Subtlety Rogue

Melee that bursts from the shadows. Timing matters.

DPSMeleeMedium to play

Talents

Copy the build, then in game press N to open Talents, click Import and paste.

Best stats

  1. 1Mastery
  2. 2Haste
  3. 3Versatility
  4. 4Crit

Mastery is worth even more in big pulls.

Pick gear, gems and enchants with your top stats first. Item level still matters most.

Patch 12.1. Stat source

Consumables

Picks for Subtlety in patch 12.1, from the Icy Veins guide.

  • Flask Flask of the Blood Knights Haste. The best flask for Subtlety.
  • Combat potion Light's Potential Raises your Agility for 30 seconds. Use it with your big cooldowns.
  • Health potion Concentrated Silvermoon Health Potion Healing in combat. It doesn't share a cooldown with Healthstones, so you can use both.
  • Food Harandar Celebration A group feast. On your own, eat Royal Roast instead.
  • Augment rune Void-Touched Augment Rune Raises your Agility. It's expensive and is lost when you die, so save it for progression.
  • Weapon oil Thalassian Phoenix Oil Lasts an hour. Reapply it after it wears off.

Enchants

  • Head

    Raises Avoidance, so you take less damage from area attacks.

  • Shoulders

    Raises Avoidance, so you take less damage from area attacks.

  • Chest

    Raises your primary stat.

  • Legs

    Raises Agility or Strength, plus Stamina.

  • Feet

    Raises Avoidance and Stamina.

  • Both rings

    Your critical strikes deal more damage and healing.

  • Main hand

    Your spells and abilities can grant Hash'ey's Might, a boost to a random secondary stat.

    On both weapons.

Gems

  • First socket

    Raises your primary stat.

  • Every other socket

    Raises Haste and Critical Strike.

Patch 12.1. Source

Trinkets

Best trinkets for Subtlety

  • S

    Venomous Abyss raid, boss 8: Ula'tek

  • S

    Venomous Abyss raid, boss 7: The Coiled Altar

  • A

    Unbinding of Kith'ix raid: Kith'ix

  • A

    Venomous Abyss raid, boss 2: Entombed Sentinels

  • A

    Venomous Abyss raid, boss 3: The Lost Explorers

  • B

    Farmable

    Dungeon: The Blinding Vale

  • B

    Farmable

    Dungeon: Murder Row

Grades for Subtlety, patch 12.1.5. Trinket source

Playing a Subtlety Rogue?

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Full rotation and talent guide on Icy Veins ›

Other Rogue specs: Assassination · Outlaw

Tier ranks from patch 12.1.5, mid-October 2026. See the full tier list.