Diablo 4’s Season of Witchcraft has seen a lot of good changes for the Rogue class, with players already figuring out some optimized builds that are great for leveling and the endgame. Here are the top builds for Rogue to try out for Season 7.
Best Leveling Build: Barrage Rogue
This build hinges on the Barrage core skill being a primary source of damage for your Rogue as it does well for both AoE and single target burst damage. Shadow and Poison Imbuements are there for exploiting enemy weaknesses so you can adapt to different monster types, while Dash and Dark Shroud are your defensive skills for avoiding lethal damage. For the skill tree, you’ll want to invest points in the following nodes:
- Puncture
- Enhanced Puncture and Fundamental Puncture
- 5 points in Barrage
- Enhanced Barrage and Advanced Barrage
- 3 points in Stutter Step
- 3 points in Target Practice
- 3 points in Sturdy
- Siphoning Strikes
- 3 points in Rugged
- Reactive Defense
- Dash
- Enhanced Dash and Methodical Dash
- Balestra
- 3 points in Unstable Elixirs
- 3 points in Weapon Mastery
- 5 points in Dark Shroud
- Enhanced Dark Shroud and Countering Dark Shroud
- 3 points in Exploit
- 3 points in Malice
- 3 points in Deadeye
- Shadow Imbuement
- Consuming Shadows, Enhanced Shadow Imbuement and Blended Shadow Imbuement
- Poison Imbuement
- Enhanced Poison Imbuement and Blended Poison Imbuement
- 3 points in Precision Imbuement
- Innervation
- 3 points in Haste
- Precision
As for Legendary Aspects that you will need for this build, slot these in the following gear pieces:
- Helmet: Aspect of the Protector
- Chest: Aspect of Might
- Bow: Aspect of Corruption
- Dagger #1: Vengeful Aspect
- Dagger #2: Edgemaster’s Aspect
- Gloves: Rapid Aspect
- Pants: Aspect of Disobedience
- Boots: Wind Striker Aspect
- Ring #1: Aspect of the Expectant
- Ring #2: Aspect of Arrow Storms
- Amulet: Aspect of Branching Volleys
Best Endgame Build: Rain of Arrows Rogue
Ultimate skills have been given a significant buff for this season, and Rain of Arrows is no exception. This skill has powerful DPS potential while also having enough AoE to burst down a horde of mobs. Here are the skills you’ll need to invest in to get started:
- Heartseeker
- Enhanced Heartseeker and Fundamental Heartseeker
- 3 points in Sturdy
- 3 points in Flurry
- Enhanced Flurry and Improved Flurry
- Shadow Step
- Dash
- Enhanced Dash and Methodical Dash
- 3 points in Unstable Elixirs
- 3 points in Weapon Mastery
- 3 points in Trick Attacks
- 5 points in Dark Shroud
- Enhanced Dark Shroud and Countering Dark Shroud
- 3 points in Exploit
- 3 points in Malice
- 5 points in Shadow Imbuement
- Enhanced Shadow Imbuement and Mixed Shadow Imbuement
- 5 points in Cold Imbuement
- Enhanced Cold Imbuement and Mixed Cold Imbuement
- 3 points in Deadeye
- Deadly Venom
- 3 points in Debilitating Toxins
- 3 points in Alchemical Advantage
- 5 points in Rain of Arrows
- Prime Rain of Arrows and Supreme Rain of Arrows
- 3 points in Aftermath
- 3 points in Unto Dawn
- Precision
As for gear, you will want to equip the following:
- Helmet: Heir of Perdition
- Chest: Shroud of False Death
- Bow: Skyhunter
- Dagger #1: Aspect of Arrow Storms
- Dagger #2: Vengeful Aspect
- Gloves: Conceited Aspect
- Pants: Frostbitten Aspect
- Boots: Beastfall Boots
- Ring#1: Vehement Brawler’s Aspect
- Ring #2: Aspect of Apogeic Furor
- Amulet: Word of Hakan
Ideally, you should slot the best Emeralds you have for maximum Dexterity for your Legendary armor. As for accessories, slot in a Dust Stone, Voice of the Stars, and Wicked Pact for your Occult Gems.
For your Mercenary, select Raheir and select the following skills:
- Ground Slam
- Raheir’s Aegis
- Bastion
- Inspiration
- Rain of Arrows (Opportunity)
- Varyana (Bloodthirst)
Lastly, for your Witch Powers, take the following:
- Piranhado
- Purging Touch
- Breath of the Coven
- Aura of Misfortune
- Soul Harvest
- Hex of Flames
For your Mythical Uniques, slot in Zan and Vex for Heir of Perdition to get +1 ranks to all your skills, then slot in Poc and Ohm for Shroud of False Death to get a free Barbarian War Cry.
These Uniques will go a long way into spamming your Rain of Arrows with little downtime, as these helps generate Energy to reset your Ultimate cooldown.
Lastly, your skill rotation to proc all your passives correctly and get maximum damage should be used in this order:
- Cast Arrow Storm
- Attack 3 times with Heartseeker
- Cast Flurry for cooldown refresh
- Cast Rain of Arrows again
