Malignant Hearts

Socket your jewelry with a Creeping Death, The Vile Apothecary, The Malignant Pact.

Season 1 Build

Skills

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

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

Paragons

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

Specialization

For the Twisting Blades 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, Topaz in the Armor, Skull in the Jewelry.

Weapon
Armor
Jewelry

Stat Priority

You should first prioritize Damage Reduction from Close Enemies, and Secondly Cooldown Reduction, after that the next best option is the Damage Reduction from Poisoned Enemies stat.

Paragon Board

You will use the Legendary Deadly Ambush Paragon Boards and within those boards, you will use the Turf, Exploit (Rogue), Closer, Combat, Control (Rogue), Ambush Glyphs.

Start
Tricks of the Trade
Deadly Ambush
No Witnesses
Exploit Weakness
Cunning Stratagem
Fullscreen
Reset
Turf
RogueRare Glyph
C
  • Description:
    For every 5 Strength purchased within range, you deal +2 - 10% (0.4% Per Level) increased damage to Close targets.
  • Radius Bonus:
    You gain 10% Damage Reduction against Close Enemies.
  • Radius Requirement:
    25 Strength
Deadly Ambush
RogueLegendary Board
A
  • You deal 22.5% increased Critical Strike Damage to enemies affected by your Trap Skills.
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
Closer
RogueRare Glyph
B
  • Description:
    For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, Cutthroat Skills deal +2 - 10% (0.4% Per Level) increased damage.
  • Radius Bonus:
    While wielding a Melee weapon, you take 10% reduced damage.
  • Radius Requirement:
    40 Dexterity
Combat
RogueRare Glyph
S
  • 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
Control (Rogue)
RogueRare Glyph
S
  • 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
Ambush
RogueRare Glyph
A
  • Description:
    For every 5 Strength purchased within range, you deal +2 - 10% (0.4% Per Level) increased damage to targets affected by Trap Skills.
  • Radius Bonus:
    Enemies affected by Trap Skills take x10% increased damage from you.
  • Radius Requirement:
    25 Strength

Aspects

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

Twisting Blades Map contents
Location Type Subtype Description Show on map

This build uses 8 Dungeon Codex Aspects, and 2 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%] .
Helm Slot
Mangler's Aspect
RogueUtility
S
Lucky Hit: Dealing direct damage to a Vulnerable enemy has up to a [25-45%] chance to Daze them for 2 seconds.
Chest Slot
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.
Gloves Slot
Cheat's Aspect
RogueDefensive
Codex
C
You take [15.0-25.0%] less damage from Crowd Controlled enemies. Whenever a Crowd Controlled enemy deals direct damage to you, gain 15% Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Pants Slot
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.
Weapon Slot
Blast-Trapper's Aspect
RogueOffensive
Codex
C
Lucky Hit: Dealing direct damage to enemies affected by your Trap Skills has up to a [30-50%] chance to make them Vulnerable for 3 seconds.
Amulet Slot
Ravenous Aspect
RogueResource
Codex
C
Killing a Vulnerable enemy grants you [50-70%] increased Energy Regeneration for 4 seconds.
Ring Slot
Aspect of the Umbral
AllResource
Codex
A
Restore [1-4] of your Primary Resource when you Crowd Control an enemy.
Ring Slot
Accelerating Aspect
AllOffensive
A
Critical Strikes with Core Skills increase your Attack Speed by [15-25%] for 3 seconds.
Weapon Slot
Vengeful Aspect
RogueOffensive
Codex
C
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%.
Weapon Slot

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