Welcome to our Diablo 4 guide! In this article, we'll be covering the Nightmare Poison Imbued Twisting Blades Rogue build. This build focuses on maximizing the effectiveness of the Twisting Blades skill while incorporating poison damage to weaken enemies over time. We'll provide an overview of the skills and gear setup, along with some tips for optimizing your character's performance.

 

• Build Link
• Skill Selection
• Gear Setup
• - Helmet
• - Chest Plate
• - Gloves
• - Pants
• - Boots
• - Amulet
• - Rings
• - Weapons
• Skill Tree and Paragon Board
• Paragon Board
• Future Builds

 

 

↖ Build Link

https://d4builds.gg/builds/211deb0e-d65f-4868-9bf1-691881d849d3/

 

↖ Skill Selection

• Twisting Blades (Primary Skill)
• Deep Dash
• Death Trap
• Dark Shroud
• Puncture (with Combo Points)

Before we delve into the specifics of the build, it's important to note that the skill selection can be customized based on your playstyle. The recommended skills are what we found to work well, but feel free to experiment and adjust according to your preferences.

 

↖ Gear Setup

↖ - Helmet

• Ranks to Poison Imbuement
• Armor Percent
• Cooldown Reduction
• Max Life
• Ideally, Ambrose Aspect (Cheats Aspect can be used as an alternative)

 

↖ - Chest Plate

• Damage Reduction
• Damage Reduction from Close
• Armor Percent
• Life
• Disobedience Aspect

 

↖ - Gloves

• Critical Chance
• Attack Speed
• Ranks to Twisting Blades
• Lucky Hit Chance
• Accelerating Aspect

 

↖ - Pants

• Damage Reduction from Close
• Damage Reduction
• Life
• Damage Reduction from Distance or Damage Reduction while Injured
• Might Aspect

 

↖ - Boots

• Pennington Greaves (Best in Slot) or Legendary Boots with:
• Movement Speed
• Energy Cost Reduction
• Dexterity
• Noxious Ice Aspect (for damage bonuses against chilled enemies)

 

↖ - Amulet

• Ranks to Malice
• Movement Speed
• Damage Reduction
• Last roll: Ranks to Immediate Skill Dexterity Percent or Cooldown Percent
• Aspect: Aspect of Corruption

 

↖ - Rings

• Critical Chance
• Critical Damage
• Bonus Damage
• Lucky Hit Chance
• If more survivability is needed, replace Lucky Hit Chance with Life
• Aspects: Energizing and Bursting Venoms (provides minimal cooldown on Poison Imbuement)

 

↖ - Weapons

Crossbow:

• Core Damage
• Critical Damage
• Bonus Damage
• Dexterity
• Item Power is not crucial
• Aim for at least 725 item power

 

Sword:

• Critical Damage
• Core Damage
• Vault Damage
• Dexterity
• High item power
• Rapid Aspect

 

Off-hand:

• Condemnation (Unique Dagger)
• Alternatively, another sword with the same stats as the previous sword
• Edge Masters Aspect

 

↖ Skill Tree and Paragon Board

The article doesn't go into detail about the entire skill tree, but it emphasizes the importance of Poison Imbuement. While running dungeons, the main purpose of Poison Imbuement is to reduce enemy damage output and increase attack speed when engaging packs. Maxing out Poison Imbuement only significantly benefits boss damage, which feels sufficient in dungeons. Therefore, the additional skill points can be invested in other passive nodes for a smoother overall experience. Feel free to experiment and adjust according to your preferences.

 

↖ Paragon Board

Use Chip for Physical Damage to increase Twisting Blades' base damage, consequently boosting Poison Imbuement damage.

It's worth noting that using Bane for increased poison damage or Canny for more damage against poison targets didn't yield satisfactory results in the author's testing.

You can experiment with other options and share your findings for potential improvements.

 

↖ Future Builds

The article briefly mentions upcoming builds, including a Shadow-Imbued Twisting Blades build and a Ranged Road build. Stay tuned for more exciting builds and experimentation!