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Andariels Rogue Build Guide

Last Updated: September 11, 2024

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Season 5 - InfernalS-TierSpecialized

Welcome to the Andariels Rogue Specialized Guide! This is a build centered around the Mythic Unique Andariel's Visage to create devastating poison explosions. The build focuses around buffing the proc damage from Andariel's Visage using abilities, passives and multiplicative aspects while building around the Close Quarters Combat key passive. The main skill Barrage combined with the updated Fists of Fate do an excellent job with fast attacks and high lucky hit chance to dish out all the procs necessary for this build. The new Rogue Unique The Umbracrux allows you to always have a target to ricochet Barrage from.

We use the Preparation specialization to reset our cooldowns with Death Trap which has its own cooldown reduced by casting Barrage quickly. This setup does require getting used to weaving in a Cutthroat skill like Shadow Step or Dash to keep up Close Quarters Combat, but after some practice, you should be slaying in no time! Learn everything you need to know on how to make the most out of this build below!

If you do not have Andariel's Visage yet, make sure to check out our Barrage Leveling and Barrage Endgame Guides.

Our Specialized Builds are Endgame builds with specific requirements and purposes. In order to play them, you are expected to already have specific items and effects available. To get there, we recommend you use one of our existing lvl 50-100 Endgame Build Guides.

Requirements for this build to function:

  • Andariel's Visage
  • 50%+ Lucky Hit Chance

Gear and Skill Variants

Click through the tabs below to see the Andariels Rogue Build Variants.

Starter Gear
Mythics Speedfarming
T8 Horde
T150 Push

This is the starter setup without further Mythic Uniques. Transition to the variant in the Mythics Speedfarming tab as soon as you have Tyrael's Might and Ring of Starless Skies.

You can play this variant as soon as you have the Andariel's Visage and the aspects shown. Fists of Fate and The Umbracrux are recommended, but you can play the build without them. Refer to the FAQ section to find out about possible replacements.

Starlight can help you recover Energy before having access to Ring of Starless Skies.

Gear and Skills

Andariels Rogue Starter Gear
Andariels Rogue Skills

Paragon

Andariels Rogue Starter Paragon Board

This is the recommended Setup for all Endgame activities. If you do not have all of the shown gear, use the Starter Gear Setup.

The setup is min-maxed for farming The Pit Tier 101, Helltides, Tormented Bosses and Infernal Hordes as efficiently as possible. Versus Tormented Bosses, you can choose Caltrops instead of Dash if you need more damage at the cost of mobility.

Gear and Skills

Andariels Speedfarming Rogue with Mythics
Andariels Speedfarming Rogue Skills

Paragon

Andariels Speedfarming Rogue Paragon Board with Mythics

This is a DPS-focused Setup, optimized to clear T8 Horde.

You need to level a Necromancer to get the Ultimate Cooldown Reduction Temper.

We trade all mobility and most defense for more damage. Most notably is the inclusion of Smoke Grenade over Dash, Shadow Clone instead of Death Trap and Emeralds instead of Rubies.

During T8 Infernal Hordes, keep a legendary Conceited Dagger with the same stats as the other one on swap. Swap out The Umbracrux until you face the bosses, where you swap it in again to utilize the totem for optimized single target DPS.

Gear and Skills

Andariels Max DPS Rogue
Andariels Pushing Rogue Skills

Paragon

Andariels Max DPS Rogue Paragon Board

This is the Maximized DPS Setup, optimized to push high Pit Tiers.

You need to level a Necromancer to get the Ultimate Cooldown Reduction Temper.

We trade most mobility and Tyraels for more damage. With permanent Clone uptime, we also gain permanent Damage Reduction and Damage from Tibault's Will.

You need Chorus of War, Soothing Spices and Song of the Mountain to cap resists and armor!

Gear and Skills

Andariels T150 Push Rogue
Andariels T150 Push Rogue Skills

Paragon

Andariels T150 Push Rogue Paragon Board

Paragon

Look below for the selected Paragon Boards, Paragon point allocation, and the correct Glyphs you should use for the Andariels Rogue. Note: The Paragon Boards below are the final setup with no steps.

Level 21 Glyphs required: Control, Fluidity, Canny, Bane, Tracker.

Season 5 - Infernal Hordes

In Season 5, the Season Theme brings your hero back into the bowels of Hell, in the Infernal Hordes endgame activity. You're first introduced to Hellbreach Dungeons, miniature Horde-like micro-dungeons that teach you the new mechanics and rewards systems. As you slay more powerful Demons and Bosses, you're rewarded with the new Reputation progression that comes with amazing rewards. These include Crafting Materials, unlocking Season's Journey tiers and even the coveted Resplendent Spark, needed to craft a Mythic Unique.

Follow the seasonal questline until you unlock the Reputation system, check which rewards suit you most and then follow your regular leveling path. To learn more, check out our full Season 5 guide for more information.

Gameplay

The Andariels Rogue is very straight forward to play, given that you mostly spam Barrage with Poison Imbuement. Given the high poison damage you will be dealing with this build, do not stick around and wait for things to die. The poison will finish off the mobs a few seconds later. This is especially useful for you in speedfarming content quickly.

Rotation

Below explains how to best get the most out of each skill on your bar.

  • Even though Barrage is a ranged skill, you want to move close to your targets to reduce the spread.
  • In all cases, you want to spam Barrage with Poison Imbuement at close range to proc Andariel's Visage and Bursting Venoms.
    • This also activates the Marksman part of Close Quarters Combat and Eldritch Bounty.
  • Spamming with such a high attack speed and lucky hit chance activates all the crowd control effects from Fists of Fate. With this, you will stagger bosses insanely fast.
  • It is critical that you weave Shadow Step or Dash in every 8 seconds to keep the Cutthroat part of Close Quarters Combat active.
    • Using either Agility Skill also activates Fluidity.
    • Be careful when engaging with Shadow Step too recklessly through, as it is your only way of obtaining Unstoppable.
  • Against tough elite packs and bosses, you should drop Poison Trap for more damage and knockdown.
    • When you use Poison Trap you also activate Deadly Ambush which is currently bugged and works even without Critical Strikes.
    • This also spawns the totem from The Umbracrux to further amplify your damage through more ricochets from Barrage with High Velocity and Branching Volleys.
  • Use Death Trap whenever it is ready to reset your cooldowns through Preparation and activate No Witnesses.
  • Drink a potion every 10 seconds during combat to activate Unstable Elixirs . The passive allows you to drink potions while full HP although it is not noted on it.
  • The Life per Hit from Andariels and the Dark Shroud you generate from Umbrous are your primary way of staying alive.
  • It is mandatory to Stagger Bosses quickly. To maximize Boss Damage, shotgun all of your arrows into the totem from as close range as possible.

Gear and Stat Requirements

The Andariels Rogue requires specific Aspects, Affixes, Masterworks and Tempers on your gear to perform well. See below:

  1. Legendary Aspects:
    • Branching Volleys
    • High Velocity
    • Noxious Ice
    • Umbrous
    • Bursting Venoms
    • Creeping Death
  2. Uniques:
    • Andariel's Visage
    • Tyrael's Might
    • Ring of Starless Skies
    • The Umbracrux
    • Fists of Fate
  3. Elixirs: Elixir of Advantage II is the recommended Elixir to have an easier time reaching the 203.33% Lucky Hit Chance Breakpoint. If you are above it already, use Elixir of Fortitude II. If you find yourself struggling with Energy, drink an Elixir of Resourcefulness II.

Recommended Stat Thresholds

  • 20%+ Critical Strike Chance
  • 100% Gear Attack Speed (Cap 1)*
  • 82.5% Aspect Attack Speed (Cap 2)**
  • 500%+ Damage per Dark Shroud
  • 80%+ Chance to Cast Barrage Twice
  • 203.33%+ Lucky Hit Chance
  • 385%+ Ultimate Skill Damage
  • Armor Capped 9,230
  • Resistance Capped 70%
  • 30,000+ Life
  • 15%+ Chance to Freeze/Stun/Daze
  • 150%+ Movement Speed
  • 6 Total Ranks of Alchemical Advantage
  • * You can reach 100% Attack Speed from in Cap 1 just by having Close Quarters Combat's first 15% and Masterworking Andariel's Visage, Fists of Fate and Ring of Starless Skies to 12/12 without needing crits on them.
  • ** You can reach 83% Attack Speed from Aspects in Cap 2 with High Velocity on Amulet, Close Quarters Combat 2nd part and 6 total Ranks in Alchemical Advantage.
  • Both of these for a total of 182.5% Attack Speed will put you at the desired 11 Frames per Attack Breakpoint for Barrage.
  • For further information about Attack Speed Caps and Frame Breakpoints, refer to Ava's attack speed mechanics guide.

FAQ & Mechanics

When I can transition to this build?

I'm running out of Energy, what can I do?

Which Elixirs can I use?

What do I put on my Amulet until I find the three recommended passives?

I don't have all the recommended Mythics or Uniques, what do I do?

How are Dark Shroud stacks generated for this build?

What are the Attack Speed breakpoints for this build?

What are the Lucky Hit Chance breakpoints for this build?

Bow vs Crossbow? & Dagger vs Sword?

Why Tyrael's Might?

Why are we using Royal Diamonds?

Why no Windforce?

Why Deadly Ambush?

Why Damage per Dark Shroud over Damage to Crowd Controlled Tempers?

Mechanics

Learn about the mechanical details that make the build tick.

Dark Shroud Scaling

Andariel's Visage Damage Scaling

The Umbracrux Mechanics

Attack Speed Caps

Dodge Mechanics

Stagger Mechanics

Gameplay Video

Andariels Rogue Gameplay by M1PY

Credits

Written by M1PY
Reviewed by wudijo

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