Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Enchants & Gems 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, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will show you the best PvP enchants and gems that you can use as a Subtlety Rogue in Cataclysm Season 9.
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Best Subtlety Rogue Enchants
Helmet: Arcanum of Vicious Agility
Shoulders: Greater Inscription of Vicious Agility
Cloak: Swordguard Embroidery from Tailoring or Greater Critical Strike
Chest: Peerless Stats
Bracers: Agility
Gloves: Greater Expertise
Belt: Ebonsteel Belt Buckle
Legs: Dragonscale Leg Armor
Boots: Major Agility
Main-hand Weapon: Landslide
Off-hand Weapon: Pyrium Weapon Chain or Landslide
Your helmet and shoulders enchants will be purchasable through PvP content using honor. Tailoring will grant you the ability to craft the Swordguard cloak enchant, which will reacts as a proc and will increase your Attack Power power dramatically for 15 seconds. If you have not chosen Tailoring as one of your professions, choose the Greater Critical Strike enchant instead. Any additional enchants can be purchased on the Auction House. Also, make sure to have an extra off-hand weapon at your disposal and enchant it with Landslide in case you face compositions without a disarm effect. Although Ebonsteel Belt Buckle is not technically an enchant, it give you one extra gem slot for minmaxxing secondary stats.
Best Subtlety Rogue Gems
Meta Gems: Agile Shadowspirit Diamond
Red Gems: Delicate Inferno Ruby
Blue Gems: Glinting Demonseye
Yellow Gems: Lucent Ember Lopaz
There is one gem chosen for all gem slots. Make sure to socket these gems on your character’s gear to get the highest optimization before entering PvP combat.
Red, Blue, and Yellow gems all provide Agility. Having the most amount of Agility takes the highest priority for Subtlety Rogues, followed by Hit Rating and Resilience.
- Meta gem slots use Agile Shadowspirit Diamond for more Agility and bonus Critical Strike damage.
- Red gem slots use Delicate Inferno Ruby to receive the most Agility from a single gem outside of Jewelcrafting gems.
- Blue gem slots use Glinting Demonseye for additional Hit Rating.
- Yellow gem slots use Lucent Ember Lopaz to strengthen your survivability.
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