Diablo 4 Rogue - Archer Kite Build
Playstyle
This Diablo 4 Rogue Archer kite build uses a bow and arrow for the main attacks, with additional movement speed and abilities to help kite your enemies. This is more of an early game build and doing solo content.
This build was created during the Beta – Please check our updated full release Diablo 4 builds page
Strengths and Weakness
Here are some strengths and weaknesses that come along with this early game rogue archer kite build. This build has very high mobility which can make you untouchable, however, due to the lack of defenses this can leave you feeling squishy if you do get hit.
High mobility
Range advantage over enemies
Able to reposition quickly
Kite big groups of enemies
Squishy
Difficult to play in small places
Designed for always moving
Active Skills
Disciplined Dash
Agility Skill – Dash forward and slash enemies (Stacks up to 2)
Barrage
Core Skill – Fire 5 arrows that expand outwards
Smoke Grenade
Subterfuge Skill – Daze enemies for 4 seconds
Shadow Step
Agility Skill – Become Unstoppable and stab your victim from behind, gain 50% increased movement speed for 2 seconds afterwards.
Left Click
Heartseeker
Basic Skill – Fire an arrow
Right Click
Rapid Fire
Core Skill – Rapidly fires 5 arrows
Bonuses and Passives
Enhanced Heartseeker
(Basic Skill Tree)
When Heartseeker crits, gain 8% attack speed for 4 seconds.
This is great for kiting and means you don’t have to stand still for too long when shooting.
Stutter Step
(Core Skill Tree)
When Critically Striking an enemy, gain 5% movement speed for 4 seconds.
Another great passive for a kiting build, as you want to keep as much space between you and the enemy as possible.
Disciplined Dash
(Agility Skill Tree)
Dash Slows enemies and Dazes enemies that are already slowed.
Rapid Gambits
(Agility Skill Tree)
When dazing an enemy, your Evade cooldown is reduced by 0.5 seconds.
Agile
(Subterfuge Skill)
Using a cooldown increases your dodge chance by 3% for 2 seconds.
Exploit
(Subterfuge Skill)
Increased damage to healthy and injured enemies.
Stat Priority and what to look out for
This build works around critically striking and dazing your enemies. With the bonuses and passives, your crits will give you additional attack speed and movement speed for a short period of time which is great for kiting your enemies, dealing damage on the move.
With the daze bonuses this is great if you get overwhelmed, run out of space, dash through the enemies, or use Smoke Grenade gives you enough time to reposition if Shadow Step is on cooldown. Also with the bonus from Rapid Gambits, dazing an enemy will reduce your Evade cooldown.
Aspects
Here are a few Aspects that work best with this Rogue Archer kite build, the main aim to this build is high movement speed so you can quickly reposition and kite the enemy.
Wind Striker Aspect goes perfectly with the passives and bonuses due to Stutter Step, critically striking an enemy grants movement speed.
The build has three marksman abilities, therefore works hand in hand with Aspect of Arrow Storms, and having the additional attack speed from Rapid Aspect is always helpful when it comes to kiting.
Aspect of Arrow Storms
Marksman Skills have up to a 10% chance to create an arrow storm at the enemy’s location. You can have up to 5 active arrows storms.
Aspect of Explosive Verve
Whenever you arm a trap or drop grenades, you gain 10% increased movement speed for 3 seconds.
Shadowslicer Aspect
When casting Dash, a shadow Clone will appear at your location that will also cast Dash.
Rapid Aspect
Basic Skills gain 23% Attack Speed
Wind Striker Aspect
Critical Strikes grant 8% movement speed for 1 second, up to 6 seconds.
We hope you enjoy our Diablo 4 Rogue Archer kite build for your early game! With the full release of the game we will aim to create endgame builds, gem priority and much more.
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