Subtlety Rogue DPS Mythic+ Tips — Shadowlands 9.2.5
In this guide, you will find tips and advice to tackle Mythic+ dungeons with your Subtlety Rogue in World of Warcraft — Shadowlands 9.2.5.
Subtlety Rogue in Mythic+
The playstyle of Subtlety in Mythic+ revolves around burst windows with damage
multipliers, such as Symbols of Death and
Shadow Dance, using
Shuriken Storm to generate more Combo Points than you normally would in
a single-target scenario and spending them on different finishers, depending on
the amount of targets you are fighting.
If you are unfamiliar with Mythic+ and its associated general mechanics, you can read more about it on our Shadowlands Mythic+ Season 2 page below.
Subtlety Rogue Mythic+ Rotation
In most situations, the rotation is same in Mythic+ and Raiding scenarios, however there are some conditionals especially in the opener with multiple targets. This page will mostly focus on the Mythic+ conditionals, so if you are looking for full rotation, make sure to check out the Rotation page below.
Rupture and
Slice and Dice are not worth casting when you have
6 or more targets. If you have less than that, maintain Slice and Dice and Rupture
only on priority targets that will live long enough for the whole duration of Rupture.
Subtlety Rogue Utility
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 since 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.
Crippling Poison and
Numbing Poison have their uses in Mythic+.
Mythic+ Talents for Subtlety Rogues
Talents suggested below are specifically for Mythic+, and will not be the same for most Raiding encounters. Make sure to read the Talents page to find out optimal talents for each scenario.
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25 |
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30 |
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35 |
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45 |
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Weaponmaster and
Master of Shadows are the best options
for single-target which makes them especially solid choices for
Tyrannical
weeks.
Shuriken Tornado is the best option on AoE, especially if you are
able to always have adds whenever it comes off cooldown.
9.2 Seasonal Affix: Encrypted
The Encrypted Affix will spawn three Relics on certain packs in the dungeon. These Relics buff the pack they are in, and should usually be killed as the highest priority.
Depending on the Relic that you kill first, you will get a buff once it does.
- Killing the Urh Relic first will grant you a 10-second stealth and
45-second movement speed boost via
Decrypted Wo Cypher.
- Killing the Wo Relic first will grant you a 20% Haste buff for 45
seconds via
Decrypted Vy Cypher.
- Killing the Vy Relic first will grant you a 25% cooldown recovery
rate buff for 45 seconds via
Decrypted Urh Cypher.
Legion Timewalking Affix: Infernal
During Legion Timewalking Events introduced in Patch 9.1.5, you are
given the option to experience a number of Legion Mythic+ dungeons which also
include the unique Infernal affix. This affix adds three Legion
Beacons placed near specific bosses of each dungeon that will spawn a commander
along with waves of additional enemies from the Burning Legion when activated.
Each commander brings with it a set of unique abilities and reinforcements to
fight.
Tips for certain Mythic+ Affixes
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.
Mythic+ Legendaries
This assumes that you are already using your Covenant Specific Legendary as the other one.
Finality is the best choice for Mythic+, as it is good on single-target and the best available choice for sustained AoE. On top of that, it also increases our priority damage even further.
Mark of the Master Assassin is technically better for overall damage in Mythic+, but is weaker for single-target and priority damage, which is very important, especially with the seasonal affix
Prideful.
If you are looking for more detailed information regarding Legendaries, jump into our dedicated Legendary Power page below:
Gear from Mythic+
When looking for upgrades, make sure to simulate your character on Raidbots, since upgrades vary on character by character basis, depending on many other factors.
You will find simulations for trinkets especially on our Gear page below to get a generic idea of what is worth looking out for.
Changelog
- 31 May 2022: Page reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 22 Feb. 2022: Replaced Tormented description with the Encrypted.
- 02 Nov. 2021: Added Legion Timewalking affix description.
- 06 Jul. 2021: Added description of new season 2 Affix along with note for Shuriken Tornado.
- 28 Jun. 2021: Reviewed and approved for Patch 9.1.
- 09 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 02 Mar. 2021: Updated talents and added paragraph regarding talent choices for Tyrannical and Fortified weeks.
- 23 Nov. 2020: Added legendary recommendations for Mythic+ for release of Shadowlands.
- 12 Oct. 2020: Page updated for the Shadowlands pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Ashine. He is raiding with FatSharkYes and has been competing in the MDI for multiple years, achieving 1st place in 2018 and 3rd place in BlizzCon 2019. You can watch him play on Twitch.
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