Subtlety Rogue DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Dragonflight 10.2

Disclaimer: With the large amount of changes to Rogue and Subtlety talents and abilities in Patch 10.2, as well as any last-minute tuning that could happen leading up to and during the release of the raid tier, there could be new developments in Theorycrafting that can change the gear list substantially. This page will be updated to reflect any changes in the upcoming weeks that may skew some of the gear.

With the start of Season 3, Amirdrassil is opening up its gates, and you are once again able to acquire gear from the Raid. Mythic+ is also starting, same as the new PvP season, and this serves as a soft reset for most of the gear you acquired during the last Season of Dragonflight.

Season 3 once again uses the Crest upgrade system that was introduced in the previous season. 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

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BiS List for Subtlety Rogue

This list contains the highest DPS setup from most sources, for Subtlety Rogue

In most non-Tier slots, a 486 iLvl Craft is technically optimal, since you can customize the secondary stats to your liking. A few 489 iLvl slots from Mythic Raid are the exception.

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.

Disclaimer: After the Undulating Sporecloak nerfs, your embellishments are all within an acceptable margin of each other. I highly recommend you craft/upgrade your Slimy Expulsion Boots as it ends up saving you a spark, as item level does not affect your piece with Toxified Armor Patch in any way. This allows you to spend a Spark on another piece. Alternatives to Slimy Expulsion Boots are 2 crafted pieces with Blue Silken Lining or Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Mainhand Weapon	Nick of Time (489)	Dawn of the Infinite
Offhand Weapon	Nick of Time (489)	Dawn of the Infinite
Helm	Life-Bound Cap with Crit and Versatility (486) or with Peripheral Vision Projectors with Versatility (486)	Crafted by Leatherworking/Engineering. Life-Bound Cap can be embellished with Toxified Armor Patch if using Slimy Expulsion Boots
Neck	Chain of the Green Flight (489)	Darkheart Thicket
Shoulder	Lucid Shadewalker's Bladed Spaulders (489)	Smolderon
Cloak	Mantle of Blazing Sacrifice (489)	Smolderon
Chest	Lucid Shadewalker's Cuirass (489)	Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle
Bracers	Life-Bound Bindings (486)	Crafted by Leatherworking. Embellished with Toxified Armor Patch if using Slimy Expulsion Boots.
Gloves	Lucid Shadewalker's Clawgrips (489)	Igira the Cruel
Belt	Lucid Shadewalker's Baldric (489)	Amirdrassil
Legs	Lucid Shadewalker's Chausses (489)	Larodar, Keeper of the Flame
Boots	Slimy Expulsion Boots (486)	Crafted by Leatherworking.
Ring #1	Ring-Bound Hourglass (486)	Crafted by Jewelcrafting
Ring #2	Signet of the Last Elder (489)	Igira the Cruel
Trinket #1	Witherbark's Branch (489)	The Everbloom
Trinket #2	Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge (489)	Council of Dreams

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Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Subtlety Rogue

This list contains the highest DPS setup, with farmable gear from 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.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Mainhand Weapon	Nick of Time (489)	Dawn of the Infinite
Offhand Weapon	Nick of Time (489)	Dawn of the Infinite
Helm	Blackwater Helm	The Everbloom
Neck	Chain of the Green Flight	Darkheart Thicket
Shoulder	Leafmender Mantle	The Everbloom
Cloak	Periwinkle Cloak	Throne of the Tides
Chest	Spymaster's Wrap	Atal'Dazar
Bracers	Venerated Raptorhide Bindings	Atal'Dazar
Gloves	Raven's Veil Gloves	Black Rook Hold
Belt	Hound-Jowl Waistband	Waycrest Manor
Legs	Blight Toadskin Leggings	Waycrest Manor
Boots	Grove Darkener's Treads	Darkheart Thicket
Ring #1	Lord Waycrest's Signet	Waycrest Manor
Ring #2	Band of Twisted Bark	Darkheart Thicket
Trinket #1	Witherbark's Branch	The Everbloom
Trinket #2	Porcelain Crab	Throne of the Tides

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Raid Gear BiS List for Subtlety Rogue

This list contains the highest DPS setup, only using gear from the Amirdrassil 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.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Mainhand Weapon	Nick of Time (489)	Dawn of the Infinite
Offhand Weapon	Nick of Time (489)	Dawn of the Infinite
Helm	Lucid Shadewalker's Deathmask (489)	Tindral Sageswift
Neck	Ouroboreal Necklet (489)	Volcoross
Shoulder	Lucid Shadewalker's Bladed Spaulders (489)	Smolderon
Cloak	Mantle of Blazing Sacrifice (489)	Smolderon
Chest	Lucid Shadewalker's Cuirass (489)	Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle
Bracers	Primordial Serpent's Bindings (489)	Volcoross
Gloves	Lucid Shadewalker's Clawgrips (489)	Igira the Cruel
Belt	Lucid Shadewalker's Baldric (489)	Amirdrassil
Legs	Lucid Shadewalker's Chausses (489)	Larodar, Keeper of the Flame
Boots	Twisted Blossom Stompers (489)	Amirdrassil
Ring #1	Band of Burning Thorns (489)	Larodar, Keeper of the Flame
Ring #2	Signet of the Last Elder (489)	Igira the Cruel
Trinket #1	Ominous Chromatic Essence (447)	The Forgotten Experiments
Trinket #2	Betrayer's Cinderblade (489)	Tindral Sageswift

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.

These are some of the items you should prioritize on upgrading as high as possible early into the season:

• A Mainhand weapon, like Nick of Time.
• A powerful trinket like Cataclysmic Signet Brand or Witherbark's Branch
• Embellished Items like Undulating Sporecloak and a crafted item with Blue Silken Lining.

These are not the only items worth upgrading, of course. They simply offer the highest DPS gain early into the tier when you are limited by the weekly cap of the Crests.

Amirdrassil once again offers us the choice of 5 tier-set items that grant powerful bonuses: Rogue Subtlety 10.2 Class Set 2pc and Rogue Subtlety 10.2 Class Set 4pc

If given a choice, try to prioritize the Shoulder, Chest, Gloves, and Legs slots for this. However, getting the Helmet to complete one of the bonuses is still better than any other gearing choice.

Professions are a great way to gear up with your optimal secondary stats, as generating specific secondary stat combinations is now possible when adding special items to the crafting process. With the heavily reworked crafting system in Dragonflight, exploring the new professions will help you gear up throughout the expansion, as you will be able to craft some Mythic Raid item-level pieces further down the line.

If you want to find out more about professions, make sure to check out our Dragonflight Profession guide!

As your ability to craft items will be time-gated in the initial stages of Patch 10.2, we highly recommend to get a Main Hand weapon as soon as possible. However, the Nick of Time dagger is so powerful that you will eventually replace your weapon with it, so be careful not to waste your limited opportunity to craft an item unless absolutely necessary.

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. The two best choices for this are:

• Undulating Sporecloak
• A crafted item with Blue Silken Lining.

You can add sockets to your necklace by using a Tiered Medallion Setting on it. Depending on the rank of the Medallion, you can add up to 3 sockets to any necklace you own.

You can also add sockets to Helmets, Belts, Bracers, Necks and Rings with Tokens of Merit, which are granted if you do not select any of the choices in your Great Vault. 6 of these tokens can be traded in for an item that allows you to add a socket to any piece of gear you acquired in Season 3.

Which gems and enchants to use heavily depends on your current stat priority. As previously mentioned, this priority can shift and change whenever you acquire new gear, so simming yourself to figure out the best use of your newly acquired socket is highly recommended. The general rule is to prioritize Versatility and Critical Strike on as many pieces of gear as possible, and prioritizing those stats for any consumables as well.