How to Get Sneak Attack: D&D 5e Rogue Player Advice 🔪

In my crusade to enable players to play #Rogues more often, I summarized the many ways that #DND5e Rogues can make sure they are getting Sneak Attack damage added to their attacks. This isn't advice for building a min-max Rogue, but it's meant to help all Rogue players consistently get Sneak Attack with their attacks. Check out my granular advice to expand your roguish repertoire for #DungeonsAndDragons 5e!

⏰Time Stamps:
00:00​ Intro and article link
00:30 Sneak Attack basics
00:49 Ways to secure your Sneak Attack
01:50 Feats for Sneak Attack advantage
02:38 Spellcasting for Sneak Attack
03:48 Sneak Attack tactics by Rogue subclass
05:00 Reactions for extra Sneak Attack per round
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[ShardPFe]

Always use advantage if possible, to increase the chance of landing the hit you need for Sneak Attack. Elven Accuracy is a notable feat - won't help you gain advantage but will help you make the most of it.

Darkness spell + a means to see through magical darkness = consistent advantage. (Half) Dark Elves get Darkness for free once a day, Arcane Tricksters get Spellcasting and therefore qualify for Eldritch Adept for Devil's Sight, and also qualify for Elven Accuracy 😀

[truefencer]

All of your examples of ways to gain advantage were very helpful. Thank you.

[kmash]

What a great list! I wrote the list into my player's journal so I can remind myself at the start of battles and max out my sneak attack opportunities with my arcane trickster rogue!

[Karina-Loves-Andreas]

These are such awesome videos!! I left a comment earlier that I am a Druid, thinking to take Poisoner & Observant. We have a Rogue in our party...but this is giving me ideas on how I can WORK WITH him. Sharing this with him, along with your "Rogue Feats". Btw, found your recommended feats for Druids very helpful!!😁

[TylerDurden]

This was very helpful because I’m new to the game and I have been doing is sneak attacks but not using anything else but when we were in an open Field I was not able to do anything

[nicoleh]

I've never played a Rgoue before, and I've honestly never really hidden. My DM allowed me to homebrew a playable Meazel character, and let me keep the fact that he can hide in any shadows. This should be fun!

[TheRobversion]

This is a nice comprehensive list to share with newbies. the only significant misses (meaning an advantage generator that requires minimal level investment like 1-3 levels) i see are illusions (minor illusion, silent image via misty visions), nets (quick toss it, catapult it or use an extra attack), some newer spells (zephyr strike, pyrotechnics + blind fighting style, dust devil + blind fighting style, shadow blade) and fog cloud + blind fighting style.

just as an an extra note, recommending darkness + eldritch adept: devil sight for a ranged advantage is a poor choice as you can gain the same benefit of obscurement (without resource expenditure and the out of combat utility benefits) by selecting eldritch adept: misty visions. misty visions when played well is essentially a mobile greater invisibility bubble.

[parkenbrown]

I use the sulker feat to hide when I’m in dim light. Its rather useful.

[PGIFilms]

Use the True Strike cantrip. 🎯 I know it's a very unpopular opinion to think True Strike is "useful" enough to take as a cantrip, but taking the Magic Initiate feat and having True Strike as one of your selections could fit thematically for a rogue that (by choice or DM ruling) isn't going to multiclass into a spellcasting class or take the Arcane Trickster subclass. As a cantrip True Strike has essentially unlimited uses and gain Advantage + Sneak Attack Damage every other round, while all of the spells mentioned in this video are Level 1 or higher that are limited by the number of spell slots available. Having True Strike is also much more valuable for a lone rogue scouting ahead and unable to rely on the presence of allies to gain advantage, plus you also don't have to rely on stealth setups just point at the target for one round with true strike while moving and dodging (if you're Level 2+ and have Cunning Action) then move Attack with Advantage hit with additional Sneak Attack Damage then move away, may even use Cunning action to Disengage.

[socialreveluv]

Could I potentially bypass the Disadvantage on ranged weapon attacks out of the weapons normal range if I use the optional feature Steady Aim but out of combat as a mean to engage the fight?
Or to put it another way: Is the optional feature Steady Aim exclusive to in-combat scenarios or can I use them in other scenarios aswell for example concentrating on a shot to gain advantage (e.g. on objects) without triggering combat?

[tommyj]

If your a bard rogue multiclsss can you use minor illusion to gain advantage for a sneak attack?

[delta--]

I'm new to DND, and I was just wondering but are there any ways for Sneak Attack go go with Phantom (Rogue) effectively? I'm probably deaf but I didn't hear it in the "Reactions for extra Sneak Attack per round" section

[yassermohamed]

Mirror image, if they attack the decoy you have advantage