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Subtlety Rogue rotation guide & helper

Play Subtlety Rogue like a skilled player: the current priority, cooldowns that line up, AoE when it pays and kicks on the casts that matter.

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Guide

How Subtlety plays.

Ghostly Strike goes out on cooldown, and right after it the helper casts Garrote without Stealth. Build combo points with Hemorrhage (Sinister Strike before you have it) and spend them at five on Rupture, Death Mark and Eviscerate. Every rogue spec shares one rotation, so lines for spells you don't have yet are skipped.

One target

  1. Riposte when it lights up after a parry.
  2. Shank below 60 energy.
  3. Ghostly Strike below five combo points.
  4. Garrote right after Ghostly Strike on mobs that live 10 seconds or more; Ambush after it too when you hold a dagger and stand behind.
  5. From level 42: Slice and Dice kept up with 2+ combo points.
  6. At five points: Rupture on mobs living 16 seconds or more, Death Mark on mobs living 7 seconds or more, then Eviscerate.
  7. Hemorrhage, then Backstab when the mob isn't on you, else Sinister Strike.

Packs and groups

  • In groups and dungeons Slice and Dice stays up the whole fight (2 points when it's down).
  • Blade Flurry with 2 or more mobs and Adrenaline Rush on mobs that live long enough, when you have them.
  • Feint goes out in a group when you reach 90% of the tank's threat.
  • Smart Slice and Dice and Expose Armor are switches, off by default for Subtlety.

Good to know

  • Low mobs: finish below 20% health with 3 points, and no builders on a mob that dies within a second.
  • Openers from Stealth stay yours unless "Open from Stealth" is on. Subtlety opens with Garrote, and Premeditation goes out before it.
  • Evasion at low health, Kick on casts that matter, Gouge / Kidney Shot / Blind / Cheap Shot for crowd control. Vanish always stays yours.
  • Poisons go on your weapons out of combat.
What it does for you

Built for Subtlety.

01

Cooldowns that line up

Your Subtlety cooldowns go when the priority says so, not when a timer runs out.

02

AoE when it pays

Area spells only once enough enemies are around you. You pick the number.

03

Kicks and stuns

Interrupts on the casts that matter, and no wasted casts on mobs that are immune.

04

The right spell rank

Highest, smart or a fixed rank for every spell, so you never waste mana.

05

Immunity learning

It learns which mobs shrug off your spells and stops casting them there.

06

You stay in control

Every spell, threshold and line of the priority is yours to change. One switch turns it off.

In the rotation

Subtlety spells it uses.

Lines for spells you don't have are skipped, so it follows your talents.

PremeditationAmbushCheap ShotGarroteSinister StrikeRiposteShankGhostly StrikeFeintBlade FlurryAdrenaline RushSlice and DiceRuptureExpose ArmorDeath MarkCold BloodEviscerateMutilateHemorrhageBackstab
Tuning

Tune Subtlety your way.

A few of the settings you can change in game, shown with their default.

  • Low mob: finish it below 20 % health
  • Spend combo points on a low mob with: Auto (groups, chain pulls) by default
  • On a low mob, finish once you have 3 combo points
  • Finishers at 5 combo points
  • Slice and Dice only on mobs living 12 s or more
  • Smart Slice and Dice (chain pulling / 2+ mobs) - off by default
  • Use Rupture (better than Eviscerate on long fights) - on by default
  • Blade Flurry with 2 or more mobs
  • Backstab: When the mob isn't on you by default
  • Open from Stealth (needs Start Fights on) - off by default
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