Alternative best Rogue builds in Diablo 4: Leveling & endgame

Is our best build guide not Roguish enough for you? Then here are some alternative best Rogue builds in Diablo 4, including both leveling and endgame.

Diablo 4 has lots of impressive builds for the Rogue, one of the original three Diablo classes who returns in Diablo 4 to show the Amazon and Demon Hunter classes how things are done. While we’ve already covered what we believe to be the best Rogue build in Diablo 4 for both leveling and endgame, below we’ve included some alternative builds that are also worth your time.

This way, you’ll have a choice when it comes to picking the best builds for the Rogue in Diablo 4, especially when it comes to choosing a leveling build, or a build to tackle the endgame – which is where the game really kicks in. Here’s our alternative best Rogue builds in Diablo 4.

Contents

• Best Diablo 4 Rogue build for leveling
• Best Diablo 4 Rogue build for endgame

Best Diablo 4 Rogue build for leveling

Diablo 4’s Rogue has lots of potent builds to use in the current meta, but we found the Penetrating Shot Rogue to be among the best when it comes to leveling.

Here are the skills you’ll need to select to craft this powerful build.

Level	Skill
2	Forceful Arrow
3	Enhanced Forceful Arrow
4	Penetrating Shot
5	Enhanced Penetrating Shot
6	Advanced Penetrating Shot
7	Fundamental Forceful Arrow
8	Dash
9	Enhanced Dash
10	Disciplined Dash
11	Penetrating Shot
12	Penetrating Shot
13	Dark Shroud
14	Enhanced Dark Shroud
15	Subverting Dark Shroud
16	Penetrating Shot
17	Penetrating Shot
18	Shadow Imbuement
19	Poison Imbuement
20	Shadow Crash
21	Consuming Shadow
22	Enhanced Shadow Imbuement
23	Blended Shadow Imbuement
24	‍Enhanced Poison Imbuement
25	Mixed Poison Imbuement
26	Adrenaline Rush
27	Haste
28	Haste
29	Haste
30	Precision Imbuement
31	Precision Imbuement
32	Precision Imbuement
33	Exploit
34	Exploit
35	Precision
36	Exploit
37	Malice
38	Malice
39	Malice
40	Weapon Mastery
41	Weapon Mastery
42	Weapon Mastery
43	Concussive
44	Concussive
45	Concussive
46	‍Poison Imbuement
47	‍Poison Imbuement
48	‍Poison Imbuement
49	‍Poison Imbuement
50	Paragon begins
1 – Renown	Stutter Step
2 – Renown	Stutter Step
3 – Renown	Stutter Step
4 – Renown	Innervation
5 – Renown	‍Innervation
6 – Renown	Innervation
7 – Renown	Rugged
8 – Renown	Reactive Defense
9 – Renown	Reactive Defense
10 – Renown	Reactive Defense

This build is a great one for cutting down Lilith’s minions in the main campaign, but once you enter the endgame, it may be time for a build with more longevity.

Best Rogue endgame build

Once you get past level 50 and have seen the ending of Diablo 4, things will then change as you’re into the endgame. This means the build you used to reach this point may no longer be sufficient, and to really make the most of the endgame content, you’ll need an endgame build.

Here’s one of the best endgame Rogue builds in Diablo 4 currently, the Barrage Rogue.

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

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

Endgame item build

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

Item name	Item type
‍Cheat’s Adventurer’s Helm	Helm
Adventurer’s Legendary Chest Armor	Chest Armor
Rapid Adventurer’s Gloves	Gloves
Adventurer’s Pants of Disobedience	Pants
Penitent Greaves	Boots
Edgemaster’s Buriza-do Kyanon	Main Hand
Condemnation x2	Offhand x2
Umbrous Amulet	Amulet
Accelerating Ring	Ring 1
Band of the Branching Volleys	Ring 2

So there you have it, two more quality Rogue builds for leveling and endgame. For more demon-hacking content, check out some of the other Diablo 4 guides we’ve put together for you:

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