TWISTING BLADES [5/5]

Your Main Damage dealer. Stabbing the Enemy will increase the Damage they take from you, so try to have it active at all times. Returning blades deal much more Damage and can proc Hits from behind, required for your Key Passive. Legendary Aspect makes them orbit and deal increased Damage based on the distance traveled, but don't go overboard with the distance as the high uptime matters much more. 

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Twisting Blades [1/1] - further improves the returning Damage. 
2. Advanced Twisting Blades [1/1] - reduces all your Cooldowns for each Enemy Hit by your returning projectiles. 

PUNCTURE [1/5]

A simple blade throw ability used to generate Energy and inflict status effects. 

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Puncture [1/1] - restores some Energy when you Hit Crowd Controlled Enemy. 
2. Fundamental Puncture [1/1] - adds 2 extra Projectiles for a total of 3. Hitting Enemies with 2 of them will make them Vulnerable. 

SHADOW STEP [1/5]

A quick dash to the targeted Enemy which also makes you Unstoppable. Used for mobility and to inflict status effects.

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Shadow Step [1/1] - grants you a burst of Critical Strike Chance against Shadow Stepped Enemy.
2. Methodical Shadow Step [1/1] - Stuns your target, which also boosts your Damage against them.

DASH [1/5]

Similar to the previous ability, a simple dash in the targeted direction. It also has the same function as the Shadow Step. 

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Dash [1/1] - increases Critical Strike Damage you deal to Enemies Hit by this ability. 
2. Disciplined Dash [1/1] - damaging Enemies will Slow them down, or inflict Daze if there were already Slowed.  

POISON TRAP [1/5]

Throws a Trap that activates after 1,25 seconds to release a poisonous cloud. Used to inflict CC and make Enemies be afflicted by Trap skill for the sake of other mechanics. 

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Poison Trap [1/1] - activating Poison Trap will Knock Down nearby Enemies. 

DARK SHROUD [1/5]

It is the Rogue's main Defensive Ability. It grants you Shrouds that reduce Damage taken by you. Be careful, as it will be quickly depleted if there are many Enemies around you. 

Modifiers:

1. Enhanced Dark Shroud [1/1] - grants a 10% chance to not consume Shroud when you take Damage.
2. Countering Dark Shroud [1/1] - grants you an 8% Critical Strike Chance if you manage to not lose Shrouds too quickly.  

SHADOW CLONE [1/1]

Your Ultimate Ability that greatly improves your burst Damage. Should be used once you have enough Resource Generation to stop using Puncture without slowing you down. 

Modifiers:

1. Prime Shadow Clone [1/1] - grants you the Unstoppable after you use this Skill.
2. Supreme Shadow Clone [1/1] - further improves the Damage of your Shadow Clones. 

STURDY [3/3]

SIPHONING STRIKES [3/3]

CONCUSSIVE [3/3]

TRICK ATTACKS [1/3]

WEAPON MASTERY [3/3]

EXPLOIT [3/3]

MALICE [3/3]

DEBILITATING TOXINS [3/3]

ALCHEMICAL ADVANTAGE [1/3]

INNERVATION [3/3]

TRAP MASTERY [3/3]

ADRENALINE RUSH [1/3]

HASTE [3/3]

MOMENTUM

INNER SIGHT

Your top priority on your Items is to get as much Critical Strike Chance and Damage as possible. Vulnerable Damage is also extremely useful, and you can get lots of it just for using the Crossbow. Your main Weapons should be two Swords, as they have much better bonuses than Daggers. Attack Speed and additional Ranks for Twisting Blades should also be pursued. You also can't forget about Resource Generation or Cost Reduction. After that, try to find any Damage increasing affix you can utilize. 
Defenses are also very important to ensure you can spend more time dealing Damage instead of avoiding smaller hits. Maximum Life and damage Reduction are both very important in that regard, while Elemental Resistances seem to be very underwhelming. Armour is also useful, but you will gain it naturally through the base item types anyway. 

To ensure the best Damage potential, you should Socket the Emeralds into your Weapons and burst Enemies when they are Vulnerable. In armor put either Ruby or Topaz, as you don't have reliable Unstoppable effects going on. Jewelry has no viable choices, it is always the Skulls that go there. 

OPTIONAL UNIQUE ITEMS

Andariel's Visage (Helmet) - a very good option for this Build. Attack Speed and Life Steal are valuable stats hardly find anywhere else, and Poison Nova ensures better uptime on Poison status. 

+All Stats

+Attack Speed

+Life Steal

+Poison Resistance

Lucky Hit: Up to a [15 - 20%] chance to trigger a poison nova that applies x Poisoning damage over 5 seconds to enemies in the area.

Penitent Greaves (Boots) - useful pair of Boots that ensure Chill on nearby Enemies and increase your Damage against Chilled enemies. 

+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. Bladedancer's Aspect after returning, your Twisting Blades will orbit around you, dealing additional Damage. You should imbue this Aspect on your Bow to get the extra effect. 
2. Blast-Trapper's Aspect is another very important Aspect, it grants you a chance to inflict Vulnerability on enemies affected by your Poison Trap. Try to get it on your Amulet. 
3. Aspect of the Umbral restores your Energy when you inflict any form of Crowd Control on the enemy. 

Optional Aspects

1. Accelerating Aspect landing a Critical Hit with Core skill will greatly improve your Attack Speed for 5 seconds.     
2. Aspect of Disobedience grants you tons of extra Armour to help with reducing incoming Damage.
3. Edgemaster's Aspect provides a very hefty amount of Damage based on your Resources.
4. Cheat's Aspect very potent defensive Aspect. Crowd Controlled enemies will deal much more Damage against you. 
5. Mangler's Aspect makes your Lucky Hits against Vulnerable enemies to sometimes Daze them, which then you can use to Knock them Down or just reduce the threat. 
6. Ghostwalker Aspect the occasional Unstoppable effect you gain from the Shadow Step will improve your Movement Speed and allow you to go through the enemies for a few seconds. 
7. Smiting Aspect increases your Critical Strike Chance against enemies with less than 20% of their maximum Life. Moreover, it increases the Duration of your Crowd Controlling effects.
8. Aspect of Siphoned Victuals increases your Life sustain by giving you a chance to drop Healing Potions when you damage a Vulnerable enemy. 

1st Board - Starting Board

Nodes - Take the Glyph Socket and path through the Damage to the first Gateway Node. Pick nearby small Nodes to fulfill the Glyph later.

Glyphs - Here you should put the Closer Glyph, which increases the Damage you deal with Twisting Blades and reduces the Damage you take as long as you wield a Sword. 

2nd Board - Deadly Ambush Board
Legendary Node in the Down Middle

Nodes - Deadly Ambush greatly increases your Critical Strike Damage against enemies affected by the Poison Trap. Engineering, Cunning, and Spring-loaded Nodes are very much worth your points here too. 

Glyphs - use the Diminish Glyph here, it will greatly enhance the effects of Cunning and Engineering Node effects. It also reduces the Damage you take from Vulnerable enemies. 

3rd Board - Cheap Shot Board
to the Right Side of the Deadly Ambush Board
Legendary Node on the Left side

Nodes - Cheap Shot greatly improves your Damage in AoE situations, however, it loses its effectiveness against single-target. Safeguard, Wiles, and Devious are the 3 Rare Nodes you should pick up here. 

Glyphs - Control Glyph grants you tons of Damage against Crowd Controlled enemies.  

4th Board - No Witnesses Board
below of the Cheap Shot Board
Legendary Node on the Down side

Nodes - it is a great Board for the Glyph that benefits from Strength. You can also pick up useful Training and Knowledge Nodes here. 

Glyphs - The Exploit Glyph grants you tons of Vulnerability Damage based on the Strength you can pick up in its radius. 

5th Board - Cunning Stratagem Board
to the right of the Cheap Shot
Legendary Node in the Down Right corner

Nodes - Pick the Lawless and Finisher Nodes here only. Smaller bonuses that grant Damage and Strength are also important. 

Glyphs - The Turf Glyph greatly enhances your close combat capabilities. 

6th Board - Exploit Weakness Board
above of the Cunning Stratagem Board
Legendary Node in the Down Left corner

Nodes - Artifice is a very powerful Rare Node. The Dosage is not bad but it is picked mostly to unlock the 7 Int Node which is used to power up the Glyph. 

Glyphs - The Combat Glyph not only improves your Damage with Core Skills, but it also causes your Critical Hits to restore some of the Energy Cost.

END NOTE

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