Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4)

Rogue Rain of Arrows Endgame Build (Season 7)

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This is the Rain of Arrows endgame build and guide for Season 7 of Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4). Read on to learn more about the Rain of Arrows build as well as its playstyle in the Season of Witchcraft!

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Rain of Arrows Rogue Build

Rain of Arrows Build Summary

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Build Summary
Rogue Class ViewRain of Arrows Endgame Build
Barrage Dash Caltrops Smoke Grenade Dark Shroud Rain of Arrows
Focus: AoE DPS, Endgame Dungeons
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The build revolves around the use of Rain of Arrows, empowered by multiple aspects that increase its damage, as well as stacking Damage to Distant enemies together with the Precision key passive. The build aims to keep spamming Rain of Arrows by lowering its cooldown with various uniques and tempering affixes, allowing for consistent damage outputs.

Rain of Arrows Build Skills and Passives

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Active Skills
necro basicBasic Skill Tree

Blade Shift Blade Shift (1/5)
 ┗ Enhanced Blade ShiftEnhanced Blade Shift
necro coreCore Skill Tree

Barrage Barrage (1/5)
Sturdy Sturdy (3/3)
Stutter Step Stutter Step (3/3)
Agility Skill TreeAgility Skill Tree

Dash Dash (1/5)
 ┗ Enhanced DashEnhanced Dash
  ┗ Disciplined DashDisciplined Dash
Caltrops Caltrops (1/5)
 ┗ Enhanced CaltropsEnhanced Caltrops
  ┗ Methodical CaltropsMethodical Caltrops
 ┗ Trick Attacks Trick Attacks (3/3)
Subterfuge Skill TreeSubterfuge Skill Tree

Dark Shroud Dark Shroud (5/5)
 ┗ Enhanced Dark ShroudEnhanced Dark Shroud
  ┗ Countering Dark ShroudCountering Dark Shroud
Smoke Grenade Smoke Grenade (1/5)
 ┗ Enhanced Smoke GrenadeEnhanced Smoke Grenade
  ┗ Countering Smoke GrenadeCountering Smoke Grenade
Exploit Exploit (3/3)
 ┗ Malice Malice (3/3)
Imbuement Skill Tree Imbuement Skill Tree

 ┗ Enhanced Shadow ImbuementEnhanced Shadow Imbuement
  ┗ Blended Shadow ImbuementBlended Shadow Imbuement
Deadeye Deadeye (3/3)
Deadly Venom Deadly Venom (3/3)
Frigid Finesse Frigid Finesse (3/3)
Ultimate Skill Tree Ultimate Skill Tree

Rain of Arrows Rain of Arrows (5/5)
 ┗ Prime Rain of ArrowsPrime Rain of Arrows
  ┗ Supreme Rain of ArrowsSupreme Rain of Arrows
Aftermath Aftermath (3/3)
Unto Dawn Unto Dawn (3/3)
Second Wind Second Wind (3/3)
Innervation Innervation (3/3)
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Rain of Arrows Build Specialization

Preparation 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.

Preparation reduces the cooldown of Rain of Arrows, allowing it to be spammed more often. Since the build aims to reduce the cooldown of Rain of Arrows down to 10 seconds, the build requires a minimum of 150 energy to pull off.

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Rain of Arrows Build Witchcraft Powers

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Witchcraft Effect
Rank Up Bonus
Hex of Whispers Icon Hex of Whispers Dealing damage to an enemy afflicts them with Hex of Whispers that deals X Shadow damage the next time damage is dealt. Afterwards, Hex of Whispers will jump to another enemy up to a maximum of 6 times. Hex of Whispers may only be applied once every 5 seconds.
Rank 7: After bouncing onto 6 enemies, the hex bounces back to you granting 15% Fortify and removing all crowd control and negative status effects.
Decay Augmentation Icon Decay Augmentation Your Witchcraft Effects deal X of the damage dealt over 5 seconds. The damage type is based on your class.
Rank 10: When your damage-over-time effects exceed 85% of the target’s total Life, they immediately die.
Grow Icon Grow After casting an Ultimate Skill, your Servants, Minions, and Companions are empowered with dark magics. Growing larger in size and dealing X bonus damage. Lasts 15 seconds.
Rank 11: Your Servants, Minions and Companions gain 100% Critical Strike Chance while enlarged.
Aura of Siphoning Icon Aura of Siphoning Conjure an aura of decay that deals 80% Poison damage to enemies every second.
Rank 10: Each time Aura of Siphoning deals damage, you are healed for 1% of Maximum Life.
The Cycle Icon The Cycle Dealing any damage with your skills has a 15% chance to grow a flower from the ground. When an enemy is near, the flower deals X Poison damage to that enemy over 5 seconds. If an ally is near, the flower Heals for 6% Maximum Life. The flower withers away after use. A flower may grow once every 2 seconds per enemy.
Rank 5: The damage and healing affects all enemies or allies near the flower.
Aura Specialization Icon Aura Specialization The size of your Aura Effects are increased by X.
Rank 10: Increase the Critical Strike Damage by 50% against enemies inside your Aura Effects.

The Witchcraft Power setup is designed for overall support to the build. Aura of Siphoning with Aura Specialization and Decay Augmentation increase the build's Critical Strike Damage. Grow and The Cycle are used for overall damage increase, while Hex of Whispers is used for survivability.

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Rain of Arrows Build Aspects and Affixes

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Blacksmith Icon Masterwork Priority Affixes marked with ★ are the ones you should aim to upgrade when masterworking.

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Gear Aspect and Affixes
Head
Stats:
・Ranks to Unstable Elixirs
・Ranks to Trick Attacks ★★★
・Ranks to Rapid Gambits
・Crowd Control Duration
Chest
Stats:
・All Stats ★★★
・Damage on Next Attack After Entering Stealth
・Maximum Life
・Resource Generation.
Gloves
Stats:
・Dexterity ★★★
・Elemental Resistance
・Critical Strike Damage
Temper:
・Offensive - Worldly Finesse
 ┗ Critical Strike Damage
・Utility - Worldly Fortune
 ┗ Lucky Hit: Chance to Freeze Enemies
Pants
Stats:
・Maximum Life
・Dexterity ★★★
・Armor
Temper:
・Defensive - Worldly Endurance
 ┗ Total Armor
・Utility - Worldly Fortune
 ┗ Lucky Hit: Chance to Freeze for 2 Seconds
Boots
Stats:
・Ranks to Agile
・Maximum Resource ★★★
・Ultimate Cooldown Reduction
・Movement Speed
Amulet
Stats:
・Rain of Arrows Cooldown Reduction ★★★
・Ultimate Skill Damage
・Chance for Rain of Arrows to Deal Double Damage
・Ranks to Imbuement Skills
Ring
Stats:
・Maximum Life
・Dexterity ★★
・Critical Strike Damage ★
Temper:
・Offensive - Natural Finesse
 ┗ Damage to Distant Enemies
・Resource - Ultimate Efficiency
 ┗ Lucky Hit: Chance to Freeze for 2 Seconds
Ring

Stats:
・Maximum Life
・Dexterity ★★
・Critical Strike Damage ★
Temper:
・Offensive - Natural Finesse
 ┗ Damage to Distant Enemies
・Resource - Ultimate Efficiency
 ┗ Lucky Hit: Chance to Freeze for 2 Seconds
Weapon
(Bow)

Stats:
・Chance for Marksman Projectiles to Cast Twice ★★★
・Critical Strike Damage
・Attack Speed
・Ranks to Stutter Step
Weapon
(Sword)

Stats:
・Maximum Life
・Dexterity ★★
・Critical Strike Damage ★
Temper:
・Offensive - Natural Finesse
 ┗ Damage to Distant Enemies
・Resource - Ultimate Efficiency
 ┗ Lucky Hit: Chance to Freeze for 2 Seconds
Weapon
(Sword)

Stats:
・Maximum Life
・Dexterity ★★
・Critical Strike Damage ★
Temper:
・Offensive - Natural Finesse
 ┗ Damage to Distant Enemies
・Weapons - Assassin Augments
 ┗ Chance for Rain of Arrows to Deal Double Damage

Rain of Arrows Build Gems and Runewords

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Weapon Armor
DiamondDiamond EmeraldEmerald

For Gems, it's best to slot in Emerald on your Armor slots for more Dexterity. For your weapons, it's best to use Diamonds to increase the damage of Rain of Arrows.

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Rain of Arrows Build Best Occult Gems

Amulet Ring Ring
Friend of the BogFriend of the Bog Voice of the StarsVoice of the Stars CornucopiaCornucopia

The Occult Gem setup is built around survivability and damage scaling for Rain of Arrows. Voice of the Stars is a must as it provides a direct damage increase to Rain of Arrows.

Friend of the Bog and Cornucopia provide the build with more survivability and core stat increase, both of which are essential for pushing past Pit tier 100+.

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Rain of Arrows Build Runewords

Runeword 1 Runeword 2
ZanZan OhmOhm PocPoc CehCeh

Zan + Ohm is used to gain more damage through the Barbarian's War Cry as you spam Rain of Arrows. While Poc + Ceh is used to summon wolves, making them aggro enemies and keeping them at a distance.

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Rain of Arrows Build Mercenaries

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Mercenary Reinforcement
Subo Subo Spiritborn Mercenary RaheirRaheir

Use Subo as the Main Mercenary

Subo is used as the main mercenary for marking enemies and regaining mana. Take Subo's Cover Fire and Opening Fire to gain more Critical Strike Damage, ultimately allowing the build to deal more damage over a time interval.

Equip Raheir as a Reinforcement

Use Raheir as your reinforcement for your survivability. It's best to use his Bastion skill whenever you become crowd-controlled so you can avoid damage and become unstoppable.

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Rain of Arrows Build Paragon Boards

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Paragon Boards
1. Starting Board (Ranger)
2. Cheap Shot (Control)
3. Deadly Ambush (Combat)
4. No Witnesses (Versatility)
5. Exploit Weakness (Devious)

The Paragon Boards and Glyphs for the build focus on enhancing the damage scaling of Rain of Arrows as well as Critical Damage. The Paragon setup can be achieved under Paragon 270, with extra nodes you can put into maximum life or armor and resistances.

Rain of Arrows Build Playstyle and Tips

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This build's playstyle revolves around ranged combat by spamming Rain of Arrows through the cycle created by Preparation. The playstyle rotation follows:

  1. Cast Smoke Grenade and Caltrops to set up damage multipliers.
  2. Cast Rain of Arrows as an opener.
  3. Use Barrage until Rain of Arrows cooldown resets, then use Rain of Arrows again.
  4. Use Dash whenever enemies surround you.

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