Diablo 4 Puncture

The Diablo 4 Puncture is a Physical Damage Basic Rogue Skill with a lucky hit chance of 35%. You can upgrade to Enhanced Puncture, and then the last upgrade you will choose between Fundamental Puncture or Primary Puncture.

Puncture Stats and Upgrades

Puncture

Rogue •

Basic Active

Physical

Lucky Hit Chance: 35%

Requires Dual Wielded Weapons.

Throw blades a short distance, dealing {21% / 23% / 25% / 27% / 29%} damage. Every 3rd cast Slows enemies by 20% for 2 seconds. Critical Strikes will always Slow.

Enhanced

Gain 2 Energy when Puncture damages a Crowd Controlled enemy.

Fundamental

Punture now throws 3 blades in a spread, each dealing 35% of its Base damage. Hitting an enemy with at least 2 blades at once makes them Vulnerable for 2 seconds.

Primary

Every 3rd cast of Puncture will also ricochet up to 2 times. Critical Strikes will always ricochet.

Best Builds To Use with Puncture

We have a total of (12) builds that use the Rogue Puncture Skill. You can view the best Puncture builds below and the complete guide by Clicking/Tapping them.

Imbuement Build

Rogue

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Twisting Blades Build

Rogue

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Cold Imbuement Build

Rogue

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Best Rogue Builds

Best Malignant Hearts To Use With Puncture

The best malignant heart to use with Puncture in D4 is Caged Heart of The Clipshot, which is a Devious Type Socket.

The Clipshot

Devious (Utility) • Rogue

Lucky Hit: Up to a [20 - 40%] chance for your Cutthroat Skills to Slow by 40% for 3 seconds and your Marksman Skills to Knock Back enemies.

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Best Unique Weapons and Armor To Use with Puncture

The best unique equipment to use with Puncture skill in D4 is Skyhunter, which is a Unique Bow.

The Grandfather

All • Unique Sword

Average Synergy

Critical Strike Damage

Damage
Maximum Life
All Stats
Ignores Durability Loss

Increases your Critical Strike Damage by [60 - 100%] . The other properties of this weapon can roll higher than normal.

Damage to Distant Enemies

Dexterity
Marksman Skill Damage
Critical Strike Damage
Ranks to Exploit

The first direct damage you deal to an enemy is a guaranteed Critical Strike. If you had maximum stacks of Precision Key Passive when you cast the Skill, gain [20 - 30] Energy, this can only happen once per cast.

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The Butcher's Cleaver

All • Unique Axe

Average Synergy

Damage to Healthy Enemies

Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies
Critical Strike Damage
Critical Strike Chance Against Injured Enemies
Damage to Injured Enemies

Lucky Hit: When you Critically Strike an enemy you have up to a 100% chance to Fear and Slow them by [40 - 75%] for 4 seconds.

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Best Rogue Uniques

Best Aspects To Use with Puncture

The best aspects to use with Puncture skill in D4 is Accelerating Aspect, which is a Offensive Aspect and can only be used on Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) Equipment Slots.

Accelerating Aspect

All • Offensive

Good Synergy

Critical Strikes with Core Skills increase your Attack Speed by [15-25%] for 3 seconds.

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Aspect of Bursting Venoms

Rogue • Offensive

Good Synergy

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.

Critical Strikes grant [8.0-16.0%] Movement Speed for 1 second, up to 6 seconds.

Lucky Hit: Critical Strikes with Marksman Skills have up to a [40-60%] chance to grant a free Dark Shroud shadow.

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

Lucky Hit: Making an enemy Vulnerable has up to a [40-60%] chance to grant 3% increased Critical Strike Chance for 3 seconds, up to 9%.

Chilled enemies hit by your Grenade Skills have a chance equal to double your Critical Strike Chance to be instantly Frozen for 2 seconds. You deal [10-25%] increased Critical Strike Damage against Frozen enemies.

You gain [20 - 40%] increased Movement Speed when moving away from Slowed or Chilled enemies.

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Pestilent Points Aspect

Rogue • Offensive

New

Average Synergy

Every third cast of Puncture is Poison Imbued with [100 - 150%] of normal potency.

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Best Rogue Aspects

Best Paragons To Use with Puncture

The best paragon to use with Puncture skill in D4 is Deadly Ambush, which is a Legendary Board Node.

Deadly Ambush

Rogue • Legendary Board

Average Synergy

You deal 22.5% increased Critical Strike Damage to enemies affected by your Trap Skills.

Description:
For every 5 Intelligence purchased within range, all damage you deal +2 - 10% (0.4% Per Level) increased Critical Strike Damage.
Radius Bonus:
Skills that Critically Strike restore 12% of their Energy cost.
Radius Requirement:

25 Intelligence

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