Subtlety Rogue DPS Mythic+ Tips — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.3

The playstyle of Subtlety in Mythic+ stays almost the same in Battle for Azeroth. It revolves around burst windows with Secret Technique and damage multipliers, such as Symbols of Death and Dark Shadow. In Battle for Azeroth, Subtlety does more AoE damage than before because of Secret Technique, but less priority damage than in Legion.

If you are unfamiliar with Mythic+ and its associated general mechanics, you can read more about it on our dedicated Mythic+ page below.

For the most part, Subtlety Rogue's rotation is the same as referred in the Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities page, but the opener sequence changes a little bit in different scenarios.

Note that the openers assume you have 4+ targets; fewer than that and you will have to cast extra Shuriken Storms to generate enough Combo Points for your finishers. Do not cast finishers with less than 4 (preferably 5-6) Combo Points apart from your initial Nightblade in the opener.

1. Cast Shuriken Storm.
2. Cast Shadow Dance and Symbols of Death.
3. Cast Secret Technique.
4. Cast Shuriken Storm.
5. Cast Eviscerate.
6. Cast Shuriken Storm.
7. Cast Eviscerate.
8. Cast Shuriken Storm and Nightblade and apply the Nightblade debuff to all targets that will live for the whole duration of the debuff.

If the targets are not stacked enough for Secret Technique to hit everything, you can apply some Nightblades while waiting until all targets are in range.

1. Cast Shadowstrike.
2. Cast Nightblade.
3. Cast Shuriken Storm.
4. Cast Shadow Dance and Symbols of Death.
5. Cast Secret Technique.
6. Cast Shuriken Storm.
7. Cast Eviscerate.
8. Cast Shuriken Storm.
9. Cast Eviscerate.
10. Cast Shuriken Storm and Eviscerate on the priority target until it is killed.

Reapplying Find Weakness during Shadow Dance is not recommended unless you have fewer than 3 targets. Also remember to not cap on Shadow Dance charges.

• Shroud of Concealment provides Stealth to every nearby party member. This spell is often used to skip difficult or inefficient packs that you would otherwise have to deal with.
• Cloak of Shadows, Feint, and Cheat Death are a big part of what makes Rogue's good in Mythic+; their defensive abilities are the strongest in the game.
• Kidney Shot has gained more value in Battle for Azeroth with the reduced duration on all AoE stuns. It is one of the longest stuns in the game thus making it exceptionally useful when dealing with difficult mobs.

Below are the suggested talents for Mythic+. These talents are recommended for all groups and keys at the current time.

Level	Choices
15	✗ Weaponmaster	✓ Find Weakness	✗ Gloomblade
30	✗ Nightstalker	✗ Subterfuge	✓ Shadow Focus
45	✗ Vigor	✓ Deeper Stratagem	✗ Marked for Death
60	✗ Soothing Darkness	✓ Cheat Death	✗ Elusiveness
75	✗ Shot in the Dark	✓ Night Terrors	✓ Prey on the Weak
90	✓ Dark Shadow	✗ Alacrity	✗ Enveloping Shadows
100	✗ Master of Shadows	✓ Secret Technique	✗ Shuriken Tornado

For general information about this affix, and others, see our general Mythic+ guide (coming up very shortly).

• Bolstering buffs remaining enemies Health pools and damage dealt by 20% when an enemy dies nearby. To counter this affix, DPS all mobs down evenly and focus your casts into high Health mobs if there are any. As a Subtlety Rogue, managing Bolstering will often be your main task, due to how strong Subtlety is at equalizing Health pools of mobs, mainly due to high priority damage.
• Bursting forces enemy mobs to detonate when slain, afflicting the group with a stacking debuff that causes players to suffer 10% of their max Health in damage every four seconds. Cloak of Shadows removes and prevents any Bursting stacks, so remember to use it when your group is about to reach high stacks. When handling the Bursting affix, ask how many stacks your healer can handle and try to not mindlessly DPS and exceed your healers stack limit.
• Skittish reduces the amount of threat generated by tanks throughout the dungeon. Use Tricks of the Trade on your tank everytime you are engaging a new mob pack or boss to help them with threat.

To learn how different Azerite traits perform on single-target and multi-target situations, refer to the Simulations page.