Subtlety Rogue DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — Shadowlands 9.2
On this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Subtlety Rogue, based on your stat priority. We also give budget alternatives. This page is updated for World of Warcraft — Shadowlands 9.2.
If you were looking for TBC Classic content, please refer to our TBC Classic DPS Rogue gems and enchants.
Enchants, Gems and Consumables for Subtlety Rogue
This page covers what are the best gems, enchants, food and flask to use as Subtlety Rogue. For more detailed explanations on how stats interact with each other in different scenarios, please visit our dedicated Stats page.
You should either Deadly Jewel Cluster or
Versatile Jewel Cluster
depending on your stat weights.
Note that all four stats are close to each other for Subtlety, so if you have very little of certain stat, you might want to gem for that instead.
Best Enchants for Subtlety Rogue
Slot | Enchantment |
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Rings | |
Main Hand | |
Off Hand | |
Boots | |
Chest |
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Cloak |
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Domination Shards
Note that the Shards of Domination will not work in Patch 9.2 content and thus are not necessary.
Consumables for Subtlety Rogue
Best Flasks and Potions for Subtlety
Potion of Phantom Fire is the best pick for pure single-target, however
at higher Item Levels
Potion of Spectral Agility becomes better. Use
Potion of Spectral Agility when you have more than 2 targets.
Shaded Sharpening Stone scales better than
Shadowcore Oil on
multi-target situations and thus you should be using Sharpening Stones
in both of your weapons in such environments such as Mythic+.
Spectral Flask of Power is our flask of choice.
Since Patch 8.0.1, Healthstones and Cosmic Healing Potion no longer
share a cooldown with each other, which means that you can use both of them. It is
also important to note that the Healing Potion is significantly stronger than
Healthstones.
Best Food for Subtlety
The best food to eat is Feast of Gluttonous Hedonism, but it is quite
costly. Cheaper alternatives are
Spinefin Souffle and Fries and
Steak a la Mode.
Augment Runes for Subtlety
If you can afford it, you should use Veiled Augment Runes (or the
permanent
Eternal Augment Rune) to increase your primary stat. Since
there is a finite amount of the consumable runes available, you should make
sure to use them wisely and to stock up on them for when you need them.
After reaching Exalted with The Enlightened, you can purchase Eternal Augment Rune.
Changelog
- 22 Feb. 2022: Page updated for Patch 9.2.
- 02 Nov. 2021: Updated for Patch 9.1.5.
- 28 Jun. 2021: Updated for Patch 9.1.
- 09 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 05 Jan. 2021: Added note about Lightless Force for Mythic+ along with mention of Agility potion scaling with Item Level.
- 07 Dec. 2020: Adjusted formatting a little bit along with adding a paragraph regarding Agility gems.
- 03 Dec. 2020: Added cloak enchant.
- 01 Dec. 2020: Added mention of Kraken's Eye of Agility gem and updated recommended chest enchant.
- 23 Nov. 2020: Page updated with new consumables for release of Shadowlands.
- 14 Oct. 2020: Updated recommended weapon enchants.
- 12 Oct. 2020: Page updated for the Shadowlands pre-patch.
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