Subtlety Rogue Talents

The War Within Season 1

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 The War Within Season 1.

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 - Melee 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. wards 1 combo point.
Blind	Instant - 15 Yd Range - 2 Min Cooldown	Blinds the target, causing it to wander disoriented for 1 min. Damage will 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.
Evasion	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Increases your dodge chance by 100% for 10 sec.
Gouge	Instant - Melee Range - 25 Sec Cooldown	Gouges the eyes of an enemy target, incapacitating for 4 sec. Damage will interrupt the effect. Must be in front of your target. wards 1 combo point.
Airborne Irritant	Passive	Blind has 50% reduced cooldown, 70% reduced duration, and applies to all nearby enemies.
Shadowstep	Passive
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.
Improved Sprint	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Sprint by 60 sec.
Shadowrunner	Passive	While Stealth or Shadow Dance is active, you move 20% faster.
Superior Mixture	Passive	Crippling Poison reduces movement speed by an additional 10%.
Fleet Footed	Passive	Movement speed increased by 15%.
Iron Stomach	Passive	Increases the healing you receive from Crimson Vial, healing potions, and healthstones by 25%.
Unbreakable Stride	Passive	Reduces the duration of movement slowing effects 30%.
Featherfoot	Passive	Sprint increases movement speed by an additional 30% and has 4 sec increased duration.
Rushed Setup	Passive	The Energy costs of Kidney Shot, Cheap Shot, Sap, and Distract are reduced by 20%.
Shadowheart	Passive	Leech increased by 2% while Stealthed.
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.
Deadened Nerves	Passive	Physical damage taken reduced by 5%.
Graceful Guile	Passive	Feint has 1 additional charge.
Stillshroud	Passive	Shroud of Concealment has 50% reduced cooldown.
Deadly Precision	Passive	Increases the critical strike chance of your attacks that generate combo points by 5%.
Virulent Poisons	Passive	Increases the damage of your weapon poisons by 10%.
Acrobatic Strikes	Passive	Auto-attacks increase auto-attack damage and movement speed by 1.0% for 3 sec, stacking up to 10%.
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% 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	Your finishing moves have a 10% chance per combo point to grant 1% Haste for 15 sec, stacking up to 5 times.
Soothing Darkness	Passive	You are healed for 15% of your maximum health over 6 sec after gaining Vanish or Shadow Dance.
Vigor	Passive	Increases your maximum Energy by 100 and Energy regeneration by 10%.
Echoing Reprimand	Instant - Melee Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Deal 1,831 Physical damage to an enemy, extracting their anima to Animacharge a combo point for 45 sec. Damaging finishing moves that consume the same number of combo points as your Animacharge function as if they consumed 7 combo points. wards 2 combo points.
Subterfuge	Passive	Abilities and combat benefits requiring Stealth remain active for 6 sec after Stealth breaks.
Thistle Tea	Instant - 1 Sec Cooldown	Restore 100 Energy. Mastery increased by 9.6% for 6 sec.
Cold Blood	Instant - 45 Sec Cooldown	Increases the critical strike chance of your next damaging ability by 100%.
Resounding Clarity	Passive	Echoing Reprimand Animacharges 2 additional combo points.
Reverberation	Passive	Echoing Reprimand's damage is increased by 100%.
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 reveal a flaw in your target's defenses, causing all your attacks to bypass 30% of that enemy's armor for 10 sec.
Improved Backstab	Passive	Backstab has 15% increased critical strike chance. When you are behind your target, Backstab critical strikes now also expose a flaw in their defenses, applying Find Weakness for 10 sec.
Shadow Blades	Instant - 2 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 full combo points for 20 sec.
Improved Shuriken Storm	Passive	Shuriken Storm has an additional 15% chance to crit, and its critical strikes apply Find Weakness for 10 sec.
Shot in the Dark	Passive	After entering Stealth or Shadow Dance, your next Cheap Shot is free.
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%.
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.
Shrouded in Darkness	Passive	Shroud of Concealment increases the movement speed of allies by 100% and leaving its area no longer cancels the effect.
Shadow Focus	Passive	Abilities cost 5% less Energy while Stealth or Shadow Dance is active.
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	Passive	Shuriken Storm reduces enemies' movement speed by 50% for 8 sec.
Terrifying Pace	Passive	Shuriken Storm increases your movement speed by 30% for 3 sec when striking 3 or more enemies.
Swift Death	Passive	Symbols of Death has 5 sec reduced cooldown.
Improved Shadow Techniques	Passive	Shadow Techniques generates 3 additional Energy.
Gloomblade	Instant - Melee Range	Punctures your target with your shadow-infused blade for 420 Shadow damage, bypassing armor. wards 1 combo point.
Improved Shadow Dance	Passive	Shadow Dance has 2 sec increased duration.
Secret Technique	Instant - Melee Range - 1 Min Cooldown	Finishing move that creates shadow clones of yourself. You and your shadow clones each perform a piercing attack on all enemies near your target, dealing Physical damage to the primary target and reduced damage to other targets. 1 point : 324 total damage 2 points: 622 total damage 3 points: 935 total damage 4 points: 1,287 total damage 5 points: 1,617 total damage Cooldown is reduced by 1 sec for every combo point you spend.
Relentless Strikes	Passive	Your finishing moves generate 5 Energy per combo point spent.
Silent Storm	Passive	Gaining Stealth, Vanish, or Shadow Dance causes your next Shuriken Storm to have 100% increased chance to critically strike.
Premeditation	Passive	After entering Stealth, your next combo point generating ability generates full combo points.
Planned Execution	Passive	Symbols of Death increases your critical strike chance by 6%.
Warning Signs	Passive	Symbols of Death increases your Haste by 6%.
Double Dance	Passive	Shadow Dance has 1 additional charge.
Shadowed Finishers	Passive	Eviscerate and Black Powder deal an additional 30% damage as Shadow to targets with your Find Weakness 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.
Replicating Shadows	Passive	Rupture deals an additional 20% damage as Shadow and applies to 1 additional nearby enemy.
Weaponmaster	Passive	Backstab and Shadowstrike have a 15% chance to hit the target twice each time they deal damage.
The First Dance	Passive	Activating Shadow Dance generates 4 combo points.
Master of Shadows	Passive	Gain 25 Energy over 3 sec when you enter Stealth or activate Shadow Dance.
Deepening Shadows	Passive	Your finishing moves reduce the remaining cooldown on Shadow Dance by 0.5 sec per combo point spent.
Veiltouched	Passive	Your abilities deal 5% increased magic damage.
Shuriken Tornado	Instant - 1 Min Cooldown	Focus intently, then release a Shuriken Storm every sec for the next 4 sec.
Inevitability	Passive	Backstab and Shadowstrike extend the duration of your Symbols of Death by 0.5 sec.
Sepsis	Instant - Melee Range - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Infect the target's blood, dealing 2,205 Nature damage over 10 sec and gaining 1 use of any Stealth ability. If the target survives its full duration, they suffer an additional 787 damage and you gain 1 additional use of any Stealth ability for 10 sec. Cooldown reduced by 30 sec if Sepsis does not last its full duration. wards 1 combo point.
Perforated Veins	Passive	After striking 4 times with Backstab, your next attack that generates combo points deals 50% increased damage.
Lingering Shadow	Passive	After Shadow Dance ends, Backstab deals an additional 50% damage as Shadow, fading by 2.8% per sec.
Deeper Daggers	Passive	Eviscerate and Black Powder increase your Shadow damage dealt by 8% for 8 sec.
Flagellation	Instant - Melee Range - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Lash the target for 320 Shadow damage, causing each combo point spent within 12 sec to lash for an additional 53. Dealing damage with Flagellation increases your Mastery by 1.2%, persisting 12 sec after their torment fades.
Invigorating Shadowdust	Passive	Vanish reduces the remaining cooldown of your other Rogue abilities by 30.0 sec.
Dark Shadow	Passive	Shadow Dance increases damage by an additional 30%.
Finality	Passive	Eviscerate, Rupture, and Black Powder increase the damage of the next use of the same finishing move by 30%.
The Rotten	Passive	After activating Symbols of Death, your next 2 attacks that generate combo points deal 35% increased damage and are guaranteed to critically strike.
Shadowcraft	Passive	While Symbols of Death is active, your Shadow Techniques triggers 40% more frequently, stores 1 additional combo point, and finishing moves can use those stored when there are enough to refresh full combo points.
Danse Macabre	Passive	Shadow Dance increases the damage of your attacks that generate or spend combo points by 6%, increased by an additional 6% for each different attack used.
Goremaw's Bite	Instant - Melee Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Lashes out at the target, inflicting 1,734 Shadow damage and causing your next 3 finishing moves to cost no Energy. wards 3 combo points.
Dark Brew	Passive	Your attacks that deal Nature or Bleed damage now deal Shadow instead. 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 1,724 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 25% 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 3% for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.
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.
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, Backstab, Shadowstrike, and Eviscerate also strike up to 7 additional nearby targets for 50% of normal damage while Flawless Form is active.
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. If the primary target is Fazed, gain 5 stacks of Flawless Form.

Deathstalker

Name	Cast	Effect
Deathstalker's Mark	Passive	Ambush from Stealth applies 3 stacks of Deathstalker's Mark to your target. When you spend 5 or more combo points on attacks against a Marked target you consume an application of Deathstalker's Mark, dealing 637 Plague damage and increasing the damage of your next Ambush or Mutilate by 50%. You may only have one target Marked at a time.
Clear the Witnesses	Passive	Your next Fan of Knives after applying Deathstalker's Mark deals an additional 531 Plague damage and generates 1 additional combo point.
Hunt Them Down	Passive	Auto-attacks against Marked targets deal an additional 132 Plague damage.
Singular Focus	Passive	Damage dealt to targets other than your Marked target deals 5% Plague damage to your Marked target.
Fatal Intent	Passive	Your damaging abilities against enemies above 20% health have a very high chance to apply Fatal Intent. When an enemy falls below 20% health, Fatal Intent inflicts 96 Plague damage per stack.
Corrupt the Blood	Passive	Rupture deals an additional 13 Plague damage each time it deals damage, stacking up to 10 times. Rupture duration increased by 3 sec.
Lingering Darkness	Passive	After Deathmark expires, gain 30 sec of 30% increased Nature damage.
Symbolic Victory	Passive	Symbols of Death additionally increases the damage of your next Eviscerate or Black Powder by 15%.
Ethereal Cloak	Passive	Cloak of Shadows duration increased by 2 sec.
Bait and Switch	Passive	Evasion reduces magical damage taken by 20%. Cloak of Shadows reduces physical damage taken by 20%.
Momentum of Despair	Passive	If you have critically struck with Shuriken Storm, increase the critical strike chance of Shuriken Storm and Black Powder by 15% and critical strike damage by 32% for 12 sec.
Follow the Blood	Passive	Shuriken Storm and Black Powder deal 30% additional damage while 3 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.
Darkest Night	Passive	When you consume the final Deathstalker's Mark from a target or your target dies, gain 40 Energy and your next Envenom cast with maximum combo points is guaranteed to critically strike, deals 60% additional damage, and applies 3 stacks of Deathstalker's Mark to the target.

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
Veil of Midnight		Cloak of Shadows now also removes harmful physical effects.
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.
Shadowy Duel		You lock your target into a duel contained in the shadows, removing both of you from the eyes of onlookers for 5 sec. Allows access to Stealth-based abilities.
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 performs 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.