The Rogue is one of the classes that you can choose in Diablo 4. This character is akin to the Assassin, Amazon, and Demon Hunter rolled into one agile combatant. Here’s our Diablo 4 Rogue skills overview guide to help you with various abilities that you can unlock.
The Diablo 4 Rogue skills can be subdivided into several categories:
Additionally, the Diablo 4 Rogue uses energy as a resource, which regenerates over time. Moreover, there’s the Imbuement mechanic, where some attacks are infused with shadow, poison, or cold effects to make them deadlier.
Likewise, the classes in the game use tiers/groupings for each skill and talent, unlocked once you’ve spent enough skill points. We list these in the sections below based on connected nodes/upgrades. Lastly, you can take a look at our separate article regarding Rogue talents/passives.
Basic skills are always available to cast. They deal fairly low damage, but are your bread-and-butter abilities.
Invigorating Strike (dual-wield) – Deals damage and improves energy regeneration.
Blade Shift (dual-wield) – Do a quick stab while moving through enemies.
Puncture (dual-wield) – Throw blades at a short distance; every third cast will slow enemies; critical hits will always slow.
Heartseeker (ranged weapon) – Fire an arrow that seeks an enemy; increases your critical chance against them.
Forceful Arrow (ranged weapon) – Fire an arrow; the third cast makes the target vulnerable.
Core skills cost energy. They can be imbued with magical properties via the Imbuement tier, and you’ll unlock them once you’ve spent at least two skill points.
Barrage (ranged weapon) – Unleash a spread arrows that expand outwards in an arc; each arrow has a chance to ricochet off an enemy.
Twisting Blades (dual-wield) – Impales a target and causes them to take increased damage while impaled; the blades will then pierce through enemies when returning to you.
Flurry (dual-wield) – Do four hits with stabs and slashes.
Penetrating Shot (ranged weapon) – Fire an arrow that pierces through a line.
Rapid Fire (ranged weapon) – Fires up to five arrows in quick succession.
Agility skills are all about using the Rogue’s own nimbleness and tricks to move around the battlefield. Spending at least six skill points will let you pick from these options.
Shadow Step (dual-wield) – Become unstoppable (i.e., remove and prevent all control impairing effects), then backstab a target; movement speed is temporarily increased afterward. This can be imbued.
Caltrops – Leap backwards and throw caltrops on the ground; slows down enemies; two charges.
Dash – Dash forward and slash enemies; two charges; can be imbued.
Subterfuge skills, as the name implies, let you use underhanded maneuvers to gain the upper hand. These become available once you’ve spent 11 skill points.
Concealment – Enters stealth temporarily (not removed by taking damage); makes you unstoppable; move through enemies freely.
Smoke Grenade – Throw a smoky concoction that dazes enemies.
Poison Trap – Place a trap that causes a poison AoE when an enemy moves within range.
Dark Shroud – Surround yourself with shadows that reduce damage taken; shadows are consumed when you’re hit.
The Diablo 4 Rogue skills that provide Imbuement cause some abilities to gain additional effects (i.e., poison, shadow, and cold). These can be selected once you’ve spent 16 skill points.
Shadow Imbuement – The next two imbued skills deal shadow damage and infect enemies, causing an explosion if they die.
Poison Imbuement – The next two imbued skills deal poison damage, as well as a damage-over-time (DoT) effect.
Cold Imbuement – The next two imbued skills deal cold damage and apply the chill effect (i.e., reduces movement speed and a chance to freeze if repeatedly applied).
In Diablo 4, Ultimate skills are those that truly make a difference, causing tremendous damage or enhanced effects. You may choose only one Ultimate skill after spending at least 23 skill points.
Shadow Clone – Create a shadow that mimics your actions, dealing a portion of your base damage.
Death Trap – Place a trap that’s triggered once a hostile moves within range, dealing huge damage in an area.
Rain of Arrows (ranged weapon) – Numerous arrows rain down over an area twice; can be imbued.
Diablo 4 is currently in its beta stage. As such, some of the information here may change as we get closer to the game’s official launch on June 6. We’ll update this guide accordingly. For now, you may visit our class hub.
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