Flurry – Rogue Leveling Build for Diablo 4 (Season 13)

Build Introduction

The Flurry Rogue is a rapidly striking and quick mobility build for melee players. Flurry dashes to enemies to deal damage in an area, slashing through groups of enemies. Fast attacks and multiple mobility options enable a fun and effective playstyle to level a new Rogue character.

Check the Rogue Leveling Guide Overview for a comparison of all the starter builds on Icy Veins.

Once your Rogue character reaches Level 70, switch to the Endgame Guide for the Flurry Rogue to continue this build.

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Allocation of Skill Points

The following table shows the order in which to allocate your Skill Points while leveling with the Flurry Rogue build. Leveling up grants 69 points. An extra 14 points are gained from completing Renown for Eternal Players and Seasonal Ranks for Seasonal Players. Allocate the extra points to gain additional Ranks to priority Skills faster, such as Flurry.

Order	Skill or Modifier	Cluster
1	Invigorating Strike Rank 1	Basic Skill
2	Flurry Rank 1	Core Skill
3	Dash Rank 1	Agility Skill
4	Invigorating Strike Energy	Basic Skill
5	Flurry Cast Speed	Core Skill
6	Dash Critical Strike Chance	Agility Skill
7	Dark Shroud	Subterfuge Skill
8	Invigorating Strike Healing	Basic Skill
9	Flurry Damage Increase	Core Skill
10	Dash Charges and Cooldown Reduction	Agility Skill
11	Dark Shroud Movement Speed	Subterfuge Skill
12	Shadow Imbuement Rank 1	Imbuement Skill
13	Invigorating Strike Quick Strike	Basic Skill
14	Flurry Transporter	Core Skill
15	Dash Detonation	Agility Skill
16	Dark Shroud Consume Chance	Subterfuge Skill
17	Shadow Imbuement Vulnerable	Imbuement Skill
18	Shadow Clone Rank 1	Ultimate Skill
19	Dark Shroud Overflow	Subterfuge Skill
20	Shadow Imbuement Overpower	Imbuement Skill
21	Shadow Clone Weaken and Vulnerable	Ultimate Skill
22	Shadow Imbuement Endemic	Imbuement Skill
23	Shadow Clone Cooldown	Ultimate Skill
24	Shadow Clone Relentless	Ultimate Skill
25 – 38	Flurry Rank 15	Core Skill
39 – 52	Dark Shroud Rank 15	Subterfuge Skill
53 – 66	Shadow Imbuement Rank 15	Imbuement Skill
67 – 80	Shadow Clone Rank 15	Ultimate Skill
81 – 83	Dash Rank 4	Agility Skill

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Skill Bar and Skill Tree Points

Skill Bar Setup for the Flurry Rogue (order does not matter)

Invigorating StrikeFlurryDashDark ShroudShadow ImbuementShadow Clone

The Skill Tree will be included in this guide shortly once the tool is updated. For now, refer to the Allocation of Skill Points section above to build your character.

If you are unsure about the usage of these Skills, read the Build Mechanics section after setting up your Skill Bar.

Wondering what comes after Level 70 or which Paragon boards to pick? Head to the Rogue Builds Page and choose an endgame build to continue your character progression.

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Rogue Class Mechanic – Specialization

Once you reach Level 15, immediately complete the True Potential class questline to unlock the Rogue’s Specialization.

Inner Sight is the preferred Specialization for the Flurry Rogue to gain increased Critical Strike Chance, Critical Strike Damage, and no Resource Cost for 4 seconds once activated.

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Gear, Stats, Gems, and Runes

The following sections cover the important systems that are essential to improving the power of your character during the leveling process. Higher Item Power generally indicates stronger gear, but you should also consider the affixes and effects that are relevant to your class and build.

Legendary Aspects

Legendary Aspects can be found on Legendary Items, which can be salvaged at the Blacksmith to unlock them in the Codex of Power for repeated imprinting onto your gear. Higher ranks for aspects are unlocked by salvaging Legendary Items with higher aspect values. Check the Aspect and Codex of Power guide for more general information.

Listed below are all the Aspects found on Legendary Items that are important for the Dance of Knives Rogue leveling build. They are listed in order of priority, with the most beneficial at the top. For the best results, combine these Aspects with the ideal Stat Priorities. The best-in-slot Aspects List is in the Endgame Guide for the Dance of Knives Rogue.

Rank	Aspect Name	Legendary Aspect Power
1	Aspect of Imitated Imbuement	You Shadow Clones and Shades also mimic the Imbuements applied to your Skills. Casting an Imbuement Skill increases your Non-physical damage by x [40 – 60%] increased damage for 9 seconds.
2	Aspect of Encircling Blades	Cutthroat Skills deal x [40 – 55%] increased damage. This bonus increases to x [51 – 70%] against Injured enemies.
3	Edgemaster’s Aspect	Skills deal up to x [40 – 60%] increased damage based on your available Primary Resource when cast, receiving the maximum benefit while you have full Primary Resource.
4	Aspect of Malice	You deal x [40 – 55%] increased damage to Vulnerable enemies, and x [15 – 20] increased damage to Knocked Down enemies.
5	Aspect of Alchemical Advantage	Dealing Non-Physical damage increases your Attack Speed and Lucky Hit Chance by + [4 – 6%] for 8 seconds, up to + [40 – 60%].
6	Duelist’s Aspect	While using a One-Handed weapon, your Attack Speed is increased by + [30 – 50%].
7	Ravenous Aspect	Killing a Vulnerable or Weakened enemy grants you x [75 – 115] increased Energy Regeneration for 4 seconds.
8	Cheat’s Aspect	You gain + [15 – 20%] Damage Reduction and +10% increased Movement Speed. These bonuses are doubled while below 50% Maximum Life.
9	Aspect of Debilitating Toxins	You gain [20 – 30%] Damage Reduction, and Poisoned enemies deal 15% less damage to you.
10	Aspect of Might	Basic Skills grant [20 – 30%] Damage Reduction for 4 seconds.
11	Aspect of Slaughter	You gain + [30 – 45%] increased Movement Speed. Taking damage from Close enemies Slows you by 30% for 2 seconds.
12	Agile Aspect	Casting an Agility Skill increases your Movement Speed by x [20 – 30%] and your Dodge Chance by 10% for 10 seconds.
13	Wind Striker Aspect	Critical Strikes grant + [30 – 50%] Movement Speed for 1 second, up to 6 seconds.
14	Aspect of Nebulous Brews	Healing Potions grant x [20 – 30%] Movement Speed for 8 seconds. Every 80 meters you travel refills a Healing Potion.
15	Aspect of the Orange Herald	Cast Core Skill damage reduces the Cooldown of one of your Skills by [0.7 – 1] second.

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Stat Priority and Tempering Affixes

Listed below are the affixes to prioritize on gear during the early leveling of a Dance of Knives Rogue, ranked by importance. Affixes on the same line have equal value, so attempt to obtain all affixes in each line before moving on to the next.

Ensure you temper your best item upgrades regularly, as the extra affixes provide a significant advantage while leveling. Weapon and Offensive category tempers are especially powerful and can massively boost your damage output.

The Item Power of weapons determines their DPS and is the most important factor when selecting a Dual-Wielded Weapon. The choice between Daggers or Swords does not make a big difference in overall performance. Prioritize beneficial stat affixes on a Ranged Weapon instead of the DPS, as there are no attacks utilizing them in this build.

The most beneficial tempering affixes while leveling are included below. The best-in-slot tempering affixes are available in the Endgame Guide for the Flurry Rogue. Check the Tempering Guide for more information on this system.

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Gems and Runewords

Equip the corresponding Gems into your Weapon, Armor, and Jewelry slots.

Weapon Gems	Armor Gems	Jewelry Gems
Amethyst for Shadow Damage Multiplier.	Emerald for Dexterity.	Diamond for Resistance to All Elements.

Runes start to drop after unlocking them during the Vessel of Hatred campaign. A Rune of Ritual and a Rune of Invocation can be combined by inserting them into equipment with 2 available sockets, creating a Runeword. A limit of 2 Runewords can be equipped.

Listed below are the best Runewords utilizing Magic and Rare Runes that are beneficial for this build. The best-in-slot Runewords utilizing Legendary Runes are in the Endgame Guide for the Flurry Rogue.

Runeword	Effect
Neo Gar	Gain: 200 Offering — Deal damage after not taking any within 2 seconds. (Resets if Invulnerable.) Requires: 25 Offering, Cooldown: 1 Second — Gain 2% Critical Strike Chance for 5 seconds, up to 10%.
Cir Qua	Gain: 300 Offering — Cast 5 Skills then become exhausted for 3 seconds. Requires: 50 Offering, Cooldown: 1 Second — Gain 10% Movement Speed for 5 seconds, up to 50%.

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Season 13 Mechanics

Season 13 does not offer a specific seasonal theme due to the release of the Lord of Hatred expansion. Many new features are available to explore, including War Plans, Talismans, Horadric Cube, Echoing Hatred, and reworked Skill Trees.

Talismans

The Lord of Hatred expansion introduces Talismans as a new character progression system. Equip a Seal and place Charms into its slots for a significant power boost. A ranked list with the most beneficial stats is provided below. The ideal Talisman setup can be found in the Endgame Guide for the Flurry Rogue.

1. Ranks to Cutthroat/Core Skills, Damage Multipliers, Attack Speed, Critical Strike Chance
2. Cooldown Reduction, Movement Speed
3. Maximum Life, Resistances, Armor

Mercenaries

Once the Den is unlocked during the main questline in the Vessel of Hatred expansion, complete the key quests to acquire each Mercenary. Hire a Mercenary and enlist a Reinforcement in the following setup.

• Hired Mercenary: Raheir
  • Skills: Ground Slam, Raheir’s Aegis, Bastion, Inspiration
• Reinforcement: Varyana
  • Skill: Bloodthirst
  • Opportunity: Cast when the player casts any skill in combat.

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Build Mechanics

The Flurry Rogue is a Ranged Bow build featuring a simple playstyle that excels in all Diablo 4 activities. Flurry dashes to enemies with its Transporter modifier to rapidly strike enemies in an area, enabling the Core Skill to effectively clear groups of enemies.

Invigorating Strike generates Energy to get started with the build, but fewer casts are needed as other sources of Energy Regeneration become available.

Dash provides additional mobility and can be used to hit enemies, increasing their chance to be Critically Struck and knocking them down through its modifiers.

Dark Shroud grants increased Movement Speed and a massive multiplier to Energy Regeneration with its modifiers.

Shadow Imbuement explodes enemies for area-of-effect damage, while applying Vulnerable to enemies and granting Overpower stacks with its modifiers. The Endemic modifier rapidly reduces the Cooldown when killing groups of enemies for 100% uptime.

Shadow Clone supplements damage output when maximum damage is needed.

Rotation and Playstyle

Use the following rotation to optimize the playstyle.

1. Refresh Dark Shroud constantly if you take damage to regain stacks that increase Movement Speed and Energy Regeneration.
2. Refresh Shadow Imbuement constantly to explode enemies for area-of-effect damage.
3. Cast Dash to traverse, or hit enemies with it to increase their chance to be Critically Struck and knock them down.
4. Spam Flurry to deal damage and dash to enemies within a moderate range, jumping from pack to pack of enemies.
5. Cast Invigorating Strike to generate Energy when needed.
6. Against bosses and tough elites, cast Shadow Clone to maximize damage output.

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Season Updates

Patch notes for Season 13 have not been provided, as the Lord of Hatred expansion is a major overhaul to Skill Trees and class balance. For a complete overview of Season 13, take a look at the comprehensive season guide.

Difficulty and Endgame

Once you hit Level 70 with this build, tackle harder difficulties and more challenging endgame content. Make sure to pick one of our recommended endgame builds for Rogue to continue your journey! The endgame builds also cover the Paragon setup.

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Changelog

• April 27th, 2026: Guide created for Season 13 (Patch 3.0.0).