Subtlety Rogue DPS Gear and Best in Slot — 12.0.5

World of Warcraft Midnight uses a version of the Crest upgrade system that was introduced in Dragonflight. We recommend that you check out our dedicated page for more information on this gear upgrade system if you are not yet familiar with it:

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BiS Gear for Subtlety Rogue

Overall BiS List Mythic+ Gear BiS List Raid Gear BiS List

2.1.

BiS List for Subtlety Rogue

This list contains the highest DPS setup from all sources for Subtlety Rogue. Keep in mind that there are many other setups that perform within the margin of error. This list is not the end-all-be-all list where any item that is not listed is far behind this specific selection.

This list is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available, your BiS gear might look different in some spots than the below list.

In some non-Tier slots, a max ilvl Craft will technically be optimal since you can customize the secondary stats to your liking. Your mileage here may vary.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Mainhand Weapon	Your highest ilevel dagger. Best choice: Belo'ren's Swift Talon	Belo'ren in March on Quel'Danas
Offhand Weapon	Farstrider's Mercy with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt	Crafted by Blacksmithing
Helm	Masquerade of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst, or Lightblinded Vanguard in The Voidspire
Neck	Eternal Voidsong Chain	Crown of the Cosmos in The Voidspire
Shoulder	Venom Casks of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst, or Fallen-King Salhadaar in The Voidspire
Cloak	Rigid Scale Greatcloak	Skyreach
Chest	Fantastic Finery of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst, or Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Bracers	Silvermoon Agent's Deflectors with Arcanoweave Lining	Crafted by Leatherworking
Gloves	Sleight of Hand of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst, or Vorasius in The Voidspire
Belt	Snapvine Cinch	Windrunner Spire
Legs	Power Stance Breeches	The Voidspire, March on Quel'Danas or the Auction House.
Boots	Balancing Boots of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst
Ring #1	Occlusion of Void	Nexus-Point Xenas
Ring #2	Omission of Light	Nexus-Point Xenas
Trinket #1	Light Company Guidon	Imperator Averzian in The Voidspire
Trinket #2	Gaze of the Alnseer	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift

2.2.

Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Subtlety Rogue

This list contains the highest DPS setup with farmable gear from Season 1 Mythic+ Dungeons.

This list is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available to yourself, your BiS gear might look different than this list in some spots.

TipsWhich Dungeons Should I Farm?

If you have limited time to play the game, we recommend to farm the following dungeons:

• Skyreach: Multiple valuable items like Weapons as well as Solarflare Prism.
• Nexus-Point Xenas: Both of the ring set as well as a Weapon.
• Algeth'ar Academy: Algeth'ar Puzzle Box is a decent alternative as your on-use trinket.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Mainhand Weapon	Your highest ilvl dagger. Best choice: Edge of the Burning Sun	Skyreach
Offhand Weapon	Edge of the Burning Sun	Skyreach
Helm	Masquerade of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst
Neck	Barbed Ymirheim Choker	Pit of Saron
Shoulder	Venom Casks of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst
Cloak	Rigid Scale Greatcloak	Skyreach
Chest	Fantastic Finery of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst
Bracers	Frenzyroot Cuffs	Algeth'ar Academy
Gloves	Sleight of Hand of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst
Belt	Flayer's Black Belt	Pit of Saron
Legs	Shaggy Wyrmleather Leggings	Pit of Saron
Boots	Boots of Burning Focus	Skyreach
Ring #1	Occlusion of Void	Nexus-Point Xenas
Ring #2	Omission of Light	Nexus-Point Xenas
Trinket #1	Algeth'ar Puzzle Box	Algeth'ar Academy
Trinket #2	Solarflare Prism	Skyreach

2.3.

Raid Gear BiS List for Subtlety Rogue

This list contains the highest DPS setup, only using gear from the Dreamrift, Voidspire, and March on Quel'Danas Raid.

This list is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available to yourself, your BiS gear might look different than this list in some spots.

TipsWhich Raid-Items Do I Want Most?

If you need to submit a list of highly-important items to your raidleader, or simply want to focus on the most important bosses and items, we got you covered!

• Light Company Guidon: Our best active trinket. Drops from the first boss Imperator Averzian, so it is fairly accessible.
• Gaze of the Alnseer: Our best passive trinket. Drops from Chimaerus, which also drops our Tier-Set chest and our BiS Boots.
• Hungering Victory: Even though it might not be BiS, a high item level dagger is crucial. Drops from Vorasius so its a fairly accessible way to get a Myth track dagger.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Mainhand Weapon	Your highest ilevel dagger. Best choice: Belo'ren's Swift Talon	Belo'ren in March on Quel'Danas
Offhand Weapon	Belo'ren's Swift Talon	Belo'ren in March on Quel'Danas
Helm	Masquerade of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst, or Lightblinded Vanguard in The Voidspire
Neck	Eternal Voidsong Chain	Crown of the Cosmos in The Voidspire
Shoulder	Venom Casks of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst, or Fallen-King Salhadaar in The Voidspire
Cloak	Draconic Nullcape	Vaelgor and Ezzorak in The Voidspire
Chest	Fantastic Finery of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst, or Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Bracers	Void-Skinned Bracers	Vorasius in The Voidspire
Gloves	Sleight of Hand of the Grim Jest	Matrix Catalyst, or Vorasius in The Voidspire
Belt	Scorn-Scarred Shul'ka's Belt	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Legs	Nightblade's Pantaloons	Crown of the Cosmos in The Voidspire
Boots	Canopy Walker's Footwraps	Crown of the Cosmos in The Voidspire
Ring #1	Sin'dorei Band of Hope	Belo'ren in March on Quel'Danas
Ring #2	Eye of Midnight	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas
Trinket #1	Light Company Guidon	Imperator Averzian in The Voidspire
Trinket #2	Gaze of the Alnseer	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift

FAQCan I use a Non-Dagger as my Off-Hand Weapon?

No, Always use a dagger in off-hand. The reason for this is that Shadow Techniques activates more often with a dagger due to the faster attack speed of daggers. Because of this using a non-dagger loses out on roughly 10% of all of your energy and combo points.

FAQWhich Tier Set Pieces Do I Want?

For Midnight Season 1 as a Subtlety Rogue, you will want to try and prioritize getting the Helmet, Shoulder, Chest, and Gloves set pieces. However, getting the Pants to complete one of the bonuses is still better than any other gearing choice. Long-term you will want to play off-set legs with good secondary stats instead.

There are a great number of Trinkets available for Subtlety, and we will always want to play a combination of a powerful on-use trinket to align with our Shadow Blades, and there’s unfortunately only one of those this season with Light Company Guidon. If you do not have that then you will have to settle for a 2 minute cooldown one and use it every other Shadow Blades. Alongside that on-use we want a passive trinket providing potent secondary stat buffs or raw damage procs.

Aim to pick up one trinket from each of these categories as a pair:

Subtlety Rogue Trinkets

On-Use - Light Company Guidon or, alternatively, Algeth'ar Puzzle Box
Passive - Gaze of the Alnseer or, alternatively, Radiant Plume

There are quite a few other valuable trinkets out there, so make sure to click on our ranking chart to see if they are worth equipping.

Click for Subtlety Rogue Trinket Rankings

Ranking	Subtlety
S Tier	Light Company Guidon Gaze of the Alnseer Radiant Plume Umbral Plume
A Tier	Algeth'ar Puzzle Box - Click for Details An alternative to Light Company Guidon if you haven't gotten one yet. Beware that this trinket has a 2 second channel time before you get your stats. So start puzzling right before you Shadow Blades! Crucible of Erratic Energies Ranger-Captain's Iridescent Insignia Withered Saptor's Paw Fiber of Living Agony
B Tier	Kroluk's Warbanner Solarflare Prism Drum of Renewed Bonds - Click for Details By going to the different shrines in Zul'Aman you can adjust what stats the proc gives you. Ideally you want Critical Strike, but Mastery is really good for AoE situations. Vessel of Tortured Souls - Click for Details This trinket spawns some small souls you need to pick up to gain the agility, which are quite easy to miss. Emberwing Feather - Click for Details An alternative to Light Company Guidon if you haven't gotten one yet.
C Tier	Undreamt God's Oozing Vestige Latch's Crooked Hook Heart of Wind Magister's Alchemist Stone
D Tier	Eye of the Drowning Void Void Stalker's Contract Void-Reaper's Libram Lost Idol of the Hash'ey

Midnight's patch 12.0.5 introduces two new yet familiar systems:

• Nebulous Voidcore can be used to acquire specific items from specific bosses or dungeons, by letting you gain a guaranteed piece of loot from a specific drop-location. Which item you will receive is random, but once an item has been acquired in this way, your next use of a Voidcore will grant one of the remaining items you haven't yet acquired.
• Ascendant Voidcore can be used to further increase the itemlevel of Hero or Myth track items if they have reached the highest possible itemlevel already, as well as Radiance-Crafted items at max quality. This will further boost their power, similar to the additional upgrade from previous Turbo Boost events.

• Nebulous Voidcore is an item you are able to get 2 of each week. They are similar to the old "bonus roll" system from way back in the day, effectively allowing you to target items from a specific boss or dungeon. Which item you receive when you use them is random, however once the Voidcore has granted you an item you will not be able to aquire it again. This means that the next time you use one you will get one of the other items available from that loot pool. Using these in a +10 dungeon will grant 1/6 Myth track items, not Hero track ones.
• Ascendant Voidcore can be used to amplify the itemlevel of Weapons and Trinkets. It is only usable on Hero track, Myth track or crafted items that have reached their highest itemlevel already. This will boost their power by a significant amount and is similar to the additional upgrades from Turbo Boost event last season.

For more information on how to acquire these items, make sure to check out our dedicated guide below.

Which item you want to chase after depends heavily on the items you already have and whether you are expecting to kill certain bosses on Mythic difficulty, as you do not want to waste your Voidcores on items you may be able to get on a higher difficulty track in a few weeks. The priority is as follows:

Voidcore (Bonus Roll) Priority

1. Myth Track Mainhand
2. Light Company Guidon
3. Mythic Gaze of the Alnseer OR Mythic Umbral Plume
4. Remaining BiS List items

Using your Ascendant Voidcores follows a similar priority list as using your Crests:

1. Your Mainhand Weapon is the highest priority
2. Trinkets, Chest, Helmet, and Legs are your second priority
3. Shoulder, Gloves, Belts, and Boots are your next priority
4. Bracers, Rings, Neck, and Cape are your lowest priority

You will want to prioritize Myth track items over Hero track ones, unless you do not expect to get a Myth track variant of said item. For example it is fine to upgrade a Hero track Light Company Guidon, Umbral Plume, or Gaze of the Alnseer if you do not expect to kill Mythic Imperator Averzian, Belo'ren, or Chimaerus anytime soon.

When it comes to using the Ascendant Voidcore in dungeons i would recommend to use them on either Skyreach or Nexus-Point Xenas as those have plenty of solid upgrades.

Professions are a great way to gear up with your optimal secondary stats, as adding special items to the crafting process lets you pick and choose the exact secondary stats you want.

If you want to find out more about professions, i.e. to learn how to craft your own Mythic itemlevel equipment, make sure to check out our Midnight Profession guide!

During the early stages of the season your ability to craft items will be severely time-gated. Because of this we highly recommend crafting a Mainhand Weapon as soon as possible, unless you know for sure you can get one elsewhere. When you have acquired a good weapon, start working on your other Embellished Items, and after that focus on crafting whatever piece you currently have at the lowest item-level.

Subtlety Crafted Gear Priority

• Farstrider's Mercy with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt
• Silvermoon Agent's Utility Belt with Arcanoweave Lining
• Any item you do not have on Myth track yet.

Up to two of your crafted items can be Embellished. This is a similar concept as Unique-Equipped, as you can only wear two items that have the Embellished status. Some crafted items, many of which have powerful procs or beneficial effects by default, are considered Embellished. You can also add Embellishments from a variety of professions to any crafted item, adding the effect to this item either when creating it or at a later stage.

As there is a lot of competition for Embellishments, you will have to pick and choose the two strongest ones for your overall DPS output. Most of them provide very similar DPS benefits, even if the effects are entirely different. The two best choices for this are:

• For Raid: Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt on a weapon and Arcanoweave Lining on another crafted item like Belt or Wrists.
• For Mythic+: Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt on a weapon and Arcanoweave Lining on another crafted item like Belt or Wrists.

It is recommended to sim yourself to find out what works best, and if you also play the other 2 Rogue specs, you might want to pick Embellishments that work well for all of them.

You can add sockets to Helmets, Belts, and Bracers with the Radiant Jewelbinder consumable that you can get if you do not select any of the choices in your Great Vault. Not picking a choice will grant you up to 6 tokens, six of which can be traded in for the Radiant Jewelbinder item that allows you to add a socket to the above piece of gear, if you acquired them in Season 1.

Early into the season, or if you have just started playing an alt, you will have limited access to upgrading-crests such as Myth Dawncrest. These can be used to upgrade gear to higher itemlevels. Since gaining new crests are capped each week and upgrading different items costs the same amount of crests regardless, you will want to prioritize your usage of them on items you plan on not replacing anytime soon, and/or those that offer the biggest benefits.

Subtlety Rogue Crest Upgrade Priority

Weapon (Mainhand) ➜ Trinkets ➜ Helmet/Chest/Legs ➜ Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots

These are not the only items worth upgrading, of course. They simply offer the highest DPS gain early into the tier when your upgrade currency is limited. Note that exceptions are possible, such as special items that have additional procs attached to them.

With all the different layers of gearing currently available to players, it is impossible to cover all edge cases and individual recommendations in a guide. We therefore highly recommend simming your own character by using Raidbots. This website allows for precise and individualized recommendations that consider your exact talents, gear, trinket, and all the other layers of gearing that the game has to offer. Learning to use this tool is essential to maximizing your potential, as it is the only reliable way to get information on which piece of gear, enchant, gem, or trinket is the best for your character.

The Droptimizer feature from Raidbots lets you identify which dungeons and Raid Bosses offer the highest DPS upgrades to you. It simulates all of the potential upgrades in a raid or a dungeon and lists the bosses/dungeons by rank order of how much DPS you can expect to gain from each of the items it drops. We have a guide for it that you can access using the link below.