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Thousand Cuts

  • Speed
  • Basic Attack
  • Melee
  • Ambush

C TierBossing · Speed farming · Early

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Overview

Overview

0.17 s strikes glued to the target, from behind and out of invisibility: the Rogue who never stops cutting.

Good for: Campaign, Acts 1–3: rooms with few enemies, and elites.

Strengths

  • Many strikes per second
  • Guaranteed crit out of invisibility
  • Dash on a 0.5 s cooldown

Weaknesses

  • The most fragile Form in the game (84 base health)
  • Has to stay right on top of the target
  • Little area

Loadout

What the build carries

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Inheritance
  • FrenzyCrimson Berserker

Relics5

Core

  • Loose Step
  • Knuckle
  • Body to Body

Progression

Progression trees

Explore the progression trees used in this build. Lit nodes are the ones it takes; the rest of each tree stays dimmed behind them.

Iris Fragments: 135

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Body

  • Hardened Bark3/8+30% health (max +80%)

Power

  • Sharp Gaze2/8+12% damage (max +48%)
  • Steady Rhythm2/5+14% on basic attacks

Focus

  • Reservoir1/5+10% maximum resource
  • Serene Flow1/522% of natural flow

Fortune

  • Hole in the Pocket, Reversed1/5+12% gold
  • Deep Pocket1/4+1 relic slot

In practice

How to play

  1. Open invisible: the first hit crits.

  2. Keep Frenzy going by killing nonstop.

  3. Against packs, come in from behind with a dash.

  4. Against bosses, stay at its back and use invisibility on cooldown.

  5. Careful: three hits and you're down.

To keep

The build card

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Measured on Sep 28, 2026 · game v1.0.1 · test bench v8

Build card for Thousand Cuts (Rogue of Shadows)

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