Best Diablo 4 Rogue build for leveling, endgame & PvP in Season 1

Diablo 4’s Rogue has a variety of ranged and melee options, giving their playstyle a flexibility that other classes don’t possess. Here is the best Rogue build in Diablo 4 for leveling, endgame, and PvP in Season 1 that makes use of these skills.

Diablo 4‘s Rogue isn’t a new class to the series, but it was entirely omitted in the second and third entries. It was largely replaced by the Assassin, Amazon, and Demon Hunter classes, who used similar elements in their battle tactics, such as bows, traps, and stealth.

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 want to play as the Rogue. However, you’ll need a powerful build that makes use of the Rogue’s unique abilities. Here is the best Rogue build in Diablo 4 in the current meta for leveling, endgame, and PvP during Season 1.

Contents

• Best Rogue leveling build
• Best Rogue endgame build
• Best Rogue PvP build

Best Rogue leveling build in Diablo 4

The Rogue class is particularly versatile and you have a good choice of both ranged and close-quarters combat.

The Twisting Blades Rogue is an extremely powerful build that can clear a lot of enemies but also deal 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 mostly around the Twisting Blades ability, as well as a few others, each designed to cause a lot of damage and clear mobs of enemies.

Here’s how we recommend you build your Rogue out as you’re leveling.

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

Best Caged Hearts

Here are the best Caged Hearts to use for the Rogue Twisting Blades build in Season 1:

• Caged Heart of the Vile Apothecary
• Caged Heart of Revenge
• ‍Caged Heart of the Dark Dance
• ‍Caged Heart of the Malignant Pact
• ‍Caged Heart of the Picana

Legendary Aspects

While there are many great Legendary Aspects in the Codex of Power that will help this build, there are three in particular that you need to prioritize for this build. Here’s what they are and where to find them:

• Bladedancer’s Offensive Aspect (Jalal’s Vigil,
  Scosglen)
• Ravenous Resource Aspect (Shifting City,
  Dry Steppes)
• Edgemaster’s Offensive Aspect (Oldstones,
  Scosglen)

Each one will essentially buff your damage in various ways and make your Rogue build even more deadly.

We’d recommend not imprinting these Aspects on your weapons, as you’re likely to replace these many times on your Leveling journey. Instead, add offensive Aspects to your jewelry, this way, it can continue to serve you well into endgame.

Best Rogue endgame build

The best endgame build for the Rogue in Diablo 4 is the Barrage Rogue, a multishot specialist that’s very versatile and a build that revels in causing damage from afar. Remember, you’ll need to respec your stats to create the best Edgame build for the Rogue, but the good news is you’ll already have all your stat points unlocked. Below will show you where to allocate them, but you can mostly do it in any way you wish, the table is simply a guide.

In the current meta of Season 1, the Barrage Rogue is the best Endgame build you can use. Here’s how to assemble it:

Level	Skill
2	Invigorating Strike
3	Primary Invigorating Strike
4	Barrage
5	Enhanced Barrage
6	Improved Barrage
7	Fundamental Invigorating Strike
8	Shadow Step
9	Barrage
10	Barrage
11	Barrage
12	Barrage
13	Poison Trap
14	Enhanced Poison Trap
15	Dark Shroud
16	Enhanced Dark Shroud
17	Subverting Dark Shroud
18	‍Shadow Imbuement
19	Enhanced Shadow Imbuement
20	‍Blended Shadow Imbuement
21	Shadow Crash
22	Consuming Shadows
23	Consuming Shadows
24	Consuming Shadows
25	Innervation
26	Innervation
27	Innervation
28	Adrenaline Rush
29	Haste
30	Haste
31	Haste
32	Countering Poison Trap
33	Enhanced Shadow Step
34	Methodical Shadow Step
35	Precision
36	Trap Mastery
37	Trap Mastery
38	Trap Mastery
39	Exploit
40	Exploit
41	Exploit
42	‍Concussive
43	‍Concussive
44	‍Concussive
45	Sturdy
46	‍Siphoning Strikes
47	‍Siphoning Strikes
48	‍Siphoning Strikes
49	Malice
50	First Paragon point
1 – Renown	Malice
2 – Renown	Malice
3 – Renown	Deadly Venom
4 – Renown	Alchemical Advantage
5 – Renown	Debilitating Toxins
6 – Renown	Debilitating Toxins
7 – Renown	Debilitating Toxins
8 – Renown	Weapon Mastery
9 – Renown	Weapon Mastery
10 – Renown	Weapon Mastery

Paragon Board

Follow the below path on the Paragon board once your stat points have been allocated:

• 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:

Select at Level 15

• ‍Exploit
• ‍Combat
• ‍Ranger
• ‍Infusion
• ‍Canny

Select at Level 21

• ‍Exploit
• ‍Combat
• ‍Ranger
• ‍Infusion
• ‍Canny

Best Caged Hearts

Here are the best Caged Hearts to use for the Barrage Rogue build in Season 1:

• Caged Heart of the Vile Apothecary
• Caged Heart of Tempting Fate
• ‍Caged Heart of Trickery
• ‍Caged Heart of the Prudent Heart
• ‍Caged Heart of the Revenge
• Caged Heart of Cluster Munitions

Legendary Aspects

As this is an endgame build, it pays to unlock as many Legendary Aspects for the class as possible. Try to unlock the following Aspects as soon as possible in Season 1 to take advantage of their buffs, as each will have its own use within an endgame build:

• ‍Aspect of Branching Volleys in Shadowed Plunge (Hawezar)
• ‍Rapid Aspect in Buried Halls (Dry Stepps)
• ‍Eluding Aspect in Caldera (Fractured Peaks)
• ‍Disobedience in Halls of the Damned (Kehjistan)
• ‍Edgemaster’s in Oldstones (Scosglen)
• ‍Might in Dark Ravine (Dry Steppes)
• ‍Cheat’s in Luban’s Rest (Scosglen)
• ‍Aspect of the Expectant in Underroot (Scosglen)
• ‍Corruption in Renegade’s Retreat (Kehjistan)
• ‍Vengeful Aspect in Inferno (Kehjistan)
• Mangler’s (Unlocked through farming Helltides & Nightmare Dungeons)
• Umbrous Aspect (Available from Season 1 Journey, Chapter 4)

Endgame item build

Here are the items you should aim to equip for your endgame Rogue build in Diablo 4:

Item name	Item type
‍Chest Adventurer’s Helm	Helm
Adventurer’s Tunic of Might	Chest Armor
Rapid Adventurer’s Glove	Gloves
Adventurer’s Pants of Disobidience	Pants
Penitent Grieves	Boots
Edgemaster’s Buriza-Do Kyanon	Main Hand
Barbed Sword of Corruption / Condemnation	Offhand
Umbrous Amulet	Amulet
Band of the Expectant	Ring 1
Band of Branching Volleys	Ring 2

Best Rogue PvP build

The best PvP Rogue build in Diablo 4 in the current meta is also the Twisting Blades Rogue. Therefore, to make the best possible Rogue for PvP battles in Diablo 4 then craft the Leveling build above, and combine it with items and Paragon information from the Endgame build.

This is likely to change as Season 1 of Diablo 4 goes on, but for now, the Twisting Blade Rogue is the best build to use in PvP.

If you’re not feeling these builds, check out our alternative Rogue builds guide.

So there you have it, the best Rogue builds in Diablo 4 Season 1. For more Diablo 4 content, check out some of our other guides below:

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