The Rogue's Rapid Fire ability in Diablo 4 is capable of dealing unmatched single-target damage, making it an excellent elite and boss killer. However, its low AOE potential makes it hard to use early on, especially when players are still unequipped.
After reaching the later half of Diablo 4, however, players will be able to use Rapid Fire to clear all content quickly and painlessly. Once the right items and effects are equipped, this skill becomes extremely versatile at all levels and against any threat. Here's an endgame Rapid Fire set up for the endgame.
Our Diablo 4 Endgame Rogue Rapid Fire Build guide remains relevant even after the latest patch (1.0.3) that Blizzard has put out.
Diablo 4: Rapid Fire Rogue Build
Skills | Total Points |
Fundamental Puncture | 3 |
Improved Rapid Fire | 7 |
Countering Concealment | 3 |
Mixed Shadow Imbuement | 7 |
Blended Poison Imbuement | 7 |
Poison Trap | 3 |
The Improved Rapid Fire upgrade makes the skill somewhat self-sufficient when it comes to Energy costs. Once players get the Exploit Glyph on their Paragon Board, they can run this build without a Basic Skill. Until then, use of Fundamental Puncture is recommended.
Concealment is the build's main defensive skill. It breaks stuns and gives Unstoppable while also allowing players to get out of a bad spot. The Countering upgrade makes the Rogue's next attack a guaranteed Critical Strike.
The build uses both Poison and Shadow Imbuement to add more damage to Rapid Fire's bursts. Shadow will be the player's main source of AOE damage while Poison will help burn down bosses and elites much quicker.
Cap the build-off with Poison Trap for the added Crowd Control and a chance to reset Imbuement skills when triggered. This also increases the Rogue's crit stats thanks to one of the passive nodes in the skill tree.
Passive Skills
Skill | Points |
Weapon Mastery | 3 |
Precision Imbuement | 3 |
Shadow Crash | 1 |
Consuming Shadows | 2 |
Deadly Venom | 3 |
Trap Mastery | 3 |
Adrenaline Rush | 3 |
Concussive | 3 |
This setup is relatively standard for many ranged Rogue builds. The main difference here is players will be investing more points into Imbuement and Trap passives since those abilities play major roles. If players are having trouble surviving, swap Concussive out for Sturdy.
Precision is the preferred Key Passive since it synergizes with all the Critical Strike Chance the build gets from skills and items. Each individual Rapid Fire arrow that crits will count towards Precision's stack counter and, when stacks are full, every arrow from the next Rapid Fire burst will critically strike with increased damage.
The Combo Points specialization is great for boosting Rapid Fire's damage against elites and bosses. Players don't have to use it against normal mobs, but a single point is often enough to buff their outgoing DPS by a noticeable margin.
Gear and Aspects
Offense | Defense | Utility |
Repeating | Might | Ravenous |
Edgemaster | Protector | Mangler |
Accelerating | Cheat | Eluding |
Arrow Storm(*) |
The most important Aspect to get here is Repeating. It allows Rapid Fire's shots to ricochet toward other enemies, essentially solving the skill's weakness against groups of enemies. Ricocheted shots will apply any active Imbuement skill, which makes spreading Shadow infection easier.
Accelerating is another priority Aspect that players should have on their Amulet. With all the crits players will be scoring, this Aspect will be active almost all the time, massively increasing Rapid Fire's damage output. Pair this with a resource Aspect like Umbral or Ravenous to solve any potential Energy problems.
Aspect of Arrow Storms is nice to have for more AOE, but players can swap this out for Toxic Alchemist or Bursting Venom instead for stronger Poison procs.
The defensive Aspects listed above are great for all builds. However, players may want to consider adding Eluding if CC becomes a problem.
As for weapons, Crossbows are preferred over Bows due to their implicit Vulnerable Damage rolls. One-handed weapons won't matter in this build, so just get ones that give any of the priority stats listed below:
- Vulnerable Damage
- Critical Strike Damage
- Dexterity
- Damage vs. Crowd Controlled
- Core Skill Damage
Paragon Board
Equip Combat on the Starting Board, then take Cunning Stratagem for the Dominant and Finisher nodes as well as its Glyph Socket, which is where players will be slotting in Exploit.
From here, players should go to the nearest Attachment Gate and get Deadly Ambush for its bonuses against trapped targets. Players can get the offensive Rare nodes here or move on to the Exploit Weakness board, which increases damage to Vulnerable targets. It also has the Hunter Killer node that makes taking out elites much easier.
Diablo 4 is available for PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, and Xbox One and Series X|S.