Barrage Rogue Abattoir of Zir Build (Season 2)

This is a Season 2 Barrage Rogue endgame build in Diablo 4 (D4) that utilizes Cold and 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).

Barrage Rogue Strengths and Weaknesses

Barrage Rogue Strengths

High Burst Damage and DPS

The build can achieve high bursts of damage and DPS through the skill combinations that stack conditional damage increases.

High Crowd-control capabilities

With Cold Imbuement, Efficacy Glyph, and Branching Volleys Aspect, the build can chill or freeze enemies easily, giving players safe windows to build their combos.

High Mobility

This build has two mobility skills paired with the Metamorphosis Vampiric Power to move around and escape crowd control effects, making it an extremely viable build for endgame content.

Barrage Rogue Weaknesses

Mid to Close Range Playstyle

Due to barrage's spreadshot nature this build is limited to a mid to close range playstyle to maximize its damage.

High Skill Ceiling

Despite having high mobility, the build requires precise positioning and target prioritization to maximize the damage of each cast of Barrage. Proper timing and use of Shadow Step is required as that is the skills that activates most damage buffs like Close Quarters Combat.

Barrage 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
Barrage		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Active Skills
Passive Skills

Build Overview and Summary
Barrage		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Aspects and Uniques
Doombringer Harlequin Crest Tibault's Will X'Fal's Corroded Signet Condemnation Aspect of Disobedience (Amulet) Umbrous Aspect (Chest) Aspect of Corruption (Ring) Aspect of Branching Volleys (Gloves) Edgemaster's Aspect (Crossbow) Mangler's Aspect (Boots)

Build Overview and Summary
Barrage		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 ・Maximum Life ・Damage with Poison ・Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies			Amethyst (Weapon) Ruby (Armor)

Barrage 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
Barrage (13 Points)	→	Enhanced Barrage	Advanced Barrage
Shadow Step (5 Points)	→	Enhanced Shadow Step	Methodical Shadow Step
Dash (5 Points)	→	-
Cold Imbuement (8 Points)	→	Enhanced Cold Imbuement	Mixed Cold Imbuement
Poison Imbuement (8 Points)	→	Enhanced Poison Imbuement	Blended Poison Imbuement
Additional Skills
Dark Shroud (5 Points)	→	Enhanced Dark Shroud	Subverting Dark Shroud

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

Dark Shroud is not part of the hotbar and will only be generated through the Umbrous Aspect.

Passive Skills

Cold Poison Barrage Passives
Stutter Step (3 Points)	Weapon Mastery (3 Points)	Exploit (3 Points)
Malice (3 Points)	Precision Imbuement (3 Points)	Deadly Venom (1 Point)
Alchemical Advantage (1 Point)	Debilitating Toxins (3 Points)	Frigid Finesse (3 Points)
Innervation (1 Point)	Alchemist's Fortune (3 Points)	Second Wind (3 Points)
Adrenaline Rush (1 Point)	Impetus (3 Points)	Close Quarters Combat (1 Point)

Skill Progression Breakdown

Recommended Skill Progression
Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Lv.5
Puncture	Enhanced Puncture	Fundamental Puncture	Barrage
Lv.6	Lv.7	Lv.8	Lv.9
Enhanced Barrage	Advanced Barrage	Barrage	Barrage
Lv.10	Lv.11	Lv.12	Lv.13
Barrage	Barrage	Dash	Stutter Step
Lv.14	Lv.15	Lv.16	Lv.17
Stutter Step	Weapon Mastery	Weapon Mastery	Weapon Mastery
Lv.18	Lv.19	Lv.20	Lv.21
Dark Shroud	Enhanced Dark Shroud	Subverting Dark Shroud	Stutter Step
Lv.22	Lv.23	Lv.24	Lv.25
Shadow Step	Enhanced Shadow Step	Methodical Shadow Step	Poison Imbuement
Lv.26	Lv.27	Lv.28	Lv.29
Enhanced Poison Imbuement	Blended Poison Imbuement	Cold Imbuement	Enhanced Cold Imbuement
Lv.30	Lv.31	Lv.32	Lv.33
Mixed Cold Imbuement	Frigid Finesse	Frigid Finesse	Frigid Finesse
Lv.34	Lv.35	Lv.36	Lv.37
Exploit	Exploit	Exploit	Malice
Lv.38	Lv.39	Lv.40	Lv.41
Malice	Malice	Second Wind	Precision Imbuement
Lv.42	Lv.43	Lv.44	Lv.45
Precision Imbuement	Precision Imbuement	Deadly Venom	Alchemical Advantage
Lv.46	Lv.47	Lv.48	Lv.49
Second Wind	Second Wind	Innervation	Alchemist's Fortune
Renown Skill Points (Lv50 Onwards)
R1	R2	R3	R4
Close Quarters Combat	Alchemist's Fortune	Alchemist's Fortune	Adrenaline Rush
R5	R6	R7	R8
Impetus	Impetus	Impetus	Debilitating Toxins
R9	R10
Debilitating Toxins	Debilitating Toxins

Best Vampiric Powers

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Summary		Skill Progression		Vampiric Powers
Aspects & Affixes		Gems		Paragon

Vampiric Power Cost	Effect Explanation
Flowing Veins 2 2 2	You deal 60% increased Damage Over Time to enemies that are moving or affected by a Vampiric Curse. Increases the Build's Damage over Time when combined with the Metamorphosis and Prey on the Weak vampiric powers.
Ravenous 3 0 0	Lucky Hit: Up to a 20% chance to increase your Attack Speed by 40% of your Total Movement Speed for 6 seconds. Provides an attack speed boost that synergizes with almost every skill, aspect, and vampiric power in this build.
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 9 | 4 | 5

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% Core Skill Damage ・+ 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

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	Umbrous Aspect Lucky Hit: Critical Strikes with Marksman Skills have up to a (40-60)% chance to grant a free Dark Shroud shadow. ・+ X Total Armor ・+ X Maximum Life ・+ X% Damage Reduction ・+ X% Fire Resistance
Gloves	Aspect of Branching Volleys Barrage's arrows have a (15-25)% chance to split into 2 arrows whenever they ricochet. ・+ X Ranks of Barrage ・+ 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	Mangler's Aspect Lucky Hit: Dealing direct damage to a Vulnerable enemy has up to a (25-45)% chance to Daze them for 2 seconds. ・+ 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% Imbuement Skill Cooldown Reduction ・+ X% Damage Reduction
Ring	Aspect of Corruption Your Imbuement Skill effects have (20-40)% increased potency against Vulnerable enemies. ・+ X% Resist All (Inherent) ・+ X% Shadow Resistance (Inherent) ・+ X% Maximum Life ・+ X% Critical Strike Chance ・+ X% Lucky Hit Chance ・+ X% Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies
Ring	X'Fal's Corroded Signet Lucky Hit: Your damage over time effects have up to a 50% chance to erupt, dealing 5.0-6.0 damage of the same type to Nearby enemies. ・+ X% Resist All (Inherent) ・+ X% Fire Resistance (Inherent) ・+ X All Stats ・+ X% Damage Over Time ・+ X% Lucky Hit Chance ・+ X% Cooldown Reduction

Best Gems

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Summary		Skill Progression		Vampiric Powers
Aspects & Affixes		Gems		Paragon

Item Type	Effect Explanation
Royal Amethyst (Weapon)	+8.0% Damage Over Time Amethysts are the gems of choice for this build as it focuses on Damage Over Time which stacks on this build's favored affix like Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies and Flowing Veins Vampiric Power.
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 (Efficacy)

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 Efficacy glyph, and boosts for damage, armor, and max health.

• Efficacy (Glyph): Increases the potency of Imbuement skills which is helpful for the build's stacks on Damage over Time and Damage against Crowd Controlled.
• 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 Barrage.
• Wiles: Taken as a core stat node for Tears of Blood.

Cunning Stratagem (Ranger)

This is a low-investment board that can still give a powerful damage boost as it is an optimal board for the Ranger glyph and core skill damage nodes. This board also provides armor which is helpful for this build's defense.

• Ranger (Glyph): Provides an increase in Barrage's raw damage.
• Finisher and Dominant: Increases the build's core skill damage which is beneficial for this Barrage build.
• Lawless: Increase on armor for extra defense.

Exploit Weakness (Combat)

Important board for stacking raw damage burst damage, and critical damage for this build's Poison Imbued Barrage.

• Combat (Glyph): Provides an increase to critical damage, which benefits poison imbuement through its blended upgrade
• Artifice: Provides an increase to the build's vulnerable damage.
• Dosage: Taken as a path for Intelligence nodes, but also comes with an addition to potion healing.

Eldritch Bounty (Bane)

This board increases the build's poison damage through Bane Glyph and the Potent Rare node.

• Bane (Glyph): Provides an increase for the poison damage output, allowing this build to gain high DPS.
• Potent: Gives an additional non-physical damage boost to the build's imbuement damage.

Deadly Ambush (Canny)

This is a low-investment board that can still give a powerful damage boost as it is an optimal board for the Canny glyph.

• Canny (Glyph): Provides an increase on non-physical damage, stacking with the Bane Glyph's increase in poison damage.
• Engineering: Only taken as a path to the intelligence node for the Canny glyph.

Barrage Rogue Playstyle

Cold Poison Barrage Build Tips
Recommended Openers and Rotations Fill Your Energy and Combo Points

Boss and Mob Openers and Rotations

Every time you use your Puncture, it has a 30% chance to generate 3 Combo Points because of Condemnation. Make sure that you pay attention to this to execute your skill rotation faster.

Fill Your Energy and Combo Points

To maximize your damage with the Combo Points Specialization and Edgemaster's Aspect, you need to constantly build up your Combo Points and Energy using your Basic Attack and consume them with your Core Skill. In addition to the bonus from the Combo Points, make sure that you are also using your Imbuement Skills for maximum damage.

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