Arrow Storms Rogue Leveling Guide

Season 6 is the Season of Hatred Rising. It features the Zakarum Remnants faction which hunts Realmwalkers, massive behemoths that roam outdoor zones and beckon Mephisto's hellspawn. Participate in these zone events and take down the Realmwalkers to spawn a portal to a Seething Realm. There you can acquire Seething Opals, new consumables that stack with Elixirs for a XP buff and the chance to gather extra rewards when defeating enemies. The types of Opals are:

Use these Opals at all times to earn reputation with the Zakarum Remnants faction and unlock further rewards.

Combo Points

At level 15, we unlock the Rogue's Specialization class mechanic. Finish this Priority Quest as soon as possible to get Combo Points. Using Puncture up to 3 times amplifies your next Core Skill. In our case, we get a 45% Attack Speed buff from Flurry.

Dark Shroud

A key defensive layer for any Rogue build is Dark Shroud. While in the very early game this is optional, it's no question that you have to include this later on. Use it often and try your best to keep up the stacks for damage reduction, speed and crit chance buffs. Luckily, there are two good ways to automate this effect: Umbrous and the Mot rune. In our case aim for the aspect and once you find it, you can remove this skill from your bar and pick up Caltrops to improve your boss nukes.

Key Passive

Our key passive of choice is Close Quarters Combat, which is the only suitable option to buff the damage of Arrow Storms. While in the early game we can barely ramp up it's multiplicative damage scaling with Damage to Close Enemies, it pops off later once we acquire Paragons, tempers and the Turf glyph. Even before, it provides a substantial attack speed buff that only requires you to hit an enemy with either Dash, Shadow Step or Flurry once every 8 seconds.

Final Journey to Level 60

At this point, most of the key synergies are unlocked and the gameplay loop is almost complete. As you level up, you unlock a lot of extra points that go into various offensive and defensive passives or max out certain skills. Check out the skills progression above to see where to put your points as you go, but feel free to deviate from the order displayed as necessary. For example, if you need extra defense or healing, you may pick up Sturdy or Siphoning Strikes earlier or if you haven't acquired a source of Chill or Freeze such as an utility temper mod on your armor, there's no reason to include Frigid Finesse yet.

Rogue Specialization

Unlocking Specializations

Once you reach level 15, you have to complete a short questline starting in Menestad, Fractured Peaks. A Priority Quest leads you there to help out Leyrana. After a few stops outside of town you have to enter the Forsaken Quarry Dungeon and finish the questline there, unlocking Combo Points. After that, the other two Specializations unlock automatically once you reach their minimum level (Inner Sight at 20, Preparation at 30) and can be freely assigned at any time.

To get started as an Arrow Storms Rogue, always use your highest DPS Melee Weapon available for more damage. Your Ranged Weapon is simply a stat stick to fuel your power, so its DPS is secondary. Otherwise, follow the priority list below. While you don't have all of the desired temper manuals available, simply try to get anything useful on your gear until you acquire the right ones. For example, % Damage, Damage to Close, Vulnerable Damage, etc. all work as long as you activate their conditions. Likewise, you can temper multiple defensive options such as Resistances, Life, Armor to fill gaps in your survivability. Tempering low level gear is relatively cheap and the results can be very impactful.

Tip: For the early game, Elemental Surge Weapon Tempers are very powerful due to their high base damage, especially if you are twinking. If you find these, you may want to keep imprinting them on your weapons for an easy time.

The Codex of Power is a collection of Legendary Aspects you can imprint onto Rare or Legendary items at the Occultist. They unlock after completing specific Dungeons located around Sanctuary or salvaging items with these powers. Check out our Map Tool to locate these Dungeons.

For leveling, there are a few powers that can significantly help us if we have the funds to imprint them. In addition, keep an eye out for powerful Unique items you may find for this or other builds.

Must-have Dungeon unlocks

1. Arrow Storms (Howling Warren - Scosglen)
2. Vengeful (Inferno - Kehjistan)

Nice-to-have Dungeon unlocks

1. Rapid (Buried Halls - Dry Steppes)
2. Might (Dark Ravine - Dry Steppes)
3. Shared Misery (Oblivion - Hawezar)

Great Uniques for this build

1. Cowl of the Nameless
2. Fists of Fate
3. Penitent Greaves

Jackpot Drops

As you level up, you may get lucky and find some great random drops. Some of these can massively amplify your power and speed up the leveling by switching to another build. Keep in mind that there are many more Aspects and Uniques that can be useful to multiple builds; this just lists some of the most impactful ones. While we usually recommend starting with Endgame Builds at level 60, you often can make them work earlier with these drops:

Build-defining Aspects

• Moonrise + Adaptability (enables the Endgame Heartseeker Rogue)

Build-defining Uniques

1. Saboteur's Signet (enables the Endgame Grenade Rogue)
2. Eyes in the Dark (enables the Endgame Death Trap Rogue)
3. Scoundrel's Kiss (enables the Endgame Rapid Fire Rogue)
4. Andariel's Visage (enables the Endgame Andariel Rogue)

You can have up to two Runewords in your setup, each consisting of one Ritual and one Invocation Rune. Socket them in Two-Handed Weapons if your build calls for them, otherwise place them into your Armor pieces to replace normal gems. The Arrow Storms Rogue focuses on the following combos:

Best in Slot

• Lith + Wat - Decrepify helps with stagger, defense and allows execute at 10% HP. When combined with Xol in your other runeword it also generates large amounts of offering
• Xol + Yom - Petrify is a powerful crowd conrol, stagger contributor and triggers No Witnesses
• In the lategame version with Barrage, we replace Xol + Wat to go with Tam + Ohm and Poc + Mot to gain War Cry and Dark Shroud (replacing Umbrous) for more damage

Alternative choices

As long as you haven't unlocked the final setup or found the top Runes, you can also benefit from these options:

• Cir - Generates offering with Puncture spam
• Xal - For extra defense
• Gar - To reach 100% crit more reliably
• Mot - Generates Dark Shroud without having to rely on Umbrous

Mercenaries are unlocked during the Vessel of Hatred campaign and assist you in battle. There are 4 separate Mercenaries to choose from, each with their own skill trees and abilities. You can have one hired (permanent) mercenary during solo play and a reinforcement who assists you from time to time in certain situations.

Hired: Raheir

He provides us with extra all resistances and occasionally casts Bastion that gives us near invincibility for a short time. In addition, he prevents us from getting oneshot every 30 seconds thanks to Valiance. Beware that he's not present when playing in groups and make sure you remain resistance capped without him, e.g. by swapping gems, paragon nodes or using incenses.

Reinforcement: Varyana

We choose Earth Breaker for extra crowd controls and stagger.

In Diablo 4, you can level by completing the Campaign, collecting Grim Favors for the Tree of Whispers, completing Helltide activities, grinding Dungeons, clearing Strongholds, fighting in the Undercity of Kurast or interacting with the Seasonal Mechanics. While there are many ways to level up in Diablo 4, not all of them are equal.

Paragon & Glyphs

Use the slider to see progression steps. At around Paragon 200, leveling slows down significantly and all important Rare clusters, Legendary nodes and Glyph sockets should be unlocked. Afterwards, you can min/max your build with minor tweaks and by picking up additional smaller nodes.

Glyph Leveling Priorities

Coming soon.

• The Arrow Storms Rogue is a super fast, fun to play leveling build that scales very well into the lategame.
• Unlock the two Codex Powers and start blasting!
• Focus on scaling generic damage modifiers instead of skill-specific effects to boost your damage.
• Crowd control enemies to stay safe and increase your output.
• Gather critical strike chance, attack speed & lucky hit on your gear.
• Rain destruction unto your enemies!

Written by wudijo