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A jack of all trades with an emphasis on damage and a slight lack of durability the most utility of the Rogue archetype.

Luka remembers the prison in the Vimmark Mountains: She was nobody, clearing out tunnels for the Carta, not important enough to know the truth about why they were there. She watched as the Carta descended into madness, never learning who pulled the strings. When Hawke destroyed the prison, she was trapped, alone and forgotten. It took years, but she got out, using salvaged treasures to blast her own exit to freedom. Then the Inquisition came calling, because they also remembered the prison—and what was held there.

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Crafting Requirements	Rq Total	Rq #1	Rq #2	Rq #3	Rq #4
Alchemist’s Rigging	22	9 Leather	4 Metal	5 Cloth	4 Leather

Unlock Order¶

Go straight for the upgraded Flank Attack first (level 6), then go for upgraded Flask of Fire (level 10). Then get upgraded Poison Blades (level 12), Explosive Toxin (level 14) and I Was Never Here (level 16). Get Killers Alchemy, then fill in the rest of your passives as you desire.

Strategy¶

Firstly, this class is severely lacking in syngery. This class is noticeably underpowered until you hit around level 15, where you get all your mandatory passives and abilities. We wanted to do a build which is unique to the Alchemist aswell, and not too similar to the Assassin. Here is what we came up with.

So your general strategy is to stay almost permanently in stealth. You are far too weak to be out of it and its really your only form of survivability. Flank Attack and I Was Never Here should enable you to be more or less in stealth close to 100% of the time. Now, get behind an enemy group. When the enemies are aggroed, activate Poison Blades (this does not break stealth). Then position yourself in such a way that you will hit multiple enemies if you can when dashing forwards through your target. Pop Flask of Fire (this WILL break stealth) and spam flank attack on as many different enemies as you can. You shouldn’t get anyone targeting you as you cloaking right after decloaking, and you are moving far too quickly for anyone to hit you anyway.

When facing the boss, ignore him. You can and will be OHKed from the Templar and Demon commander (Venatori is still a walkover though). Your job is to thin out the mooks coming to attack the rest of your team. This is where Explosive Toxin comes in handy, because if anyone does get through you, they will be at reduced health, thus much easier to take down. Please note that only 1 Explosive Toxin cloud can be active at any given time, so make sure you choose your target carefully.

Lastly, try and have fun. I find that the Alchemist is argubly the weakest class in the game, (tied with the Katari). This is the most optimal build I could come up with, and I find it is the best Alchemist build for me to use. If you want a more single target damaging build, just use the Assassin. She is much better at this role. The alchemist is better suited to crowd control, one of the only things it actually does better than the Assassin.

#	Best Weapons	Type	Rarity	Item Level	DPS	Damage
1	Blade of Red Birth	Dagger	Unique	23	373	145
2	Wicked Grace	Dagger	Unique	21	339	122
3	Walking Death	Dagger	Unique	21	326	127
4	Agony	Dagger	Unique	20	324	126
5	Colied Strike	Dagger	Rare	20	292	114