Subtlety Rogue DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within Pre-Patch
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Subtlety Rogue in World of Warcraft The War Within Pre-Patch.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Subtlety Rogue gear and best in slot.
Gearing your Subtlety Rogue in The War Within
With the launch of The War Within Pre-Patch Event, we say goodbye to both Dragonflight and the Awakened Season 4 of Dragonflight.
The Pre-Patch Event will have a lot of goodies for you to loot, but if you've been playing Season 4 of Dragonflight at all you're probably already geared up to the teeth.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:
BiS Gear for Subtlety Rogue
BiS List for Subtlety Rogue
This list contains the highest DPS setup from most sources, for Subtlety Rogue
In most non-Tier slots, a 525 iLvl Craft is technically optimal, since you can customize the secondary stats to your liking. A few 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: Your embellishments are all within an acceptable margin of each other. Best Embellishments are two crafted pieces with Blue Silken Lining.Previously it was suggested that you craft
Slimy Expulsion Boots as it saved you a spark early on because the toxic patch item ilvl did not affect the power of the patch and was useful for multi-speccing.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
---|---|---|
Mainhand Weapon | ![]() |
Igira the Cruel |
Offhand Weapon | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite |
Helm | ![]() or with ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking/Engineering. ![]() ![]() |
Neck | ![]() |
The Azure Vault |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Broodkeeper Diurna/Echo of Neltharion/Smolderon |
Cloak | ![]() |
Scalecommander Sarkareth |
Chest | ![]() |
Kurog Grimtotem/Zskarn/Nymue |
Bracers | ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking. Embellished with ![]() |
Gloves | ![]() |
Dathea/Forgotten Experiments/Igira the Cruel |
Belt | ![]() |
Halls of Infusion |
Legs | ![]() |
Sennarth/Rashok/Larodar |
Boots | ![]() ![]() |
Uldaman. ![]() |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Eranog |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Crafted by Jewelcrafting embellished with ![]() |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Smolderon |
Trinket #2 | ![]() ![]() |
Raszageth/Broodkeeper Diurna |
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 | ![]() |
Neltharus. Note: ALWAYS equip the highest item level dagger in your mainhand. Item level will always be better than any secondary stat difference. |
Offhand Weapon | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite |
Helm | ![]() |
Ruby Life Pools |
Neck | ![]() |
The Azure Vault |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Uldaman |
Cloak | ![]() |
Neltharus |
Chest | ![]() |
Ruby Life Pools |
Bracers | ![]() |
Brackenhide Hollow |
Gloves | ![]() |
Algeth'ar Academy |
Belt | ![]() |
Halls of Infusion |
Legs | ![]() |
Neltharus |
Boots | ![]() |
Uldaman |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Brackenhide Hollow |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Neltharus |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Halls of Infusion |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Algeth'ar Academy |
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 | ![]() |
Igira the Cruel |
Offhand Weapon | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite |
Helm | ![]() or with ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking/Engineering. ![]() ![]() |
Neck | ![]() |
Magmorax |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Broodkeeper Diurna/Echo of Neltharion/Smolderon |
Cloak | ![]() |
Scalecommander Sarkareth |
Chest | ![]() |
Kurog Grimtotem/Zskarn/Nymue |
Bracers | ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking. Embellished with ![]() |
Gloves | ![]() |
Dathea/Forgotten Experiments/Igira the Cruel |
Belt | ![]() |
Halls of Infusion |
Legs | ![]() |
Sennarth/Rashok/Larodar |
Boots | ![]() |
Uldaman. |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Eranog |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Rashok |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Smolderon |
Trinket #2 | ![]() ![]() |
Raszageth/Broodkeeper Diurna |
The Importance of "Simming Yourself" as a Subtlety Rogue
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.
Droptimizer
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.
Flightstones and Crest Upgrade Recommendations
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
Ashes of the Embersoul or
Manic Grieftorch
- Embellished Items crafted 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.
Dragonflight Season 4 Awakened Tier Set
You will still be rocking your Season 4 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 and Crafted Gear
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!
Embellished Items
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. Once we have a clearer picture of final tuning of items, classes, specs, etc. we will be updating this page to fully reflect what gear you should aim for when The War Within launches.
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.
Adding Sockets to Gear
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.
Stat Priorities
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.
Changelog
- 23 Jul. 2024: Reviewed and Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Season 4
- 20 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 07 Nov. 2023: Reviewed and Updated after Sporecloak Nerf.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Reviewed and Updated for patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Added BiS item tables and reformatted page.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Page updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 09 May 2023: Added notes about how to spend sparks in Season 2 along with few other updates.
- 01 May 2023: Page updated for Patch 10.1 and added notes about Eranog ring and Onyx Annulet.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Page updated and reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Page updated for Patch 10.0.5.
- 13 Jan. 2023: Added recommended Embellishments.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Vault of the Incarnates launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Oxi, a life long Rogue player since early Classic. He is a Moderator in Ravenholdt, the official Rogue Class Discord. He also maintains the Ravenholdt website, and helps ensure that the Tricks of the Trade Rogue podcast runs smoothly.
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