Best Gear & Stats for Subtlety Rogues – Cataclysm PvP Guide

Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Gear & Stats for Subtlety Rogues in Cataclysm

All sections for Subtlety Rogue PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal race, talents, glyphs, gear, professions and macros. This will help you have a good understanding on Subtlety Rogue in PvP for Cataclysm and the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization. This section will go into more depth on the best PvP gear and stats that are available for Subtlety Rogue in Cataclysm Season 9.

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Pre-BiS Subtlety Rogue PvP Gear
BiS Subtlety Rogue PvP Gear
Subtlety Rogue Stat Priority

This section will cover your pre-BiS gear, which will not include any Conquest or Raid specific items. Use the gear provided below to have a competitive advantage against your enemies before stepping into rated PvP content.

Pre-BiS Subtlety Rogue PvP Gear

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Most of the gear that is BiS for Cataclysm Season 9 will come from PvP. This section will cover all specific pieces from PvP, as well as PvE, that will put you in a competitive playing-field against other players in arena.

BiS Subtlety Rogue PvP Gear

Main Pieces

Head: Wind Dancer’s Helmet or Vicious Gladiator’s Leather Helm
Shoulders: Vicious Gladiator’s Leather Spaulders
Chest: Vicious Gladiator’s Leather Tunic
Gloves: Vicious Gladiator’s Leather Gloves
Legs: Vicious Gladiator’s Leather Legguards

Off-Pieces

Back: Vicious Gladiator’s Cape of Cruelty
Bracers: Vicious Gladiator’s Armwraps of Accuracy
Belt: Belt of the Fallen Brood or Vicious Gladiator’s Waistband of Cruelty
Boots: Vicious Gladiator’s Boots of Cruelty

Jewelry

Neck: Vicious Gladiator’s Necklace of Proficiency
Ring 1: Vicious Gladiator’s Ring of Accuracy
Ring 2: Lightning Conductor Band from Heroic trash in BWD for second ring.
Alternative Ring: Vicious Gladiator’s Ring of Cruelty for second ring as alternative.

Weapons

Trinkets

Trinket 1: Vicious Gladiator’s Badge of Conquest
Trinket 2: Bloodthirsty Gladiator’s Badge of Conquest or Vicious Gladiator’s Insignia of Conquest if Human.
Alternative Trinket: Vicious Gladiator’s Medallion of Tenacity if not Human.

Subtlety Rogue Stat Priority

Agility > 5% Hit > Resilience (3000) > Critical Strike > Mastery > Haste

Prioritize as much Agility as you can. The more agility you have, the more Attack Power you will have, buffing all your abilities. After focusing on Agility, make sure to have at least 5% Hit Cap first before focusing on your secondary stats. This makes sure that none of your abilities miss while attacking your opponent.

Then, focus on receiving at least 3000 Resilience, allowing you to be extra tanky. In combination with Recuperate, Combat Readiness, and other defensive spells, having this amount will make you less of a target when in PvP content.

After making sure you reach Hit Cap and Resilience, focus on getting the most amount of Critical Strike, followed by Mastery. Critical Strike is essential during your Shadow Dance burst windows. Having Critical Strike is important since it synergizes with the talent Improved Ambush, almost guaranteeing a Crit from every Ambush you use.

There is no specific breakpoint for secondary stats, but make sure to stack this secondary as high as possible after prioritizing all stats beforehand. It is also important to get at least 20 Expertise. Since Expertise will be difficult to retrieve during Cataclysm Season 9 for Rogues, try putting as much Expertise into your character throughout the expansion.

For additional secondary stats, you have some variance in what you decide to choose, but is preferrable to choose Mastery over Haste from the additional damage that you will be dealing with your major finishers, Eviscerate, but is weaker than Critical Strike due to the a majority of your damage coming from Ambush during your Shadow Dance windows.

If you choose to pick Haste, this will increase your energy regeneration as well as Attack Speed, but is weaker than Mastery due to not providing damage modifiers on your finishers. Since players have small health pools in Cataclysm Season 9, it’s important to maximize Rogue burst.

If you plan on reforging your stats for optimization, make sure to reforge any secondary stats, prioritizing Mastery or Haste, available to Hit if you have not reached the 5-7% Hit Cap. If you are above the Hit Cap, convert any additional Hit into Critical Strike.