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The Rogue is a very nimble and spry class to play inDiablo 4. While other classes likeBarbarian favor melee, and Sorcerers favor range,the Rogue will be dashing and divingbetween both melee and ranged combat.
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Unlike the Barbarian, the Rogue does not have a lot of armor and will need to avoid being hit if they are to stay alive. This hybrid playstyle fills the gap between being a tank ora glass cannonand is the favored choice among a lot of players.
Rogue Specializations
As stated before, don’t expect to be going in as a melee juggernaut or unleashing staggeringly high damage numbers while out of anything’s range — those are not what these Rogue builds will be focusing on. Among these builds will be one forlaying trapsto lure your opponents on:Trapper Rogue. As well as a build for when you want to focus on tearing through targets withdirect damage and high crit chances: Shredder Rogue.
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Trapper Rogue Best Skills
Type of Skill
Recommended Skills
Basic Skills
Core Skills
Rapid Fire
Agility Skills
Subterfuge Skills
Concealment, Poison Trap, Agile, Exploit, Malice
Imbuement Skills
Deadly Venom
Ultimate Skills
Death Trap, Innervation, Second Wind, Trap Mastery
Key Passive Skills
Trapper Rogue Best Aspects
Aspect Effect
Helm/Chest/Boots
Aspect of Quickening Fog
You automatically drop a Smoke Grenade at the end of Dash. Dash’s Cooldown is reduced by [0.25 – 0.35] seconds for each enemy Dazed this way, up to [0.75 – 1.05] seconds.
Exploiter’s Aspect
You have 20% increased Crowd Control Duration. While enemies are Unstoppable, you deal [20 – 50%] increased damage to them.
Mangler’s Aspect
Lucky Hit: Dealing direct damage to a Vulnerable enemy has up to a [25 – 45%] chance to Daze them for 2 seconds.
Gloves/Rings/Weapons
Accelerating Aspect
Critical Strikes with Core Skills increase your Attack Speed by [15 – 25%] for 3 seconds.
Aspect of the Expectant
Attacking enemies with a Basic Skill increases the damage to your next Core Skill cast by [5 – 10%], up to 30%.
Rapid Aspect
Basic Skills gain [15 – 30%] Attack Speed.
Infiltrator’s Aspect
Poison Trap no longer breaks Stealth and doesn’t trigger Cooldown or arm time while you are in Stealth. All Poison Traps activate when you exit Stealth and Poison Trap’s Cooldown will be seconds per trap placed.
Edgemaster’s Aspect
Skills deal up to [10 – 20%] increased damage based on your available Primary Resource when cast, receiving the maximum benefit while you have full Primary Resource.
Aspect of Might
Basic Skills grant 20% Damage Reduction for [2 – 6] seconds
Smiting Aspect
You have [10 - 20%] increased Critical Strike Chance against Injured enemies. While you are Healthy, you gain [20 - 40%] increased Crowd Control Duration.
Aspect of Repeating
Rapid Fire has a [25%] chance to ricochet to another target.
Trapper Rogue Best Gear & Gems
You will want tooptimizehow muchdamageyou will be able to output,increasing your total Lifeandraising your resistances. This means you will need to focus on three types of gems:Diamonds, Rubies, and Amethysts.
Rings/Amulet
This will raise your resistance values
Helm/Chest/Gloves/Pants/Boots
This will raise your total Life
This will raise your total damage output
Trapper Rogue Best Paragon Nodes
Once your character has hit level 50, they will be able to make use of theParagon system. These have beenorganizedin theorderyou should prioritize them.
Paragon Node
Type of Node
Deadly Ambush
Legendary Node
You deal 22.5% increased Critical Strike Damage to enemies affected by your Trap Skills.
Exploit Weakness
Whenever you deal damage to a Vulnerable enemy, they take 1% increased damage from you for 6 seconds, up to 15%.
No Witnesses
Your Ultimate Skills deal 30% increased damage and grant you 10% increased damage for 20 seconds when cast.
Cheap Shot
You deal 5% increased damage for each enemy that is Crowd Controlled, up to 25%
Rare Glyph
For every 5 Intelligence, Trap Skills deal increased damage. Non-Ultimate Trap Skills have *25% increased radius.
For every 5 Strength, you deal increased damage to targets affected by your Trap Skills. Enemies affected by Trap Skills take *10% increased damage from you.
For every 5 Strength, you deal increased damage to Vulnerable targets. When an enemy is damaged by you, they become Vulnerable for 3 seconds. This cannot happen more than once every 20 seconds per enemy.
For every 5 Intelligence purchased within range, you deal +2% increased damage to targets that have Poisoned. Poisoning damage effects last 33.3% longer.
For every 5 Strength purchased within range, you deal increased Poison damage. Poisoning damage effects have a 10% chance to deal double the amount of damage over their duration.
Versatility
Grants bonus to all Magic nodes within range. Non-Basic and Non-Core Skills deal x15% increased damage.
Trapper Rogue Playstyle
Now that you have seen everything on how to build aTrapper Rogue, the next step is understanding how to play one. This build is all aboutcontrolling the battle area. You will be constantlyapplying traps the moment cooldowns finishto keep as much damage happening as you can while you continuously bounce around the map striking with direct damage when able.This build holds an edge in terms of survivability over the other one.
To optimize this, start byconcealingyourself to get into the perfect spot, thenplace down 4 of your Poison Traps. If you attempt to place more,the oldest trap will be removed, so always try to have4 out at the same time. Furthermore,the first trapwill be the one thatactivates Subverting Stealth, and its bonus only lasts while the skill that broke your Conceal is still in effect. After you have placed your 4 Poison Traps, yourskill rotation will be Puncture, Death Trap, and Rapid Fire.Repeatuntil the area is clear and reset for the next encounter.
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Trapper Rogue Best Specialization
Make use of thePreparation Specializationfor this build. Whenever youspend 100 Energy, it will reduce your Death Trap Cooldown by 4 seconds,andwhen you use Death Trap, all of your cooldowns will be reset.
Shredder Rogue Best Skills
Penetrating Shot
Smoke Grenade, Poison Trap, Agile, Exploit, Malice
Poison Imbuement, Deadly Venom, Debilitating Toxins
Innervation, Second Wind, Adrenaline Rush, Haste
Shredder Rogue Best Aspects
You automatically drop a Smoke GrenadeSmoke Grenade at the end of DashDash. Dash’s Cooldown is reduced by [0.25 – 0.35] seconds for each enemy Dazed this way, up to [0.75 – 1.05] seconds.
Aspect of Explosive Verve
Your Grenade Skills count as Trap Skills. Whenever you arm a Trap or drop Grenades, you gain [10 – 18%] increased Movement speed for 3 seconds.
Aspect of the Umbral
Restore [1 – 4] of your Primary Resource when you Crowd Control an enemy.
Trickshot Aspect
Whenever Penetrating Shot damages an enemy, 2 additional arrows split off to either side. These side arrows deal [10 – 25%] of Penetrating Shot’s Base damage and do not split.
Shredder Rogue Best Gear & Gems
This build will rely more on crit damage than regular. It can manage this due to focusing more in direct hits on all the vulnerable foes it will deal with, rather than planting high damage traps. For this, make use ofEmeralds for the crit damage.
This will raise your critical strike damage against foes who are vulnerable
Shredder Rogue Best Paragon Nodes
Once your character has hit level 50, they will be able to make use of the Paragon system. These have beenorganizedin the order you shouldprioritizethem.
You deal 5% increased damage for each Nearby enemy that is Crowd Controlled, up to 25%
For every 5 Dexterity, you deal +2% increased Physical damage. Physical damage increases the damage an enemy takes from you by 1%, up to 10%, for 15 seconds.
For every 5 Strength, you deal increased damage to enemies that are Vulnerable. When an enemy is damaged by you, they become Vulnerable for 3 seconds. This cannot happen more than once every 20 seconds per enemy.
For every 5 Strength, you deal increased damage to enemies affected by Trap Skills. Enemies affected by Trap Skills take *10% increased damage from you.
For every 5 Intelligence, you deal +2% increased damage to enemies that are Poisoned. Poison damage effects last 33.3% longer.
For every 5 Intelligence, Core Skills deal +4% increased Critical Strike Damage. Skills that Critically Strike restore 12% of their Energy cost.
Grants +50% bonus to all Magic nodes within range. When you cast an Agility Skill, you gain 9% increased Energy Regeneration for 6 seconds.
Shredder Rogue Playstyle
Shredder Rogues aremore about direct damagethan their Trapper counterpart. They will be imploring the use ofSmoke Grenadeto daze their opponents toprevent taking damage, and in this daze dispatching many enemies.
To effectively use this build, you willDash when encountering enemies. This will trigger anautomatic smoke grenadefromAspect of Quickening Fog. When you don’t have dash ready, you can use the Smoke Grenade skill. You willalternate between Poison Trap and Poison Imbuementto keep enemies poisoned. When enemies are in a line, use yourCore Skill to penetrate them allin the same hit.
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Shredder Rogue Best Specialization
Combo points is the best option for this build.With it, you’re able to build up a combo using yourbasic skills while not making use of the skill rotationabove. It will also be useful forbuilding up your Lucky Hit Chance.
