Diablo 4 Shadow Imbuement

The Diablo 4 Shadow Imbuement is a Shadow Damage Imbuements Rogue Skill with a lucky hit chance of 33%. You can upgrade to Enhanced Shadow Imbuement, and then the last upgrade you will choose between Blended Shadow Imbuement or Mixed Shadow Imbuement.

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Shadow Imbuement Stats and Upgrades

Shadow Imbuement

Rogue •

Imbuements Active

Shadow

Lucky Hit Chance: 33%

Cooldown: 13

Imbue your weapons with festering shadows. Your next 2 Imbueable Skills deal Shadow damage and infect enemies for 6 seconds. Infected enemies explode on death, dealing {40% / 44% / 48% / 52% / 56%} damage to all surrounding enemies.
If the infection expires before the enemy dies, it will deal {40% / 44% / 48% / 52% / 56%} damage to only that enemy.

Enhanced

You have 15% increased Critical Strike Chance against Injured enemies infected by Shadow Imbuement.

Blended

Shadow Imbuement's primary explosion makes enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.

Mixed

Enemies infected by Shadow Imbuement take 12% increased Non-Physical damage from you for 8 seconds.

Best Builds To Use with Shadow Imbuement

We have a total of (5) builds that use the Rogue Shadow Imbuement Skill. You can view the best Shadow Imbuement builds below and the complete guide by Clicking/Tapping them.

Shadow Imbuement Build

Rogue

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Cold Imbuement Build

Rogue

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Best Rogue Builds

Best Malignant Hearts To Use With Shadow Imbuement

The best malignant heart to use with Shadow Imbuement in D4 is Caged Heart of Trickery, which is a Brutal Type Socket.

Trickery

Brutal (Defensive) • Rogue

When you use a Subterfuge Skill, leave behind an unstable Shadow Decoy Trap that Taunts enemies. The Shadow Decoy Trap will explode after 6.0 seconds dealing X Shadow damage. Cannot occur more than once every 5 seconds.

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Best Unique Weapons and Armor To Use with Shadow Imbuement

The best unique equipment to use with Shadow Imbuement skill in D4 is Doombringer, which is a Unique Sword.

Doombringer

All • Unique Sword

Average Synergy

Critical Strike Damage

Core Skill Damage
Damage
Lucky Hit: Chance to Heal
Maximum Life

Lucky Hit: Up to a 0.7% chance to deal Shadow damage to surrounding enemies and reduce their damage done by 20% for 3 seconds.

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Best Rogue Uniques

Best Aspects To Use with Shadow Imbuement

The best aspects to use with Shadow Imbuement skill in D4 is Aspect of Lethal Dusk, which is a Defensive Aspect and can only be used on Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%) Equipment Slots.