Best Diablo 4 Rogue build for leveling & endgame

Diablo’s 4 Rogue has a variety of ranged and melee options, giving it playstyle flexibility, unlike other classes. Here is the best Rogue build in Diablo 4.

Now Diablo 4 is upon us and the Rogue returns. The character certainly isn’t a new class to the series, but it was entirely omitted in the series’ second and third entries, replaced by the Assassin, Amazon, or Demon Hunter, who used similar elements in their battle tactics.

If you’re looking to get that Demon Hunter-esque ranged playstyle with bows, traps, smoke bombs, and dodge rolls in the game, then you’ll be able to play like that. But there’s also a stealthy assassin style that can work with the right stats, one that focuses on high single-target damage. Some players even mix and match abilities to find a happy medium between the two playstyles.

Figuring out which playstyle is for you is up to personal preference, but knowing which skills to spec into for the most damage is essential. Here is the best Rogue build in Diablo 4 in the current meta.

Contents

• Best Rogue leveling build
• Best Rogue endgame build

Best Rogue leveling build in Diablo 4

The Rogue class is very versatile. It can be a lot of things and you have a good choice of both ranged and close-quarters combat.The Twisting Blades Rogue is a very powerful build that can clear a lot of enemies but also put out massive damage. It takes a little finesse, but hey would you really be playing Rogue if you weren’t into that?

Unsurprisingly this build is set entirely around the Twisting Blades ability which both causes a lot of damage and can clear lots of enemies too. See a breakdown of the build below:

Skills and abilities to level 25

Here are the abilities you will want to be running.

• Puncture
• Twisting Blades
• Dash
• Shadow Step
• Concealment
• Shadow Imbuement

Here’s how we recommend you build your Rogue out across the first 25 levels.

Level	Ability
2	Puncture
3	Enhanced Puncture
4	Twisting Blades
5	Enhanced Twisting Blades
6	Advanced Twisting Blades
7	Fundamental Puncture
8	Dash
9	Shadow Step
10	Twisting Blades
11	Twisting Blades
12	Twisting Blades
13	Dark Shroud
14	Enhanced Dark Shroud
15	Subverting Dark Shroud
16	Poison Trap
17	Enhanced Poison Trap
18	Twisting Blades
19	Enhanced Shadow Step
20	Methodical Shadow Step
21	Exploit
22	Exploit
23	Exploit
24	Sturdy
25	Innervation
26	Innervation
27	Innervation
28	Adrenaline Rush
29	Haste
30	Haste
31	Haste
32	Trap Mastery
33	Trap Mastery
34	Trap Mastery
35	Momentum
36	Concussive
37	Concussive
38	Concussive
39	Siphoning Strikes
40	Siphoning Strikes
41	Siphoning Strikes
42	Deadly Venom
43	Alchemical Advantage
44	Debilitating Toxins
45	Debilitating Toxins
46	Debilitating Toxins
47	Weapon Mastery
48	Weapon Mastery
49	Weapon Mastery
50	Paragon Board begins
1 – Renown	Enhanced Dash
2 – Renown	Disciplined Dash
3 – Renown	Stutter Step
4 – Renown	Stutter Step
5 – Renown	Stutter Step
6 – Renown	Malice
7 – Renown	Malice
8 – Renown	Malice
9 – Renown	Dash
10 – Renown	Dash

Which Aspect do you want?

While there are many great Legendary Aspects in the Codex of Power that will help this build, there is one, in particular, you need to make a priority. That is the Bladedancer’s Aspect. This has an immense effect on the main focus of this build. Bladedancer’s Aspect reads:

• Twisting Blades orbit you for a short time after they return, dealing [10-15%] of Twisting Blades’ return damage per hit. Based on the distance the blades returned, the orbit damage increases up to [20-30%] of the return damage.

This basically gives you an aura of damage when you cast Twisting Blades, giving you some great offensive shielding.

In order to get the Legendary Aspect, you need to complete Jalal’s Vigil, a dungeon located in Scosglen.

Twisting Blades Rogue build rotation in Diablo 4

This build can be a little trickier than some builds as you are going to want to think about your positioning, or rather, repositioning yourself in order to get maximum damage. The basic rotation looks like this:

• Use Concealment and Shadow Imbuement, in order to get in position for your first strike.
• Use Twisting Blades on an enemy.
• Use Dash to move behind as many enemies as possible. This allows your blades to fly through enemies once they boomerang back to you.
• Use Puncture on enemies to make the Vulnerable
• Cast Twisting Blades when it is back up.
• Repeat the Twisting Blades and Puncture rotation until enemies are dead.

It takes a little finesse to get into the right positions, so get used to using Dash to get where you need to. However, once you get the hang of this, you will find this a really powerful build. It does great single target and Area of Effect damage so can be used in most situations.

Best Rogue endgame build

The best endgame build for the Rogue in Diablo 4 is the Death Trap Rogue which shares a lot of similarities with the Twisting Blades build. The good news is, you can keep your stats and skills from climbing to level 50, but once you reach the Paragon board, follow this path:

Paragon Board

• Starting board (activating Skillfull, Lawless, Resilience)
• Deadly Ambush board (Activating Trapper, Engineering, Cunning)
• Cheap Shot board (Activating Devious, Wiles, Safeguard, Oppress)
• Tricks of the Trade board (Activating Brawler, Focused, Havoc)
• No Witnessess board (Activating Knowledge, Training, Exploit)

Glyphs

Here are the Glyphs we’d recommend activating as your work through the Paragon board:

• Exploit
• Combat
• Diminish
• Turf
• Closer

So there you have it, the best Rogue builds in Diablo 4. For more Diablo 4 content, check out some of our other guides below:

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