Death Trap Rogue Abattoir of Zir Build (Season 2)

This is a Season 2 Death Trap Rogue endgame build in Diablo 4 (D4) that utilizes Death Trap, Poison Imbuement, Vampiric Powers, and Tears of Blood for high damage and extremely high survivability. Read on for the complete list of Vampiric Powers, Skills, and Aspects you need and how to play the build for Season 2 and Abattoir of Zir (AoZ).

Death Trap Rogue Strengths and Weaknesses

Death Trap Rogue Strengths

High Burst Damage and DPS

The build can achieve high bursts of damage and DPS through Death Trap and Poison Imbued Twisting Blades which stack with Damage to Crowd Controlled enemies.

High Crowd-control capabilities

This build can crowd control enemies through Puncture's slowing effect, and knocking enemies down using traps.

Death Trap Rogue Weaknesses

High Skill Ceiling

This build requires high skill as players need to think fast before setting up a Death Trap combo. This build is also dangerous as Elites with AoE affixes can get mixed with the Death Trap and possibly harm the player.

Positional Requirements

The build requires precise positioning as to where to put the death trap, and players may also need to kite enemies to make the most out of each combo.

Death Trap Rogue Build Overview

Build Summary

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Summary		Skill Progression		Vampiric Powers
Aspects & Affixes		Gems		Paragon

Skills

Aspects & Uniques

Stats & Gems

Build Overview and Summary
Death Trap		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Active Skills
Passive Skills

Build Overview and Summary
Death Trap		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Aspects and Uniques
Doombringer (1H Sword) Harlequin Crest (Helmet) Tibault's Will (Pants) Condemnation (1H Dagger) Aspect of Disobedience (Amulet) Aspect of Might (Chest) Ravager's Aspect (Boots) Edgemaster's Aspect (Crossbow) Bladedancer's Aspect (Ring) Aspect of Bursting Venoms (Gloves) Ravenous Aspect (Ring)

Build Overview and Summary
Death Trap		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Stat Priorities			Recommended Gems
・Cooldown Reduction ・Vulnerable Damage ・Critical Strike Damage ・Critical Strike Chance ・Lucky Hit Chance ・Damage Reduction ・Damage Reduction from Close Enemies ・Armor ・Maximum Life ・Damage with Core ・Damage vs Close ・Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies			Topaz (Armor) Sapphire (Weapons)

Death Trap Rogue Build Breakdown

Skill Progression

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Summary		Skill Progression		Vampiric Powers
Aspects & Affixes		Gems		Paragon

Active Skills

Skill		Upgrade Path
Puncture (5 Points)	→	Enhanced Puncture	Fundamental Puncture
Twisting Blades (13 Points)	→	Enhanced Twisting Blades	Advanced Twisting Blades
Shadow Step (5 Points)	→	Enhanced Shadow Step	Disciplined Shadow Step
Poison Trap (5 Points)	→	Enhanced Poison Trap	Countering Poison Trap
Poison Imbuement (8 Points)	→	Enhanced Poison Imbuement	Blended Poison Imbuement
Death Trap (1 Point)	→	Prime Death Trap	Supreme Death Trap

This build requires the Uber Unique Helm Harlequin Crest to attain this number of skill points.

Passive Skills

Cold Poison Death Trap Passives
Stutter Step (3 Points)	Weapon Mastery (3 Points)	Concussive (3 Points)
Exploit (3 Points)	Malice (3 Points)	Precision Imbuement (3 Points)
Deadly Venom (1 Point)	Debilitating Toxins (3 Points)	Alchemical Advantage (3 Points)
Innervation (1 Point)	Alchemist's Fortune (3 Points)	Trap Mastery (3 Points)
Adrenaline Rush (3 Points)	Exposure (1 Point)	-

Skill Progression Breakdown

Recommended Skill Progression
Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Lv.5
Puncture	Enhanced Puncture	Fundamental Puncture	Twisting Blades
Lv.6	Lv.7	Lv.8	Lv.9
Enhanced Twisting Blades	Advanced Twisting Blades	Twisting Blades	Twisting Blades
Lv.10	Lv.11	Lv.12	Lv.13
Twisting Blades	Twisting Blades	Stutter Step	Stutter Step
Lv.14	Lv.15	Lv.16	Lv.17
Stutter Step	Shadow Step	Enhanced Shadow Step	Disciplined Shadow Step
Lv.18	Lv.19	Lv.20	Lv.21
Weapon Mastery	Weapon Mastery	Weapon Mastery	Concussive
Lv.22	Lv.23	Lv.24	Lv.25
Concussive	Concussive	Poison Trap	Enhanced Poison Trap
Lv.26	Lv.27	Lv.28	Lv.29
Countering Poison Trap	Exploit	Exploit	Exploit
Lv.30	Lv.31	Lv.32	Lv.33
Malice	Malice	Malice	Poison Imbuement
Lv.34	Lv.35	Lv.36	Lv.37
Enhanced Poison Imbuement	Blended Poison Imbuement	Precision Imbuement	Precision Imbuement
Lv.38	Lv.39	Lv.40	Lv.41
Precision Imbuement	Deadly Venom	Debilitating Toxins	Debilitating Toxins
Lv.42	Lv.43	Lv.44	Lv.45
Debilitating Toxins	Alchemical Advantage	Alchemical Advantage	Alchemical Advantage
Lv.46	Lv.47	Lv.48	Lv.49
Death Trap	Prime Death Trap	Supreme Death Trap	Exposure
Renown Skill Points (Lv50 Onwards)
R1	R2	R3	R4
Innervation	Alchemist's Fortune	Alchemist's Fortune	Alchemist's Fortune
R5	R6	R7	R8
Trap Mastery	Trap Mastery	Trap Mastery	Adrenaline Rush
R9	R10
Adrenaline Rush	Adrenaline Rush

Best Vampiric Powers

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Summary		Skill Progression		Vampiric Powers
Aspects & Affixes		Gems		Paragon

Vampiric Power Cost	Effect Explanation
Moonrise 6 0 0	Hitting an enemy with a Basic Skill grants you 4% Attack Speed for 10 seconds, stacking up to 5 times. Upon reaching maximum stacks, you enter a Vampiric Bloodrage, gaining 160% Basic Skill damage and 15% Movement Speed for 10 seconds. Used for an increase in attack speed and movement speed for a more mobile build without much worry for resource.
Anticipation 0 1 0	Your Ultimate Skills gain 20% Cooldown Reduction. Your Ultimate Skills gain 12% increased damage for each nearby enemy affected by your Damage Over Time effects. Provides a cooldown reduction for Death Trap and a damage boost that synergizes with Poison Imbued Twisting Blades.
Undying 0 0 1	Casting Skills heals you for 3% Life. Double this bonus while below 50% Life. The Undying Vampiric power acts as a stronger replacement for Siphoning Strikes, as it heals you every time you use a skill; basic skills included.
Metamorphosis 2 2 2	When you Evade you turn into a cloud of bats, becoming Unstoppable for 4 seconds. Enemies along your path take 160% Physical damage and are inflicted with Vampiric Curse. Grants unstoppable that synergizes with Tibault's Will; also affects enemies with Vampiric Curse which synergizes with Flowing Veins and Prey on the Weak.
Prey on the Weak 2 0 0	You deal 16% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies. Enemies are Vulnerable while affected by a Vampiric Curse from your other Vampiric Powers. Boosts damage against vulnerable enemies and synergizes with the Accursed Touch vampiric power which makes enemies vulnerable, ultimately replacing the Exploit glyph for the paragon board.
Total Pacts Required 10 | 3 | 3

Specialization

Specialization Guide

Aspects and Affixes

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Summary		Skill Progression		Vampiric Powers
Aspects & Affixes		Gems		Paragon

Best Weapons

Equipment	Aspects and Affixes
Crossbow	Edgemaster's Aspect Skills deal up to (10-20)% increased damage based on your available Primary Resource when cast, receiving the maximum benefit while you have full Primary Resource. ・+ X% Vulnerable Damage (Inherent) ・+ X% Vulnerable Damage ・+ X% Damage to Close Enemies ・+ X% Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies ・+ X% Critical Strike Damage
Dagger	Condemnation Your Core Skills deal (20-40%) increased damage when spending 3 Combo Points. Your Skills using this weapon have a 30% chance to generate 3 Combo Points. ・+ X% Damage to Close Enemies (Inherent) ・+ X% Basic Skill Damage ・+ X% Critical Strike Chance Against Injured Enemies ・+ X% Damage with Dual-Wielded Weapons ・+ X% Core Skill Damage
1H Sword	Doombringer Lucky Hit: Up to a (15-25)% chance to deal Shadow damage to surrounding enemies and reduce their damage done by 20% for 5 seconds. ・+ X% Critical Strike Damage (Inherent) ・+ X% Core Skill Damage ・+ X Damage ・Lucky Hit: Up to 5% Chance to Heal X Life ・+ X Maximum Life
Doombringer Alternative	Aspects and Affixes
Dagger	Aspect of Corruption Your Imbuement Skill effects have (20-40)% increased potency against Vulnerable enemies. ・+ X% Damage to Close Enemies (Inherent) ・+ X Dexterity ・+ X% Damage to Close Enemies ・+ X% Critical Damage ・+ X% Core Skill Damage

Best Armor

Equipment	Aspects and Affixes
Helmet	Harlequin Crest Gain (10.0-20.0)% Damage Reduction. In addition, gain +4 Ranks to all Skills. ・+ X All Stats ・+ X% Cooldown Reduction ・+ X Maximum Life ・+ X% Resource Generation
Chest	Aspect of Might Basic Skills grant 20% Damage Reduction for (XX) seconds. ・+ X Total Armor ・+ X Maximum Life ・+ X% Damage Reduction ・+ X% Fire Resistance
Gloves	Aspect of Bursting Venoms Lucky Hit: Poison Imbued Skills have up to a 15% chance to create a toxic pool that deals (1.25-1.52) Poisoning damage over 3 seconds to enemies within. While standing in the pool, your Poison Imbuement Skill has no Cooldown and no Charge limit. ・+ X Ranks of Death Trap ・+ X% Lucky Hit Chance ・+ X% Critical Strike Chance ・+ X% Attack Speed
Pants	Tibault's Will You deal 20-40% increased damage while Unstoppable and for 4 seconds after. When you become Unstoppable, gain 50 of your Primary Resource. ・While Injured, Your Potion Also Grants 20% Resource (Inherent) ・+ X% Damage Reduction From Close Enemies ・+ X Potion Capacity ・+ X% Damage ・+ X% Maximum Resource
Boots	Ravager's Aspect Shadow Step has an additional Charge. Killing an enemy with Shadow Step refunds a Charge and increases the damage of Shadow Step by (1-6)% for 2 seconds, up to (5-30)%. ・+ X Max Evade Charge (Inherent) ・+ X% Movement Speed ・+ X% Lightning Resistance ・+ X% Poison Resistance ・+ X% Cold Resistance

Best Jewelry

Jewelry	Aspects and Affixes
Amulet	Aspect of Disobedience You gain (0.25-0.50)% increased Armor for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage, stacking up to (66)%. ・+ X% Resist All (Inherent) ・+ X Ranks of All Imbuement Skills ・+ X% Cooldown Reduction ・+ X% Ultimate Skill Damage ・+ X% Damage Reduction
Ring	Bladedancer's Aspect Twisting Blades orbit for a short time after they return to you, dealing (10-15)% of Twisting Blades' return damage per hit. Based on the distance the blades returned, the orbit damage increases up to (20-30)% of the return damage. ・+ X% Resist All (Inherent) ・+ X% Shadow Resistance (Inherent) ・+ X% Maximum Life ・+ X% Critical Strike Chance ・+ X% Lucky Hit Chance ・+ X% Critical Strike Damage
Ring	Ravenous Aspect Killing a Vulnerable enemy grants you (50-70)% increased Energy Regeneration for 4 seconds. ・+ X% Resist All (Inherent) ・+ X% Fire Resistance (Inherent) ・+ X Maximum Life ・+ X% Critical Strike Chance ・+ X% Lucky Hit Chance ・+ X% Critical Strike Damage

Best Gems

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Summary		Skill Progression		Vampiric Powers
Aspects & Affixes		Gems		Paragon

Item Type	Effect Explanation
Royal Sapphire (Weapon)	+12.0% Critical Strike Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies Sapphires are the best gems for this build which relies on trap skills to knock down enemies, allowing for higher damage when Death Trap is activated.
Royal Ruby (Armor)	4.0% Maximum Life Rubies on armor give this build a boost on its survivability because of its increase to maximum life, which is a must for Rogues.
Royal Diamond (Jewelry)	5.0% Resistance to All Elements Adjust your gem slots in the jewelry section depending on the elemental resistances you need. Note that elemental resistances have a cap of 70%, but it can be boosted to 85% temporarily through various means.

Paragon Board Setup

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Summary		Skill Progression		Vampiric Powers
Aspects & Affixes		Gems		Paragon

Starting Board (Devious)

Get the most out of the rare nodes in this board with a minimal path to the next board while still getting the necessary stats for the Devious glyph, and boosts for damage, armor, and max health.

• Devious (Glyph): Taken primarily for the damage boost it gives against Crowd Controlled enemies, but it also boosts the magic nodes in its radius.
• Prime and Skillful: Raw damage boosts along the path.
• Resilience: Provides an increase percentage on Max Life which is essential for Rogues.
• Lawless: Increase on armor for extra defense.

Cheap Shot (Tears of Blood)

This is the most optimal board for Tears of Blood with the number of core stats surrounding the glyph area. The magic and rare nodes in this board are one of the build's main sources of damage boost.

• Tears of Blood (Glyph): Will provide a significant damage boost that is extremely helpful for pinnacle content.
• Devious, Calculated, and Oppress: Provides extra damage to crowd-controlled targets which synergizes well with Cold Imbuement.
• Spearhead: Gives a huge damage boost against healthy enemies, which is important for the build's first cast of Death Trap.
• Wiles: Taken as a core stat node for Tears of Blood.

Eldritch Bounty (Control)

This board increases the build's poison damage through Control Glyph and the Rare nodes within the board.

• Control (Glyph): Increases the build's damage against crowd-controlled enemies, which greatly synergizes with the Death Trap build.
• Potent and Ready Supply: Gives an additional boost to the build's poison damage through Poison Imbuement.
• Dosage: Taken as a path to the intelligence node, but also gives extra dexterity and potion healing.

Deadly Ambush (Ambush)

This is a full-investment board that will significantly boost the effects and up-time of Death Trap.

• Ambush (Glyph): Provides an increase on non-physical damage, stacking with the Anticipation Vampiric Power's damage increase.
• Engineering, Spring-Loaded, and Trapper: Increases the damage and up-time of Death Trap to synergize with the Twisting Blades' speed.
• Cunning: Provides damage reduction from elites inside Death Trap; extremely useful for elites with AoE affixes.

Leyrana's Instinct (Canny)

This board increases the build's trap and poison damage through Canny Glyph.

• Canny (Glyph): Provides an increase on non-physical damage, stacking with the Anticipation Vampiric Power's damage increase.
• Feint: Only taken as a path to two intelligence nodes for the Canny glyph.

Death Trap Rogue Playstyle

Cold Poison Death Trap Build Tips
Recommended Openers and Rotations Evade and Fly If The Fight Gets Too Dangerous

Boss and Mob Openers and Rotations

It's important to prioritize targets before diving into a pack. We recommend taking out Elites with AoE affixes first before starting the death trap combo.

Evade and Fly If The Fight Gets Too Dangerous

Evade to morph into a bat and fly away if an encounter gets too dangerous. This is also a good way to refresh your cooldowns and kite enemies for your next combo.

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