Lucky Luciano's Endgame PVP Rogue Build

PVP can be a totally different ballgame in Diablo IV. With stats such as vulnerable damage becoming far less valuable and other abilities such as concealment, and unstoppable becoming far more valuable, it makes sense that true PVP champions need a customized build to put them on top. Well luckily Lucky Luciano is back again with another Rogue build. This time it’s a full physical damage high burst and highly mobile rogue with everything a PVP champion would want to have.

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The Basics

1. Defense: The primary focus here is maximizing unstoppability
   1. Aspect of Stolen Vigor (slotted on Amulet for the 50% bonus): Very important for the build. This aspect grants healing for each stack of the momentum key passive. Super powerful in PVP since we are able to keep the momentum passive stacked consistently and there aren’t many other consistent forms of sustain when in the PVP zone.
   2. Agile Passive: Grants increased dodge chance after using a cooldown.
   3. Mending Obscurity Passive: Grants Healing when stealthed
   4. Concealment: Lucky puts max points into this ability allowing him to stay in stealth as much as possible. The most important benefit here is that you’re able to have high up time on unstoppable. Lucky specs into countering concealment for the guaranteed crit when concealment is broken.
   5. Shadow Clone: Taken for the unstoppable and not so much the damage.
   6. Escape Artists Aspect: Upon taking damage from surrounding enemies you drop a smoke grenade and dodge the next 2-7 attacks within 10 seconds (45 second cooldown). This aspect is a great defensive tool especially given the bursty nature of rogue combos. Jump in, pump damage while it’s active, then jump out if you can.
   7. Protecting Aspect: Surprisingly this aspect works in PVP and is an awesome defensive tool. When hit while not healthy a magic bubble is summoned around you lasting 3-5 seconds. When standing in the bubble you are immune (90 second cooldown).
   8. Eluding Aspect: Becoming injured while crowd controlled grants Unstoppable for 4 seconds (40-20 second cooldown).
   9. Aspect of Disobedience: The go to aspect for armor, this aspect increases your armor by a percent when dealing damage.
   10. Malignant Heart Prudent: Grants immunity for 2-4 seconds after losing more than 20% life in a single hit (70 second cooldown).
   11. Malignant Heart Revenge: A percentage of incoming damage is suppressed, when using a Subterfuge skill all suppressed damage erupts and is amplified by 250% dealing damage around you. This heart is a bit better for its defensive benefit as the eruption damage is capped.
2. Damage and Crowd Control
   1. Twisting Blades: Our primary core skill for damage Lucky specs into Improved Twisting Blades for the daze.
      1. Aspect of Encircling Blades: This is the go-to aspect when running Twisting Blades. When the blades return, they orbit around you dealing additional damage.
   2. Condemnation Unique Dagger: Since Lucky runs combo points this dagger is an awesome addition, increasing damage when spending 3 combo points and using a core skill. Basic skills also have a chance to generate 3 combo points.
   3. Malignant Heart the Barber: Basically the go to heart this season. The Barber allows you to fill a target with damage after critically striking them, then after a few seconds they explode for increased damage to themselves and the enemies around them. Super powerful in general no matter the situation.
   4. Edgemaster Aspect: Given the playstyle of PVP, dumping damage then stepping back and waiting to full combo again, Edgemasters provides a nice bonus to your damage.
      1. Starlight Aspect: Adds to the synergy, when combined with Aspect of Stolen Vigor, you get a very nice bonus to energy regen. This aspect grants 20-40 primary resource for every 25% max life that you heal.
   5. Vulnerable Damage: Vulnerable damage is capped in PVP at 20%. This means that a number of damage-oriented things on PVE rogue builds must be changed.
   6. Malice Passive: Does not work so we do not put points into it.
   7. Exploit Passive: Also does not work in PVP so we do not put points into it
   8. Accelerating Aspect (put on crossbow for the bonus): This aspect grants an attack speed steroid after landing a critical strike. Overall, this provides massive damage across the build.
   9. Specialization Combo Points: A great choice here for additional damage when using your full combo in PVP.
3. Mobility
   1. Disciplined Shadow Step: A great mobility tool and an awesome gap closer as well as slightly defensive given the fact that it makes you unstoppable. Lucky specs into Disciplined Shadow Step for the reduced cooldown when using the ability on new targets.
      1. Ravagers Aspect: Taken for the additional Shadow Step charge.
   2. Dash: Another powerful mobility tool Lucky specs into Methodical Dash for the cooldown reduction allowing additional uptime when landing dash damage on crowd-controlled enemies.

Stat Priorities

• Helmet

  • Cooldown Reduction
  • Maximum Life
  • Basic Attack Speed
  • Total Armor
• Chest

  • Maximum Life
  • Total Armor
  • Damage Reduction from Close
  • Damage Reduction from Distant
• Gloves

  • Attack Speed
  • Critical Strike Chance
  • Lucky Hit Chance
  • Ranks of Twisting Blades
• Pants

  • Damage Reduction
  • Damage Reduction from Close
  • Damage Reduction from Distant
  • Dodge Chance
• Boots

  • Energy Cost Reduction
  • All Stats
  • Dodge Chance
  • Movement Speed
• Amulet

  • Cooldown Reduction
  • Energy Cost Reduction
  • Total Armor
  • Dexterity
• Ring

  • Critical Strike Chance
  • Critical Strike Damage
  • Resource Generation
  • Maximum Life
• Crossbow (taken for the vulnerable damage)

  • Core Skill Damage
  • All Stats
  • Critical Strike Damage
  • Dexterity
• Sword (take for the critical strike damage)

  • Core Skill Damage
  • Critical Strike Damage
  • Dexterity
  • All Stats
• Uniqe Dagger: Condemnation

Paragon

• Starting Board: Lucky grabs Prime, Lawless, and Skillful for the damage and defensive stats. He slots Closer for the increased cutthroat skill damage and the damage reduction when wielding a melee weapon.

• Tricks of the Trade: Lucky grabs Lawless and Brawler defensive stats and damage to close. He slots Diminish for the bonus to rare nodes and the physical damage reduction from vulnerable enemies. Lucky also grabs the legendary node for the marksman and cutthroat skill bonus damage when swapping between the two.

• Cheap Shot: Lucky grabs Spearhead, Wiles, Devious, Calculated, and Oppress for the damage to crowd-controlled and healthy enemies as well as the damage reduction from slowed enemies. He grabs the legendary node for the increased damage for each nearby crowd-controlled enemy. He slots Control for the increased damage to crowd-controlled enemies and the additional damage to slowed, frozen, and stunned enemies.

• Exploit Weakness: Lucky grabs Dosage for the increased potion potency. He slots Combat for the increased critical strike damage and the energy refund on critical strikes.

• No Witnesses: Lucky grabs Training, Knowledge, and Ruin for the damage to healthy enemies, net damage increase, and max life. He slots Turf for the increased damage to close enemies and the damage reduction from close enemies.

• Cunning Stratagem: Lucky grabs Lawless, Finisher, and Dominant for the skill damage, and the defensive stats. He slots Devious for the bonus to surrounding magic nodes and the multiplicative damage bonus to crowd-controlled targets.

Why It Works In PVP

First Lucky steers away from poison. While poison damage is super strong in PVE it suffers in PVP because you need to wait for it to tick down, giving the enemy player a chance to turn the tide. Instead, this build takes advantage of high-burst physical damage to one-shot targets before they even know what happened. Lucky also finds every way to increase opportunities to become unstoppable, allowing him to shake off enemy cc while he applies his own. Being able to keep yourself unstoppable while fighting other players is a must and more than a second of sustained CC means you’re dead meat. Overall, this build features a high burst hit-and-run playstyle perfect for crushing the fields of hatred. Check out Lucky’s channel HERE for more awesome Diablo IV rogue content!