- Author: Nevermore
- Date: May 27, 2025
- Updated: May 27, 2025
- Expansion: Mists of Pandaria
Subtlety Rogues in Mists of Pandaria require items that increase their Hit, Expertise, Agility, Haste, Critical Strike Chance, and Mastery. Unlike the other Rogue specializations, which heavily prefer a stat over another, Subtlety Rogues require a balance between their offensive stats, with only Haste coming on top to ensure proper Energy Regeneration for burst sequences.
Phase 1 Best-in-Slot
This is the best gear you can obtain in Phase 1 of Mists of Pandaria, including gear from the three Tier 14 raids: Mogu’Shan Vaults, Heart of Fear, and Terrace of Endless Spring. Don’t forget to gem, enchant, and reforge every item to complete your optimization.
Like their brethren, Subtlety Rogues benefit from both T14 set bonuses, yet the 2-item set bonus is considerably weaker for them than the other specializations. Still, with the 4-item set bonus granting them such a big power spike, they will always aim to get at least 4 items from the set.
Head
- Helmet of the Thousandfold Blades
- Sha of Fear in Terrace of Endless Spring (Heroic)
- Crown of Opportunistic Strikes
- Will of the Emperor in Mogu’shan Vaults (Heroic)
- Helmet of the Thousandfold Blades
- Sha of Fear in Terrace of Endless Spring (Normal)
Neck
- Pheromone-Coated Choker
- Imperial Vizier Zor’lok in Heart of Fear (Heroic)
- Choker of the Unleashed Storm
- Blade Lord Ta’yak in Heart of Fear (Heroic)
Shoulder
- Spaulders of the Thousandfold Blades
- Lei Shi in Terrace of Endless Spring (Heroic)
- Shadow Heart Spaulders
- Grand Empress Shek’zeer in Heart of Fear (Heroic)
Back
- Arrow Breaking Windcloak
- Feng the Accursed in Mogu’shan Vaults (Heroic)
- Legbreaker Greatcloak
- Garalon in Heart of Fear (Heroic)
Chest
- Tunic of the Thousandfold Blades
- Grand Empress Shek’zeer in Heart of Fear (Heroic)
- Chestguard of Total Annihilation
- Elegon in Mogu’shan Vaults (Heroic)
- Tunic of the Thousandfold Blades
- Grand Empress Shek’zeer in Heart of Fear (Normal)
Wrist
- Bracers of Unseen Strikes
- Blade Lord Ta’yak in Heart of Fear (Heroic)
- Bracers of Violent Meditation
- The Spirit Kings in Mogu’shan Vaults (Heroic)
Hands
- Bonebreaker Gauntlets
- Garalon in Heart of Fear (Heroic)
- Gloves of the Thousandfold Blades
- Wind Lord Mel’jarak in Heart of Fear (Heroic)
- Gauntlets of the Shadow’s Caress
- Tsulong in Terrace of Endless Spring (Heroic)
Waist
- Stalker’s Cord of Eternal Autumn
- Lei Shi in Terrace of Endless Spring (Heroic)
- Tomb Raider’s Girdle
- Feng the Accursed in Mogu’shan Vaults (Heroic)
Legs
Feet
- Boots of the Still Breath
- Imperial Vizier Zor’lok in Heart of Fear (Heroic)
- Treads of Deadly Secretions
- Amber-Shaper Un’sok in Heart of Fear (Heroic)
- Boots of the Still Breath
- Imperial Vizier Zor’lok in Heart of Fear (Normal)
Finger
- Painful Thorned Ring
- Wind Lord Mel’jarak in Heart of Fear (Heroic)
- Regail’s Band of the Endless
- Protectors of the Endless in Terrace of Endless Spring (Heroic)
Trinket
- Bottle of Infinite Stars
- Elegon in Mogu’shan Vaults (Heroic)
- Bottle of Infinite Stars
- Elegon in Mogu’shan Vaults (Normal)
- Relic of Xuen
- Darkmoon Card Set
- Terror in the Mists
- Lei Shi in Terrace of Endless Spring (Heroic)
- Terror in the Mists
- Lei Shi in Terrace of Endless Spring (Normal)
Main-Hand Weapon
- Spiritsever
- Lei Shi in Terrace of Endless Spring (Heroic)
- Spiritsever
- Lei Shi in Terrace of Endless Spring (Normal)
- Dagger of the Seven Stars
- The Stone Guard in Mogu’shan Vaults (Heroic)
Off-Hand Weapon
- Spiritsever
- Lei Shi in Terrace of Endless Spring (Heroic)
- Spiritsever
- Lei Shi in Terrace of Endless Spring (Normal)
- Dagger of the Seven Stars
- The Stone Guard in Mogu’shan Vaults (Heroic)
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