Midnight 12.1 arena
Subtlety Rogue PvP guide
How Subtlety Rogues actually play arena: the PvP talents they take, what they press when they go, how they survive, what to kick on them, and the comps they play. Counted from real rated games, not written from memory.
Most taken PvP talent
Smoke Bomb
100%
Main cooldown
Shadow Blades
62%
First defensive
Feint
71%
On the enemy healer
Kidney Shot
39%
Subtlety Rogue PvP talents
How often each PvP talent is taken. Click one for what it does.
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.
180s cooldown · lasts 5s
Feint decreases your damage taken by an additional 25% while stunned and its energy cost is reduced by 30%.
Disarm the enemy, preventing the use of any weapons or shield for 5 sec.
45s cooldown · lasts 5s in arena
Cheap Shot grants Slice and Dice for 15 sec and Kidney Shot restores 10 Energy per combo point spent.
Shadowstep's cooldown is reduced by 67% when cast on a friendly target.
Sprint has 185% reduced cooldown and 100% reduced duration.
lasts 4s
Class and spec tree talents, with the build most players run and every cooldown adjusted for it: Subtlety Rogue talents and kit.
What Subtlety Rogues press when they go
The offensive cooldowns in their goes, and how often each one is in it.
Shadow Blades
Goremaw's Bite
Crowd control on the enemy healer during a go
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Kidney Shot
39%
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Blind
19%
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Cheap Shot
18%
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Sap
11%
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Gouge
6%
How Subtlety Rogues survive a go
Dies in
26%
of rounds. Every spec: 24%
Dies first in
18%
of rounds. Every spec: 17%
When a go lands on a Subtlety Rogue, the defensives pressed and how often:
Their own
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Feint
71%
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Crimson Vial
55%
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Evasion
31%
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Gladiator's Medallion
30%
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Cloak of Shadows
28%
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Vanish
28%
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Smoke Bomb
27%
From their team
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Pain Suppression
15%
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Holy Word: Serenity
10%
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Evangelism
10%
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Blessing of Sacrifice
7%
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Lay on Hands
6%
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Leap of Faith
5%
Subtlety Rogues as kickers
Subtlety Rogues stop 13% of the high-priority enemy casts they meet with their interrupt ready. Across every spec with an interrupt it is 11%.
A chance is a cast from a kick list, begun while the player was alive, free to act, had their kick off cooldown and stood within its range. The combat log has no line of sight, so a pillar may have been in the way.
Subtlety Rogue 3v3 arena comps
The teams Subtlety Rogues play in most.
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Counted from rated arena games uploaded to MindCollector: every player in every game, not only the one who recorded it. Updated 26 Oct 2026.
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