Diablo 4 Rogue Build - Death Dealer (LvL 70+)
Jul. 3, 2023Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Death Dealer (LvL 70+)
Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Death Dealer (LvL 70+): In this Diablo 4RogueBuild, I’ll show you how to play a LvL 70+ Death Dealer Rogue that’s aimed at World Tier 4. If you’re looking for a Build that’s an upgraded version of the Shadow Barrage Build from World Tier 3, then thisDiablo 4 Death Dealer Rogue Build Guideis for you!
With thisRogue Diablo IV Build, you’ll replacePoison ImbuementwithPoison Trapto first save ability points in order to run multiple Imbuements. Additionally, Poison Trap has a chance to refresh the cooldown ofShadow Imbuementthanks to theCountering Poison Trapupgrade, which is fantastic, and it Knocks Down enemies.
In this Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Death Dealer, you’ll focus a bit more on traps than in the previous Build and this is also because we’ve replacedRain of ArrowswithDeath Trap. Although you can still use Rain of Arrows, Death Trap is the better choice since it allows you to move closer to your enemies, which synergizes really well withBarrage, letting you hit them with multiple arrows versus being further away.
Barrage works extremely well here because you have a lot of status effects to spread all over the screen when you’re up close and personal with a group of targets. When you use Death Trap, you’re able to pull and isolate them together to deal damage. And when you drop Poison Trap and then Death Trap, you won’t only knock them down where you can just unload your Core Skill into them.
With theTrap Masterypassive, whenever you use either Trap Skill, you gain a 12% increasedCritical Strike ChanceagainstVulnerableor crowd-controlled enemies for 4 seconds. This is huge because you have a 100% uptime on Vulnerable with this D4 Rogue Build, so every target you’re fighting is always Vulnerable for 99% of the time, and you also have a ton of CC. So you’re essentially getting that 12% Critical Strike Chance pretty much whenever you attack after you’ve activated Poison Trap and Death Trap.
Now a big part of using Barrage is managing your Energy because it’s an ability that you can channel and then arrows will continue to fly out, draining your resources as fast as possible. First is by making use of theRavenous AspectandAspect of the Umbral, which I’ll be discussing more in the Equipment Section of this Build Guide.
Second is by taking theConsuming Shadowspassive, which makes it so that each time you kill an enemy with Shadow Damage, you generate 30 Energy. This works really well with Shadow Imbuement. Once you get to below 50% Energy, you’ll want to pop Shadow Imbuement to finish off enemies and replenish your resources to keep Barrage up and running. Another way is throughAdrenaline Rush. This makes it so that while you’re moving, you gain 15% increased Energy regeneration. You move a lot with this Diablo IV Rogue Build even though you stand in place when firing Barrage. You typically move and shoot so Adrenaline Rush helps a lot.
Once you hit Tier IV you’ll want to start thinking about min/maxing to get the most out of your Build, and that starts withSkills. Thanks toParagon Boardsand to the increasedEquipmentaffixes, you’ll be able to bypass most of the restrictions you previously faced while leveling up. I also won’t get too deep into Skills, as you most probably know how they work by now.
For this Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Death Dealer, you’re going to choose thePreparation Specialization, which makes it so that every 100 Energy you spend reduces the cooldown of your Ultimate Skill. And when you use this Ultimate, it effectively resets the cooldowns of the rest of your Skills.
Equipment is the most important part of any Endgame Build, and It’s important to understand that it’s a long-term goal. You won’t have all Paragon Boards available right away, and getting all uniques will probably take a lot of farming, so try to useLegendary Aspectsto adjust to your needs while you farm levels and better gear.
I’ll divide the Equipment into different slots, so it’s easier to understand what you should be using and what affixes you should be looking for. Remember that unique equipment has fixed affixes and powers, so if you are using one, you might need to re-slot a Legendary Aspect into a different piece.
Another important thing to notice is that, when looking for stats, you’ll want to make sure you are fulfilling your Paragon Rare Node requirements. Some rare nodes have very high requirements, and equipment is what allows you to fulfill them. These bonuses often double the rare node effect so, for example, getting an Equipment piece with +100Dexteritymight unlock one or more Node bonuses, giving you a massive bonus as a result.
Affixes
Unique Equipment
Legendary Aspect
Aspect of Shared Misery: What this essentially does is it gives you a chance, when you hit a CC enemy, to spread that effect to others on a Lucky Hit. The Aspect of Shared Misery is going to significantly increase your damage against CCed targets while giving you more Energy back via theAspect of the Umbral.
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Aspect of the Protector: This provides you with a damage shield.
Affixes
Affixes
Unique Equipment
Frostburn: This makes it so that you have a Lucky Hit ChancetoFreezeenemies for 2 seconds up to 25%. Frostburn works very well withMangler’s Aspectas it allows you to Freeze them with this aspect. So between these two, you’re going to get constant CCs to help keep up your energy while preventing enemies from doing things to you. As such, you’ll be alive longer while maintaining high damage numbers.
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Fists of Fate: An alternative to Frostburn is Fists of Fate, which makes it so that you have a chance to Immobilize targets as well as a chance to Daze them, giving you another CC option.
Legendary Aspect
Aspect of Disobedience: This allows you to gain increased Armor for 4 seconds when dealing any form of damage, stacking up to a certain %.
Affixes
Legendary Aspect
Mangler’s Aspect: This gives you up to a 45% chance to Daze Vulnerable enemies for 2 seconds when you deal direct damage to them. Dazed targets cannot attack or use Skills so they’re going to stand there and not do anything, otherwise known as CCing them.
Affixes
Legendary Aspect
Aspect of Branching Volleys: This makes it so that whenever your arrows ricochet, which happens often with this Diablo IV Rogue Build, they have up to a 50% chance to split into 2 arrows. Now it’s only 50% because the Aspect of Branching Volleys is on a Two-Handed Weapon but it’s going to give you more damage, as a result, and spread status effects around more easily. For instance, you’ll be able to hit more enemies on the screen, thereby making them all Vulnerable.
Affixes
Ideally, you’d want a Crossbow here for more Vulnerable Damage by default but I have a Bow here since it has good rolls for Vulnerable Damage and Damage to Frozen Enemies, which synergizes with Frostburn.
Legendary Aspect
Icy Alchemist’s Aspect: This makes it so that when you Lucky Hit aChilledor Frozen enemy with a Shadow Imbued Skill, you have up to a 75% chance to cause a Cold Explosion that Chills them. You don’t necessarily need to have the Icy Alchemist’s Aspect for this D4 Rogue Build – Death Dealer, particularly if you’re not using Frostburn. But I find that it works nicely here since we’re hitting Frozen enemies constantly with Shadow Imbuement, which raises damage.
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Vengeful Aspect: This is a very good alternative if you don’t have Frostburn. The Vengeful Aspect makes it so that you have up to a 50% chance when you make any enemy Vulnerable to grant yourself a 3% Critical Strike Chance, stacking up to 3x or 9% Critical Strike Chance. This is almost guaranteed to 9% because you’ve constantly set everything Vulnerable, thereby helping with damage tremendously.
Affixes
For your Melee Weapons, you want 2 Swords since they provide you with Critical Strike Damage natively.
Legendary Aspect
Accelerating Aspect: This makes it so that when you hit with aCritical Strikewith your Core Skill or Barrage, your Attack Speed increases by up to 25%. What you want to do here is to unload arrows into enemies as fast as you can and the Accelerating Aspect speeds up this process, upping your damage and preventing them from killing you because you’re destroying them faster.
Affixes
Legendary Aspect
Aspect of Corruption: This makes it so that your Imbuement Skill effects, in this case, Shadow Imbuement, have up to a 60% increased potency to Vulnerable enemies. This means they’re going to hit harder or explode for more damage against these types of targets because everything is Vulnerable in this Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Death Dealer. The Aspect of Corruption is going to boost your Shadow Damage.
Affixes
Energy Cost Reduction helps a lot here to be able to use Barrage as much as you can. You also want to look for Cooldown Reduction in order to activate your Imbuement Skills and Trap Skills more often.
Legendary Aspect
Ravenous Aspect: The Ravenous Aspect makes it so that when you kill a Vulnerable enemy, you get up to 70% increased Energy regeneration for 4 seconds. Again, every target you’ll fight is Vulnerable in this Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Death Dealer, and usually, because you’re attacking so quickly, by the time the 3 seconds have worn off of your original Vulnerable if anything is still alive, you’ll reapply it with Barrage. For instance, against aBoss, you’ll keep reapplying this status effect for every 4 uses of this Core Skill.
Affixes
Legendary Aspect
Aspect of the Umbral: This gives you up to 4 of your primary resource when you CC enemies. You have a lot of ways to do it with this D4 Rogue Build to help keep your Energy topped up.
Affixes
Gems
For gems, you’ll want to slot:
When it comes to Paragon Boards, we are mainly going to aim for Rare Nodes that increase our damage output, as well asGlyphsthat synergize with our Build. Please note that the order in which I get the Nodes is just a general guideline, and you can adjust it to your current needs.
For your Base Board, you’re going to make use of theControl Glyphto increase your damage to CCed enemies as well as Chilled and Frozen targets, which works well with Frostburn. At lower levels, you’ll probably putExploitorCombat Glyphhere but because you have more boards to move things around accordingly, I’ve decided to place Control instead.
For my Second Board, I’ve gone withExploit Weaknessdue to the numerous good Rare Nodes that increase Vulnerable Damage, which multiples separately from a lot of other modifiers with its own bucket. This is the type of damage you should be on the lookout for even with your Equipment because you simply can’t get enough of it. You also get the extra damage againstElites.
For your second Glyph, you’ll be slotting Combat to further boost your Critical Strike Damage with Barrage. Critical Strike Damage gets multiplied after all.
For your Third Board, you’ll use theTricks of the Trade. I don’t really care for this Legendary Node but there are a lot of other good Rare Nodes here. Some give increased Physical Damage, which is everything you do besides Shadow and Poison Damage. So if you’re attacking with Barrage only, then that constitutes Physical Damage. You’re also going to get some more Critical Strike Damage, Damage Against Elites, and a lot of Damage Reduction.
For the glyph socket, you’ll slot Exploit, which is essential in pretty much any Diablo 4 Rogue Build you’re running. This allows you to put Vulnerable on everything and further boost your Vulnerable Damage.
This Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Death Dealer lets you runNightmare Dungeonsway higher than your level, and because of crowd control, you’ll rarely encounter problems handling dangerous enemies since you’ll usually Freeze, Daze, or knock them down. So they never have a chance to retaliate most of the time to cause an impact on you.
But you do need to be cautious against Elites who deal Lightning and Fire Damage even when they’re CCed. Otherwise, the others won’t be a nuisance to you. Just run in there, drop your traps, let them get Knocked Down, and kill them before they even get up.
So that wraps up my Death Dealer Diablo IV Rogue Build. I hope you guys enjoy this Build.
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I have more skill points available than what you have listed in this build. Should I just toss it into better crit chance? Or something else?
