Rogue icon

Subtlety Rogue

Thousand Cuts at 31 points ties Rupture to Hemorrhage and Backstab, and Premeditation drops to 16.

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Subtlety changes

  • NewThousand Cuts

    31-point talent. Rupture ticks cut the cost of your next Hemorrhage or Backstab by 3 energy, up to 5 stacks.

  • NewCutthroat

    Row 6. Backstab can let your next Ambush be used outside Stealth.

  • NewQuietus

    Row 6. More damage to targets under 35% health.

  • NewImproved Distract

    Row 3. Bigger radius and a stronger Stealth detection penalty.

  • ChangedPremeditation

    Now the 16-point talent (was 31), lasting 20 seconds.

  • ChangedHemorrhage

    Hits harder with a dagger and boosts Rupture damage for 15 seconds.

  • ChangedSerrated Blades

    Ignores a percentage of armour that scales with level.

  • ChangedDirty Deeds

    Garrote no longer needs you behind the target.

  • ChangedDirty Tricks

    Row 2. Cheaper Sap and Blind.

  • ChangedSetup and Initiative

    3 points now give a 100% chance.

  • ChangedMaster of Deception

    Same effect for 3 points.

  • RemovedSleight of Hand and Deadliness

    Removed from the tree.

Baseline changes — every Rogue

These apply to Subtlety too, regardless of where talent points go.

  • NewOne-handed axes

    Rogues can now equip them.

  • Sap icon
    ChangedSap

    No longer breaks Stealth.

  • ChangedPoisons

    More charges, and they now sit alongside Sharpening Stones and Weightstones.

  • Expose Armor icon
    ChangedExpose Armor

    Reduces armour as much as 5 Sunder Armors and no longer blocks Sunder Armor.

  • ChangedDistract

    Also lowers enemy Stealth detection for 10 seconds.

  • ChangedFeint

    Double the threat reduction.

All Rogue changes

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Races & racials

Which race suits which class.

Levelling

Skip the climb — market rates.

Market check · 14 October 2026

Subtlety Rogue: skip the climb to 60

Levelling 1–60 takes about 150 hours of play by community estimates, and Blizzard has announced no WoW Token and no paid boost for Forever. These are the prices other sellers are already taking pre-orders at.

Market prices: pre-order listings on lfcarry.com, wowvendor.com, skycoach.gg, kingboost.net and others, checked 14 October 2026. Our own rates go up when realms open — no one can deliver Forever gold before 4 November.