Introduction to the Subtlety Rogue

Subtlety Rogues provide competitive single-target damage, but it now brings respectable AoE to the table as well. Furthermore, they can use multi-target situations to deal more damage to their current main target and, thus, are good to have for priority damage.

Compared to Assassination, Subtlety has it a bit harder to reach full potential and is hit more by downtimes. Compared to Outlaw, it does not match the AoE damage output. This is why the other specs often see more playtime, currently.

Below you will find a beginners guide to the Subtlety Rogue, you can click on highlighted abilities, for a more in depth description of them.

Strengths and Weaknesses of the Subtlety Rogue

Talents

Level	Choices
15	Weaponmaster	Find Weakness ✅	Gloomblade
30	Nightstalker ✅	Subterfuge	Shadow Focus
45	Vigor	Deeper Stratagem ✅	Marked for Death
60	Soothing Darkness	Cheat Death ✅	Elusiveness
75	Shot in the Dark	Night Terrors ✅	Prey on the Weak
90	Dark Shadow	Alacrity	Enveloping Shadows ✅
100	Master of Shadows ✅	Secret Technique	Shuriken Tornado

Rotation of the Subtlety Rogue

The basic rotation of the Subtlety Rogue:

• Cast  Shadow Blades on cooldown

• Maintain  Nightblade on your primary target

• Cast  Symbols of Death

• If talented into  Enveloping Shadows cast Shadow Dance twice every time Symbols of Death buff is up

• Cast  Vanish and  Shadowstrike to extend the duration of your  Find Weakness

• Cast  Eviscerate to spend Combo Points with 4+

• Use  Shadowstrike to generate Combo Points if  Shadow Dance is active

• Use  Backstab (from behind the target if possible to gain 20% extra damage on it)

Cooldowns

• Shadow Dance is your main DPS cooldown. It allows you to shift into a state of Stealth, accessing unique abilities

• Symbols of Death generates 40 Energy and increases damage done by 15% for 10 seconds

• Shadow Blades is a powerful cooldown that causes your Combo Point-generating abilities to generate 1 additional Combo Point and deal 50 % additional damage as Shadow

• Vanish instantly puts you in Stealth. 

Stat Priority

The stat priority for Subtlety Rogue is:

1. Critical Strike
2. Versatility
3. Mastery
4. Haste

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