In Requiem it is important to choose which skill to use. Skills are acquired by spending Skill points you recieve. Each time you level up(requiem lant) you recieve 1 Skill Point, (except lvl 30 you get 3). You can use a Skill Point to either buy a new Skill or to increase the level of a Skill you already have.

Requirement for any Rogue:

1. Fighting Will: Increases your Attack Success Rate so that your attacks will not miss as often

2. Quick Attack: Increases your Attack Speed.

3. Instant Accel: Increases your Evasion Rate so that enemy attacks will miss you more often.

4. Dual Wield Mastery: Increases your Base Damage from Claws or Dual Swords.

These Skills are a priority. Another Skill, (buff), that I have not tried yet but could be of great value is Vertigo. Vertigo would help to ensure that you never miss your target and this for a Rogue is of greatest importance. The Rogue specializes in quick attacks although the amount of damage per hit is low compared to other classes. In order for the Rogue damage to compete with a Shaman's for example it is important that the Rogue never misses. It is also very hard to make sure of. So in the end it is highly likely that Vertigo might improve a Rogue's damage output substantially.

The rest of the Skills available to the Rogue are a matter of play style and will determine the type of build you have. For example there are AoE Skills such as Lightning Speed, Infection and Breaking Pieces. Focusing on those 3 skills you could create a Rogue that is able to battle several enemies at once. There are Stealth Skills which allow the Rogue to attack while invisble.And there are many many "Debuff" Skills. Debuffs or "Hex" type Skills are Skills that weaken an enemy in some way. A Rogue that focuses in Debuff Skills could be considered a party support player. Debuffing enemies to allow party mates to kill faster.

Notable Skills:

1. Poison Arrow: Because it is a long range attack that has good damage. This Skill allows you to damage your opponent before it can get close enough requiem lant to hit you.

2. Home Thrust: This skill can stun the enenmy for up to 3 seonds which allows you to cause a lot of damage before the enemy has a chance to cause you damage. It can also stop some enemies from completing a spell they had already begun to cast.

3. Stealth + Amush: These two skills combine to allow you to stun an enemy like Home Thrust does. Using the Skills Stealth, Ambush and Home Thrust in combination with other Rogue Skills is a very popular build idea.

Warning about Poison Skills:

Using the Rogue's Poison Skills one after another often does not work which seems to be a bug. If you plan to use a poisonous Skill then I suggest that you choose only one. If you must use more than one then be sure to time your poison skills so that the second is used when the target is no longer poisoned.