 (2) seconds to cooldown.

The skill is affected by the following Buffs:

* - Gives the player 1 more charge. Stacks with the Mentor skill upgrade.
* - Causes the dash to reflect bullets.
* - Slightly increases the width of the dash.

Skill Upgrade
*Starting charges +1.*
* This skill now stacks up to 4 (5 with Combo Buff) uses instead of 3.

Mentor Upgrade
*Each dash deal more slashes and higher damage.*
* Three damaging trails are created in Rogue's path instead of just one. The extra trails do half the normal damage of the main attack.

## Cartwheel

### Basic:

*Roll forward and inflict collision damage on enemies on the way. Perform a slash at the end of the cartwheel. You won't take any damage when rolling. The slash range and CD time increase as the rolling duration extends.*

### Skill Upgrade:

**Freeze enemies when the slash crit hits.**

### Cooldown:

12 (10) seconds.

How to unlock
Pay $1.99 to unlock this skill.
Basics
*Roll forward and inflict collision damage on enemies on the way. Perform a slash at the end of the cartwheel. You won't take any damage when rolling. The slash range and CD time increase as the rolling duration extends.*
* When holding the skill button, Rogue will roll in the current or last direction of the player's direction pad and can bounce off walls if the D-pad is not being touched.
* While using the skill, a charging bar will appear above Rogue's head showing how much the skill is used. When the skill button is tapped, Rogue will roll for 1 section of the charging bar; when held, Rogue will roll until the skill button is released, or the charging bar is full.
* While rolling, Rogue will be invincible, unable to use weapons, and deal 5 contact damage to enemies (10 on critical hits).
* Upon the skill button being released, Rogue will unleash a radial attack that can deal damage and destroy enemies' bullets. Its radius will be increased depending on how long the skill was held. If the whole skill bar is emptied, Rogue will be stunned for 2 seconds and does not perform this attack.
* Damage values and cooldowns can change depending on how many sections of the charging bar are charged:

* The minimum cooldown if only one section is charged is 4.5 (2.5) seconds.
* The cooldown duration if all sections are charged is 10.5 (8.5) seconds.
* The maximum cooldown if all sections are charged and the player continues to hold the skill button until Rogue is stunned is 12 (10) seconds.

Skill Upgrade
*Freeze enemies when the slash crit hits.*
* The circle attack can cause Freeze on critical hits.

Mentor Upgrade
*Deal more slashes in all direction.*
* If the circle attack is performed, it will be shot out in 3 directions with 120 degree spacing. The circle attack being fired can penetrate through anything.

## Quotes

### Interaction in the Living Room

* *"Wait till I finish this episode."*
* *“New anime! Dai suki!”*
* *“I want a big TV.*

 Yulong, Prince of the Western Sea:
* *"How can you be so ignorant? I used to be a flying dragon in the Western Sea..."*
* *"Dadaddadadada, You can't catch up with me!"*
* *"I will protect Shifu from all harm and see him to his ultimate awakening."*
* *"Big brother has been acting strange lately."*
* *"Green grass, Yum~"*
* *"Shifu is as light as a lantern made of straw."*

Prior to v1.4.5:
* *"Hurry up, the show is going to start."*

Prior to v2.5.0:
* *"Let's celebrate with fireworks"*

### During a run as an NPC

* *"Let's shoot some monsters"*
* *"There is strength in numbers."*

## Related Achievements

Use Rogue's skill 233 times
*Reward:* none

## Trivia

* Before Update 1.10.0, the NPC Rogue was using a Sniper Rifle.
	+ The Sniper Rifle was already enhanced to deal 10 damage instead of 8 long ago, but the copy he carried as a Follower was not fixed until Update 1.5.0.
* The skin "Squirrel" was once misspelled as "Squirel" until fixed in Update 1.5.0.
	+ However, some of the posters are still keeping the wrong name.
* Since Update 2.1.5, it is possible to launch a rolling Rogue sprite from the Fantastic Gun as one of the possible projectiles.
	+ Although his sprite was updated, the version shot from the weapon remains unchanged.
* The Rogue's Iaido skill was added in Update 2.2.0, and it is a reference to a Japanese martial art of the same name, which "emphasizes being aware and capable of quickly drawing the sword and responding to a sudden attack."
	+ When first added, it could stack to 3 times with the skill upgrade instead of 4.
* During Update 2.2.6, there was a glitch that the "Trader" skin could not be unlocked correctly, such that it could only be used in a single run, and the registry in the cellar was incorrect.
* In the Update 2.5.0, when using the "Trader" skin, the trail behind Rogue when using the Iaido skill changed, so it was black. Before this change the trail was colored white.
* Before the hairstyle was changed in Update 2.6.5, it was originally considered possible that he is wearing a red hood. However, official artworks confirmed that it is indeed his hair.
	+ He is the one of the only characters to have their sprite changed before Update 3.0.0, the other being the Knight (his sprite was altered so that his mouth is slightly wider) and the Alchemist (his hood became rounder).
* In Update 3.0.0, Rogue's default, Nightingale and Winged Long skins received a slight retexture.
	+ This is the same update that added Cartwheel.
* "Long" in the skin Winged Long means "Dragon" in Mandarin, suggesting its dragon-like appearance.
* The skill name "dodge" is a reference to Devolver Digital's "Enter the Gungeon" where players use this to dodge through enemy's bullets.
* In Update 5.0.0, there is a bug that only gives Rogue 2 stackable uses of Iaido when level 4 or under. Despite this, Rogue still has 4 uses after upgrading his skill.