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Skills

This D4 Imbuement Build guide focuses on the Poison Imbuement skills. 48 Points from leveing and 10 points from Renown for total of 58 Skill Points.

Basic (1)
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Core (2)
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Agility (3)
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Subterfuge (4)
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Imbuements (5)
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Ultimate (6)
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Key Passive (7)
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Paragons

These are the Legendary Boards, Glyphs, and Rare Node Paragons used in the Imbuement Build.

Specialization

For the Imbuement Build we suggest you use the Inner Sight Specialization.

Specialization
Inner Sight

Gear Build

Unique Weapons, Armor Gear and Aspects you should use based on equipment slot.

Gems

You will socket your gear with a Emerald in the Weapon, Ruby in the Armor, Skull in the Jewelry.

Weapon
Armor
Jewelry

Stat Priority

You should first prioritize Vulnerable Damage, and Secondly Critical Strike Damage, after that the next best option is the Core Skill Damage stat.

Paragon Board

You will use the Legendary Eldritch Bounty, Cheap Shot, Tricks of the Trade Paragon Boards and within those boards, you will use the Control (Rogue), Infusion, Exploit (Rogue), Efficacy Glyphs.

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Eldritch Bounty
Tricks of the Trade
Cheap Shot
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Control (Rogue)
RogueRare Glyph
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  • Description:
    For every 5 Intelligence purchased within range, you deal +3 - 15% (0.6% Per Level) increased damage to Crowd Controlled targets.
  • Radius Bonus:
    You deal x10% increased damage to Slowed or Chilled enemies or, instead, x20% increased damage to Stunned or Frozen enemies.
  • Radius Requirement:
    25 Intelligence
Eldritch Bounty
RogueLegendary Board
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  • When you attack with an Imbued Skill you gain 20% Resistance and 20% increased damage for that Imbuement's element for 6 seconds.
Infusion
RogueRare Glyph
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  • Description:
    For every 5 Intelligence purchased within range, Skills that are Imbued deal +3 - 15% (0.6% Per Level) increased damage.
  • Radius Bonus:
    Casting an Imbuement Skill reduces the active Cooldown of another random Imbuement Skill by 0.5 seconds.
  • Radius Requirement:
    25 Intelligence
Cheap Shot
RogueLegendary Board
S
  • You deal 5% increased damage for each Nearby enemy that is Crowd Controlled, up to 25%.
Exploit (Rogue)
RogueRare Glyph
S
  • Description:
    For every 5 Strength purchased within range, you deal +1 - 4% (0.15% Per Level) increased damage to Vulnerable targets.
  • Radius Bonus:
    When an enemy is damaged by you, they become Vulnerable for 3 seconds. This cannot happen more than once every 20 seconds per enemy.
  • Radius Requirement:
    25 Strength
Tricks of the Trade
RogueLegendary Board
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  • Your Marksman Skills grant your next Cutthroat Skill 25% increased damage. Your Cutthroat Skills grant your next Marksman Skill 25% increased damage.
Efficacy
RogueRare Glyph
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  • Description:
    Grants +25 - 125% (5% Per Level) bonus to all Rare nodes within range.
  • Radius Bonus:
    Imbuement Skill effects have x20% increased potency.
  • Radius Requirement:
    25 Intelligence

Aspects

This map will help you find all dungeon Codex Aspects used in the Imbuement Build.

Imbuement Map contents
Location Type Subtype Description Show on map

This build uses 6 Dungeon Codex Aspects, and 5 Regular Aspects which can be found on items at random and then can be extracted.

Aspect of Disobedience
AllDefensive
Codex
S
You gain [0.25-0.50%] increased Armor for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage, stacking up to [25.00-50.00%] .
Aspect of Surprise
RogueOffensive
B
When you Evade or Shadow Step, you leave behind a cluster of exploding Stun Grenades that deal [X] total Physical damage and Stun enemies for 2 seconds.
Exploiter's Aspect
AllUtility
A
You have 20% increased Crowd Control Duration. While enemies are Unstoppable, you deal [20-50%] increased damage to them.
Bladedancer's Aspect
RogueOffensive
Codex
B
Twisting Blades orbit for a short time after they return to you, dealing [10-15%] of Twisting Blades' return damage per hit. Based on the distance the blades returned, the orbit damage increases up to [20-30%] of the return damage.
Accelerating Aspect
AllOffensive
A
Critical Strikes with Core Skills increase your Attack Speed by [15-25%] for 3 seconds.
Aspect of Bursting Venoms
RogueOffensive
A
Lucky Hit: Critical Strikes with Poison Imbued Skills have up to a 10% chance to create a toxic pool that deals [X] Poisoning damage over 3 seconds to enemies within. While standing in the pool, Poison Imbuement has no Cooldown and no Charge limit.
Aspect of Corruption
RogueOffensive
Codex
C
Your Imbuement Skill effects have [20-40%] increased potency against Vulnerable enemies.
Aspect of Noxious Ice
RogueUtility
C
Chilled enemies Poisoned by Poison Imbuement will be further Chilled for 20% per second. You deal [14-29%] additional Poison damage to Frozen enemies.
Aspect of the Protector
AllDefensive
Codex
A
Damaging an Elite enemy grants you a Barrier absorbing up to [X] damage for 10 seconds. This effect can only happen once every 30 seconds.
Edgemaster's Aspect
AllOffensive
Codex
S
Skills deal up to [10-20%] increased damage based on your available Primary Resource when cast, receiving the maximum benefit while you have full Primary Resource.
Aspect of Unstable Imbuements
RogueOffensive
Codex
B
When casting an Imbuement Skill you trigger an Imbued explosion around yourself, applying the Imbuement effects and dealing [X] damage of the same type.

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