Diablo 4 Best Rogue Build [Skills, Aspects, Weapons]

Diablo 4 introduces the Rogue class, which can wield close and long-range weapons. Rogues are especially handy when dealing with single-target damage and Imbue your weapons with special effects. Here, I cover Diablo 4’s best rogue build, including the active and passive skills, skill tree, and aspects. This build is best for medium-to-high-level gameplay.

Active Skills

Skill	Type	Effects	Upgrades	Rank	Note
Forceful Arrow	Basic	Fires arrows that deal 20% damage, with every 3rd arrow making the enemy Vulnerable, lasting 2 seconds.	Enhanced Forceful Arrow: Every third arrow grants +15% Critical Strike Chance. Primary Forceful Arrow: Every third arrow pierces Vulnerable enemies.	1	N/A
Penetrating Shot	Core, Imbueable	Shoot a piercing arrow that goes through enemies in a line, dealing 70% damage. More Combo Points mean more damage.	Enhanced Penetrating Shot: For every enemy pierced, Penetrating Shot deals +10% damage. Advanced Penetrating Shot: Knocks down Elite foes with full Energy.	1	Pairs well with Combo Points Specialization.
Dash	Agility, Imbueable	Quickly move forward, hitting enemies with 36% damage.	Enhanced Dash: Enemies hit by Dash take +15% Critical Strike Damage. Lasts 5 seconds. Methodical Dash: Hitting Crowd Controlled enemies with Dash decreases the Charge Cooldown by 0.5 to 3 seconds.	1	Methodical Dash has good synergy with Advanced Penetrating Shot.
Poison Trap	Subterfuge	Creates a trap that captures enemies and deals 344% Poison damage in an area.	Enhanced Poison Trap: This Skill Knocks Down foes for 1.5 seconds. Countering Poison Trap: 30% chance that Poison Trap will reset Imbuement Skill Cooldowns.	1	Countering Poison Trap works well with Poison Imbuement.
Poison Imbuement	Imbuement	Your weapons become imbued with Poison damage, with your next 2 Imbueable Skills dealing 140% additional Poison damage.	Enhanced Poison Imbuement: +1 second Poisoning duration. Mixed Poison Imbuement: 30% chance Poison Imbued Skills will deal double Poisoning damage. (Lucky Hit)	5	N/A
Death Trap	Ultimate, Trap	Creates a trap that captures enemies and deals 250% damage in an area.	Prime Death Trap: Pull foes closer. Supreme Death Trap: -10 seconds Cooldown for every Death Trap kill.	3	Prime Death Trap works well with Methodical Dash.

Passive Skills

Skill	Effects	Rank	Note
Exposure (Key Passive)	If an enemy is in a Trap and you hit them, there's a 25% chance that your Trap Skills' Cooldown reduces by 20% along with Stun Grenades dropping that deal 40% damage while Stunning enemies.	1	It has good synergy with Death Trap and Poison Trap and triggers Methodical Dash more often.
Stutter Step	Critical Strikes boost Movement Speed by 10%, lasting 4 seconds.	2	N/A
Exploit	Injured and Healthy enemies take 12% more damage.	2	Works well with Poison Skills.
Deadly Venom	You deal 9% more Poison damage.	3	Works well with Poison Skills.
Weapon Mastery	Daggers deal 15% more damage, whereas Swords, Bows, and Crossbows deal 9%, 12%, and 15% more damage.	3	Works best with Crossbows.
Sturdy	Close Damage is reduced by 12%.	3	N/A
Innervation	You may acquire 8 Energy (10% chance).	1	Pairs well with Advanced Penetrating Shot.
Alchemist's Fortune	Non-Physical Damage grants an extra 15% Lucky Hit Chance.	3	Triggers Exposure more often.
Siphoning Strikes	Critical Strikes on Close enemies regenerate 3% of your Max Life.	3	N/A
Precision Imbuement	Imbued Skills have a 9% higher Critical Strike Chance.	3	Complements Poison Imbuement.

Skill Tree

Skill	Skill Points
Forceful Arrow	1
Enhanced Forceful Arrow	1
Primary Forceful Arrow	1
Penetrating Shot	1
Enhanced Penetrating Shot	1
Advanced Penetrating Shot	1
Dash	1
Enhanced Dash	1
Methodical Dash	1
Stutter Step	2
Poison Trap	1
Enhanced Poison Trap	1
Countering Poison Trap	1
Exploit	2
Poison Imbuement	1
Enhanced Poison Imbuement	1
Mixed Poison Imbuement	1
Deadly Venom	3
Death Trap	3
Prime Death Trap	1
Supreme Death Trap	1
Trap Mastery	3
Poison Imbuement	4
Exposure	1
Innervation	1
Alchemist's Fortune	3
Weapon Mastery	3
Siphoning Strikes	3
Sturdy	3
Precision Imbuement	3

Gear And Weapons

• Helm: Archon Helm of the Protector
• Chest Armor: Boneweave Armor of Might
• Gloves: Mangler’s Runic Gloves
• Pants: Boneweave Faulds of Disobedience
• Boots: Boneweave Treads of Shared Misery
• Amulet: Blast Trapper’s Amulet
• Ring 1: Accelerating Band
• Ring 2: Loop of Retribution
• Ranged Weapon: Bladedancer’s Warcaster
• Dual-Wield Weapon 1: Smiting Barbed Sword
• Dual-Wield Weapon 2: Edgemaster’s Flammard

Legendary Aspects

Legendary Aspect	Effects	Gear Used On	Note
Aspect of Disobedience	Damaging enemies creates a temporary armor boost of 0.25 - 0.5, stacking to 25% to 50%.	Helm	N/A
Aspect of Might	Basic Skills reduce damage by 20%.	Chest Armor	N/A
Aspect of Unstable Imbuements	Imbuement Skills create an Imbued Explosion, dealing damage in an area and applying the Imbued effects.	Gloves	Pairs well with Poison Imbuement and Precision Imbuement.
Aspect of the Protector	Hitting an Elite enemy creates a Barrier for you that absorbs some amount of damage.	Pants	N/A
Eluding Aspect	You become Unstoppable when you're Injured during Crowd Controlling.	Boots	N/A
Edgemaster's Aspect	Skill damage scales with your available Primary Resource. Has a 50% Power boost.	Amulet	N/A
Blast-Trapper's Aspect	Hitting enemies in a Trap can make them Vulnerable (30% to 50% chance) for 3 seconds.	Ring 1	Works well with Poison Trap, Death Trap, and Forceful Arrow.
Ravenous Aspect	When you defeat a Vulnerable enemy, you gain extra Energy Regeneration.	Ring 2	Pairs well with Blast-Trapper's Aspect.
Trickshot Aspect	If Penetrating Shot hits an enemy, the arrow will split into two additional arrows. Has a 100% Power boost.	Ranged Weapon	Best with Penetrating Shot.
Aspect of Bursting Venoms	When Poison-imbued Skills land a Critical Strike, there's a 10% chance that a Poison pool will form, dealing Poison damage and eliminating the Cooldown and Charge Limit of Poison Imbuement when you're inside the pool. Has a 100% Power boost.	Dual-Wield Weapon 1	It has insane synergy with Poison Imbuement and Aspect of Corruption.
Aspect of Corruption	Imbuement Skills work 20% to 40% better on Vulnerable foes. Has a 100% effectiveness boost.	Dual-Wield Weapon 2	Pairs well with Blast-Trapper's Aspect.

Specialization: Combo Points

The best Specialization for the Rogue Class is Combo Points. This generates Combo Points upon the use of a Basic Skill. Your Core Skills will also utilize these Combo Points for enhanced battle effects.

This Specialization works best with Penetrating Shot as it increases the damage you deal based on your Combo Points.

Gems

Type	Gem	Effects
Weapon	Emerald	Vulnerable enemies receive 12% more Critical Strike damage.
Armor	Ruby	You gain an additional 4% Max Life.
Jewelry	Skull	This Gem grants you a 250 Armor boost.

Paragon Board

Node Type	Effect
Normal Node	Dexterity +5
Normal Node	Dexterity +5
Normal Node	Dexterity +5
Magic Node	Damage +5%
Rare Node	Damage +10%, Life +4%, +10% Damage if Intelligence requirements are met.
Magic Node	Life +2%
Magic Node	Damage +5%
Normal Node	Dexterity +5
Normal Node	Strength +5
Normal Node	Intelligence +5
Normal Node	Dexterity +5
Normal Node	Dexterity +5
Normal Node	Intelligence +5
Normal Node	Strength +5
Magic Node	Intelligence +7
Magic Node	Intelligence +7
Rare Node	Damage +10%, Dexterity +10, +10% Damage if Intelligence requirements are met.
Magic Node	Damage +5%
Normal Node	Willpower +5
Normal Node	Strength +5
Normal Node	Strength +5
Board Attachment Gate	Strength +5, Dexterity +5, Intelligence +5, Willpower +5
Rare Glyph	Core Skills get a 2% Critical Strike Damage boost for every 5 Intelligence built inside the radius. Moreover, Critically Striking Skills regenerate 12% of the Energy they require.
Normal Node	Intelligence +5
Normal Node	Intelligence +5

This is the recommended Paragon Board. It’s best to start with Dexterity here, as it will help you dodge melee attacks.

As you progress, focus on Dexterity more than the other stats. Willpower should have the least amount of points spent on it.

I added a Rare Glyph on this board, which can only be activated if you have met the Intelligence requirement. It grants you extra Critical Strike Damage proportional to the amount of Intelligence you build within the radius. In this build, you get a 10% boost in Critical Strike Damage.

This is just the Starting Board; if you build it entirely, you unlock more boards. After you’ve made this Starting Board, your stats should look like this:

• Strength: 39
• Dexterity: 70
• Intelligence: 39
• Willpower: 10

My Experience With Rogue Build

The Rogue class in Diablo 4 is highly versatile, wielding both long and close-range weapons. Hence, I wanted a build that fully exploited the versatility of Rogues while still being coherent enough to make sense. My build utilizes a long-range weapon, the Bladedancer’s Warcaster. And it works exceptionally well with the Forceful Arrow and Penetrating Shot Skills.

To add to that, I also chose a few melee weapons like the Edgemaster’s Flammard and Smiting Barbed Sword. These went exquisitely well with the Weapon Mastery and Siphoning Strikes Skills. On top of that, my build was mainly geared toward maximizing Poison damage. However, you can twist the build to help better with Crowd-Control and AoE and even make it a full archer build.

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