In today’s Rogue Energy drink review, we will look at one of my favorite gaming energy drinks in the market. But why should you take an energy drink to game in the first place?

After gaming for long hours, fatigue starts getting into you and you notice a dip in performance. You have two options: either you stop playing (in the middle of the win streak); or you take one of the best gaming energy drinks and keep stomping the competition.

Jokes aside, in this Rogue Energy review, you will discover one of the best gaming drinks for focus that you can buy. A drink that not only tastes great, but also provides you with a mental boost like no other.

In fact, most gaming drinks are ideal to enhance your memory, reduce reaction skills, increase your focus and ultimately help you play better. It might sound impossible, but it’s actually no magic but science.

Gaming drinks, like Rogue gamer drinks, are scientifically designed to boost your cognitive performance. From caffeine, to taurine, vitamin B complexes, they are all ingredients that have been proven to help your brain, reduce stress, and increase focus.

But I’m getting ahead of myself.

In this Rogue review, I’ll cover all this, analyze the effectiveness of Rogue drinks and ultimately let you know if this is the gaming energy drink you have been looking for.

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Rogue Energy Review at a Glance

Flavors: Pink Lemonade, Mango Pineapple, Watermelon, Cherry Limeade, Blue Raspberry, Grape Popsicle, Strawberry Kiwi, and Green Apple Extreme.

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Rogue Energy Ingredients:

The first thing I like when looking at Rogue Energy Drink ingredients is the transparency. You won’t see any proprietary blends hiding the quantities of key ingredients.

That’s how you know that you are getting all you have been promised.

Besides that, I like that they add 11 nootropics plus vitamins in order to make this focus and performance drink more effective.

Rogue Energy Complex – Improves Physical Performance

Not surprisingly the key ingredient is caffeine anhydrous (175mg). Rogue adds a little more than most gaming drinks (150mg), however, I don’t think that this will make much of a difference.

In fact, caffeine is key to keep your fatigue at bay, increase your focus, and it can even increase your physical performance.

Perhaps a more obscure ingredient is citruline. However, this is a very common ingredient in non-stim pre-workouts due to its ability to increase nitric oxide production (NO). NO can dilate blood vessels increasing nutrient delivery to your muscles and hence increasing reaction speed, and performance. That said the citrulline dosage in pre-workouts is usually much higher (3g).

Similarly, carnitine is also a common ingredient in pre-workoout supplements. It can boost your cellular energy levels and make you feel more energized.

Rogue Focus Complex – Good Ingredients, Low Doses

L-theanine is often paired with caffeine because it has a synergistic effect. Studies have shown that when combined (1:2 caffeine to L-theanine) they can increase the accuracy and speed in which we perform tasks.

Doses of 300mg of Bacopa Monnieri have been shown to improve your memory. Unfortunately, only 10mg are found in the Rogue Focus Complex.

Under stressful circumstances, levels of catecholamine neurotransmitters can be depleted in our brains. That’s were L-Tyrosine comes into play, giving us the ability to replenish them and prevent cognitive decline under stress. This is key for any gamers. Doses of 500mg are recommended at a minimum and thankfully, Rogue has 1,000mg.

Rogue Energy Vitamins & Antioxidants

Usually, I like to see at least 2 different kinds of vitamins in any energy complex.

1. B-group vitamins. Key for proper brain function, they can boost your mood and energy levels, as well as increase concentration and mental function. Rogue has vit B3, vitB 12 at high enough dosages.
2. Vitamin C. It’s not as important as B-group vitamins for cognitive functions, but vitamin C has key antioxidant roles and can also reduce muscle fatigue. Always good to have some in your mix.

Sweeteners

Rogue Energy drinks are sugar free, but they use stevia and sucralose to sweeten the gaming focus drinks.

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Rogue Energy Drink Taste Review:

One area that no gaming energy drink can fail is taste. That said, some of the energy drinks in the market are chalky, overly sweet, and artificial.

Luckily, Rogue Energy drinks hit the spot. They blend superbly, but most importantly, their energy drinks are delicious.

I’m often skeptical about claims other people do, but with Rogue Energy drinks it was love at first sip.

In fact, I tried Pink Lemonade first, and it ended up being my favorite.

All in all, you won’t be disappointed if you choose Rogue as far as the taste is concerned. In this regard, Rogue is an excellent G-Fuel alternative and one of the best tasting energy drinks on the market.

That said, it is not the only one that tastes great. Other flavors I would recommend are:

• Cherry Bomb
• Neon Punch
• Electric Mango
• Raspberry Lemonade
• Tropkilla
• Sour Apple

In all honesty, starting with a starter pack might be the best way to go, since you can try out 9 flavors for just $24! Alternatively, there’s also a 6-serving taster pack.

What About the Canned Versions?

Unfortunately, I have not had the chance to try out all the canned versions. I think that flavor-wise are pretty similar, it’s just that there’s something magical about drinking from a can fresh out of the fridge.

Anyhow, I would not pay extra for the cans, as the powder mixes superbly.

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Rogue Gaming Energy Drink Benefits

So what are the real benefits of consuming Rogue Energy drinks for gaming? Is it only placebo, or do they have an actual positive effect on your performance?

As far as gaming is regarded, Rogue drinks will 100% improve your performance. They won’t take you out of Silver to Diamond magically, but they will help you with:

• Increasing your attention span
• Helping you focus on the game better
• Boosting your reaction speed and decision making

This is thanks to their scientifically proven active ingredients.

Great to Increase Your Energy

First off, we have caffeine (175mg). Caffeine has been proven once and once again to help you fight fatigue (Penetar et al.), decrease reaction times, increased alertness and memory (Nehlig, 2010), as well as, increase aerobic and anaerobic performance (Guest NS et al.). Despite this last not being important for gaming drinks, it’s clear why caffeine is the #1 ingredient in gaming drinks.

Other ingredients that boost your energy levels include, L-Carnitine, L-citruline, taurine and glucuronolactone. I’m sure you recognize some of these. L-carnitine is a natural amino acid that increases your energy levels in mitochondria.

Similarly, L-citruline is a nitric oxide booster which in turn can increase blood flow and boost your energy levels.

Many of these ingredients are found in pre-workouts and are used by athletes to enhance physical exercise. While this is not the aim for most gamers, it will help you to be more awake.

Increased Focus

Most of the ingredients in the focus complex cross the blood-brain barrier and act directly increasing your cognitive performance.

For instance, N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine is a precursor to dopamine and also influences the production of adrenaline. These neurotransmitters affect your mood, motivation, and mental clarity.

Synergistically, L-phenylalanine is a precursor to dopamine. As such, you can make sure that your body has the pieces that it needs to keep your brain firing at all cylinders. Similarly, choline L-bitartrate acts as precursor in the acetyl-choline pathway.

Avoid the Crash

L-theanine, on the other hand, helps you counteract some of the negative side effects of taking caffeine, like the jitters. It prevents you from feeling overly excited and crashing once the caffeine is gone.

All in all, the focus complex found in Rogue Energy drinks is very effective at providing you a short- and medium-term boost to your cognitive level, as well as, keeping your anxiety and stress at bay.

That said for a long-term increase in cognitive performance, memory, focus and mood, I like to use Hunter Focus, a brain supplement (nootropic) that increases my mental abilities over time.

Rogue Energy Review – The Negatives

However, it’s not all positive.

When looking at Rogue Energy Drink ingredients, I found that many were largely underdosed or that weren’t as useful to increase your gaming performance.

Some examples of this include:

• Bacopa Monnieri: Can improve memory at 300mg. Only 10mg are included per drink. This is likely to do nothing for you.
• Citrulline: At the very least 3mg of l-citrulline are necessary to boost your exercise performance. Rogue only has 500mg (6 times less).

That said, these are not the main ingredients that will affect your short term focus and performance, thus Rogue drinks are still great for gaming.

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Rogue Energy Drink Side Effects

At the time of writing this Rogue Energy review, there aren’t any major side effects to drinking it.

However, it is worth considering that it is a drink high in caffeine and that caffeine can have negative effects if consumed in excess. These negatives are compounded in teenagers and young adults with developing brains.

Remember that the recommended daily dosage of caffeine is 400mg. This would mean that 2 servings of Rogue are the maximum recommended.

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More About Rogue Energy

Rogue Energy is a North American gaming energy drink company that has been around since the very start.

Their goal is to make the best-tasting gaming drinks without having to sacrifice the boost in performance.

Rogue Products

As of today, there are 4 different gaming drinks that they offer

Rogue Hydration Spotlight

One thing I despise about gaming energy drinks is that they are all high in caffeine. Obviously, it is part of the point as it’s an essential part of the nootropic boost that will enhance your gaming experience.

But sometimes I just want to enjoy a delicious drink without having to overload on caffeine. That’s where Hydration comes in. Rogue Hydration offers you a delicious way to keep your body hydrated during the day, or while you are doing some light gaming. It’s a drink you can use constantly, without being afraid of crashing afterwards or jumping off the walls.

Rogue still offers 6 delicious flavors (Radian Rush, Sour Watermelon, Rainbow Candy, Strawberry Bubblegum, Fruit Punch, and Dragon Fruit Mango).

They come with a collection of B vitamins, vitamin D, electrolytes and tyrosine to enhance water absorption and it has no sugars or calories.

Truly an excellent way to keep your body hydrated.

Pricing

Now, let’s get into some of the most important aspects when deciding which gaming drink to buy, the price. Is Rogue Energy worth the price?

Let’s see.

• 1 Tub (30 servings) –> $35.99, $1.20/serving
• Cans (12 servings) –> $32.99 in total, or $2.75 per can
• Starter Pack (6 servings + shaker) –> $17.99 in total

Sadly, Rogue Energy is not the cheapest energy drink you can buy. Close competitors like Sneak Energy cost as little as $1 per serving, and they are great.

That said, Rogue Energy Starter packs allow you to try out 6 different flavors for less than $20, which is actually a good deal.

Is Rogue Energy Worth It?

Ultimately, is it worth your money?

Well, Rogue Energy drinks are among the best tasting energy drinks I’ve tested, behind Sneak Energy. They mix incredibly well, and it’s a level above cheaper energy drinks.

So in that regard, it’s definitely worth your money.

Besides, Rogue’s Energy cans are the same price as G-Fuel’s. Plus, they currently offer more flavors, so Rogue Energy cans are %100 worth your money and a great G-Fuel alternative.

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How Does Rogue Energy Compare to Other Energy Drinks?

Rogue Energy vs G-Fuel

G-Fuel is the most recognized gaming energy brand in the industry.

This is largely due to early-bird advantage, and the excellent work they’ve done in marketing. Every streamer is or has been sponsored by G-Fuel, seemingly.

That said, I think that Rogue Energy powders are better than G-Fuel’s. Sure, you get many more flavors with G-Fuel (25+), but it feels like it’s quantity over quality.

With Rogue, all their energy drinks taste awesome. Pink Lemonade blew me out of the water, and has become one of my favorites.

Thus, I think that when it comes to taste, Rogue is the clear winner.

However, there’s no denying that G-Fuel is cheaper. Their tubs sell at $35.99, but have 40 servings. G-Fuel also has tons of starter packs to try the different flavors.

On the other hand, the cans are priced equally, and as mentioned earlier, Rogue’s are better in my opinion.

Sneak Energy vs Rogue Energy

It’s clear from their names that both companies are focused on proving energy to tired gamers.

Jokes aside, these two are some of the best gaming drinks in our opinion.

From having tried dozens of energy drinks, Sneak Energy and Rogue are the best-tasting ones. In my opinion, most of Sneak’s energy drinks just taste slightly better, in particular Blue Raspberry. That said, Rogue Energy’s Pink Lemonade is the GOAT.

When it comes to their focus and performance formula, despite Sneak being lower in caffeine than Rogue, I found that Sneak is slightly better. I like the addition of L-theanine, which makes me less jittery.

On the other hand, Rogue has more non-caffeinated formulas, and it’s slightly cheaper than Sneak.

Both companies deliver worldwide.

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Rogue Energy Review FAQ

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Verdict – Rogue Energy Drink Review

Congratulations on making it to the bottom of this Rogue Energy Drink review.

Before you can see the end credits, let’s resume what we’ve learnt in this Rogue Energy review:

• Rogue Energy is one of the best-tasting energy drinks on the market
• They have a caffeine-free, and an Extreme (300mg of caffeine) formula, besides their main selling product
• They offer cans as well as tubs
• Rogue is affordable

It’s clear when laying down the facts like this that Rogue Energy drinks are excellent. They taste good, they mix great, they keep you energized for ours and they are affordable.

What else can you ask from a gaming energy drink?

Not much. I think Rogue Energy is a fantastic brand to buy from and their Hydration drinks offer an tasty way to drink more water, without having to overload in caffeine.