Flurry – Rogue Build for Diablo 4 (Season 9)

Build Introduction

The Flurry Rogue build rapidly stabs every foe in range. Flurry penetrates through every enemy in range with multiple hits. Aspect of Encircling Blades enables Flurry to deal damage in a massive circular Area of Effect (AoE) around the player. This AoE build is perfect for players who want a simple playstyle that easily clears groups of enemies.

The only starting requirement for this endgame build guide is a Level 60 character. Check the Rogue Leveling Guide if you need help getting there.

Check the build tier lists to see how this build compares to others on Icy Veins.

Strengths and Weaknesses

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Skill Bar and Skill Tree Points

Skill Bar Setup for Flurry Rogue (order does not matter)

FlurryPunctureCold ImbuementSmoke GrenadeDark ShroudDash

The Skill Tree above shows the full allocation of 71 Skill Points for the Flurry Rogue build. Make sure you obtain the 12 Skill Points available from Renown.

Wondering what comes after Level 60? Head to the Paragon Board section to power up the build even further. If you want to see how everything plays out in combat, check out the Rotation and Playstyle section for a quick breakdown.

Rogue Class Mechanic – Specialization

Combo Points is the preferred Rogue Specialization for general farming due to the burst damage playstyle of Flurry Rogue. Build Combo Points with Puncture to unleash additional damage for Flurry.

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Gear, Stats, Gems, and Runes

The following sections cover the important systems that are essential to improving the power of your character in the endgame of Diablo 4.

Legendary Aspects

Listed below are all the best-in-slot Aspects for the Flurry Rogue build. Salvage Legendary Items with higher Aspect values to unlock them in the Codex of Power, and then imprint them onto Legendary Items with the preferred affixes. For the best results, combine these Aspects with the ideal Stat Priorities.

Gear Slot	Aspect Name	Aspect Power
Ranged Weapon (+100% bonus effect)	Aspect of Encircling Blades	Flurry damages enemies in a circle around you and deals [35 – 55%] increased damage.
Amulet (+50 bonus effect)	Breakneck Bandit’s Aspect	Flurry deals [25-45%] increased damage and has a 20% chance to Stun enemies for 3 seconds with each hit.
Dual-Wielded Weapon Slot #1 (replaced by Condemnation)	Frostbitten Aspect	Enemies hit by your Grenade Skills have a chance equal to your Critical Strike Chance to be Frozen for 2 seconds. You deal x [10 – 30%] increased Critical Strike Damage against Frozen or Stunned enemies.
Gloves	Coldclip Aspect	Your Basic Skills are always Cold Imbued. You deal x [5 – 20%] increased damage to enemies who are Chilled or Frozen.
Ring Slot #1 (replaced by Ring of Starless Skies)	Edgemaster’s Aspect	Skills deal up to [5 – 25%] increased damage based on your available Primary Resource when cast, receiving the maximum benefit while you have full Primary Resource.
Dual-Wielded Weapon Slot #2 or Ring Slot #2	Aspect of the Expectant	Attacking enemies with a Basic Skill increases the damage of your next Core Skill cast by [5 – 10%], up to 30%.
Dual-Wielded Weapon Slot #2 or Ring Slot #2	Aspect of Retribution	Distant enemies have a 10% chance to be Stunned for 2 seconds when they hit you. You deal [15 – 35%] increased damage to Stunned and Knocked Down enemies.
Helm (replaced by Harlequin Crest)	Cheat’s Aspect	You have [5 – 15%] increased Damage Reduction and +10% increased Movement Speed, doubled while below 50% Maximum Life.
Chest (replaced by Shroud of False Death)	Umbrous Aspect	Lucky Hit: Critical Strikes have up to a [45 – 60%] chance to grant a free Dark Shroud shadow.
Pants	Aspect of Might	Basic Skills grant 20% Damage Reduction for [2 – 6] seconds
Boots	Wind Striker Aspect	Critical Strikes grant [8.5 – 19%] Movement Speed for 1 second, up to 6 seconds.

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Stat Priority and Tempering Affixes

Listed below are the affixes to prioritize on gear for Flurry Rogues, ranked by importance. Affixes on the same line have equal value, so attempt to obtain all affixes in each line before moving on to the next. Bolded affixes are the most important targets for Masterworking upgrades. For more details, check the Tempering and Masterworking guides.

Daggers are equipped for the fastest weapon speed to heal more often with Improved Flurry. Bows and Crossbows provide comparable implicit stats.

Close Quarters Combat increases the priority of the Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies tempering affix from Natural Finesse.

Prioritize Boots with the implicit effect, attacks reduce Evade’s cooldown, for constant Evades to activate Advanced Flurry.

The priority order of Resistances is Lightning > Poison > Fire > Cold > Shadow. Maximum Resistance is 70% by default for each element and can be increased to 85% by various sources.

Armor is only needed until capped at 1,000.

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Slot	Gear Affixes	Tempering Affixes
Weapons	1. Maximum Life, Dexterity, Vulnerable Damage	Agile Augments (Weapon): Chance for Flurry to Deal Double Damage up to 100% cap Natural Finesse (Offensive): Damage to Close Enemies
Helm	1. Cooldown Reduction 2. Any uncapped Resistances or Armor 3. Maximum Life, Dexterity, Lucky Hit Chance	Alchemist Control (Utility): Flurry Size up to 100% cap Worldly Endurance (Defensive): Armor up to 1,000 cap, otherwise Dodge Chance
Chest	1. Maximum Life, Dexterity 2. Any uncapped Resistances or Armor 3. Healing Received	Alchemist Control (Utility): Flurry Size up to 100% cap Worldly Endurance (Defensive): Total Armor up to 1,000 cap, otherwise Dodge Chance
Gloves	1. Ranks to Flurry, Critical Strike Chance, Attack Speed 2. Any uncapped Resistances or Armor 3. Maximum Life, Lucky Hit Chance	Natural Finesse (Offensive): Damage to Close Enemies Alchemist Control (Utility): Flurry Size up to 100% cap
Pants	1. Maximum Life, Dexterity 2. Any uncapped Resistances or Armor	Alchemist Control (Utility): Flurry Size up to 100% cap Worldly Endurance (Defensive): Armor up to 1,000 cap, otherwise Dodge Chance
Boots	Implicit Stat: Attacks Reduce Evade’s Cooldown 1. Movement Speed 2. Any uncapped Resistances or Armor 3. Ranks to Dash, Maximum Life, Dexterity	Natural Motion (Mobility): Movement Speed Imbuement Abundance (Utility): Cold Imbue Additional Casts
Amulet	1. Ranks to Unstable Elixirs, Frigid Finesse, Malice, and/or Exploit 2. Critical Strike Chance, Cooldown Reduction, Attack Speed	Imbuement Abundance (Utility): Cold Imbue Additional Casts Natural Finesse (Offensive): Damage to Close Enemies
Rings	1. Critical Strike Chance, Attack Speed 2. Resource Cost Reduction, Vulnerable Damage, Maximum Life	Natural Finesse (Offensive): Damage to Close Enemies Agility Efficiency (Resource): Dash Cooldown Reduction

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Uniques and Mythic Uniques

Listed below are the recommended and optional Unique and Mythic Unique Items for the Flurry Rogue build. Each item description includes the most important affix to target for Masterworking upgrades. Check the Mythic Unique Items Guide for information on target-farming them.

• Condemnation (recommended) provides a 1.4x multiplier that works well in this Combo Points build.
  • Masterworking Priority: Basic Skill Attack Speed
• Harlequin Crest (recommended) provides a good amount of offense and defense, if you are lucky enough to find this Mythic Unique Item.
  • Masterworking Priority: Cooldown Reduction
• Ring of Starless Skies (recommended) is a Mythic Unique Item that provides a highly valuable 1.5x multiplier. The downside is the unique effect requires some management to ramp up and maintain the buff stacks.
  • Masterworking Priority: Critical Strike Chance or Ranks to Core Skills
• Cowl of the Nameless (optional) provides the highest damage output when properly Masterworked.
  • Masterworking Priority: Ranks to Unstable Elixirs or Trick Attacks
• Shroud of False Death (optional) provides the highest damage increase in the slot due to the +1 Ranks to All Passives inherent affix.
  • Masterworking Priority: All Stats or Maximum Life

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Gems and Runewords

Listed below are the recommended Gems and Runewords to socket into your gear.

Gems

Equip the corresponding Gems into your Weapon, Armor, and Jewelry slots. If you are playing in Season 9, replace the Jewelry Gems with Horadric Jewels.

Weapon Gems	Armor Gems	Jewelry Gems
Grand Emerald if Critical Strike Chance is capped at 100% or Grand Sapphire.	Grand Emerald for Dexterity.	Any Resistance Gems needed or Grand Skull for Armor (up to the 1,000 Armor cap).

Runewords

Insert one of the following Runewords, consisting of a Rune of Offering and a Rune of Invocation, into your equipped Ranged Weapon. The other Runeword can be inserted into any equipped Helm, Chest, or Pants item. Add sockets to your equipment at the Jeweler if necessary. Check the Runewords Guide for more details.

Runewords	Effects
Yax Gar	Gain: 200 Offering — Drink a Healing Potion. Requires: 25 Offering, Cooldown: 1 Second — Gain 2.5% Critical Strike Chance for 5 seconds, up to 25%.
Lith Ohm	Gain: 25 Offering — Stand still for 0.3 seconds. Requires: 600 Offering, Cooldown: 2 Seconds — Evoke the Barbarian’s Enhanced War Cry, increasing your Movement Speed and damage dealt.

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Paragon Board

Use the following Paragon Boards, Legendary Nodes, and Glyphs for the Flurry Rogue.

The Paragon setup displayed above focuses on quickly unlocking the essential Glyph sockets and Legendary Nodes at a moderate Paragon Level. Once the base setup is complete, allocate the remaining Paragon points in the following order.

1. Obtain any remaining nodes providing a damage increase within the radius of Glyph sockets.
2. Path to the remaining Rare and Magic nodes. Prioritize obtaining damage reduction, any needed Resistances/Armor, and damage increases.
3. Any remaining points can be spent on Dexterity nodes within the radius of Headhunter.

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Horadric Spell and Jewels (Season 9)

Season 9: Sins of the Horadrim offers seasonal powers that can be utilized to enhance this build. Access Horadic Spells from the Powers tab in the character sheet, and place Horadic Jewels into Jewelry slots.

Horadric Spell

The Horadric Catalyst is the base power of your spell, attached to a Skill slot on the Skill bar and triggered when the Skill is cast. The Catalyst is combined with one Infusion that modifies the damage type, and three Arcana that enhance the baseline power of the spell.

Type	Power	Effect
Catalyst	Astral Pillar (equipped on Smoke Grenade)	Cooldown: 7 seconds Lucky Hit: 12% Shape an Ethereal Column that Taunts for 4.9 seconds. Piercing waves flow from it and deal 1127% damage, until you create another one or move too far away. Rank 10: The Taunted enemies become Vulnerable and move faster.
Infusion	Nebulous Extract	Your Spell Catalyst now deals Shadow and or Corrupting damage. Enemies hit by it deal 10% reduced damage for 7 seconds. While equipped, your Shadow Damage Bonus is equal to that of your highest Damage Type Bonus. Rank 5: Deactivates monster Summoner effects for 8 seconds.
Arcana	Bloody Charm	Your Catalyst gains a specialized Execute effect for non-Boss enemies with 20% or less Life. Astral Pillar: Will launch additional waves towards Executable non-Boss enemies to Execute them.
Arcana	Potent Alloy	Your Catalyst destroys enemy Barriers and Knocks them Down for 5 seconds after the removal.
Arcana	Fractured Core	Your Catalyst deactivates monster Damage Resistance Aura effects for 5 seconds, but you take 10% more stacking damage for the same time.

Horadric Jewels

Insert the following Horadric Jewels into Jewelry slots to enhance the Horadric Spell.

Jewel	Effect
Idol From Below	You gain x6% primary stat, x6% Maximum Life and you are always Unhindered. However, you will be hunted in Sanctuary’s darkest places by Jewel Guardians who were entombed to protect this relic.
Reverie Horn	After you injure or kill an enemy, your Summons are empowered, growing larger and dealing x50% more damage for 4 seconds.
Scornful Light	You deal x20% and take x10% more Elemental damage.

Mercenaries

Once the Den is unlocked during the main questline in the Vessel of Hatred expansion for Diablo 4, complete Mercenary key quests to acquire them. Hire a Mercenary and enlist a Reinforcement in the following setup.

• Hired Mercenary: Varyana
  • Skills: Cleave, Hysteria, Bloodthirst, Bloodlust
• Reinforcement: Raheir
  • Skill: Bastion
  • Opportunity: Cast when the player becomes Injured

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Build Mechanics

The Flurry Rogue build is fairly simple to play. Flurry becomes a powerful clearing skill, especially with Aspect of Encircling Blades to turn it into a circular Area of Effect around the player.

Fundamental Puncture easily applies Vulnerable to a target with a single Basic attack. Aim Puncture at the toughest enemies in a pack. In group play, apply this debuff to Elites and Bosses so your teammates deal more damage!

Puncture is a Marksman Skill that can be used before casting Flurry to gain the damage bonus from Tricks of the Trade.

Resource Management

Enhanced Puncture, and Combat should provide enough Energy generation if you are taking the time to build 3 Combo Points before casting each Flurry. Ring of Starless Skies is an option for additional resource management. You can also reallocate 3 Skill Points from Stutter Step into Innervation.

Rotation and Playstyle

Use the following rotation to optimize damage output.

1. Cast Dark Shroud if you are missing the shadow stacks.
2. Cast Smoke Grenade on enemies to activate Enhanced Smoke Grenade.
3. Use a Potion to activate the damage buff from Unstable Elixirs.
4. Build 3 Combo Points with Puncture. Make sure you are close enough for Fundamental Puncture to apply Vulnerable.
5. Activate Cold Imbuement for damage increases from Mixed Cold Imbuement and Frigid Finesse.
6. Cast Flurry in the middle of enemy packs.
7. Continue to build Combo Points with Puncture before casting Flurry.

Elixirs

Visit the Alchemist in any main town to craft helpful Elixirs, or find Elixirs by killing enemies or opening chests during various activities in Diablo 4. Listed below are the best Elixirs to consume for the Flurry Rogue, ranked by importance.

1. Elixir of Precision provides the highest damage output increase, if not already capped at 100% Critical Strike Chance.
2. Elixir of Advantage increases damage output, if not already capped at 100% Attack Speed bonus from gear and Paragon.
3. Elixir of Resource greatly helps with Energy issues, if you do not already have the appropriate Energy gear. This elixir is highly recommended for starting characters to maintain the casting of Core Skills.
4. Elixir of Fortitude is the best general-purpose option for survivability.
5. Elixir of Iron Barbs can provide a high amount of Physical Damage Reduction. Armor becomes more effective as you approach the Armor cap (9,320 against monster level 100 and above).
6. Specific Resistance Elixirs can be utilized to survive against Uber Bosses with elemental attacks.

Season 9 Updates

A brief summary of the seasonal changes is provided below. For a complete overview of Season 9, take a look at the comprehensive season guide.

• Improved Flurry
  • Previously: Casting Flurry dashes you to the target and Heals for 10% of your Maximum life.
  • Now: Casting Flurry dashes you to the target and Heals for 10% of your Maximum life over 1.5 seconds.
• Close Quarters Combat
  • % of Damage to Close reduced from 25% to 10%.
  • Damage bonus is capped at 90%.
• Cheat’s Aspect
  • Previously: You take 10-30% less damage from Crowd Controlled enemies. Whenever a Crowd Controlled enemy deals direct damage to you, gain 15% Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
  • Now: You have 5-15% increased Damage Reduction and 10% increased Movement Speed, doubled while below 50% Maximum Life.
• Tricks of the Trade
  • Previously: Your Marksman Skills grant your Cutthroat Skills 25%[x] increased damage for 8 seconds. Your Cutthroat Skills grant your Marksman Skills 25%[x] increased damage for 8 seconds.
  • Now: Enemies damaged by your Marksman Skills take 30% increased damage from your Cutthroat Skills, and vice versa.
• Eldritch Bounty
  • Previously: When you attack with an Imbued Skill you gain 3% Maximum Resistance and 30% increased damage for that Imbuement’s Element for 9 seconds.
  • Now: Each equipped Imbuement Skill grants 3% Maximum Resistance and 30% increased damage for that Imbuement’s Element.

Changelog

• June 27, 2025: Guide updated for Season 9 (Patch 2.3.0)
• April 26, 2025: Guide updated for Season 8 (Patch 2.2.0)
• January 21, 2025: Guide updated for Season 7 (Patch 2.1.0).
• October 4, 2024: Guide updated for Season 6 (Patch 2.0.2).
• August 6, 2024: Guide updated for Season 5 (Patch 1.5.0).
• May 14, 2024: Guide updated for Season 4 (Patch 1.4.0).
• January 22, 2024: Guide updated for Season 3 (Patch 1.3.0).
• October 17, 2023: Guide updated for Season 2 (Patch 1.2.0).
• July 18, 2023: Guide updated for Season 1.