Diablo 4 Rogue Build - Trap Master (LvL 70+)
Jul. 1, 2023Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Trap Master (LvL 70+)
Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Trap Master (LvL 70+): In this Diablo 4RogueBuild, I’ll show you how to play a LvL 70+ Trap Master Rogue that’s aimed at World Tier 4. If you’re looking for a Build that focuses on setting down deadly traps to render enemies useless and obliterate them with ease in melee range, then thisDiablo 4 Trap Master Rogue Build Guideis for you!
The general strategy for thisRogue Diablo IV Buildis to first activateShadow Imbuementto deal Shadow Damage and Shadow Damage Over Time (DoT) with your Imbueable Skills, specificallyTwisting BladesandShadow Step. What’s great about Shadow Imbuement is the explosion brought about by enemies who have died as a result, which in effect, deals damage to nearby targets. And with theBlended Shadow Imbuement, you’re able to applyVulnerableto inflict greater damage.
You’ll then charge forward where you can make use of Shadow Step to Stun an enemy in the process thanks to theMethodical Shadow Stepupgrade. When they’re all grouped together, the best option is to attack with Twisting Blades and set down aPoison Trap. Doing so will not only soften them up but also grant a high chance to reset the cooldown of Shadow Imbuement, allowing you to use it more often.
Here’s what makes this Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Trap Master much more fun and interesting to play. You’ll be triggeringDeath Trapto pull all enemies in and deal massive Shadow Damage. Since they’ve already been weakened by your Poison Trap, this Ultimate Skill will finish them off. As such, the cooldown of Death Trap will be reduced by 10 seconds. This synergizes extremely well with thePreparation Specialization, which resets the cooldown of all yourSkillswhenever you activate Death Trap.
Both traps also work hand-in-hand with theExposure Key Passive. This is aLucky Hitwhere dealing direct damage, in this case with Twisting Blades, to a target affected by a Trap Skill has a 25% chance to considerably reduce the cooldown of both Trap Skills and to drop Stun Grenades to apply crowd control and deal additional Physical Damage. What’s more, is that you have theTrap Masterypassive to further increase your damage against Vulnerable and CCed enemies! So the vicious cycle of applying Shadow Imbuement, setting Poison Trap and Death Trap, and frequently attacking with Twisting Blades will obliterate them effectively.
Another great feature of this D4 Rogue Build even though it’s a high-risk high-reward type of Build since you need to constantly be on the move for improved survivability, is the amount ofCritical Strike Damageyou deal. Even though yourCritical Strike Chanceis less than 50%, you’ll be able toCritically Strikeenemies most of the time because of your incredibly fast Attack Speed. Additionally, you don’t have to worry about Energy either since you can easily replenish it by usingInvigorating Strike, which is why you’ll heavily invest in this Basic Skill.
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 with Skills. 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 the Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Trap Master, you’re going to choose Preparation. It allows you to trigger Death Trap repeatedly for every 100 Energy you spend and with this D4 Rogue Build, you’re going to spend a ton of resources. Additionally, every time you activate your Ultimate, the cooldowns of the rest of your Skills reset, which lets you use them more often.
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.
Legendary Aspect
Aspect of Explosive Verve: This is primarily taken to boost yourMovement Speed. So, when you drop a Poison Trap or Death Trap, you immediately receive a substantial burst of speed, allowing you to reposition yourself or to get out of danger quickly when needed.
Affixes
Legendary Aspect
Aspect of Might: This is a very effective Defensive Aspect due to the massive damage reduction you incur upon damaging enemies with your Basic Skill, especially considering how squishy this Trap Master Diablo IV Rogue Build is. Since you stack Attack Speed and make generous use of Invigorating Strike, it’ll be easy to have a 100% uptime for this buff.
Affixes
Legendary Aspect
Mangler’s Aspect: This is an excellent way to apply another form of crowd control on enemies since you have multiple sources of the Vulnerable status effect. Mangler’s Aspect makes it so that you have up to a 45% chance on Lucky Hit to Daze foes, preventing them from attacking or casting Spells, which will greatly enhance this D4 Rogue Build’s survivability.
Affixes
Legendary Aspect
Aspect of Disobedience: This is one of the best Defensive Aspects in the game, especially for this Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Trap Master since you attack extremely quickly and apply tons of DoT from your traps. The faster you do damage, the faster you get stacks of Armor. Ideally, you’d want to get the maximum roll for the Aspect of Disobedience to provide you with a huge 50% increase to Armor.
Affixes
Legendary Aspect
Ravager’s Aspect: This is one of the best Rogue Legendary Aspects even if you get a minimal roll on its effect. The primary reason for picking the Ravager’s Aspect is to give an additional Shadow Step charge. By having up to 2 charges available, you can freely use one to jump and initiate combat by opening with a Stun. You’ll still have a charge left over that can be used just in case you need to escape a crowd control effect. The damage increase portion of the Ravager’s Aspect is negligible since you’re highly unlikely to actually kill enemies with Shadow Step.
Affixes
Legendary Aspect
Rapid Aspect: You’ll want to imprint the Rapid Aspect on your Two-Handed Weapon for the sole purpose of doubling the effective Attack Speed bonus you get. By gaining up to +60% Attack Speed for Basic Skills, you’ll be able to apply Vulnerable and Daze more often, restore greater Energy via Innervation to use Twisting Blades with, and reduce the cooldowns of Trap Skills. Because of the Rapid Aspect, spamming Shadow Imbuement, Poison Trap, and Death Trap becomes much easier to do.
Affixes
Similar to the Perfected Cyclone Diablo 4 Rogue Build, you’ll want to choose the Crossbow over the Bow for the default Vulnerable Damage. The Damage to Distant Enemies provided by the Bow won’t be beneficial since you’re running a Melee Build.
Legendary Aspect
Bladedancer’s Aspect: This makes it so that your Twisting Blades become even more efficient as the returning blades circle around you, dealing a portion of the initial damage. Remember that if your Twisting Blades were Imbued, the return blade and orbit damage will also inherit that effect, making Shadow Imbuement much more valuable.
Affixes
Ideally, you’d want to equip 2 Daggers for the huge Attacks per Second and Damage to Close Enemies defaultStat.
Legendary Aspect
Blast-Trapper’s Aspect:This is another reliable source of applying Vulnerable. If you’re having trouble with maintaining this debuff, then the Blast-Trapper’s Aspect makes it so that Lucky Hits against enemies affected by one of your traps applies Vulnerable for 3 seconds. And you have a very reliableLucky Hit Chancethanks to Invigorating Strike and Shadow Step so you’ll be able to constantly keep targets weakened. This is also effective against Elites and Bosses since they tend to stick around in your Poison Traps.
Affixes
Unique Equipment
Asheara’s Khanjar: This is an amazing Unique Item to have because it further boosts your Attack Speed every time you hit an enemy with it, which greatly factors into restoring Energy, reducing the cooldowns of Trap Skills, and destroying them efficiently.
Legendary Aspect
Aspect of Corruption: This increases the effectiveness of Shadow Imbuement against Vulnerable foes. By itself, Shadow Imbuement already creates a respectable amount of damage that is further enhanced by the Aspect of Corruption.
Affixes
Legendary Aspect
Accelerating Aspect: This is a great source of increasing your Attack Speed across the board instead of limiting it to just Invigorating Strike. But the Accelerating Aspect doesn’t shine as much when used with Twisting Blades since you can’t spam it too often, but it does stack on Invigorating Strike, letting you apply Vulnerable over and over again on top of restoring Energy much quicker.
Affixes
Legendary Aspect
Ravenous Aspect: This is an additional avenue to gain increased Energy. On top of Innervation and Invigorating Strike, the Ravenous Aspect also increases resource regeneration whenever you kill a Vulnerable enemy, which should be most of them. Even the Aspect from theCodex of Powervia theShifting City Dungeonis sufficient, as the base regeneration rate is already at 50%.
Affixes
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 first Paragon Board, you’ll want to use theSnare Glyphto significantly increase the damage of both Poison Trap and Death Trap, especially when you take nearby Intelligence Nodes. When you meet the +25 Intelligence requirement, you’ll be able to widen the radius of Poison Trap, allowing you to Poison and Knock Down more enemies.
Furthermore, it would be good to gain access to thePrimeandSkillful Rare Nodesto boost your overall damage. You’ll then want to take advantage of theLawless Rare Nodefor the extra Armor, which you’ll greatly need for improved survivability. After getting all three, you’re going to select your second Paragon Board, namely,Deadly Ambush.
The Deadly Ambush Legendary Node allows you to deal increased Critical Strike Damage to enemies affected by Trap Skills, letting you efficiently destroy them. But first, you need to rotate the board to unlock theTrapper Rare Node. This considerably amplifies your Trap Skill Damage as well as the damage you deal to enemies affected by your Trap Skills. And then you’ll want to gain access to Deadly Ambush.
Next, you should go up North to unlock a socket where you’ll slot theCloser Glyph. Closer is a powerful Glyph because it not only boosts the damage of your Cutthroat Skill, which in this case is Twisting Blades, but also reduces the damage you take since you’re wielding Daggers. However, remember that this damage reduction bonus is unlocked when you fulfill the +45 Dexterity requirement, which isn’t difficult to do.
Beside this glyph socket are theEngineeringandCunning Rare Nodesthat you’ll want to get because they both raise the damage of Twisting Blades. Engineering increases the damage dealt to enemies affected by your Trap Skills whereas Cunning lowers the damage you take from them, making it a win-win condition.
Before moving onto your final board, you’ll want to take a detour, that is, to the right of the Deadly Ambush Legendary Node. Here, you’ll seeSlayer, which boosts your Armor by +200. This is going to be valuable, especially in World Tier 4 as enemies become more challenging to deal with. And near it, you haveSpring-loadedto further reduce the cooldown of Poison Trap and Death Trap as well as their corresponding Arm Time. Arm Time refers to how soon these traps will be activated the moment you use them.
Moving on to the right side of the Deadly Ambush Tree, you’ll selectExploit Weakness, which will be your third Paragon Board. Be sure to rotate this so that the Rare Nodes near you areUnassailableandExploit. Unassailable is a Defensive Node that grants Armor and damage reduction from Vulnerable enemies while Exploit allows you to deal greater Vulnerable Damage. It also increases your damage against Injured targets or those whose Health is less than 35%.
And then finally, you’re going to unlock the Exploit Weakness Legendary Node. This is a great node because it lets you deal more damage to Vulnerable enemies, which will most likely be all of them, for up to 6 seconds.
Be sure to pre-cast Shadow Imbuement as often as you can. This makes it so that you’re always ready to initiate fights because the first Shadow Step or Twisting Blades you activate will deal Shadow Damage. Additionally, you’ll want to pull in enemies with Death Trap, which should then be followed up with Poison Trap to knock them down. Positioning these Poison Traps near targets who tend to teleport frequently and move around a lot will incapacitate them due to this Knock Down feature.
When you have more Paragon points, you’ll want to make your way upward from the Exploit Rare Node, and then move right until you gain access to the glyph socket. Here, the best Glyph to slot in isTurfsince it considerably boosts your damage against close enemies while reducing the damage you take from them as long as you meet the +25 Strength requirement. You’ll then invest inArtificeto further amplify your Vulnerable Damage andHunter Killerto be more effective in terms of putting Elites down.
Be sure to check out ourDiablo 4 Wikifor any other questions you have about the game and theBuildspage if you are looking for more Diablo IV Builds, as well as ourUltimate Beginner GuideandAll Classes Overviewif you are looking for more Diablo 4 content!
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