Mists of Pandaria Classic Subtlety Rogue Stat Priority

The stat priority for Subtlety Rogue is as follows:

1. Agility
2. Hit Rating to cap (7.5%)
3. Expertise Rating to cap(7.5%)
4. Haste
5. Critical Strike
6. Mastery

Hit and Expertise caps are your number one priority when gearing your Rogue. If an ability misses or is parried than you will not only not deal any damage but you will also not generate Combo Points and waste your Energy. Hit and Expertise are both soft capped at 7.5%, this soft cap meaning your abilities will no longer miss but any additional Hit rating will increase the chance of your Melee attacks hitting as you can still miss Auto Attacks at 7.5%, but reaching the Auto Attack hit cap of 27% is much less valuable than increasing our other secondary stats.

Agility increases the damage done by all of your damage dealing abilities as well as your auto-attacks. Agility typically grants 2 Attack Power and some Critical Strike rating but thanks to Sinister Calling each point of Agility becomes even more valuable. You will rarely have to choose Agility over any of the secondary stats listed here but generally speaking your goal while gearing is to maximize the amount of Agility available on your gear.

Haste is our most valuable secondary stat as a Subtlety Rogue. As a Subtlety Rogue you will have less tools to regenerate Energy compared to the two other specs and while Energetic Recovery will provide a considerable amount of Energy throughout an encounter we will focus on maximizing our Haste rating to allow us to cast as many Combo Point generating abilities as possible. Most of our damage as a Subtlety Rogue will also be done inside of cooldown windows like Shadow Dance so making sure we have as much energy to spend as possible during these will be the key to maximizing your damage output. Haste will also increase your Attack Speed causing us to apply poisons more often for an essentially free increase to our damage. 425 Haste rating grants 1% Haste

Critical Strike is another strong secondary stat as an Subtlety Rogue. Critical Strikes cause both our auto attacks and abilities to deal 200% damage which is a considerable increase to your damage but will also cause your Honor Among Thieves ability to activate, adding a Combo Point to your target and allowing you to use more of your finishing abilities like Rupture or Slice and Dice.

Mastery: Executioner is your Mastery as a Subtlety Rogue, this increases the effectiveness of your Combo Point spending abilities based on your current Mastery rating. This increases the damage of our Eviscerate, Crimson Tempest, Rupture and increases the duration of our Slice and Dice greatly increasing the value of each of your Combo Points spent.