Subtlety Rogue DPS Guide - Midnight

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Subtlety Rogue OverviewDanse de l’ombreSubtlety Rogue Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Subtlety Rogue Cheat Sheet Subtlety Rogue Changes in Midnight12.1 Changes

Talent

Change

Was completely reworked; it does not generate combo points anymore but applies a bleed to up to 3 targets; targets get 20% of the damage of finishing moves used during this is repeated on targets afflicted by the bleed.

Techniques des Ombres (Change)

Techniques des Ombres got buffed baseline, Sombreruse's energy generation got nerfed as compensation.

Ombre persistante (Change)

Was updated to work with Tempête de shurikens.

Technique secrète (Rework)

Got the Shadow damage part reworked; this fixes multiple bugs, lowers the shadow clone delay, and makes it work with apex1.

Misc (Bugfixes)

Multiple interactions from damage-amplifying talents got fixed, leading to a general damage buff. Some talents switched places in the tree.

Morsure de GueulétripeOmbre persistanteMidnight release:

Added

Removed

Changes

12.0.5 Changes:

Talent

Change

Fiole sanguine (New)

Is a new utility node for the general tree.

Irritant aéroporté (Update)

Hits multiple targets now (AoE).

Désigner pour mourir (New)

Is a new spell, allowing you to move your mark to a new target.

Couverture nuageuse (Rework)

Now drops a Smoke bomb when using Lames de l’ombre, which applies a buff, allowing you to apply and stack fazed.

Couverture nuageuse Subtlety Rogue Hero Talents: Trickster and Deathstalker AchèvementMarque de nécrotraqueurDésigner pour mourirDésigner pour mourirTricksterDeathstalker

Throughput & Damage Profiles: is ahead on pure single target, with a at least 7% lead over . Both options lack Cleave damage, and it's typically better to look at other Rogue specialisations when cleave damage is important. In AoE, both perform similarly without tier set, while becomes stronger once you have the season 2 4-set bonus unlocked.

Defense: Unfortunately, both of our Hero trees are weak in this department. Trickster has Fumée or Miroirs, which provides a small amount of damage reduction. Deathstalker has Cape éthérée, which slightly increases the duration of Cape d'ombre, or Appâter et échanger which gives additional damage reduction to our defensives . Deathstalker is slightly better in terms of defensives, but both end up fairly weak.

Utility: Deathstalker allows you to use Pas de l’ombre more frequently with Marche-ombre or increases the duration of Voile de dissimulation when talented into Voile nocturne. The latter ability has its cooldown reduced by N’ayez pas l’air suspect or the duration of Ficelles du métier increased to one hour when talented into Fourberies on Trickster.

Playing a Subtlety Rogue in rotation guide

Cooldown management - Always align cooldowns when possible. Typically, we hold cooldowns to line them up. Use Danse de l’ombre two times with your major cooldown Lames de l’ombre. Danse de l’ombre is used outside of major cooldowns when Technique secrète comes off cooldown in combination.

Keep a cool head between cooldowns - Downtime between your cooldown windows is slow and allows you to take a breath. You will be more limited by energy during this time. Use Attaque sournoise (single target) / Tempête de shurikens (AoE/multi target) as a builder and use finishing moves when reaching 6 or more Combo Points.

Fish for the big hit - Technique secrète is always used during Danse de l’ombre, ideally as the first finishing move to start the cooldown as soon as possible. Doing so guarantees the benefits of Surchargeur as well.

Gearing a Subtlety Rogue in Mastery >= Haste > Critical Strike > Versatility700AgilityRaidbotsGreat Vault What Professions are Best for Subtlety Rogue?LeatherworkingBest in Slot gear What Race is Best for Subtlety Rogue?

Damage & Performance:
Neutral Races: Pandaren is the strongest neutral race because of Épicurien. But falls in general in line with strong choices like Dwarf or Tauren.
Alliance: The strongest alliance race in Midnight is Nain, which is slightly ahead of Humain,Void Elf and Mécagnome. The critical strike damage from Puissance de la montagne is really good, and the defensive value of Forme de pierre is unmatched; however, all 4 mentioned races are close in output and are perfect choices.
Horde: The best Horde race is Tauren; it offers additional health and increased critical strike damage via Muscles.

Mythic+ & Utility: Nain is, no contest, the best option here, as Forme de pierre provides an extra defensive and a self-dispel of any effect, while having Puissance de la montagne's Critical Strike damage increase for respectable offensive strength.

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Commentaires

Commentaire de drpimento

I have a subtlety rogue with one piece of gear with a Mastery attribute of 12 at L52. Yet my stats say that I have a Mastery attribute stat of 22% overall. I don't understand what's going on. Advice please?

Commentaire de Chrisss

Hi i want to know wich talents of rogue have more aoe damage and wich one have more one target damage and wich talent more usefull in raids and dungeons ?
Thanks

Commentaire de addekallstrom

Hi! I really like to play rogue with 1 dagger and 1 sword like in the old days. Is this still possible with sub? Or with any other spec? Or is mixing not allowed anymore?

Commentaire de SwayAwayGeorge

Given that we are going for Mastery and Versa at the moment, why would Dwarves racial of extra crit damage be better, than say, human (more mastery and versa), Kul'Tiran (flat 1% more versa) or even extra flat damage from Void Elves? Should crit become the stat we want most, then I agree, but the guide is all over the place

Subtlety Rogue DPS Guide - Midnight

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