Subtlety Rogue Talents

Subtlety Rogue
Midnight Pre-Patch

Talents in World of Warcraft define your character's gameplay. They offer active abilities for offense and defense, major cooldowns, or passive enhancements to your stats and spells. Here are the current Subtlety Rogue talents for Midnight Pre-Patch.

Where to Find Talents

Talents can be found in the talent menu, which is accessible by pressing the N key (default) or by clicking the target icon in the micro menu:

Screenshot of the talents button in the micro menu

Class Talents

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Rogue specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements essential to the Rogue class, offering a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Rogue's overall capabilities.

Name	Cast	Effect
Shiv	Instant - 5 Yd Range	Attack with your off-hand, dealing 2 Physical damage, dispelling all enrage effects and applying a concentrated form of your active Non-Lethal poison. Awards 1 combo point.
Blind	Instant - 15 Yd Range - 2 Min Cooldown	Blinds the target, causing it to wander disoriented for 1 min. Damage may interrupt the effect. Limit 1.
Cloak of Shadows	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Provides a moment of magic immunity, instantly removing all harmful spell effects. The cloak lingers, causing you to resist harmful spells for 5 sec.
Toxic Stiletto	Passive	Shiv's Energy cost is reduced by 20, its cooldown is reduced by 15 sec, and its range is increased by 3 yds.
Fleet Footed	Passive	Movement speed increased by 15%.
Gouge	Instant - Melee Range - 25 Sec Cooldown	Gouges the eyes of an enemy target, incapacitating for 4 sec. Damage may interrupt the effect. Must be in front of your target. Awards 1 combo point.
Airborne Irritant	Passive	Blind has 80% reduced cooldown and 80% reduced duration.
Thrill Seeking	Passive	Shadowstep has 1 additional charge.
Shadowrunner	Passive	While Stealth or Shadow Dance is active, you move 20% faster.
Master Poisoner	Passive	Increases the non-damaging effects of your weapon poisons by 20%.
Elusiveness	Passive	Evasion also reduces damage taken by 20%, and Feint also reduces non-area-of-effect damage taken by 20%.
Cheat Death	Passive	Fatal attacks instead reduce you to 7% of your maximum health. For 3 sec afterward, you take 85% reduced damage. Cannot trigger more often than once per 6 min.
Tricks of the Trade	Instant - 100 Yd Range - 30 Sec Cooldown	Redirects all threat you cause to the targeted party or raid member, beginning with your next damaging attack within the next 30 sec and lasting 6 sec.
Blackjack	Passive	Enemies have 30% reduced damage and healing for 6 sec after Blind or Sap's effect on them ends.
Improved Wound Poison	Passive	Wound Poison can now stack 2 additional times.
Nimble Fingers	Passive	Energy cost of Feint and Crimson Vial reduced by 10.
Deadened Nerves	Passive	Physical damage taken reduced by 5%.
Quick Fingers	Passive	Increases your Agility by 3%.
Improved Sprint	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Sprint by 60 sec.
Superior Mixture	Passive	Crippling Poison reduces movement speed by an additional 10%.
Evasion	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Increases your dodge chance by 100% for 10 sec.
Iron Stomach	Passive	Increases the healing you receive from Crimson Vial, healing potions, and healthstones by 25%.
Virulent Poisons	Passive	Increases the damage of your weapon poisons by 10%.
Stillshroud	Passive	Shroud of Concealment has 50% reduced cooldown.
Graceful Guile	Passive	Feint has 1 additional charge.
Featherfoot	Passive	Sprint increases movement speed by an additional 30% and has 4 sec increased duration.
Numbing Poison	1.5 Sec Cast	Coats your weapons with a Non-Lethal Poison that lasts for 1 hour. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, clouding their mind and slowing their attack and casting speed by 15% for 10 sec.
Atrophic Poison	1.5 Sec Cast	Coats your weapons with a Non-Lethal Poison that lasts for 1 hour. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, reducing their damage by 3.0% for 10 sec.
Deadly Precision	Passive	Increases the critical strike chance of your attacks that generate combo points by 5%.
Deep Cuts	Passive	Your Finishing moves deal 6% increased damage.
Unbreakable Stride	Passive	Reduces the duration of movement slowing effects 30%.
Danger Sense	Passive	You have a 20% chance to partially evade any damage dealt to you, reducing the damage it deals by 20%.
Swift Slasher	Passive	Slice and Dice grants additional attack speed equal to 100% of your Haste.
Improved Ambush	Passive	Ambush generates 1 additional combo point.
Tight Spender	Passive	Energy cost of finishing moves reduced by 6%.
Leeching Poison	Passive	Adds a Leeching effect to your Lethal poisons, granting you 3.0% Leech.
Lethality	Passive	Critical strike chance increased by 2%. Critical strike damage bonus of your attacks that generate combo points increased by 20%.
Recuperator	Passive	Slice and Dice heals you for up to 1% of your maximum health per 3 sec.
Alacrity	Passive	Haste increased by 3.0%.
Soothing Darkness	Passive	You are healed for 30% of your maximum health over 6 sec after activating Vanish.
Vigor	Passive	Increases your maximum Energy by 100 and Energy regeneration by 10%.
Supercharger	Passive	Kingsbane supercharges 2 combo points. Damaging finishing moves consume a supercharged combo point to function as if they spent 2 additional combo points.
Subterfuge	Passive	Abilities requiring Stealth can be used for 6 sec after Stealth breaks. Combat benefits requiring Stealth persist for an additional 6 sec after Stealth breaks.
Thistle Tea	Passive - 1 Sec Cooldown	Restore 100 Energy. When your Energy is reduced below 30, drink a Thistle Tea.
Cold Blooded Killer	Passive - 45 Sec Cooldown	Critically striking with an attack that generates combo points increases the critical strike chance of your next finishing move by 10%.
Echoing Reprimand	Passive	After consuming a supercharged combo point, your next Mutilate also strikes the target with an Echoing Reprimand dealing 42 Physical damage.
Forced Induction	Passive	Increase the bonus granted when a damaging finishing move consumes a supercharged combo point by 1.
Deeper Stratagem	Passive	Gain 1 additional max combo point. Your finishing moves that consume more than 5 combo points have increased effects, and your finishing moves deal 5% increased damage.
Without a Trace	Passive	Vanish has 1 additional charge.

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents provide Subtlety Rogues with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style. These talents differentiate Subtlety Rogues from other Rogue specializations, maximizing effectiveness in combat.

Name	Cast	Effect
Find Weakness	Passive	Your Stealth abilities allow you to see the flaws in enemies' defenses, causing your attacks to ignore 30% armor for 10 sec.
Improved Backstab	Passive	Backstab has 15% increased critical strike chance. While behind your target, Backstab critical strikes grant Find Weakness for 10 sec.
Shadow Blades	Instant - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Draws upon surrounding shadows to empower your weapons, causing your attacks to deal 20% additional damage as Shadow and causing your combo point generating abilities to generate double combo points for 16 sec.
Improved Shuriken Storm	Passive	Shuriken Storm has 15% increased critical strike chance. Shuriken Storm critical strikes grant Find Weakness for 10 sec.
Premeditation	Passive	After entering Stealth, your next combo point generating ability generates full combo points.
Quick Decisions	Passive	Shadowstep's cooldown is reduced by 20%, and its maximum range is increased by 20%.
Ephemeral Bond	Passive	Increases healing received by 8%.
Silent Storm	Passive	Gaining Stealth, Vanish, or Shadow Dance causes your next Shuriken Storm to have 100% increased chance to critically strike.
Shrouded in Darkness	Passive	Shroud of Concealment increases the movement speed of allies by 100% and leaving its area no longer cancels the effect.
Shot in the Dark	Passive	After using Vanish or Shadow Dance, your next Cheap Shot is free and ignores its cooldown.
Exhilarating Execution	Passive	Your finishing moves heal you for 5% of damage done. At full health gain shielding instead, absorbing up to 10% of your maximum health.
Cloaked in Shadows	Passive	Vanish grants you a shield for 6 sec, absorbing damage equal to 18% of your maximum health.
Fade to Nothing	Passive	Movement speed increased by 20% and damage taken reduced by 10% for 8 sec after gaining Stealth, Vanish, or Shadow Dance.
Night Terrors		Shuriken Storm reduces enemies' movement speed by 50% for 8 sec.
Terrifying Pace		Shuriken Storm increases your movement speed by 30% for 3 sec when striking 3 or more enemies.
Master of Shadows	Passive	Gain 30 Energy over 3 sec when you enter Stealth or activate Shadow Dance.
Gloomblade	Instant - Melee Range	Punctures your target with your shadow-infused blade for 36 Shadow damage, bypassing armor. Awards 1 combo point.
Shadow Focus	Passive	Abilities deal 10% more damage while Stealth or Shadow Dance is active.
Improved Secret Technique	Passive	Secret Technique damage increased by 15%.
Relentless Strikes	Passive	Your finishing moves generate 5 Energy per combo point spent.
Weaponmaster	Passive	Backstab and Shadowstrike have a 15% chance to create a Shadow Clone that repeats the attack for 50% of normal damage as Shadow.
Planned Execution	Passive	Shadow Dance increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities by 10%.
Warning Signs	Passive	Shadow Dance increases attack speed by 25%.
Double Dance	Passive	Shadow Dance has 1 additional charge.
Shadowed Finishers	Passive	Eviscerate and Black Powder deal an additional 30% damage as Shadow while Find Weakness is active.
Secret Stratagem	Passive	Gain 1 additional max combo point. Your finishing moves that consume more than 5 combo points have increased effects, and your finishing moves deal 5% increased damage.
Shuriken Tornado	Passive	Shuriken Storm has a 15% chance to create a Shadow Clone that repeats the attack for 50% of normal damage as Shadow.
Umbral Edge	Passive	Shadow Clones deal 15% increased damage. Cheap Shot creates a Shadow Clone to Shadowstrike the target for 50% of normal damage as Shadow. Kidney Shot creates a Shadow Clone to Eviscerate the target for 50% of normal damage as Shadow.
The First Dance	Passive	Remaining out of combat for 6 sec increases the duration of your next Shadow Dance by 3 sec.
Deepening Shadows	Passive	Shadow Dance duration is increased by 150% of your Haste stat. Current bonus duration: 0.00 sec
Veiltouched	Passive	Your abilities deal 5% increased magic damage.
Replicating Shadows	Passive	Shadow Clones deal 15% increased damage and your effects that have a chance to create them have 5% additional chance to occur.
Improved Find Weakness	Passive	Find Weakness causes your attacks to ignore an additional 20% armor.
Perforated Veins	Passive	Backstab, Shuriken Storm, and Shadowstrike have 10% increased damage while Find Weakness is active.
Lingering Shadow	Passive	After Shadow Dance ends, Backstab deals an additional 50% damage as Shadow, fading by 2.8% per sec.
Deeper Daggers	Passive	Shadow damage increased by 8%.
Potent Powder	Passive	Black Powder deals increased damage equal to 30% of your Mastery when it spends 5 or more combo points.
Death Perception	Passive	Find Weakness increases the damage of finishing moves by 10%. Shadow Dance increases the damage of finishing moves by 10%. Shadow Blades increases the damage of finishing moves by 10%.
Dark Shadow	Passive	Shadow Dance increases all ability damage by 10%, and Shadowstrike and Shruiken Storm damage by an additional 10%.
Finality	Passive	Eviscerate and Black Powder have 30% increased critical strike damage bonus.
The Rotten	Passive	After activating Shadow Dance, your next 2 attacks that generate combo points deal 35% increased damage.
Shadowcraft	Passive	While Shadow Dance is active, your Shadow Techniques triggers 40% more frequently, stores 1 additional combo point, and generates 2 additional Energy.
Danse Macabre	Passive	While Shadow Dance is active, each different attack that generates or spends combo points lashes out at the target, dealing 147 Shadow damage.
Goremaw's Bite	Instant - Melee Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Lashes out at the target, inflicting 114 Shadow damage and causing your next 3 finishing moves to cost no Energy. Awards 3 combo points.
Dark Brew	Passive	Your weapon poisons have 10% increased application chance and now deal damage as Shadow instead of Nature. Shadow damage increased by 10%.

Hero Talents

Hero talents allow for deeper customization of the Subtlety Rogue class fantasy, further enhancing its combat effectiveness.

Trickster

Name	Cast	Effect
Unseen Blade	Passive	Backstab and Shadowstrike now also strike with an Unseen Blade dealing 103 damage. Targets struck are Fazed for 10 sec. Fazed enemies take 5% more damage from you and cannot parry your attacks. This effect may occur once every 20 sec.
Surprising Strikes	Passive	Attacks that generate combo points deal 50% increased critical strike damage to Fazed targets.
Smoke	Passive	You take 5% reduced damage from Fazed targets.
Mirrors	Passive	Feint reduces damage taken from area-of-effect attacks by an additional 10%
Flawless Form	Passive	Unseen Blade and Secret Technique increase the damage of your finishing moves by 4% for 12 sec. Max 5 stacks.
Hoodwink	Passive	Fazed increases damage taken by an additional 3%.
So Tricky	Passive	Tricks of the Trade's threat redirect duration is increased to 1 hour.
Don't Be Suspicious	Passive	Blind and Shroud of Concealment have 10% reduced cooldown. Pick Pocket and Sap have 10 yd increased range.
Devious Distractions	Passive	Secret Technique applies Fazed to any targets struck.
Thousand Cuts	Passive	Slice and Dice grants 10% additional attack speed and gives your auto-attacks a chance to refresh your opportunity to strike with Unseen Blade.
Flickerstrike	Passive	Taking damage from an area-of-effect attack while Feint is active or dodging while Evasion is active refreshes your opportunity to strike with Unseen Blade. This effect may only occur once every 5 sec.
Flashing Steel	Passive	Unseen Blade may now occur once every 15 sec and has 25% chance to strike twice.
Disorienting Strikes	Passive	Secret Technique has 10% reduced cooldown and allows your next 2 strikes of Unseen Blade to ignore its cooldown.
Cloud Cover	Passive	Distract now also creates a cloud of smoke for 10 sec. Cooldown increased to 90 sec. Attacks from within the cloud apply Fazed.
No Scruples	Passive	Finishing moves have 10% increased chance to critically strike Fazed targets.
Nimble Flurry	Passive	Your auto-attacks, Unseen Blade, and Coup de Grace also strike up to 7 nearby enemies for 75% of normal damage while Flawless Form is active.
Clever Combatant	Passive	Shuriken Storm has 20% increased critical strike chance and now triggers Unseen Blade when available.
Coup de Grace	Passive	After 4 strikes with Unseen Blade, your next Eviscerate will be performed as a Coup de Grace, functioning as if it had consumed 5 additional combo points, and granting you 5 stacks of Flawless Form.

Deathstalker

Name	Cast	Effect
Deathstalker's Mark	Passive	Garrote applies 3 stacks of Deathstalker's Mark to your target, unless Deathstalker's Mark is already active. When you spend 5 or more combo points on attacks against a Marked target you consume an application of Deathstalker's Mark, dealing 42 Plague damage.
Clear the Witnesses	Passive	Fan of Knives damage increased by 50%.
Hunt Them Down	Passive	Auto-attacks against Marked targets deal an additional 3 Plague damage.
Singular Focus	Passive	Damage dealt to targets other than your Marked target deals 5% Plague damage to your Marked target.
Precise Killer	Passive	Critical strike damage bonus increased by 20%.
Unshakeable Drive	Passive	When you consume an application of Deathstalker's Mark, the damage of your next Ambush or Mutilate is increased by 50%.
Corrupt the Blood	Passive	Rupture damage increased by 10%.
Lingering Darkness	Passive	After Deathmark expires, gain 30% increased Nature damage for 30 sec.
Symbolic Victory	Passive	Shadow Dance additionally increases the damage of your next Eviscerate or Black Powder by 15%.
Quietus Celeris	Passive	Deathstalker's Mark has a 30% chance to immediately consume a stack when applied.
Ethereal Cloak	Passive	Cloak of Shadows duration increased by 2 sec.
Bait and Switch	Passive	Evasion reduces magical damage taken by 15%. Cloak of Shadows reduces physical damage taken by 20%.
Momentum of Despair	Passive	If you have critically struck with Fan of Knives, increase the critical strike chance of Fan of Knives and Crimson Tempest by 10% and critical strike damage by 20% for 8 sec.
Follow the Blood	Passive	Fan of Knives and Crimson Tempest deal 30% additional damage while 2 or more enemies are afflicted with Rupture.
Shadewalker	Passive	Each time you consume a stack of Deathstalker's Mark, reduce the cooldown of Shadowstep by 3 sec.
Shroud of Night	Passive	Shroud of Concealment duration increased by 5 sec.
Mass Casualty	Passive	Deathstalker's Mark deals 40% of its normal damage to all other enemies within 8 yds that are afflicted by Rupture.
Darkest Night	Passive	When you consume the final Deathstalker's Mark from a target or your target dies, gain 30 Energy and Darkest Night, causing your next Envenom cast with 5 or more combo points to critically strike, deal 30% additional damage, and apply 3 stacks of Deathstalker's Mark to the target if no other Deathstalker's Mark is active. Envenom cast with Darkest Night does not consume a stack of active Deathstalker's Marks.

PvP Talents

PvP talents are tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with War Mode enabled, these talents optimize a Subtlety Rogue 's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements that give players an edge in combat against other players.

Name	Cast	Effect
Thief's Bargain		The cooldowns of Shadow Blades, Vanish, and Feint are reduced by 20%, but using one reduces your damage by 10% for 6 sec.
Dagger in the Dark		Each second while Stealth is active, nearby enemies within 12 yards take an additional 2% damage from you for 10 sec. Stacks up to 6 times.
Silhouette		Shadowstep's cooldown is reduced by 67% when cast on a friendly target.
Smoke Bomb		Creates a cloud of thick smoke in an 8 yard radius around the Rogue for 5 sec. Enemies are unable to target into or out of the smoke cloud.
Maneuverability		Sprint has 50% reduced cooldown and 50% reduced duration.
Death from Above		Finishing move that empowers your weapons with energy to perform a deadly attack. You leap into the air and Eviscerate your target on the way back down, with such force that it has a 15% stronger effect.
Dismantle		Disarm the enemy, preventing the use of any weapons or shield for 5 sec.
Thick as Thieves		Tricks of the Trade now increases the friendly target's damage by 15% for 6 sec.
Distracting Mirage		Distract slows affected enemies by 60% and creates a Mirage that follows an enemy for 8 sec. Reactivate Distract to teleport to your Mirage's location.
Control is King		Cheap Shot grants Slice and Dice for 15 sec and Kidney Shot restores 10 Energy per combo point spent.
Preemptive Maneuver		Feint decreases your damage taken by an additional 40% while stunned and its energy cost is reduced by 30%.