Diablo 4 Aspect of Cruel Sustenance

The Diablo 4 Aspect of Cruel Sustenance is NOT a Codex Aspect, which means it can only be found on gear and then extracted.

Effect: Explosions from the Victimize Key Passive Heal you for [X] Life for each enemy damaged, up to a maximum of [X] Life.

Usable on the following Equipment Slots:

Rogue Class Only

How To Get Aspect of Cruel Sustenance

The Aspect of Cruel Sustenance is not a Codex which means you will have to find it and extract it from Legendary Equipment that will randomly drop from enemies. The Aspect of Cruel Sustenance has a chance to appear on the following equipment slots:

Helm

Chest

Pants

Shield

Amulet (+50%)

You can boost your chances of acquiring the Aspect of Cruel Sustenance by target farming monsters known to have a higher drop rate for the type of equipment where this aspect is typically found on. The following monster have a higher chance to drop equipment that can be found with the Aspect of Cruel Sustenance:

Best Malignant Hearts To Use With Aspect of Cruel Sustenance

The best malignant heart to use with Aspect of Cruel Sustenance is Caged Heart of The Lionheart, which is a Brutal Type Socket.

The Lionheart

Brutal (Defensive) • All

You gain 10% Barrier Generation. You Heal [X] Life per second while you have an active Barrier.

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The Dark Dance

Vicious (Offensive) • All

World Tier III

Every 5 seconds while above 60% Life, Core Skills cost [X] Life instead of your Primary Resource. Skills that consume Life deal [10 - 20%] increased damage.

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Prudent Heart

Brutal (Defensive) • All

World Tier III

You become Immune for [2.0 - 4.0] seconds after you lose more than 20% Life in a single hit. This effect can only occur once every 110 seconds.

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Best Unique Weapons and Armor To Use with Aspect of Cruel Sustenance

The best unique equipment to use with Aspect of Cruel Sustenance in D4 is Temerity, which is a Unique Pants.

Temerity

All • Unique Pants

Good Synergy

Your Potion Also Briefly Grants Movement Speed

Potion Charges
Potion Drop Rate
Lucky Hit: Chance to Heal
Healing
Max Life

Effects that Heal you beyond 100% Life grant you a Barrier up to [X%] of your Maximum Life that lasts for 30 seconds.

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Melted Heart of Selig

All • Unique Amulet

Average Synergy

Resistance to All Elements

All Stats
Core Skill Damage
Damage While Healthy
Resource Regeneration

Gain +100% Maximum Resource. In addition, when you take damage, drain [3 - 6] Resource for every 1% of Life you would have lost instead.

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Best Rogue Uniques

Best Aspects To Use with Aspect of Cruel Sustenance

The best aspects to use with Aspect of Cruel Sustenance in D4 is Aspect of Stolen Vigor, which is a Defensive Aspect and can only be used on Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%) Equipment Slots.

Aspect of Stolen Vigor

Rogue • Defensive

Good Synergy

Each stack of the Momentum Key Passive Heals you for [.04-.08] Life per second.

Gain [10-20] of your Primary Resource for every 25% of your Life that you Heal.

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Aspect of the Crowded Sage

All • Defensive

Good Synergy

You Heal for [X] Life per second for each Close enemy, up to [X] Life per second.

You have [10-20%] increased Critical Strike Chance against Injured enemies. While you are Healthy, you gain [20-40%] increased Crowd Control Duration.

When hit while not Healthy, a magical bubble is summoned around you for [3-5] seconds. While standing in the bubble players are Immune. Can only occur once every 90 seconds.

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Aspect of Lethal Dusk

Rogue • Defensive

Average Synergy

Evading through an enemy infected by your Shadow Imbuement grants Stealth for 4 seconds. Breaking Stealth with an attack grants you [1-5%] Maximum Life on Kill for 6 seconds.

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Aspect of Siphoned Victuals

Rogue • Defensive

Codex

Average Synergy

Lucky Hit: Damaging a Vulnerable enemy with a Core Skill has up to a [10-20%] chance to drop a Healing Potion.

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Best Rogue Aspects

Best Paragons To Use With Aspect of Cruel Sustenance

The best paragon to use with Aspect of Cruel Sustenance in D4 is Pride, which is a Rare Glyph Node.

Pride

Rogue • Rare Glyph

Average Synergy

Description:
Paragon nodes within range gain +15 - 75% (3% Per Level) bonus to their Physical damage and Damage Reduction modifiers.
Radius Bonus:
You deal x13% increased Physical damage to both Healthy and Injured enemies.
Radius Requirement:

25 Strength