Tier Sets
Midnight Season 2 Subtlety Rogue Tier Set Bonuses:
- (2) Set Bonus: Backstab costs 10 less energy and has 100% increased damage, Shuriken Storm costs 5 less energy and does 60% increased damage.
- (4) Set Bonus: Lingering Shadow now also benefits Eviscerate and Black Powder at 60% effectiveness
Tier Set Discussion:
Our 2 Set bonus attempts to shift damage outside of our cooldown windows, whilst not really hitting the mark. However, it should make downtime periods less boring as you will have more energy to press abilities between your cooldowns.
The 4 Set bonus essentially increases our damage done in our second Shadow Dance, and after each Shadow Dance ends.
Overall not a fan of this one as it tries to shift damage away from our big cooldowns and put more into our downtime, which just doesn't feel very Subtlety Rogue like. It is however quite strong with both the 2set and 4set combined being around 16% increased damage
subtlety rogue Best in Slot Gear
You should still prioritize the gear you use by running a sim for your character, but the lists below will give you a good idea of what items are considered good for Subtlety Rogue, and help you target the right content for each piece of loot.
Overall Best Gear for Subtlety Rogue
This BiS Gear list includes gear from both Raids and Mythic+ content in Midnight Season 2.
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Chosen Bloodslayer's Spirit Shroud (Tier Set) | Ula’tek (Catalyst) |
| Neck | Aqirbane Reliquary | Ula’tek |
| Shoulders | Chosen Bloodslayer's Voodoo Guards (Tier Set) | Vashnik the Maligant (Catalyst) |
| Cloak | Silken Voodoo Drape | The Coiled Altar |
| Chest | Chosen Bloodslayer's Banded Poncho (Tier Set) | King’s Rest (Catalyst) |
| Wrist | Silvermoon Agent's Deflectors | Leatherworking |
| Gloves | Chosen Bloodslayer's Fanged Grips (Tier Set) | Sszorak (Catalyst) |
| Belt | Sash Of The Forlorn Vessel | The Coiled Altar |
| Legs | Chosen Bloodslayer's Reinforced Pants | The Coiled Altar (Catalyst) |
| Boots | Arctic Explorer's Legwraps | Den of Nalorakk |
| Ring | Lightwarden's Bind | Blinding Vale |
| Ring | Sickening Signet Of Atroxus | Voidscar Arena |
| Trinket | Voracious Heart Of Ula'tek | Ula’tek |
| Trinket | Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique | The Coiled Altar |
| Main Hand | Zatha'tek, Breath Of Corruption | Ula’tek |
| Off Hand | Farstrider's Mercy | Blacksmithing |
Trinkets
Ideally for trinkets you just want the top 2 as the rest are quite underwhelming.
- Voracious Heart Of Ula'tek Your best in slot Trinket it just a simple 90 second on-use trinket that drops from Ula’tek.
- Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique Your best in slot passive Trinket a simple damage proc trinket that does more damage the lower the health the target has, Drops from The Coiled Altar.
- Gebbo's Bottomless Bag Passive stat proc trinket alternative to Zul’jins, it drops from Mor’zahi.
- Sapling Of The Dawnroot Passive trinket that spawns a lasher to aid you in combat another alternative to Zul’jins it drops from The Blinding Vale.
- Keeper's Seething Core Passive stat proc another alternative to Zul’jins it drops from Entombed Sentinels.
- Freightrunner's Flask simple 90 second Crit on-use trinket which is gonna be your best alternative to the Ula’tek trinket it drops from Murder Row.
Embellishments
Your two go to Embellishments should be Hunter’s Ritual Stone and Arcanoweave lining
Your goal should be to craft a dagger and put on the Hunter’s Ritual Stone embellishment as your first craft.
Your second craft, if you want it to be fully optimal, should be wrists with Arcanoweave Lining. However, I recommend looking at what pieces you are actually struggling with to figure out where it makes the most sense to put the second craft.
For the rest you just slot in your lowest item level typically, and the two recommended Embellishments are just simple stat procs.
Nebulous Voidcores (Bonus Rolls)
The Midnight Season 2 Bonus Rolls (Nebulous Voidcore) will be available from the start of the season as an alternative reward from your Great Vault. More sources for the bonus rolls will become available later into the Season.
Nebulous Voidcore Bonus Rolls let you target specific loot from a Raid Boss or Mythic+ Dungeon; once an item is received via Bonus Loot, that item is removed from the Bonus Loot Pool.
Below are the High Priority bonus roll target items and where they drop from:
With the new Bonus rolls from Vault in a perfect world you wanna bonus roll the last boss in the raid as it has a lot of insane item drops 4 out of 5 items you want, outside of that you just wanna focus on the correct tier pieces with the best stats (can check the BiS list for those)
| Source / Drop | Difficulty | Target Item |
| Ula’tek | Mythic | Zatha'tek, Breath Of Corruption |
| Ula’tek | Mythic | Voracious Heart Of Ula'tek |
| Ula’tek | Mythic | Gaze Of The Coiled Watcher |
| Ula’tek | Mythic | Aqirbane Reliquary |
| The Coiled Altar | Mythic | Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique |
Omnium Folio
The Omnium Folio is a new player power system, released in Midnight Patch 12.0.7 and active for the duration of the Midnight WoW Expansion. By completing a weekly quest, you will unlock more of the Omnium Folio upgrade Tree and can choose from a number of player power enhancements.
Recommended Omnium Folio Powers for Subtlety Rogue:
- Row 1: Rune Of Unleashed Fire
- Row 2: Rune Of Void-Tainted Shell
- Row 3: Rune Of Lingering
- Row 4: Rune Of Masterful Cunning
- Row 5: Rune Of Residual Energy
For more information on this system, check out Method’s Omnium Folio Overview Guide.