Andariel’s Visage Rogue Endgame Build Guide for Diablo 4 (Season 5)

Build Introduction

The Andariel’s Visage Rogue (Andy’s Rogue) is a specialized build focused on exploding poison novas to melt enemy hordes. Barrage is utilized to proc poison novas with its high hit count and Lucky Hit Chance. This S-Tier build is perfect for clearing the highest Tiers of Nightmare Dungeons, Inferno Hordes, and The Pit!

This late endgame guide assumes your character is Level 100 and equipped withAndariel’s Visage. Mythic Unique Items, like Andariel’s Visage, have a low chance of dropping from Uber Duriel and Uber Andariel. Follow the Rogue Leveling Guide until you are ready to switch to the Andy’s Rogue.

Strengths and Weaknesses

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

Skill Tree Points and Skill Bar

Skill Bar Setup for the Andariel’s Visage Rogue (order does not matter)

Barrage Dash Shadow Step Smoke Grenade Poison Imbuement Death Trap

The Skill Tree above shows the full allocation of 58 Skill Points for the Andariel’s Visage Rogue build. Make sure you obtain the 10 Skill Points available from Renown.

Dark Shroud is not equipped on the Skill Bar. It is instead automatically activated by Umbrous Aspect.

Rogue Specialization

Preparation is the preferred Rogue Specialization for the Andariel’s Visage Rogue. Cast Death Trap to reset Cooldowns, gain 15% Damage Reduction, and activate No Witnesses.

Paragon

Paragon unlocks after reaching Level 50, and the progression system offers a considerable boost to character power. The images below provide a visual of each Paragon Board setup for the Andariel’s Visage Rogue.

Important Notes:

• Make sure you select the correct Legendary Boards and rotate them into the correct orientation.
• Attach Legendary Boards in the correct order, as bonus requirements of Rare Nodes increase with their placement order.
• Additional bonus requirements on Rare Glyphs may not be obtainable until they gain increased radius range at Level 15.

1. Starting Board (Control)

Socket Control in the starting board for a 1.2x damage multiplier against Frozen or Stunned Enemies, activated by Lucky Hit Chance tempers or Disciplined Shadow Step. The bonus also applies to Staggered Bosses.

2. No Witnesses (Tracker)

Attach the No Witnesses board without any rotations. Socket Tracker for longer Poison durations to increase damage output. Prioritize leveling Tracker to 15 for increased radius, as it is needed to gain the additional bonus. Obtain the Legendary Node for a damage bonus for poison novas after casting Death Trap. Path to the Board Attachment Gate on the left side to continue.

3. Exploit Weakness

Attach the Exploit Weakness board without any rotations. Immediately obtain the Legendary Node for a 1.25x damage multiplier. The Glyph Socket on this board is not utilized.

4. Cheap Shot (Fluidity)

Path back to the Board Attachment Gate at the top of the No Witnesses board, and then rotate the Cheap Shot board twice before attachment. Immediately obtain the Legendary Node for a 1.25x damage multiplier. Socket Fluidity to boost the nearby Magic Nodes with Damage Reduction from Slowed Enemies and Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies. The additional bonus provides useful damage and Energy Regeneration.

5. Eldritch Bounty (Canny)

Rotate the Eldritch Bounty board twice before attachment. Socket Canny to increase damage. Obtain the Legendary Node for a 1.2x multiplier to Poison damage, activated by Poison Imbuement.

6. Deadly Ambush (Bane)

Attach the Deadly Ambush board without any rotations. Socket Bane for 15% more overall damage output. The Legendary Node on this board is not utilized.

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Gear, Gems, Elixirs, and Stats

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 Andariel’s Visage 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.

Gear Slot	Name	Effect
Ranged Weapon (+100% bonus effect)	Aspect of Creeping Death	You deal x [5 – 20%] increased damage over time to enemies for each different Crowd Control effect they’re afflicted by. Unstoppable enemies and Staggered Bosses take x [10 – 40%] increased damage over time from you instead.
Amulet (+50 bonus effect)	Aspect of Branching Volleys	Increase the damage of arrows that ricochet from Barrage from 40% to [50 – 80%]. Barrage’s arrows have a [30 – 60%] chance to split into 2 arrows whenever they ricochet.
Dual-Wielded Weapon Slot #1 (replaced by The Umbracrux)	Aspect of Elements	Gain x [20 – 30%] increased damage to a set of damage types for 7 seconds. This effect alternates between 2 sets: • Fire, Lightning, and Physical. • Cold, Poison, and Shadow.
Ring Slot #1 (replaced by Ring of Starless Skies)	Coldclip Aspect	Your Basic Skills are always Cold Imbued. You deal x [5 – 20%] increased damage to enemies who are Chilled or Frozen. Note: Only used for the increased damage.
Dual-Wielded Weapon Slot #2 or Ring Slot #2	Conceited Aspect	Deal x [10 – 25%] increased damage while you have a Barrier active.
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 x [15 – 30%] increased damage to Stunned and Knocked Down enemies.
Gloves (replaced by Fists of Fate)	Accelerating Aspect	Critical Strikes with Core Skills increase your Attack Speed by [15 – 25%] for 3 seconds.
Helm	Andariel’s Visage	Lucky Hit: Up to a 20% chance to trigger a poison nova that applies [X] Poisoning damage over 5 seconds to enemies in the area.
Chest (Tyrael’s Might optional)	Aspect of Concussive Strikes	Lucky Hit: Damaging an enemy has up to a 20% chance to Daze them for 2 seconds. You deal x [5 – 20%] increased damage to Dazed enemies.
Pants	Umbrous Aspect	Lucky Hit: Critical Strikes have up to a [45 – 60%] chance to grant a free Dark Shroud shadow.
Boots	Aspect of Noxious Ice	Chilled enemies Poisoned by Poison Imbuement will be further Chilled for 20% per second. You deal x [20 – 35%] additional Poison damage to Frozen enemies.

Gems

Listed below are the best Gems to socket into gear for each item type.

Weapon Gems	Armor Gems	Jewelry Gems
Royal Diamond for increased Ultimate Damage to scale No Witnesses.	Royal Ruby for increased Maximum Life.	Any Resistance Gems needed or Royal Skull for Armor (up to the 9,230 Armor cap).

Elixirs

Visit the Alchemist in any main town to craft helpful Elixirs that increase stats and experience gain for 30 minutes. Make sure to forage plants and pick up the necessary crafting materials during your adventures; they randomly spawn around the world. Elixirs can also drop randomly from enemies and chests during many activities in Diablo 4. Listed below are the best Elixirs to consume for the Andariel’s Visage, ranked by importance.

1. Elixir of Advantage provides increased Attack Speed and Lucky Hit Chance to proc more poison novas.
2. Elixir of Fortitude is the best general-purpose option for survivability.

Return to the Alchemist again when you reach Level 20, 30, 45, 60, 70, 80, and 90, to upgrade your potion. The extra healing is essential to survival.

Stat Priority and Tempering Affixes

Listed below are the affixes to prioritize on gear for Andariel’s Visage Rogues. Each line of affixes are listed in order of importance. Affixes on the same line are considered to be equally important, but their benefits may vary depending on how much is stacked or other character stats. Attempt to obtain all affixes in each line before moving to the next line. Bolded affixes are the most important targets for Masterworking upgrades.

Bows are selected for a faster weapon speed compared to Crossbows. Daggers are preferred for the Damage to Close Enemies implicit stat.

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

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 9,230.

Check the Tempering Guide for more details on Blacksmith upgrading.

Slot	Gear Affixes	Tempering Affixes
Weapons	1. Maximum Life 2. Dexterity, Damage Over Time	Core Augments — Rogue (Weapon): Chance for Barrage Projectiles to Cast Twice Subterfuge Expertise (Offensive): Damage per Dark Shroud
Helm	Andariel’s Visage	Not Available
Chest	1. Ranks to Dark Shroud 2. Any uncapped Resistances or Armor 3. Maximum Life, Dexterity	Rogue Persistence (Defensive): Ranks to Second Wind Worldly Fortune (Utility): Lucky Hit Chance to Slow
Gloves	1. Attack Speed, Lucky Hit Chance 2. Any uncapped Resistances or Armor 3. Maximum Life	Subterfuge Expertise (Offensive): Damage per Dark Shroud Natural Schemes (Utility): Crowd Control Duration
Pants	1. Any uncapped Resistances or Armor 2. Maximum Life, Dexterity	Rogue Persistence (Defensive): Ranks to Second Wind Worldly Fortune (Utility): Lucky Hit Chance to Freeze
Boots	Implicit Stat: Attacks Reduce Evade’s Cooldown 1. Movement Speed 2. Any uncapped Resistances or Armor 3. Maximum Life, Dexterity	Natural Motion (Mobility): Movement Speed Worldly Fortune (Utility): Lucky Hit Chance to Stun
Amulet	1. Ranks to Alchemical Advantage, Unstable Elixirs, and Frigid Finesse 2. Critical Strike Chance, Cooldown Reduction, Attack Speed	Imbuement Abundance (Resource): Poison Imbue Additional Casts Subterfuge Expertise (Offensive): Damage per Dark Shroud
Rings	1. Attack Speed, Lucky Hit Chance 2. Maximum Life 3. Dexterity, Damage Over Time	Imbuement Abundance (Resource): Poison Imbue Additional Casts Subterfuge Expertise (Offensive): Damage per Dark Shroud

Unique and Mythic Items

Listed below are the recommended and optional Unique Items for the Andariel’s Visage Rogue build. Each item description includes the most important affix to target for Masterworking upgrades.

• Andariel’s Visage (required) grants a poison nova utilized as the main source of damage in this build.
  • Masterworking Priority: Attack Speed
• Fists of Fate (highly recommended) provides a boosted Lucky Hit Chance affix essential to proc poison novas from Andariel’s Visage.
  • Masterworking Priority: Lucky Hit Chance
• Ring of Starless Skies (recommended) is a Mythic Unique Item that provides a highly valuable unique effect with a damage multiplier and resource cost reduction.
  • Masterworking Priority: Lucky Hit Chance
• The Umbracrux (recommended) spawns an additional target for ricocheting/piercing arrows from Barrage. During Boss fights, the extra hits double the proc rate of poison novas from Andariel’s Visage.
  • Masterworking Priority: Dexterity
• Tyrael’s Might (optional) is the best defensive option for a Chest Armor, although this Mythic Unique Item can be difficult to obtain. The divine barrage does not contribute a significant portion of the total damage in this build.
  • Masterworking Priority: Damage Reduction

Advanced Information

Additional details are provided in the following sections for a more in-depth explanation of the Andariel’s Visage Rogue. Read this advanced information after understanding the basic overview of the build in the previous sections.

Build Mechanics

The Andariel’s Visage Rogue is designed for highly min-maxed characters in late endgame activities. The build requires a Mythic Unique Item, Andariel’s Visage, which can be difficult to obtain from Uber Duriel or Uber Andariel. Once the Helm is obtained, the build becomes playable with a decent amount of Lucky Hit Chance and Attack Speed to proc poison novas.

Resource Management

Innervation, Enhanced Poison Imbuement, and The Umbracrux should provide enough Energy generation for repeated casts of Barrage. Ring of Starless Skies is an option for additional resource management.

Crowd Controls and Boss Stagger

A variety of different Crowd Controls are applied to enemies through the following sources:

• Fists of Fate
• Stun from Disciplined Shadow Step
• Slow from Dash
• Daze from Aspect of Concussive Strikes
• Lucky Hit Chance to Freeze/Stun/Slow tempers

Crowd-Controlled enemies take additional damage through multipliers from the following sources:

• 1.30x or more from Frigid Finesse
• 1.40x from Aspect of Creeping Death
• 1.35x from Aspect of Noxious Ice
• 1.30x from Aspect of Retribution
• 1.25x from Cheap Shot
• 1.20x from Coldclip Aspect
• 1.20x from Aspect of Concussive Strikes
• 1.20x from Control

These damage bonuses can be applied to normal and elite enemies immediately, but they do not apply to bosses unless they are Staggered. Repeated Crowd Controls of the same type in a short duration apply less Stagger to bosses, so separate sources of Crowd Controls are utilized within the build. Stagger Bosses to deal maximum damage!

Damage Rotation

Use the following rotation to optimize damage output.

1. Initiate combat with Dash or Shadow Step
2. Cast Smoke Grenade at enemies for increased damage from Enhanced Smoke Grenade.
3. Use a Potion for increased damage from Unstable Elixirs.
4. Activate Poison Imbuement.
5. Cast Death Trap to activate the damage buff from No Witnesses and group enemies.
6. Spam Barrage to proc poison novas from Andariel’s Visage. Make sure to stand close to Elites and Bosses to shotgun them with every arrow.

Obol Gambling

Obol gambling is a great way to potentially find item upgrades or items missing from your build. Use Obols on your target equipment for a chance to receive Greater Affixes. Check out the tool from Icy Veins for gambling Obols in the link below.

Season 5: Infernal Hordes

The following list details the changes in the Season 5 Update (Patch 1.5.0) that may pertain to Andariel’s Visage Rogues. Check the Changelog for all the other guide updates.

• Preparation
  • Previous – Every 75 Energy you spend reduces your Ultimate Skill’s Cooldown by 5 seconds. Using an Ultimate Skill resets the Cooldowns of your other Skills.
  • Now – Spend 75 Energy to reduce your Ultimate Skill’s Cooldown by 5 seconds. Ultimate Skills reset other Cooldowns and grant 15% Damage Reduction for 10 seconds.
• Dash
  • Damage increased by 25% (0.32 to 0.4).
  • Additional functionality: Dash Slows enemies hit by 30% for 3 seconds.
• Enhanced Dash
  • Previous – Enemies damaged by Dash take 15% increased Critical Strike Damage from you for 5 seconds.
  • Now – Casting Dash increases your Critical Strike Chance by 10% for 5 seconds.
• Disciplined Dash
  • Previous – Dash Slows enemies it hits by 30% for 3 seconds. Any enemy already Slowed will be Dazed for 2 seconds instead.
  • Now – At the end of Dash, Knock Down surrounding enemies for 2 seconds and deal 350% of its damage to them.
• Methodical Dash
  • Previous – Dealing damage to Crowd Controlled enemies with Dash reduces its Charge Cooldown by 0.5 seconds, up to 4 seconds per cast.
  • Now – Dash has 1 additional Charge and its Charge Cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds.
• Enhanced Shadow Step
  • Previous – Damaging an enemy with Shadow Step increases your Critical Strike Chance against them by 8% for 3 seconds.
  • Now – Damaging an enemy with Shadow Step Dazes and applies Vulnerable to them for 3 seconds.
• Methodical Shadow Step
  • Previous – Enemies damaged by Shadow Step are Stunned for 2 seconds.
  • Now – After Shadow Stepping, you gain 20% Damage Reduction for 3 seconds.
• Disciplined Shadow Step
  • Previous – Shadow Step’s Cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds when it damages an enemy you have not hit with Shadow Step in the last 4 seconds.
  • Now – Damaging an enemy with Shadow Step Stuns them for 2 seconds and reduces its Cooldown by 3 seconds.
• Dark Shroud
  • You can now only lose 1 Dark Shroud shadow every 1.5 seconds.
• Enhanced Dark Shroud
  • Previous – Dark Shroud’s shadows have a 14% chance to not be Consumed.
  • Now – Each active Dark Shroud shadow grants you 5% increased Movement Speed and also has a 15% chance to not be Consumed.
• Subverting Dark Shroud
  • Previous – Each active shadow from Dark Shroud grants you 4% increased Movement Speed.
  • Now – You Heal for 10% of your Maximum Life when a Dark Shroud shadow is removed.
• Countering Dark Shroud
  • You only need 1 active shadow to get the bonus Critical Strike Chance instead of 2.
  • Critical Strike Chance increased from 8% to 10%.
• Smoke Grenade
  • Additional functionality: Smoke Grenade now deals 45% Physical damage, has a 25% Lucky Hit Chance, and its Skill Ranks now give increased damage and Cooldown Reduction.
• Enhanced Smoke Grenade
  • Previous – Enemies affected by Smoke Grenade take 25% increased damage from you.
  • Now – Enemies hit by Smoke Grenade take 25% increased damage from you for 5 seconds.
• Subverting Smoke Grenade
  • Previous – Lucky Hit: Dealing direct damage to enemies affected by Smoke Grenade has up to a 25% chance to reduce its Cooldown by 1 second, or by 3 seconds instead if the enemy is Vulnerable.
  • Now – Hitting an Elite or Boss with Smoke Grenade reduces its Cooldown by 5 seconds.
• Subverting Smoke Grenade
  • Previous – If an enemy is Vulnerable, Slowed, or Chilled then Smoke Grenade will Daze them for 20% longer.
  • Now – Smoke Grenade now deals Poison damage and applies another 45% Poisoning damage over 5 seconds.
• Poison Imbuement
  • Poisoning Duration increased from 5 to 6 seconds.
• Enhanced Poison Imbuement
  • Previous – Poison Imbuement’s Poisoning Duration is increased by 1 second.
  • Now – Casting Poison Imbuement generates 30 Energy, increased by 2 for each Nearby Poisoned enemy.
• Exploit Weakness
  • Previous – Whenever you deal damage to a Vulnerable enemy, they take 1%[x] increased damage from you for 6 seconds, up to 25%[x].
  • Now – Lucky Hit: Hitting a Vulnerable enemy has up to a 60% chance to increase your damage by 1%[x] for 25 seconds, up to 25%[x]. At 25 stacks the bonus remains for 6 seconds then expires.
• Cheap Shot
  • Previous – You deal 5% increased damage for each Nearby enemy that is Crowd Controlled, up to 25%.
  • Now – You deal 5% increased damage for each Nearby enemy that is Crowd Controlled, up to 25%. A Nearby Staggered Boss provides the maximum bonus.

Changelog

• August 10th, 2024: Guide created for Season 5 (Patch 1.5.0).