PUNCTURE [1/5]

Puncture is the recommended basic attack used to generate Energy. It's the fastest generator allowing you to quickly attack several times in quick succession, and apply Vulnerability at the same time, for a very powerful debuff. Hardcore players may consider using Forceful Arrow which generates less Energy, but also applies Vulnerable debuff, but has a higher range, allowing you to keep after distance. 

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Puncture [1/1] - grants you 2 Energy when you kill a crowd-controlled enemy
2. Fundamental Puncture [1/1] - makes you throw 3 blades instead, applying Vulnerable to enemies hit by two of them at once

PENETRATING SHOT [5/5]

Penetrating Shot is one of the two main DPS abilities that you are going to use in this build. It pierces all targets in a straight line, making it best for clearing multiple enemies with each hit, boosting your clear speed and AoE damage. 

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Penetrating Shot [1/1] - increases the damage of Penetrating Shot by 10% for each enemy it pierced
2. Improved Penetrating Shot [1/1] - if you hit three enemies with Penetrating Shot, its next cast will have 20% increased chance to Critically Strike

RAPID FIRE [5/5]

Rapid Fire is mainly used versus Bosses and tougher enemies. It deals the highest single-target DPS out of all available skills in this particular setup, by firing multiple arrows in a quick succession. 

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Rapid Fire [1/1] - increases the Critical Strike Chance with each consecutive arrow fired, up to 40%
2. Advanced Rapid Fire [1/1] - increases the Critical Strike Chance of Rapid Fire by 30%  for a short duration after you Evade. During the leveling/early game, you might prefer using Improved Rapid Fire for extra Energy generation, allowing you to spam it versus Bosses, but that's entirely optional

DASH [1/5]

Dash will be your core movement Skill, allowing you to nearly instantly travel long distances or avoid big incoming damage spikes. It's one of  the reasons this build is so extremely fast and offers a smooth leveling experience

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Rapid Fire [1/1] - enemies damaged by Dash will be more likely to be Critically Struck for  5 seconds

CONCEALMENT [1/5]

A very good defense/utility skill that grants you improved Stealth for a short duration. It doesn't end when you take damage, grants increased movement speed, and allow you to move freely through enemies. It's great when you want to quickly move to a safer spot during combat. 

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Concealment [1/1] - grants you 40 Energy when used
2. Countering Concealment [1/1] - makes Skills that break your Concealment to be guaranteed Critical Strikes

DARK SHROUD [1/5]

Another extremely important defensive buff that should be basically used whenever off-cooldown if you don't have all 5 shadows protecting you. Each Shadow grants damage reduction and is removed when you take damage from a hit. 

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Dark Shroud [1/1] - each shadow gets 10% chance not to be consumed when you take damage
2. Subverting Dark Shroud [1/1] - shadows will also increase your Movement Speed

POISON IMBUEMENT [5/5]

Poison Imbuement is a build-defining ability that causes your Penetrating Shot and Rapid Fire to deal tons of additional Poison damage to enemies hit. It's mandatory to have 5 Points allocated here

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Poison Imbuement [1/1] - increases the duration of this buff by 1 second
2. Blended Poison Imbuement [1/1] - Critical Strikes deal while the buff is active, will deal 75% increased Poison damage

STUTTER STEP [3/3]

EXPLOIT [3/3]

Grants you up to 18% increased damage against Injured and Healthy enemies

MALICE [3/3]

PRECISION IMBUEMENT [3/3]

DEADLY VENOM [3/3]

DEBILITATING TOXINS [3/3]

INNERVATION [3/3]

ADRENALINE RUSH [1/3]

HASTE [3/3]

PRECISION [1/1]

SHADOW IMBUEMENT [x/5]

This can be optionally used in some variants of this build, but most notably it can be a great addition when leveling up your characters. You should be able to use both Imbuement skills alternately whenever they go off cooldown

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Shadow Imbuement [1/1] - increases your Critical Strike chance against injured enemies
2. Mixed Shadow Imbuement [1/1] - enemies affected by your Shadow Imbuement will take 12% increased non-physical damage from your abilities

Combo Points

In such an early stage of the game, we are not going to rely on Unique Items so it will be all about increasing the core/desired stats on your Rare gear. This build uses a Ranged weapon to deal damage, so you are looking to get one with the highest DPS stats, and the One-handers are used solely as "stat sticks" offering various bonuses to your global damage, and possibly additional Sockets. On the gear you should look for the following stats:

1. Ranged Weapons - high base DPS, Bonus Damage with Core Skills, Vulnerable Damage, Socket
2. One-handers - Cooldown Reduction, Vulnerable Damage, Critical Strike Damage
3. Helm - Cooldown Reduction, Max Resource, All Stats, Attack Speed/Basic Skill Attack Speed
4. Armor - Damage Reduction from Distant enemies, Damage with Ranged Weapons, Marksman Skill Damage
5. Gloves - Level of Penetrating Shot/Rapid Fire, Critical Strike Chance and Damage, All Stats
6. Pants - Imbuement Skill Cooldown Reduction, Dodge, Damage Reduction, Maximum Life, Level of Dark Shroud
7. Boots - Movement Speed, Dodge, Energy Cost Reduction, Resistances, All Stats
8. Amulet - Marksman Skill Damage, Energy Cost Reduction, Damage with Ranged Weapons, Resistances 
9. Rings - Critical Strike Chance and Damage, Vulnerable Damage, Resistances

In the Sockets, it's best to use Emeralds in the Weapon, Rubies in Armor, and Skul in your Jewelry. Try avoiding upgrading your Armor pieces and Jewelry at the Blacksmith during the leveling. Only upgrade the Ranged Weapon early on, and one when really needed

RECOMMENDED UNIQUE ITEMS

Harlequin Crest (Helm) - one of the most popular helmets in the entire Diablo series. It offers extremely valuable stats for basically all of the builds in the game and tons of damage reduction. While we didn't have a chance to test the impact of amplifiers to the level of all Skills in Diablo 4 yet compared to your regular DPS/Attack stats this build normally offers, the Cooldown Reduction is among the most important stats for this build, and you can't be wrong using this helmet for your build

+Maximum Life

+Cooldown Reduction

+Crafting Material Find

+All Stats

+Gain [10.0 - 20.0%] Damage Reduction. In addition, gain +4 Ranks to all Skills.

Penitent Greaves (Boots) - an amazing pair of boots with tons of crowd control-related bonuses. These pair will allow you to chill enemies constantly, and increase your damage against such enemies.   It also increases the duration of your CC effects on enemies and reduces the slow duration on you (and getting CC'ed is one of the biggest threats for this Rogue build)

+Dodge Chance while Evading

+Movement Speed

+Crowd Control Duration

+Reduced Duration of Enemy Slow

+Cold Resistance

+You leave behind a trail of frost that Chills enemies. You deal [7 - 10%] more damage to Chilled enemies.

CODEX OF POWER
Legendary Aspects

Mandatory/Heavily recommended Aspects

1. Eluding Aspect that grants you the Unstoppable buff for 4 seconds when you get Injured while CC'ed for 4 seconds. This effect has a 20-40 sec cooldown and can be unlocked by completing the Calder Gate in Fractured Peaks
2. Trickshot Aspect - causing additional arrows to fire when your Penetrating Shot hits an enemy, massively boosting your clear speed and this skill's AoE potential. This Aspect gets unlocked by completing the Bastion of Faith in Hawezar
3. Aspect of Corruption - increases the potency of your Imbuement Skills against Vulnerable enemies by 20-40%. Unlocked by completing Renegade's Retreat in Kehjistan
4. Aspect of Might - grants 20% damage reduction for 2-6 seconds after using Basic Skills. You are going to constantly generate Energy and apply the Vulnerable effect with those, so the buff is nearly permanent. Unlock it by completing Dark Ravine in Dry Steppes

Optional Aspects

1. Offensive Aspect of Arrow Storms - grants a high Lucky Hit Chance for your Marksman Skills to trigger Arrow Storms at the enemy's location, dealing extra Physical damage over time. Can be obtained by completing the Dungeon Howling Warren in Scosglen
2. Defensive Aspect of the Protector - when you damage an Elite enemy, you will receive a protective barrier that will absorb a small portion of incoming damage. A great defensive utility bonus that can be obtained from Fractured Peaks in the early game. Pairs up well with Conceited Offensive Aspect that can increase your damage by up to 25% when you are protected by a barrier
3. Vengeful Aspect - applying a Vulnerable to enemies has up to 50% chance to increase your Critical Strike Chance by 3% (stacking up to 9%). Can be unlocked in Inferno in Kehjistan
4. Rapid Aspect - increase the Attack Speed of your Basic attacks by up to 30%. Unlocked in Buried Halls in the Dark Steppes
5. Energizing Resource Aspect - Basic attacks against Elite enemies will generate additional Energy. A great way to generate extra Energy against Bosses and single-targets. Can be obtained from the Dungeon Sanguine Chapel in Fractured Peaks
6. Edgemaster's Aspect - increases the damage of your Skills by 10-20% depending on the level of your primary resource, giving you the highest bonus when you are on full Energy. Unlocked in Oldstones in Scosglen
7. Windstriker Mobility Aspect -  has a similar effect to your Stutter Step Passive, further boosting your Movement Speed for a short duration after a Critical Strike. Can be obtained from Shivta Ruins in Kehjistan

1st Board - Starting Board

Nodes - Pick up Dexterity nodes around the Glyph with some additional Life, Damage, Armor, and Intelligence nodes

Glyphs - Ranger Glyph is excellent, it increases your damage for each 5 Dexterity in radius, and reduces damage taken by 10% when you are wielding a Ranged weapon

2nd Board - Exploit Weakness

Nodes - Allocate the Legendary node - Exploit Weakness which increases your damage against Vulnerable enemies by up to 15%. Also depending on the Glyph used, you might want to allocate corresponding attributes there

Glyphs - Combat Glyph increases your Critical Strike Damage with Core Skills for each 5 Intelligence in radius

3rd Board - No Witnesses

Nodes - just take the quickest route through the bottom/right side to next Tree, and allocate all available Intelligence Points in the radius of your Glyph

Glyphs - Tracker Glyph grants you increased damage against Poison enemies for each 5 Points of Intelligece your purchased in the radius

4th Board - Cunning Strategem

Nodes - Get the Legendary node which increases non-damage Combo Point bonuses when you spend 3 Combo Points. We have selected the Exploit Glyph here, so we had to prioritize Strenght bonuses in the radius

Glyphs - Exploit Glyph increases the damage you deal to Vulnerable targets per each 5 Strength in radius. It also helps to apply Vulnerable debuff on enemies as an extra effect

5th Board - Tricks of the Trade

Nodes - Get the Legendary node which will make your Marksman deal 25% increased damage after you Dash. It is also recommended to allocate Havoc, Lawless, and Focused Rare nodes

Glyphs - Chip Glyph increases your Physical damage for each 5 Dexterity in radius. Additionally, physical damage increases damage taken by affected enemies by up to 10%

END NOTE

This is the beta version of our Poison Marksman Rogue Build for Diablo 4. The game has just launched so we expect all of the Guides will require constant updates when we get to test all the builds properly. Make sure to check out the Guides regularly to keep track of all the changes!

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