Subtlety Rogue PvP Guide (Dragonflight 10.2)

Subtlety Rogues have one of the best control toolkits in the game, with Blind and Kidney Shot, but most importantly, with Shadow Dance, enabling them to access Sap and Cheap Shot at will. They also have the well-known Smoke Bomb, recently buffed, as well as the unique ability Shadowy Duel, making them true crowd control lords amongst the melee specializations. They also have strong on-demand burst damage, allowing them to score kills when the entire enemy team is in CC.

Subtlety has been reworked with Patch 10.2. Down below are the most important changes:

• Shadow Blades has been changed. It now causes all attacks to deal 20% additional damage as Shadow, and causes Combo Point generating abilities to give full Combo Points. This change makes Shadow Blades an amazing offensive cooldown that allows to use a 7 Combo Point finisher every second global while keeping targets locked down in stuns.
• Shadow Techniques has been changed. It now stores the Combo Points it generates as a buff on the Rogue rather than instantly generating them. Using a Combo Point generating ability with stored Combo Points will use them up in order to generate more Combo Points, up up to a full Combo Point bar.
• Goremaw's Bite has been added to the talent tree. The ability deals decent direct damage, generate 3 Combo Points, and makes the next 3 finishing moves free of Energy cost. It is a good addition to Subtlety's burst rotation.

Strengths

• Powerful burst.
• Great mobility.
• Great control.
• Excellent utility.

Weaknesses

• Very prone to dying in stuns.
• Significant cooldown on defensive abilities.
• Often reliant on teammates to stay alive.
• Non-existant sustained damage.