Best Diablo 4 Twisting Blades Rogue builds in Season 6

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Gut your enemies with quick ferocity using the Twisting Blades Rogue class build in Season 6 of Diablo 4. No matter if you’re in the leveling or endgame phase, and even in the PvP Fields of Hatred.

The Twisting Blades Rogue is one of the fastest Rogue builds you can make in this season. With a focus on dashing to and from enemies around the battlefield, you’ll wipe them out before you can even blink.

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To make the best Twisting Blades Rogue, you need the right gear, skills, Aspects, and Glyphs, so here’s everything you need to know when crafting this build in Diablo 4.

Best Twisting Blades Rogue Skills

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Now that you’ve made it to the endgame, and hopefully completed the Of Lambs and Wolves questline, you can transform your leveling build into one meant for the endgame. Although it isn’t too different, there are some major changes that will shape how you tackle endgame activities.

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Active Skills

Active SkillUpgradesPoints Allocated
PunctureEnhanced, Fundamental1
Blade ShiftEnhanced1
Twisting BladesEnhanced, Advanced5
Shadow StepEnhanced, Methodical1
DashEnhanced, Methodical1
Dark ShroudEnhanced, Countering5
Poison ImbuementEnhanced, Mixed5
Death TrapPrime, Supreme5

While we’re keeping around Twisting Blades, Shadow Step, Dash, and Poison Imbuement, our new skills here are Blade Shift, Dark Shroud, and Death Trap.

Blade Shift is your replacement for Puncture, but this time it makes you Unhindered and grants a movement speed boost. Then we gain a Subterfuge Skill which is Dark Shroud, and this also increases your movement speed while increasing your Critical Strike Chance.

Finally, Death Trap is an Ultimate Skill that pulls enemies into the trap and detonates. What’s even better is that if it kills an enemy, the Cooldown reduces by 12 seconds.

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Passive Skills

Passive SkillPoints Allocated
Sturdy3
Siphoning Strikes3
Unstable Elixirs3
Rugged3
Exploit3
Malice3
Deadly Venom3
Frigid Finesse3
Debilitating Toxins1
Alchemical Advantage3
Second Wind3
Innervation3
Alchemical Admixture1

We’ll be acquiring a lot more Passive Skills in the endgame version of the Twisting Blades Rogue build. We have skills like Siphoning Strikes which makes Critical Strikes on close enemies have a chance to heal you for better survivability.

There are also new skills like Deadly Venom and Alchemical Advantage that increase Poison damage while boosting attack speed and Lucky Hit Chance when dealing said damage.

Best Specialization for endgame

Just like the leveling build, you’ll want to continue to use the Combo Points Specialization. Casting Blade Shift three times will generate three combo points, which you can then unleash with Twisting Blades for incredible damage.

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You’ll need a powerful Specialization like this one to survive in the Nightmare Dungeons and The Pit during the endgame phase.

Best rotation

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  • Poison Imbuement
  • Shadow Step
  • Blade Shift x3
  • Twisting Blades
  • Dash
  • Death Trap

This is a good example of an endgame rotation you can use as a Twisting Blades Rogue. Start off with a Poison Imbuement, which will imbue your Shadow Step to deal extra damage.

Now you can generate those Combo Points by using Blade Shift three times. Consume the points with Twisting Blades for a barrage of impaling blades on your enemies, which is also imbued with your poison.

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Now you can Dash through enemies to increase your Critical Strike Chance, and finally use Death Trap for the final big attack. You’ll hope that this kills enemies so your Cooldown of this Ultimate is reduced.

Best Legendary Aspects

While you’ve already collected some great Legendary Aspects during the leveling phase, there is still a lot more to discover around Sanctuary. Get these aspects to enhance your gear even further:

AspectPowerDungeonRegionObol Gamble
Aspect of DisobedienceYou gain increased Armor for a few seconds when you deal any form of damage, which can stack.Halls of the DamnedKehjistanPants
Rapid AspectBasic Skills gain increased attack speed.Buried HallsDry SteppesOffhands
Aspect of Nebulous BrewsUsing a Healing Potions grants extra movement speed for a couple of seconds, and you can now drink them at full life. Also, every 20 meters you travel you spawn a potion.Boots
Aspect of Volatile ShadowsWhen a Dark Shroud shadow is removed you trigger an explosion that deals Shadow damage and applies Shadow Imbuement to each enemy it hits.Ancient’s LamentDry SteppesOffhands
Galvanized Slasher’s AspectDamaging an enemy with a Mobility Skill has a chance to fully restore your Energy. Your max Energy also increases.Rings

Best Paragon Board Glyphs

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Upon reaching level 50, your Rogue will start to earn Paragon Points instead of skill points. You can invest these in your Paragon Board to further enhance your endgame build.

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While there are plenty of Glyphs you can find across Sanctuary to add to your boards, we only recommend a few for your Twisting Blades Rogue.

  • Tracker
  • Efficacy
  • Versatility
  • Control
  • Bane

These are the recommended Glyphs for this type of Rogue. They all improve different aspects of your build, such as Imbuement potency and damage output.

Best Mercenaries

For a Twisting Blades Rogue, the ideal mercenaries are Subo (Hired) and Raheir (Reinforcement). Subo’s abilities are perfect for exploration and combat efficiency: he reveals enemies and materials on the minimap. His Ambusher passive boosts your Lucky Hit Chance, which is great for increasing Arrow Storm procs, while Scorched Earth enhances your Damage over Time effects.

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Raheir, with his Bastion skill, provides additional defense when needed, which makes him a strong reinforcement choice during intense fights.

Best Twisting Blades Rogue item build

You’ll find many gear items throughout your time in Diablo 4, but only some of them have abilities that will help grow your Twisting Blades Rogue build. Some of these are Legendary items, while others are Unique items.

ItemSocketItem TypePower
Harlequin Crest2 Emerads for DexterityHelmGain 20% Damage Reduction and +4 Ranks to all Skills.
Shroud of False Death2 Emerads for DexterityChest ArmorIf you haven’t dealt damage in the last 2 seconds, gain Stealth and 40% Movement Speed.
Fists of FateGlovesYour attacks randomly deal a random percentage of their normal damage.
Eyes in the DarkRuby for extra lifePantsDeath Trap deals increased damage and will rearm itself once after activating.
Beastfall BootsBootsWhen you cast an Ultimate, your next Core Skill consumes all of your Energy and deals increased damage per Energy consumed. Also, using a Cooldown restores Energy.
Warcaster of ElementsPocLacMain weaponGain 70% increased damage to a set of damage types for 7 seconds. This effect alternates between 2 sets: Fire, Lightning, and Physical, and Cold, Poison and Shadow
CondemnationDiamond for extra Ultimate damageOffhand 1Your Core Skills deal increased damage when spending three Combo Points. Your Basic Skills using this weapon have a chance to generate three Combo Points.
Sica of Bursting VenomsDiamond for extra Ultimate damageOffhand 2Poison Imbued skills have a chance to create a toxic pool that deals Poisoning damage over a few seconds. While standing in the pool, your Poison Imbuement skill has no Cooldown and no charge limit.
Chain of CorruptionDiamond for extra resistance to all elementsAmuletYour Imbuement skill effects have increased potency against Vulnerable enemies.
Bladedancer’s RingDiamond for extra resistance to all elementsRing 1Twisting Blades orbit for a short time after they return to you, dealing a percentage of Twisting Blades’ return damage per hit.
Ring of RetributionDiamond for extra resistance to all elementsRing 2Distant enemies have a chance to be Stunned for a couple of seconds when they hit you. Also, you deal increased damage to Stunned or Knocked enemies.

How to build Twisting Blades Rogue for PvP

We would recommend the Twisting Blades Rogue build for the PvP Fields of Hatred. This build revolves mostly around single-target damage, especially with the Twisting Blades skill targeting a single enemy.

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Although this type of Rogue is decent at PvP, we’d highly recommend trying out the Barrage Rogue. They excel in this fast-paced environment compared to the Twisting Blades build.

Now that you know how to craft this top-tier Necromancer build, make sure to check out our guides for the Druid, Sorcerer, Rogue, Barbarian, and Spirtiborn