Thursday, February 17, 2011

A Brief Subtlety Rogue Guide

The Subtlety Rogue build in WoW 4.06 has had a few tweaks. The Find Weakness talent now strips away 70% of the opponent's armor, which is a lot. Is the guy wearing plate? Well, for 10 seconds he might as well be wearing cloth. Then you Shadowdance to cheap shot to Eviscerate to Ambush to...

Of course, if you're caught out of stealth and Shadowdance and Vanish are on cooldown... That is the big weakness of the Subtlety Rogue spec, that if you can't get into vanish or Shadowdance then life is tough. Then you rez and get back to picking your targets.

With 4.06 you get more Agility and more Hemorrhage & Backstab damage. Sinister Calling, one of your basic Subtlety abilities, gives you 30% more or your total Agility and Leather Specialization (at level 50) adds another 5%. Now, Agility already is, by far, the best stat for  Sub. Rogue. Now what you need to do when looking at two pieces of gear is to remember to add 35% to the Agility numbers on those pieces. SO if a piece of gear is listed as 100 Agility, for you it really has 135 Agility. 35 Agility is roughly equal to 100 of any secondary stat, it's that important.

Also see this Subtlety Rogue Guide for some more info.

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