Welcome to our Shadow Clone Rogue build guide! This build focuses on utilizing the powerful Shadow Clone ability to unleash devastating bursts of damage while maintaining a short cooldown with the help of the Preparation skill. This melee Rogue build excels in nightmare dungeons, allowing you to take on enemies that are significantly higher in level than you. In this guide, we'll cover all the essential aspects, including legendary items, gear, gems, specialization, and the Paragon board setup.

• Legendary Aspects
• Gear and Gem Choices
• Specialization
• Paragon Board Setup
• Conclusion

↖ Legendary Aspects

↖ Gear and Gem Choices

• Look for gear with defensive stats like maximum life, life on kill, and damage reduction to survive tougher encounters.
• Prioritize gear with dexterity to increase your damage output.
• Use gems that increase Critical Strike chance, Critical Strike damage, and damage to vulnerable enemies to maximize your damage potential.

↖ Specialization

• Puncture with vulnerability: Primary attack skill to apply vulnerability to enemies.
• Twisting Blades: Max out the ranks to apply days to enemies, making them unable to counterattack.
• Shadow Step with stun: For stunning high-priority targets and dealing bonus damage.
• Exploit and Maelstrom: Boost your damage against healthy and injured enemies, respectively.
• Shadow Imbuement with Blended Shadow: Provides vulnerability to all enemies hit by your imbued skills.

↖ Paragon Board Setup

• Combat Glyph: Socket in for 7.5% increased Critical Strike damage per five Intelligence in the area.
• No Witnesses Board: Focus on nodes that increase ultimate skill damage and your overall damage output.
• Tricks of the Trade Board: Take the exploit node for the vulnerability damage multiplier.
• Brawler: Prioritize the damage to close nodes and damage reduction for better survivability.

↖ Conclusion

The Diablo 4 Shadow Clone Rogue build is an incredibly fun and powerful melee build that thrives in nightmare dungeons. Utilizing the Shadow Clone ability and synergistic legendary items, you can unleash massive burst damage and dominate your enemies. Remember to focus on gear and gems that enhance your damage potential while providing enough survivability to withstand tough encounters. Now that you have all the information you need, dive into the game and start shredding your foes with this amazing build! Good luck, and happy hunting in Diablo 4!