This D4 Penetrating Shot Rogue Build is a nod to the old Diablo 2 Bowazon. Our basic and core attacks are both bow abilities allowing us to delete enemies from afar.
With this build you will set up and unload, oftentimes killing everything on your screen with a single Impaling Shot. Diablo 4 Rogues are in good shape!
D4 PENETRATING SHOT ROGUE BUILD INDEX
D4 PENETRATING SHOT ROGUE PROS / CONS
- Great AOE Damage
- Easy to set up
- Easy Rotation
- Slightly Less Single Target Damage
D4 PENETRATING SHOT ROGUE VIDEO GUIDE
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PENETRATING SHOT ROGUE SKILLS & PASSIVES
BASIC ABILITY
The first ability your Bow Rogue will unlock, used to apply vulnerable and damage the enemy. Grab this ability and these two passives.


Requires a Ranged weapon






CORE ABILITY
Penetrating Shot will be this Rogue’s primary damage dealing ability. This ability will feel solid right away, but will really start to shine when you unlock Shadow Imbuement or a relevant legendary.


Lucky Hit Chance: 50%
Requires a Ranged weapon




AGILITY ABILITY
Our agility ability is a gap-maker for this Diablo 4 Rogue build. It separates us from our enemies and debuffs them at the same time so we can do more damage to them.


Charge Cooldown: 12 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 25%




SUBTERFUGE ABILITY
Here we’re going to grab a couple of abilities! Concealment can be use to break from from stuns, snares and other crowd control abilities that are likely to kill you. Grab this ability and these two passives.


Concealment also makes you Unstoppable grants +30% Movement Speed, and allows you to move freely through enemies for its duration.
Using an attack Skill during Concealment will break Concealment.




IMBUEMENT ABILITY
This D4 rogue build uses the Shadow Imbuement to create a massive chain effect of damage capable of clearing entire screens full of enemies.


Lucky Hit Chance: 33%
If the infection expires before the enemy dies, it will deal 40% damage to only that enemy.




ULTIMATE ABILITY
To keep with the bowazon theme, and also because it melts enemies, we’ll be taking Rain of arrows as our ultimate on this Penetrating Shot Rogue build.


Lucky Hit Chance: 2%
Requires a Ranged weapon




D4 PENETRATING SHOT ROGUE CLASS MECHANIC

This build will take the Combo Point Stance from the Class Mechanic System. This will allow you to collect up to 3 points, each one adding additional damage to your Penetrating shot when you let it rip.
With 3 Combo points, your penetrating shot does nearly 200% damage!
D4 PENETRATING SHOT ROGUE SKILL POINT ORDER
You get one point every time you level. So at level 2 on your first character you will be spending point #1. At level 5 you will be spending point #4.
When you earn your first renown you will have the same number of skill points as levels.
Beyond that you will have to do some quick math to know how many points you’ve earned from renown and how many points you have earned from levels to know which part of this you are on.
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PENETRATING SHOT ROGUE ROTATION
1


Requires a Ranged weapon
Use your Forceful Arrow 3 times to charge up your 3 Combo Points
2


Charge Cooldown: 12 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 25%
Throw down your caltrops to debuff the enemies and slow them down
3


Lucky Hit Chance: 33%
If the infection expires before the enemy dies, it will deal 40% damage to only that enemy.
Use Shadow Imbuement on your weapon.
4


Concealment also makes you Unstoppable grants +30% Movement Speed, and allows you to move freely through enemies for its duration.
Using an attack Skill during Concealment will break Concealment.
You can use Conceal for the guaranteed crit coming out of it, or save it for resource regen and safety.
5


Lucky Hit Chance: 2%
Requires a Ranged weapon
If you are fighting an elite or boss, fire off your Rain of Arrows. Otherwise save it for a meaty enemy.
6


Lucky Hit Chance: 50%
Requires a Ranged weapon
Fire your Penetrating Shot into the crowd as many times as necessary.
PENETRATING SHOT ROGUE LEGENDARY ASPECTS
The best aspects and Legendaries will be listed below for the Penetrating Shot Rogue, broken into their different types. You can only benefit from one aspect at a time, so don’t try to wear two of the same aspect.
CODEX OF POWER
These Legendary Aspects can be target farmed by simply completing the Dungeon they are located in. Once completed the aspect will appear in your codex of power for you to use as any time you want.














CODEX - ROGUE SPECIFIC


















LEGENDARY ITEMS
These are the legendary aspect that can only be found as a drop in the game. You must kill enemies and bosses until you get these legendary items to drop.






RANDOM DROPS - ROGUE SPECIFIC




UNIQUE ITEMS
These are the unique items you should look out for. These won’t start dropping until you reach Tier 3 Difficulty, known as Nightmare.