What kind of weapons for a single class Rogue?

[MikeSol99]

I am playing a single class Rogue for this run. Should I be sticking to pierce type weapons like daggers and swords?

[JI06CT3P]

throw weapons, knives and swords
very fast piercing weaponry is great :)
You can take defense mastery as well.

[chris.ferrantegerard]

You want something with pierce ratio to make use of high dex as Rogue is built around pierce, poison and bleeding. Throwing weapons or swords probably best bet, bows or spears could also be possible. Bows and spears are slower but have higher pierce ratio.

[S19T20RA19IG16hrsmnthHT2x8hrs]

I find it hard to find items with increased pierce ratio. 25% piece chance is only 1 out of 4 hits. I've been running a hunter/dream with Serkets bow and yet to find any. Need to have something that says increased pierce ratio on the gear. Poison and bleeding might be easier, not sure.

[chris.ferrantegerard]

Originally posted by prayinfaithtoday:

I find it hard to find items with increased pierce ratio. 25% piece chance is only 1 out of 4 hits. I've been running a hunter/dream with Serkets bow and yet to find any. Need to have something that says increased pierce ratio on the gear. Poison and bleeding might be easier, not sure.

Pierce ratio is the damage percentage converted to pierce, not a chance to do pierce. So if you do 100 (physical) damage and have 25% pierce ratio you'd do 75 physical damage and 25 pierce damage. Stat with Str/Dex and you should just be able to mow things down with Study Prey + Markmanship spam from range.

[MikeSol99]

Thanks for the responses.

If I am using a weapon with pierce damage but I find a new weapon that does not do pierce damage but does more regular damage then my current weapon, should I switch?

[JI06CT3P]

Originally posted by MikeSol99:

Thanks for the responses.

If I am using a weapon with pierce damage but I find a new weapon that does not do pierce damage but does more regular damage then my current weapon, should I switch?

You only should when numbers of the avarage damage and damage per second are much higher.

It would be great to switch with +100 and more damage.

Also you should keep your weapons in case if you meet a strong opponent. Some enemies could have resistences against some kind of damage and weapon.

So you should look at numbers and your own feelings about effectivness of the current weapon.

The rogue have weaknesses against undead zombies, it would be great to have extra damage against them with relics, artifacts and skills from another masteries...