Subtlety Rogue DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Dragonflight 10.2
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Subtlety Rogue in World of Warcraft Dragonflight 10.2.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Subtlety Rogue gear and best in slot.
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.
Gearing your Subtlety Rogue in Season 3
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:
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 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 |
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Mainhand Weapon | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite |
Offhand Weapon | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite |
Helm | ![]() or with ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking/Engineering. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Neck | ![]() |
Darkheart Thicket |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Smolderon |
Cloak | ![]() |
Smolderon |
Chest | ![]() |
Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle |
Bracers | ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking. Embellished with
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Gloves | ![]() |
Igira the Cruel |
Belt | ![]() |
Amirdrassil |
Legs | ![]() |
Larodar, Keeper of the Flame |
Boots | ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking. |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Crafted by Jewelcrafting |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Igira the Cruel |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
The Everbloom |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Council of Dreams |
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 | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite |
Offhand Weapon | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite |
Helm | ![]() |
The Everbloom |
Neck | ![]() |
Darkheart Thicket |
Shoulder | ![]() |
The Everbloom |
Cloak | ![]() |
Throne of the Tides |
Chest | ![]() |
Atal'Dazar |
Bracers | ![]() |
Atal'Dazar |
Gloves | ![]() |
Black Rook Hold |
Belt | ![]() |
Waycrest Manor |
Legs | ![]() |
Waycrest Manor |
Boots | ![]() |
Darkheart Thicket |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Waycrest Manor |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Darkheart Thicket |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
The Everbloom |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Throne of the Tides |
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 | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite |
Offhand Weapon | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite |
Helm | ![]() |
Tindral Sageswift |
Neck | ![]() |
Volcoross |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Smolderon |
Cloak | ![]() |
Smolderon |
Chest | ![]() |
Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle |
Bracers | ![]() |
Volcoross |
Gloves | ![]() |
Igira the Cruel |
Belt | ![]() |
Amirdrassil |
Legs | ![]() |
Larodar, Keeper of the Flame |
Boots | ![]() |
Amirdrassil |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Larodar, Keeper of the Flame |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Igira the Cruel |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
The Forgotten Experiments |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Tindral Sageswift |
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
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, the Dream's Hope Tier Set
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 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!
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.
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.
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
- 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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