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 you want to deal with single-target damage and Imbue your weapons with special effects. This guide covers the Diablo 4 best Rogue build, including the Active and Passive Skills, Skill Tree, Gear, Aspects, Specialization, Paragon, and Gems.

Active Skills

Skill	Type	Effects	Upgrades	Rank
Forceful Arrow	Basic	Fires arrows that deal 20% damage, with every 3rd arrow making the enemy Vulnerable, lasting 2 seconds.	Enhanced Forceful Arrow, Primary Forceful Arrow	1
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, Advanced Penetrating Shot	1
Dash	Agility, Imbueable	Quickly move forward, hitting enemies with 36% damage.	Enhanced Dash, Methodical Dash	1
Poison Trap	Subterfuge	Creates a trap that captures enemies and deals 344% Poison damage in an area.	Enhanced Poison Trap, Countering Poison Trap	1
Poison Imbuement	Imbuement	Your weapons become imbued with Poison damage, with your next 2 Imbueable Skills dealing 140% additional Poison damage.	Enhanced Poison Imbuement, Mixed Poison Imbuement	5
Death Trap	Ultimate, Trap	Creates a trap that captures enemies and deals 250% damage in an area.	Prime Death Trap, Supreme Death Trap	3

• This build uses Forceful Arrow as your Basic Skill. It’s a long-range attack that also occasionally makes the enemy Vulnerable. You should keep this Skill at Rank 1 and invest your Skill Points in upgrades.

• With Enhanced Forceful Arrow, every third arrow grants you an additional 15% Critical Strike Chance. And with Primary Forceful Arrow, every third arrow will also pierce through the Vulnerable enemies.

• You should opt for Penetrating Shot for the single line-of-target damage for your Core Skill. This pairs well with the Combo Points Specialization as Combo Points increase its damage. As such, focus on getting Combo Points instead of ranking this skill up.

• For the upgrade, you should focus on Advanced Penetrating Shot, which applies additional Crowd Controlling against enemies. Notably, it Knocks Down Elite enemies if you have full Energy.

• We also have Dash, your essential dashing skill that damages enemies and makes for a quick getaway. Methodical Dash should be your upgrade choice as it has good synergy with Advanced Penetrating Shot.

• Next, you have the Poisoning skills, namely Poison Trap and Poison Imbuement. Poison Trap is a good starter for Poisoning enemies, and Poison Imbuement will deal additional Poison damage.

• Building Countering Poison Trap will work well with Poison Imbuement. And with Mixed Poison Imbuement, you can double the Poison Damage to enemies.

• Finally, your Ultimate Skill is Death Trap. It deals a significant amount of damage. And with Prime Death Trap, the trap will pull enemies closer. This works well with Methodical Dash. With Supreme Death Trap, every time the trap lands a kill, its cooldown is reduced by 10 seconds.

Passive Skills

Skill	Effects	Rank
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
Stutter Step	Critical Strikes boost Movement Speed by 10%, lasting 4 seconds.	2
Exploit	Injured and Healthy enemies take 12% more damage.	2
Deadly Venom	You deal 9% more Poison damage.	3
Weapon Mastery	Daggers deal 15% more damage, whereas Swords, Bows, and Crossbows deal 9%, 12%, and 15% more damage.	3
Sturdy	Close Damage is reduced by 12%.	3
Innervation	You may acquire 8 Energy (10% chance).	1
Alchemist's Fortune	Non-Physical Damage grants an extra 15% Lucky Hit Chance.	3
Siphoning Strikes	Critical Strikes on Close enemies regenerate 3% of your Max Life.	3
Precision Imbuement	Imbued Skills have a 9% higher Critical Strike Chance.	3

• Opting for Exposure as your Key Passive for your Passive Skills would be best. Its Passive has good synergy with both Death Trap and Poison Trap. And it also deals explosive damage, Stunning enemies, and triggering Methodical Dash more often.

• Stutter Step is another excellent passive that lets you move faster around the arena. Exploit and Deadly Venom both work well with your Poison skills. Weapon Mastery, on the other hand, works best with Crossbows.

• Other Passives of note here include Sturdy, which reduces damage from melee attacks, and Innervation, which grants you more Energy. Innervation, in particular, works wonders with Advanced Penetrating Shot.

• Alchemist’s Fortune will help trigger your Key Passive more often. Similarly, Siphoning Strikes is perfect for regenerating Health when enemies get close to you. Finally, there’s Precision Imbuement, which complements your Poison Imbuement Skill.

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

• This is the recommended Skill Tree path for the Diablo 4 best Rogue build. It’s highly recommended to use your Skill Points to Enhance and then upgrade your Skills instead of ranking them up.

• You should fully upgrade your Basic Skill, moving on to the Core Skill and Dash. This grants you all your primary offensive abilities to quickly clear enemy waves. After that, you can alternate between investing in Active and Passive Skills.

• The only Skills we recommend ranking up are Death Trap and Poison Imbuement. These will grant you extra benefits, especially since one of your passives combos with Precision Imbuement.

After making all your primary Skills, you can invest more in Passive Skills. Here, you can switch things up depending on your specific requirements. You can also skip some Passives and rank up some existing Skills. But keep this for your last few Skill Points.

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

Here are the recommended weapons and Gear for this Diablo 4 best Rogue build. As you can see, these are all Legendary Weapons and will require much grinding. Hence, making do with lower-rank weapons before you get their Legendary versions is highly recommended.

Legendary Aspects

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

• Besides the Skills, you should also build the Legendary Aspects mentioned above on the respective Gear.

• These Aspects, a few are noteworthy. The first is the Aspect of Unstable Imbuements. This creates an AoE explosion that inflicts nearby enemies with the Imbued effects. Coupled with Poison Imbuement and Precision Imbuement, this makes you practically unstoppable.

• The next Aspect of note here is Blast-Trapper’s Aspect, which has a chance to make enemies captured in a Trap Vulnerable. This works best with Poison Trap and Death Trap and complements your Forceful Arrow.

• Pair that Aspect with the Ravenous Aspect and Aspect of Corruption. Ravenous Aspect regenerates Energy whenever you kill a Vulnerable enemy.

• And Aspect of Corruption makes your Imbuement Skills like Poison Imbuement work better on Vulnerable enemies. With the 100% Power boost, this skill receives on a dual-handed weapon, you’ll melt through Vulnerable enemies.

• Trickshot Aspect is another excellent choice as it creates an AoE effect on Penetrating Shot. Finally, there’s the Aspect of Bursting Venoms, which has a chance to develop a pool of Poison. It has insane synergy with Poison Imbuement and Aspect of Corruption.

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.

Emerald for Weapon, Ruby for Armor, and Skull for Jewelry are the best Gems to use with this build.

Although the Ruby and Skull grant extra bonuses to help you in battle, the Emerald is fascinating here. It gives additional Critical Strike Damage against Vulnerable enemies. Coupled with your Basic Skill Forceful Arrow, this Gem adds an extra layer of damage.

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

The above is the Paragon Board configuration for the Rogue class. This is just the Starting Board; if you build it entirely, you unlock more boards.

It’s best to start with Dexterity here, as it will help you dodge melee attacks. Then, as you progress, focus on Dexterity more than the other stats. Willpower should have the least amount of points spent on it.

On this board, we have added a Rare Glyph, 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.

After you’ve made this Starting Board, your stats should look like this:

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

Final Thoughts

The Rogue class in Diablo 4 is highly versatile, wielding both long and close-range weapons. In this guide, we went over the Diablo 4 best Rogue build and the relevant Skill Tree.

To recap, you should build Forceful Arrow as your Basic Skill with Penetrating Shot as your Core Skill to melt down enemies quickly. Poison Trap and Poison Imbuement will let you deal Poison damage to foes in an area and work well with Precision Imbuement and Blast-Trapper’s Aspect.

For your Ultimate Skill, build Death Trap and upgrade it to Supreme Death Trap to deal explosive damage in an area. You should equip Legendary Items like the Bladedancer’s Warcaster and choose the Combo Points Specialization.

If you want to find the best build for Necromancers, check out our Diablo 4 best Necromance builds guide.

For more information on the Enchantment Slot in the Sorcerer class, check out our Enchantment Slot guide.