Poison Trap Rogue Endgame Guide for Diablo IV Season 12 - Slaughter

The Season 10 theme is Infernal Chaos. Infernal portals have sprung up in Helltides, Nightmare Dungeons and Infernal Hordes. Killing the enemies that spring forth grants Infernal Warp (Seasonal Currency) and progresses the Seasonal Questline, where you unlock Chaos Perks. You can equip any combination of 3 Magic, Rare and Legendary Perks. You can also have one Unique Perk, unlocked by killing Bartuc in the Infernal Hordes starting in Torment 1.

• Power Siphon doubles our damage and we don't care about the loss in resources.
• Enervated Strikes is a significant increase to our core damage once we've got Scoundrel's Leathers.
• Marred Guard helps us cap armor, whilst also preventing us from going above 50% life.

A Beast Cornered provides a huge damage boost the more life we're missing, which is always at least 50% thanks to Marred Guard.

• Unpredictable Alchemy imbues your basic attacks which leads to more chances of casting Poison Traps.
• Hit and Run can be a great option during speedfarming since this build is pretty mobile.
• Brawn Over Brains if you are dying a lot and don't have capped armor and resistances, use this temporarily to increase your maximum life.

In addition to the above perks, you may find ancestral Chaos Armor, twisted versions of a hand-picked list of existing Unique items that roll in a different slot from the original with increased power. Note that getting exactly the right setup is very difficult, but in most cases these can be used interchangeably if you find them in different slots. For more information, make sure to check out the item progression and variant sections below!

• Scoundrel's Leathers (pants, or boots)
• Condemnation (chest, pants, or boots)
• Fists of Fate (chest, pants, or boots)

• Godslayer Crown

Use the slider to see the 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.

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 Poison Trap Rogue focuses on the following combos:

Best in Slot

• Ahu + Thul - A great option for this build because it instantly freezes, applies vulnerable, and increases our damage by 15% thanks to Mystical Frost Nova.
• Cir + Mot - As Rogues, we typically use Umbrous to generate Dark Shroud shadows, but in Season 10 we lean more towards Mot rune because of the new Chaos Armor options.

Alternative choices

If you haven't unlocked the final setup or found the top runes, you can also benefit from these options:

• Neo - Alternative way to generate offering.
• Lith - Generate offering by standing still.
• Kry - Use Kry to help pull monsters together!
• Gar - To reach 100% crit more reliably.
• Wat - Decrepify helps with stagger, defense, and allows an execute at 10% HP, can be combined with Xol in your other Runeword to generate large amounts of offering.
• Ohm - Buffs us with extra damage from War Cry.
• Vex - We benefit a lot from ranks to all Skills, because of the damage increase for Poison Trap and increased tankiness from Dark Shroud (we generate Dark Shroud Shadows through the Umbrous aspect).

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.

He grants us 15% resistance to all elements (Raheir's Aegis), which can help us reach our cap in World Tier 4. We also gain extra damage from Inspiration.

We choose Field of Languish to reduce the damage from our enemies.

To enable the Poison Trap Rogue to perform optimally, hunt for these stats on your gear with good rolls and aim to Temper ⚒️ & Masterwork Crit ↑ them accordingly. The green arrow ↑ indicates which affix is most impactful to Masterwork Crit, and it does not indicate how many Masterwork Crits you need on that particular affix. Keep in mind that certain stats, such as Armor, Resistances, Extra Size Tempers, Attack Speed, and more, have caps that may affect your priorities according to the items and Paragon points available at that moment.

Recommended Endgame Stat Thresholds

• Armor Capped 1,000
• Resistance Capped 75%+
• 2000+ Dexterity
• 10,000+ Life

• 200% Poison Trap Duration
• 200% Ultimate Damage (No Witnesses)
• Sub 30 sec Death Trap Cooldown

Before you dive into the Endgame with the Poison Trap Rogue, take a look at this overview of the items used in the build. See below for further details about the different progression steps and variants. Some of your Skill Tree choices depend on what Legendary Aspects and Unique items are available to you. Keep in mind that while we can guarantee that everyone has access to the same Codex of Power Aspects, the exact progression is different for everyone.

This section is designed to guide your Poison Trap Rogue from a fresh level 60 into the very late endgame using the three variants Starter, Ancestral, and Mythic. At the final step, you should be fully decked out with a great all-rounder build.