Rogue - Subtlety

Purpose

Subtlety is based around the talent Honor Among Thieves∞, which is currently seriously bugged. This bug will be fixed in patch 3.0.8, at which time more information will be forthcoming.

Talent Builds

Ability Rotation

Key Cooldowns

Key Stats

Stats are listed in order of importance. All these stats are useful, but look for gear with more stats from the top of the list.

1. Agility
2. Expertise Rating - up to a cap of 26 Expertise (214 Expertise Rating, 6.5%)
3. Hit Rating
4. Critical Strike Rating
5. Haste Rating
6. Armor Penetration
7. Strength
8. Attack Power

Recommended Glyphs

1. Glyph of Sinister Strike∞
2. Glyph of Slice and Dice∞
3. Glyph of Rupture∞

Recommended Enchants

Enchants are listed from best and most expensive to least expensive. If you have a crafting profession, you may have access to crafter-only enchants which are better than these recommendations.

• Head: Arcanum of Torment∞
• Shoulders: Greater Inscription of the Axe∞ or Lesser Inscription of the Axe∞
• Chest: Powerful Stats∞ or Super Stats∞
• Cloak: Major Agility∞ or Greater Speed∞ or Superior Agility∞
• Bracers: Greater Assault∞ or Striking∞
• Hands: Crusher∞ or Major Agility∞ or Greater Assault∞
• Belt: Eternal Belt Buckle∞
• Legs: Icescale Leg Armor∞ or Nerubian Leg Armor∞
• Feet: Icewalker∞ or Greater Assault∞
• Weapon: Berserking∞ or Accuracy∞ or Superior Potency∞ or Exceptional Agility∞ or Greater Potency∞

Recommended Gems

• Meta: Relentless Eathsiege Diamond∞
• Red: Delicate∞
• Yellow: Glinting∞
• Blue: Enchanted Tear∞ or Shifting∞
• Prismatic: Delicate∞

Recommended Consumables

• Flask: Flask of Endless Rage∞
• Food: Blackened Dragonfin∞

Additional Tips

• Always attack from behind or from the side. If you attack a mob from the front, it can parry your attacks.

Sources and Other Resources

• ShadowPanther.net∞
• Elitist Jerks: Pocket Guide to WotLK∞