Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Macros for Subtlety Rogues in The War Within 11.0

All sections for Subtlety Rogue PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal hero talents, class talents, spec talents, race, stats, gear, enchants, gems, and macros. This will help you have a good understanding of Subtlety Rogues in PvP for The War Within, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will guide you on the best Subtlety Rogue Macros in The War Within.

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Table of Contents

• Focus and Arena
• Damage
• Tips

Focus and Arena Macros

These macros follow the same idea as party macros and eliminate the need to manually change targets every time. They are very useful for CC and interrupts. While focus macros are easier to get used to and could be sufficient in most cases, arena macros are a lot more versatile as they allow you to interact with literally any opponent in the game at any point. The downside of making arena macros is the number of binds you will have to allocate. Not to mention, they are a lot more difficult to get used to. You could start by using focus macros for most of your abilities and arena macros for some of the most important CC, and expand the more you get used to it. As a Rogue, the spells that benefit the most from such macros are Gouge, Shadowstep, Kick, Kidney Shot, Blind, Dismantle, and Cheap Shot.

Not to mention, you can combine Shadowstep with Kick or Kidney Shot to immediately control enemy targets with a single button press.

Gouge

#showtooltip
/cast [@focus] Gouge

#showtooltip
/cast [@arena1] Gouge

#showtooltip 
/cast [@arena2] Gouge

#showtooltip 
/cast [@arena3] Gouge

Shadowstep

#showtooltip 
/cast [@focus] Shadowstep

#showtooltip  
/cast [@arena1] Shadowstep

#showtooltip  
/cast [@arena2] Shadowstep

#showtooltip  
/cast [@arena3] Shadowstep

Kick

#showtooltip 
/cast [@focus] Kick

#showtooltip  
/cast [@arena1] Kick

#showtooltip  
/cast [@arena2] Kick

#showtooltip  
/cast [@arena3] Kick

Kidney Shot

#showtooltip 
/cast [@focus] Kidney Shot

#showtooltip  
/cast [@arena1] Kidney Shot

#showtooltip  
/cast [@arena2] Kidney Shot

#showtooltip  
/cast [@arena3] Kidney Shot

Blind

#showtooltip 
/cast [@focus] Blind

#showtooltip  
/cast [@arena1] Blind

#showtooltip  
/cast [@arena2] Blind

#showtooltip  
/cast [@arena3] Blind

Dismantle

#showtooltip 
/cast [@focus] Dismantle

#showtooltip  
/cast [@arena1] Dismantle

#showtooltip  
/cast [@arena2] Dismantle

#showtooltip  
/cast [@arena3] Dismantle

Cheap Shot

#showtooltip 
/cast [@focus] Cheap Shot

#showtooltip  
/cast [@arena1] Cheap Shot

#showtooltip  
/cast [@arena2] Cheap Shot

#showtooltip  
/cast [@arena3] Cheap Shot

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Damage Macro

As a Subtlety Rogue, we highly suggest picking up our Shadow Blades macro, combining all of our damage modifiers to provide the most single target burst possible. This consists of Forged Gladiator’s Badge, Symbols of Death, and Blood Fury in case you choose Orc, streamlining your burst rotation, while making it much smoother and more efficient.

#showtooltip Shadow blades 
/use Shadow Blades 
/use [nostealth] Forged Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity 
/use [nostealth] Symbols of Death 
/use [nostealth] Blood Fury

Additional Tips

You will definitely want the iconic Sap macro. This is useful in various aspects of PvP, especially in arena against other Stealth classes. By spamming this, you will have the option to quickly Sap enemy players out of their invisibility.

#showtooltip Sap
/cleartarget
/targetlasttarget
/targetenemyplayer
/cast Sap

Another useful macro is the Stealth macro, which will allow you to spam Stealth keybind without instantly cancelling your invisibility.

#showtooltip
/cast !Stealth

If you are playing a Night Elf, you can make a macro to Stealth immediately after Shadowmeld, turning your racial ability into a similar version of Vanish.

#showtooltip Shadowmeld
/cast Shadowmeld
/cast Stealth

If you are in Shadow Dance you cannot stealth and this macro helps to alleviate that challenge.

#showtooltip 
/cancelaura [nocombat] shadow dance 
/cast !Stealth

And for our last macro spotlighted in this section, we have one that streamlines your gameplay after using Shadowy Duel on your preferred target. With Shadowy Duel removing your current target once you use it, you will now apply your target to your focus frame, and then select your focus target immediately upon activation, minimalizing any downtime you may have had retargeting.

#showtooltip shadowy duel 
/focus 
/cast shadowy duel 
/target focus 
/targetlasttarget [noharm] 
/clearfocus

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