#subtlety

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errant tinsel
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Can confirm it's a wonderful time. Absolute Bliss. Best gameplay experience. No Notes. 11/10

modest delta
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was a 13 cinder we pulled about half the room

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peaked at 18m

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yeah it feels mad rng though but its not bad

gritty zenith
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im so confused about something what is my aoe rotation outside shadowdance and during shadowdance

hazy breach
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!guide

wicked joltBOT
lucid jackal
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Dude

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thaddius might be the hardest mechanic of all time

plush roost
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Red + blue = purple

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Gosh do i love purple

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Anyway cmere mr hunter

wicked lark
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Is it just me or did Sub get silently nerfed (in pve) - I’m doing less dmg in delves

lucid jackal
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@hazy breach

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u around

undone mesa
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witch rogue specs is the strongest one in m+? in trying to play sub but sometimes i cant do dmg enough 😦

hazy breach
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Yes sir

lucid jackal
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Okay

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In this situation

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Would u sod sectec

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Or

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Wait for the coldblood to lineup with the sectec

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I would think hold the sectec right

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I would think build, rupture, then just wait to do a sectec dance with the cb

modest delta
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shouldnt CB that

hazy breach
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Idk feels kinda risky to send the dance there, not sure you'd 100% get enough cdr for the flag

lucid jackal
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well u always CB here

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0 reason not to

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Its just if its a dance or not

quick latch
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is it okay to use sectec without dance when holding it for big cds -30sec

lucid jackal
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if u CB right as it comes up itll be ready for ur CDs

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just the way the math works

lucid jackal
hazy breach
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Ye

modest delta
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if you cb by the time your dance and cb comes back up you might not have for your second sectech when u blades

hazy breach
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But the ideal play was probably to not send dance in your previous symbols

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So you could dance here instead

signal heath
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how do you cheese blazikon tornados in DFC?

hazy breach
modest delta
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also prob depends if you're in m+ or raid here ig

hazy breach
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45+45=90

signal heath
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just seen a vod of casualaddict and it looks like his group didnt get them the second time... like some on meld or some thing and broke the mech

modest delta
hazy breach
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Yes

modest delta
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5 secs left on cb means about 30 secs till blades window, and thats assuming he uses it literally the moment it's up after building cp and dancing etc

signal heath
hazy breach
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Yes

signal heath
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11:20 secs

modest delta
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i guess, doesnt really seem worth the risk though no?

chrome palm
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later virgins

hazy breach
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I mean theres no risk

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If you use it literally when its ready

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Its always up

modest delta
warm marlin
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feel like especially in keys u always send the dance + sod + cb sectec the second cb is up

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since u might not be sending flag insta on cd anyway

signal heath
hoary lotus
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how do I choose between first dance and weaponmaster

modest delta
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i dont do that

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maybe i should

lucid jackal
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wm raid

modest delta
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something like that

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i did it earlier for my 13 and it worked

hoary lotus
lucid jackal
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Every dungeon

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WM doesn't flurry so

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TFD getting value like, 3 times is a better talent by a lot

modest delta
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tbh im like thinking of just WM in pugs

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i never get restealths lmao

hazy breach
lucid jackal
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Dungeons have RP

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U dont need restealth

modest delta
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or ig dungeon dependant

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yeah thats true

lucid jackal
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If you get 3 TFD procs in a dungeon, WM is just better

lucid jackal
hazy breach
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16

bleak night
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lmao

lucid jackal
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Yeah lmfao

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Think about workshop for example

tribal blade
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workshop and ToP are the 2 that come to mind

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the most

lucid jackal
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U get it on first pull, first boss, first trash after boss, all the trash after 2nd boss, trash after the stealth section, the boss, the trash after the boss, the trash after the trash that leads to the boss

warm marlin
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tfd feels weird to me when my cb sectec is the first global of 2nd dance

tribal blade
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ToP you legit get TFD for every pull almost

hazy breach
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Theres genuinely no dungeon where i would say wm is better than tfd

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Even if you always chained everything and theres no RP or downtime naturally, pretty much all dungeons have downtime after a boss

tribal blade
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the only dungeon where it's harder to get TFD to proc is cinderbrew

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but you get enough

alpine wraith
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floodgate also has lots of tfd

tribal blade
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@hazy breach do you think it's worth running sin for cinderbrew?

alpine wraith
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i always end up almost at 4m dps

tribal blade
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for more sustain aoe

alpine wraith
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sin will get murdered

hazy breach
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Idk havent played it much

tribal blade
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cinderbrew also has 2 bosses which have adds

alpine wraith
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like no cap

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dmg might be quite decent yes

tribal blade
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oh is it not good atm?

alpine wraith
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i mean that you just die

tribal blade
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oh right haha

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yeah true

alpine wraith
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as sin but that is also a rogue thing

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last boss dots and ipa etc have constant dmg

tribal blade
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it's at least quite easy to press feint as sin

alpine wraith
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like the beer dude heal just pops cds

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but yea gotta get on the feint game

tribal blade
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it's so annoying using feint as sub

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25% of your energy bar to feint

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feels turbo dogshit

lucid jackal
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u have infintie energy in cooldowns so it doesnt matter

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and outside of cooldowns u dont do damage so it doesnt matter

tribal blade
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yeah in cds it's fine, more so outside cds

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just big feelsbad

hazy breach
# modest delta or ig dungeon dependant

Like casual uploaded a +16 darkflame cleft where he is not running TFD. I checked and without playind differently he wouldve gotten 12 uses of the first dance across their 28 min dungeon

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Is it worth giving up effectively 6 extra dances for 15% more strike damage to bosses?

alpine wraith
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sometimes it is what it is

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you can tell them but you cant force them

west tide
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i did it guys

lucid jackal
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Shit like this also doesnt even matter yk

west tide
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whats the best honor farm

lucid jackal
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Like random 1-3% talents

hazy breach
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Ye ofc

lucid jackal
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even 10% talents man

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If ppl dont wanna run em they just dont

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For no good reason

hazy breach
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Yep like the chinese guys playing tea

modest delta
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i literally never said i didnt run tfd

lilac stag
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Why you running tea bruh?

lucid jackal
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Just a general thing

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Its just how wow has always been

alpine wraith
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nah too late we will flame anyone without tgd

warm marlin
alpine wraith
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it is comes with the class

warm marlin
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the bees die insta and the droplets can't really be spattered effectively

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ig the energy is nice for a bit

tribal blade
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oh they actually are look at that

lucid jackal
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Is there even an argument for the talent btw

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or like

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are they just running it for fun

tribal blade
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i think there was some thing about CN players looking up to 1 guy who does things wrong

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and then they all do it

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or they do things that makes things simpler

hazy breach
tribal blade
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it does actually feel good to play with

hazy breach
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Because you can cast like two extra storms outside cds

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The energy regen is negligible since its only base regen and not shadow techniques or relentless strikes

tribal blade
hazy breach
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Sure it makes your BPs do like 8% damage during dance with tea, but CB is like +70% to sectech and lethality is +2% crit to everything as well as ~10% more strike damage (which cleaves)

tribal blade
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feels nice

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how would you guys feel about they take away 50 energy from vigor and put it into rogues baseline

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so we have 150 energy baseline

errant tinsel
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it's free energy

tribal blade
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i think sub's downtime just bothers me more than most people

lucid jackal
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Well thats like, the spec

errant tinsel
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maybe sub rogue not for you

hazy breach
lilac pendant
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On AOE should i use the AOE trinket with shadowdancE?

modest delta
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what is THE aoe trinket?

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XD

hazy breach
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None of the buffs we have rn buff trinket damage

brisk onyx
lilac pendant
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On AOE should i use Ravenous Honey Buzzer with shadowdance one?

tribal blade
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i've been maining sub rogue since wod

errant tinsel
tribal blade
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from experience that's the chinese way

errant tinsel
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You could always try another spec, or another class, that has a more consistent damage profile

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e.g destro lock

tribal blade
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very stubborn in beliefs and tradition

errant tinsel
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but if you're tied to sub, then you're tied to sub

pulsar gate
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How long is our downtime?

errant tinsel
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idk man

tribal blade
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i like you, i kill you last

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what's wrong with thinking something could be improved with your spec

errant tinsel
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Nothing

brisk onyx
bleak night
lilac stag
errant tinsel
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legit had my RL tell me that he doesn't use his class discord because he's been playing this game for ~20 years and he knows best

errant tinsel
paper iron
errant tinsel
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Pros: 5% energy
Cons: drowning in every puddle

paper iron
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good trade

lilac pendant
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On AOE should i use Ravenous Honey Buzzer with shadowdance one?

lucid jackal
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Theres no reason to have shadow dance up with buzzer

lilac pendant
short radish
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no

lilac pendant
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ª

muted frigate
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!up

lilac pendant
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Mister Lock-N-Stalk sucks ass right? And also anyone knows if activating the aoe mode for aoe is actually better?

granite river
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Sim it

twilit phoenix
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another day, another dfc run with the neck dropping for someone who can't trade it

prisma sparrow
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In AOE, what is better to use, eviscerate or black powder?

twilit phoenix
twilit phoenix
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7+ is black powder

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but you still press coup if it's up

twilit phoenix
lucid jackal
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This has gotta be the best talent ever made

prisma sparrow
random hare
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Blackpowder at 7 targets

west tide
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lowkey guys

random hare
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And above

west tide
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solo shuffle is goated

twilit phoenix
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yeah solo shuffle is fun

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if you can get a queue to pop

gritty zenith
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is there a way i can compare my dps to other sub rogues that ran the same key and have a similar i lvl

tribal blade
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just killed cauldron on mythic

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sub is actually so down bad on this boss

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jesus

lilac stag
tribal blade
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i'm barely behind our WW and i'm 20% parse lower

lilac stag
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sub just down bad outside of heroic

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at least it’s fun

twilit phoenix
tribal blade
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yeah mostly just the cd timings

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are HORRIBLE

twilit phoenix
gritty zenith
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so how can i know if i perfom well or not compare to other subs? 😦

twilit phoenix
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or just sending on either side

tribal blade
gritty zenith
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cause im trying so hard to improve and i feel like iv hit a wall

twilit phoenix
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yeah I was just sending on either side

lilac stag
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the timings feel fucked

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For a number of bosses

twilit phoenix
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might be a decent outlaw fight ngl

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decent uptime

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unless you have bad bomb baits

twilit phoenix
gritty zenith
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aoe pulls

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my ST is really good

tribal blade
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i did hold a dance+symbols for each clash

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so i capped dance charges before each charge

random hare
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It’s ur biggest dps gain

tribal blade
vital mountain
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Hi, I'm getting some conflicted info, some people are telling me to Evis early (before ruptures) to get S&D up, others are saying Evis comes after you start popping your main cds. What's the play?

gritty zenith
random hare
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Both are same dps

twilit phoenix
lilac stag
twilit phoenix
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you coup at any target count

random hare
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Evisc early is 300 dps ahead only

random hare
lilac stag
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Simple opener is the winner

vital mountain
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Cheers

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Yeah

twilit phoenix
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!bs

wicked joltBOT
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Backstab/Shadow Dance Macro:yaml #Showtooltip Shadow Dance /cast [bonusbar:1] Backstab; Shadow DanceThis will cast Shadow Dance on first key press and Backstab on second key press.

lilac stag
twilit phoenix
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i'd need to play HO

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i have 0 haste gear

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i legit have to haste flask to have enough haste for HO

tribal blade
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oh no

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our server's going down

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gingi EMP activated

lilac stag
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lol

tribal blade
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we're on rika rika reverb and our whole raid got dc'd

lilac stag
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Fuck. I need to run keys still. garf_sit

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Brain already in raidlog mode.

tribal blade
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oh it was just mass lag

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we're ok

lilac stag
elfin yew
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does sub rupture everything in aoe?

alpine wraith
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if you are out of cds sure

elfin yew
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kk, thanks

alpine wraith
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on pull rupture like 1 or 2 times while tank gathers the pull

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then go into cds

topaz cipher
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Send priory trinket with dance at 2m or hold till 3m to send with flag/blades?

short radish
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hodl

topaz cipher
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Figured as much, yea

wild hornet
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Does that still hold true

alpine wraith
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yea around that 20s to be super safe but 17 s is fine

quaint verge
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Is there a point leading up to Flag/Blade window where we should hold a charge of dance to ensure we hit 2 dances in burst window?

errant tinsel
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rule of thumb is to make sure you hav <40secs left until your second SD charge is up when you start to send cooldowns

alpine wraith
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you want around 1 charge and 20 secs left of the next one

errant tinsel
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so yes, you should hold to make sure that happens

rocky ocean
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!wa

wicked joltBOT
tribal blade
rocky ocean
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what's the weakaura that calculates the number of dances/symbols for the burst window

tribal blade
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LE's

quaint verge
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another quick question about burst window, i notice sometimes i proc 5 combo points, do i send the evis anyway in window or spend another shadowstrike.

tribal blade
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shouldn't happen too often if you're running with a shammy

placid storm
tribal blade
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but if you mean burst window as in cds, that should not happen

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because blades gives full CPs

wicked joltBOT
brittle helm
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In learning Sub, I’m happy with my opener but is there any tips or guidelines to be followed for how cds are spent outside of the main burst windows? I know flag/blades I want 2 shadow dances in each, but I have trouble deciding if I should be spending my next shadow dance right away, when it’s appropriate to use symbols and when not, etc. Specifically between the flag/sb windows. Is it just eyeballing and guessing if you can get away with using dance or symbols and then stopping when you think the necessary cds (2 dances/symbols) will then be able to lineup with the 1.5 min cooldowns?

lucid jackal
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You stop using dance/sod at around 30 seconds before flag/blades are up

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In between you just symbols every sectec when its 10 or less seconds on CD

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dance if its available

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should start with the wowhead guide

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If nothing there makes sense just ask

quaint verge
brittle helm
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@lucid jackal okay, thank you! And sorry, what do you mean by sectec here? I have read the ivyveins and wowhead guides each 🙂 I understand how they’re worded as far as the main windows themselves, but yeah, it’s maybe more of just the “down time” in between I was having trouble understanding fully and figuring out how to maximize.

errant tinsel
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Secret Technique = sectec

quaint verge
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so do i still send the 5 points on evis during the dance and sod or spend the extra to overcap

lucid jackal
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downtime sub does very little damage so

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if u feel like ur damage sucks out of cooldowns, it does

quaint verge
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I still think sub has the better playstyle of the 3! I enjoy it more

brittle helm
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Haha okay just knowing what sectec means to fill in that gap there, your answers are exactly what I was looking for, ty again! Really appreciated.

weary crag
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Guys at what point do you use black powder instead of evis in m+

lucid jackal
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8 or more targets

plush roost
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anyone know if house of cards is retroactive with sec tec? like sblades is

glass jasper
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How much of an increase is BP on 8 targets? I feel like in prectice my dps doesn't really improve much by using BP. Most cases it feels better to still evisc prio targets. Just feelycrafting here tho

plush roost
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If i press cards after sec tec do clones still benefit?

lucid jackal
plush roost
lucid jackal
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But yeah I mean, the prio of evis is a factor you can take into consideration

tribal blade
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BP should be on 7 or more targets unless something changed

round latch
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Foreversubguy

round latch
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find weakness

weary crag
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ah

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i realized recrntly

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that i basically never use bp

round latch
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its relevant in highcounts

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bigdam

weary crag
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im brain melting

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how was fw applied to everyone?

round latch
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!guide

wicked joltBOT
round latch
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😉

random comet
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rotten buff + shuriken storm

tribal blade
random comet
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or just imp storm and pray yeah

tribal blade
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nah no praying needed in cds 😉

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you consume the 2nd rotten charge with storm

short radish
tribal blade
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and that applies FW to all targets guaranteed

tribal blade
short radish
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oh yeah dont listen to me im being stupid

tribal blade
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didn't you know no fun or jokes in here

alpine wraith
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you can also go deathstalker for more crit on storm

round latch
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too much outlaw in u fam

tribal blade
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very srs bsns

alpine wraith
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but you will hate your life

short radish
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no fun allowed.

alpine wraith
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always suffering

short radish
round latch
alpine wraith
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gotta let the people at least try that poisoned well once

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so they feel grateful trickster exists

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shock therapyu

round latch
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someday d@gstalker gonna overtake trickster

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i believe

alpine wraith
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after they buff assa 2 or 3 times

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they will also buff deathstalker

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and builders again

random hare
tribal blade
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bro either my char is bugged or i have insane rng

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i haven't been sent down to duel on xav in llike 3-4 keys

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no joke

alpine wraith
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i was always sent down

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like a dog

tribal blade
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i tell every group "i ahve no dmg dueling, kill me always"

alpine wraith
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i had a warlock that just sat down and gave his back

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fucker didnt even hit me

tribal blade
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LOL

round latch
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my mage is always send down,i immediately press combust 😂 😂 😂

alpine wraith
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i had to waste 1 dance

round latch
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most fun season ive had since i cant remember

tribal blade
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it's like doing a world mob

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you either take forever to kill it with stab and evis

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or you pop dance and kill it with 1 sectec

round latch
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yup

alpine wraith
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that is why we are also quite useful if we want

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we can always kinda bank 1 dance for downwards

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so we can finish in 4 secs and go back

tribal blade
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true that's a dance you would be sending on the banner anyways if you don't get sent down

worthy ginkgo
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do you backstab every dance? or just the opener or just in cds?

vale pine
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every dance

manic steppe
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Can I just put /cast backstab into my Dance macro to get the extra danse macabre stack? Downside to this?

#showtooltip Shadow Dance
/cast Thistle Tea
/cast Shadow Dance
/cast Backstab

errant tinsel
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Ignoring the tea

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If you have full CPs and press this you waste the CPs from backstab premeditation

manic steppe
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True but you're supposed to Dance with low cps right

errant tinsel
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Sure but not always

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This removes that ability

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Also if you press it too soon after your last ability backstab won’t cast

tribal blade
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trust me, you want to macro as little as possible with sub

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unless it's a no brainer macro

errant tinsel
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!macro

wicked joltBOT
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Subtlety Macros:
It is not recommended to macro most cooldowns, including Cold Blood+Secret Techniques and Dance+Symbols.
The following macros are an exception:

/cast Shadow Dance
/cast Thistle Tea```
```yaml
/cast Shadow Blades
/cast Blood Fury
/cast Ancestral Call
/use House of Cards```
When using diffrent macros, make sure to keep the cooldowns on a seperate key.
tribal blade
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because if you have to unlearn a macro muscle memory

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it's super rough

vale pine
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!bs

wicked joltBOT
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Backstab/Shadow Dance Macro:yaml #Showtooltip Shadow Dance /cast [bonusbar:1] Backstab; Shadow DanceThis will cast Shadow Dance on first key press and Backstab on second key press.

vale pine
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^ this is overall a slightly better macro because it gives you control

manic steppe
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Yeah then I could just press that once, spend CPs if necessary, and then press again to get a BS in

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more control, I like it

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One other macro question around Dance and SOD; is it only recommended to not macro bc you want to press SOD by iteself as well? So if I have a separate keybind for SOD, but also macro it with Dance, what's the downside? Is the downside that you would be clipping 1-2 secs off of SOD bc of the duration vs Dance, or something else?

tribal blade
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there are many downsides to macroing dance and symbols

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if you macro dance+symbols your flag+blades window will always be scuffed

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sectec generally won't have enough cdr to be off cd by the time your 1st dance is over in cds

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you want to be sending dances back to back to fit in blades, and if you try to do that with them macro'd chances are you won't supercharge sectec

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the option to get around that would be to delay your 2nd dance in cds until sectec has 10 secs or less on cd, but then that means you'd have to use 1-2 naked finishers between the 2 dances which also has a chance to drop your tier stacks unless you press rupture (which is also really bad)

wicked joltBOT
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Thistle tea use:
It is recommended to macro Thistle Tea with Shadow Dance like this:

/cast Shadow Dance
/cast Thistle Tea```
manic steppe
obtuse phoenix
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i have everything on it's own keybind, but i also have a single keybind i use to kick off the big go. it sends pot -> dance -> backstab -> blades -> symbols in one button, so i dont have to press 5 things in one global

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after that no macros

tribal blade
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i've been warned so many times by people in here to not macro stuff and i ignored them

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and then ended up having to unlearn stuff which was massive pain

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so now i'm on board the no macro train

manic steppe
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Yeah it is a pain.

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Next one I need to learn is having two separate keybinds for sectech with and without CB

tribal blade
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i think i've had to unlearn macro stuff almost every tier since SL haha

tribal blade
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it's not too bad

vale pine
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i kind of disslike it

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i think many spells could be easier

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e.g. backstab could just change to shadowstrike during dance

tribal blade
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yeah sub has a bit too much going on in cds i think

vale pine
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or my old idea that shb is always up during dance

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cold blood could make each of your secrets crit or sth

jaunty heath
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All of that would be so nice

vale pine
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there is room to make the spec easier in terms of buttons at least

manic steppe
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Yeah compared to sin, sub is way more technical I feel

tribal blade
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yeah CB is such a useless button for sin and outlaw

jaunty heath
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Theres no point really in seperates flag and shb

tribal blade
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better to just move it to sub and make it a passive like that

jaunty heath
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Once they made them the same CD

tribal blade
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it is incredibly awkward they reduced blades to 16 secs

jaunty heath
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If they wanna keep it 1.5min but passive can just add a line to flag that says „your next shadow dance activates shadow blades“

vale pine
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because right now we have all of the optimizations back that people dislike:

  • not being able to macro symbols/dance because of pandemic
  • not being able to macro cold blood because of flawless form
  • not being able to macro blades because of premeditation
  • requiring a backstab bind for backstab in dance
jaunty heath
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Something like that

jaunty heath
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Idr because I never bothered

vale pine
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coup is just evis

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you don't need an extra bind

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you can optimize it by using BP/rupture/snd when close to cooldowns

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so you would delay the proc for big cooldowns for a short time

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tho i would say thats a micro optimization, its worth very little dps (0.2% or so)

lucid jackal
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current sub is like, so perfect to me

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Fuck all these dumb macros man ppl need to grow tf up

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Im so srs

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Its the thing that makes like nooooo sense to me reading this channel so often

tribal blade
#

r u rly srs bsns

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in hr

lucid jackal
#

Is ppl needing like 40 macros

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It makes no sense

tribal blade
#

i understand because i used to do that too

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looking to macro as much as possible

alpine wraith
#

it is a different mindset

tribal blade
#

but it teaches really bad habits

errant tinsel
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Forever guy coming in here like grandpa after a carton of beers

tribal blade
#

really, really bad habits

lucid jackal
#

its just such a bad foundation to build upon man

vale pine
bold hatch
#

yo, I have a quick question, if Shadow Technique comes off cd while I have no Dance, do I just send it with Symbols alone or do I wait for Dance and pair them together for the ST?

lucid jackal
#

This spec doesnt have a lot of buttons

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Like be fr

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on st theres like what

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Flag, Blades, Backstab, Shadowstrike, Rupture, Evis, Dance, Symbols, Secret Technique?????

#

And then waht

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Storm and black powder

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this is nothin man

#

9 core buttons

warm marlin
#

people just have issues pressing many buttons quickly especially multiple off gcd

lucid jackal
#

and then storm bp is so whatever

warm marlin
#

I don’t think it’s that crazy

tribal blade
#

yeah it's more the piano key pressing in cds

lucid jackal
#

The piano is so easy tho

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Just press the keybinds

tribal blade
#

yeah it's not so bad once you get used to it for sure

tribal blade
#

i think it's just very daunting to people newer to the spec

warm marlin
#

Pressing dance symbols backstab blades pot cb sectec in around a second is decently difficult when you’re starting

lucid jackal
#

I mean I use macros

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But I mean the like

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"Sod dance, flag blades, backstab shadow dance????"

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Like I have 3 macros and thats it

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Sectec with and without cold blood

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And then blades with pot/racial

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Which will become pot/racial/trinket when I get house of cards

vale pine
#

Single Target:
builder: Backstab(1), Shadowstrike(2)
Finisher: Evis(3), Rupture(4), Black Poweder(5), Secret Technique(6)
Cooldowns: Symbols(7), Shadow Blades(8), Shadow Dance(9), Flagellation(10), Vanish(11), cold blood(12)

alpine wraith
#

enough for a big mmo mouse

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1 handed rogue players rejoice

lucid jackal
#

I have a basic 2 button mouse

warm marlin
#

I think ur also a bit biased guy being an outlaw player

lucid jackal
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and thats all I've ever used

alpine wraith
#

i dont really use my mouse buttons for games

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most of them are for work

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efficiency

tribal blade
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how're you gonna do that rotation without shuriken toss

alpine wraith
#

you also need shadowstep so you can hide below the floor sometimes

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and get chain dcd for 20 mins

errant tinsel
#

Don’t forget cloak and feint

lucid jackal
errant tinsel
#

And evasion I guess

lucid jackal
#

So its like

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its chill but u literally arent playing the game for most of this spec

errant tinsel
#

Crimson vial

warm marlin
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Ya but compared to like devo or destro lock or something

errant tinsel
#

Unless utility spells don’t count?

warm marlin
#

Bm hunter

lucid jackal
#

I mean if you mean all rogue defensives, rogue has soooo much shit

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Kidney, cloak, feint, tricks, step, sprint, vial, evasion, cheap

vale pine
#

Outlaw:

lucid jackal
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Probs more I'm forgetting

vale pine
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Subtlety

alpine wraith
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that 1 sec of waiting for outlaw

vale pine
#

assassiantion

alpine wraith
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must be like hell for them

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imagine what could be done in that 1 sec

warm marlin
lucid jackal
alpine wraith
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i like how pooling is 0.1

lucid jackal
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Cuz like the spec goes from outlaw apm, to like 5 apm

vale pine
#

i mean it kind of does

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it shows the rotaitonal keys

alpine wraith
#

yea you forgot the rik decided to do his interphase so you lose adr

vale pine
#

but then like

alpine wraith
#

then become javier

vale pine
#

ambush is the same key as mutilate

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so assassiantion is the spec pressing their main builder the most

warm marlin
#

I think by casts outlaw is close

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Just shorter gcd

vale pine
#

the reason people want to macro stuff is

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because the button count can go quite high if you add cooldowns, racials, trinkets, pots, utility spells etc

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e.g. i already macro stuff and am around 30 key binds

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so what is complained about is a new player being like

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"this is too much, what can i macro"

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which for me does seem like a reasonable question

alpine wraith
#

yea that is when you say macro this

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idk which ones i would use the cb + sec tech is 2 buttons anyway but i still use the old one anyway

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dance+stab never resonated with me

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as i already have stab outside the dance bar so

smoky goblet
vale pine
#

Single Target(outlaw):
builder: SS(1), PS(2)
Finisher: Dispatch(3), BTW(4)
Cooldowns: GS(5), AR(6), Vanish(7), RtB(8), KiR(9)

#

did i forget something?

alpine wraith
#

rest in piss sepsis and er

vale pine
#

so comparable

warm marlin
alpine wraith
#

ahahaha

vale pine
#

outlaw has 9 rotational spells, vs. 12 on subtelty

alpine wraith
#

someone somewhere is playing outlaw trickster

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and there is nothing you can do to stop them

warm marlin
#

many someones nowadays unfortunately

vale pine
#

trickster seems good in dungeons

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also

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looking at the wcl statistic, maybe it is the time for PiratePoggers

alpine wraith
#

the weak people began playing sub unluck

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big props to outlaw for culling the weak

vale pine
#

Single Target(assassination):
builder: Garrote(1), Mut(2), FoK(3)
Finisher: Rupture(3), Env(4)
Cooldowns: Shiv(5), DM(6), KB(7), Vanish(8), Tea(9)*

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did i forget about a spell?

hardy agate
vale pine
#

deathstalker with the fok ^^

vale pine
hardy agate
#

True, tbh i would love outlaw to shine, was my main for a long time, but f* that target cap sad

vale pine
#

sub is target capped too

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just saying

hardy agate
#

Soft capped

vale pine
#

no, hard capped

alpine wraith
#

only witness is uncapped

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everything else kinda just has a max

vale pine
#

nimble is similar capped

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unless you mean BP, we switch to on 7+ targets

hardy agate
#

I mean sectec

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Or am i reading the tooltip wrong?

vale pine
#

the only soft capped BF variation is this

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i mean similar

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you could argue outlaw is uncapped

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because of blade rush

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it is just that BR is tuned lower and more damage of outlaw is in general in BF

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e.g. if you compare 2 dungeon slice simulations

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outlaw has this as their top damage

hardy agate
#

But is secret technique really hardcapped? The tooltip reads like softcapped to me

vale pine
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vs. subtlety

vale pine
#

tooltip does not state hardcapped

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reads like softcapped or uncapped to me

warm marlin
#

blade rush isnt a real spell

hardy agate
#

No but like in your screenshot slaps br like a wet tissue while sectech is our nr. 2/nr.1 aoe spell

warm marlin
#

sub can press BP to somewhat mitigate its cap as trickster

vale pine
#

my point

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the main diffrence is BP not secret

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sub can switch off BF

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and use BP

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but does trade off single target for it

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it is why sin was so dominant last season, it did better aoe and did not have this trade off

#

and thats the main thing in any discussion around target caps

#

a target cap only matters if you:

  • pull big enough for the AoE difference to matter
  • tuning is not done correctly
  • trade offs are similar
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outlaw was the dominant spec in some seasons in m+ with the target cap besides having big pulls

alpine wraith
#

assa also had 2 things going too singular focus and witness plus being able to proc DN with their spender that actually does aoe with spatter

hardy agate
#

In a high-end key or wr100 scenario you are right but i think its also a matter of personal preference. It just doesnt feel good if you pull big like mechagon first pull or nw first pull last season and hit like 10% of the mobs as outlaw

slate hedge
#

Hello guys - which method do you suggest as the most efficient to improve my rotation/cd usage etc in M+? Dummy for ST and AOE? More M+ and practise? something else?

hardy agate
#

I mean i remember in bfa when outlaw being uncapped they played triple outlaw in the MDIs due to the reason they didnt had a tradeoff from AoE to ST + being uncapped. Now with the cap you won't see any outlaws in any mdis anymore ever i guess

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BtE stunning the mobs was probably also a part of the reason

alpine wraith
#

outlaw kinda was capped just wits got out of control

vale pine
#

mythic+ tuning was always bad

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thats why we saw these polarizing combos

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the only dominant rogue showing we had lately was assassination in s1

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seasons before had rogue often not played

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or as a gimick pick like sub in indoor dungeons because of speedshroud

tribal blade
#

casual at least has been doing high end push keys with sub

#

but we'll see if it continues to be a top tier spec in M+

#

he's been mixing between sub and sin

light finch
#

is it smart to macro backstab on your shadowdance ?

vale pine
#

!bs

wicked joltBOT
#

Backstab/Shadow Dance Macro:yaml #Showtooltip Shadow Dance /cast [bonusbar:1] Backstab; Shadow DanceThis will cast Shadow Dance on first key press and Backstab on second key press.

hardy agate
tribal blade
fringe palm
#

trinkets are the same, embelishments dont matter, gear is not as important in the end if you can swap rings or smth

tribal blade
#

to have decent enough stat allocation

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the main thing you want as sin is a lot of crit

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so you get the 2 rings from ToP which are crit mast

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and you're set

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it's also why you should ask if people need literally all pieces that drop from M+ at the start of the season

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i've built up enough crit/mast pieces where i could swap to sin right now and have really good stats for it

hardy agate
#

Good call, but looks like i shouldnt have crafted neck as second craft then rip

proper latch
#

I need to stop using SD when Flag has around 25 seconds cd left, right?

fickle mason
#

what is this

fringe palm
fickle mason
#

have yall got some good shit from your delve maps

proper latch
#

No

fickle mason
#

IG the poiso trinket is better?

vale pine
fickle mason
#

is there a macro that always tricks the tank in m+

vale pine
#

!tott

wicked joltBOT
#

Smart tricks WA on tank, this require the following macro:

/click SmartMisdirect LeftButton 1
/click SmartMisdirect LeftButton 0
fickle mason
#

sadge

haughty mural
halcyon schooner
#

Does sub Rog require big pulls to do decent damage? I have always played outlaw but to a casual level, 12-13s and now that sub is apparently good I thought it would be a good moment to learn it.

However my tank does normal pulls, so I have been wondering on how sub performs in this kind of environment

random comet
#

most things need big pulls to do big dam tbh, sub not really any different

#

but it does very well in small target counts as well

#

*with cds

dreamy oasis
#

When do you want to use the second Shadow Dance during Blades? Right away as the first one runs out? Or when u have secret tech up again to use as the first spender?

dreamy oasis
stoic lark
wise pilot
#

yep mb

errant tinsel
#

!tricks

wicked joltBOT
#

Smart tricks WA on tank, this require the following macro:

/click SmartMisdirect LeftButton 1
/click SmartMisdirect LeftButton 0
golden kelp
#

speaking of tricks, is this fixed btw? was bugged on ptr

hallow sigil
#

Doesn't look like it to me. Sometimes it just doesn't work, other times my tricks will still be up on someone when I'm no longer in a group with anyone

golden kelp
#

😦

maiden trench
#

hey, when I look at my logs I see that my shadow blades do waaaayy less dmg than it should be, do you know how to fix this? What am I doing wrong?

glacial stag
#

!wa

wicked joltBOT
proven plover
#

I feel like delve maps shouldnt be hard capped at 1 per week

#

Why not make it into some blp for raiders or m+ players, so they have incentive to play delves aswell

#

Where you would get currency from a run or raid boss, which you can purchase maps with

random comet
#

needs logs to see

maiden trench
tribal blade
#

wtf this makes zekvir look like disneyland

random comet
tribal blade
#

this is literally what gallywix should have been

rocky ocean
#

!guide

wicked joltBOT
clever delta
#

Damn we had 20 pulls on rik, and the only pull i die on that boss is kill one... how is this allowed

spark plover
keen dome
#

Bandit in pugs is such a nightmare. 99% of wipes are someone picking up a coin and not dunking it. Aaaaaa, this design

vale pine
spark plover
#

taking coin should be also press the extra button and not only run on it

keen dome
#

Yeah

plush roost
# maiden trench https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/A8RzTtJCh1KD7QFp?fight=16&type=damage-done&...

Ngl the entire first 30 seconds is just horrendous haha.

You open with strike rupture, which means slice n dice isnt running, you then build with backstabs instead of using vanish further delaying slice n dice, then you use flag-sblades at the same time, then you shadow dance at full cp and press shadow strike again. THEN you finally evis, and then secret technique. THEN in your second shadow dance you dont even use secret technique. Theres quite a bit to work on, i recommend hitting a dummy and following fuu's infographics on the wowhead guide for sure haha

haughty mural
#

in pugs

keen dome
#

Yeah, it's annoying

#

but the big issue is the actual mechanic with the spin to win

#

People pick up one of the coins and don't dunk it.

#

So you just wipe, lol

hollow spear
plush roost
#

Pmuch takes one look at a shadow dance to see if they know the fundamentals of the spec

viscid urchin
#

Spreadsheet gaming ftw baby

vale pine
#

what i noticed is a decrease in willingness to "learn" a spec

#

a lot of people contacting me have little knowlage even what cooldowns they have

remote shuttle
#

Sad cuz is so fun to play and learn sub

vale pine
#

and just want a pattern of play they can afk to and not think

remote shuttle
#

Is the most fun part for me

#

Learn improve and rise up content u can play

plush roost
#

Fuu when do i press sepsis?

hardy agate
vale pine
#

so i guess thats where the expectation comes from

#

i don't know how "pre defined" assassiantion is tho, or if people just love to do it on the spec

viscid urchin
#

That'll teach that guy to come here asking questions

vale pine
#

oh no, i am not referencing a recent discussion ^^

#

just a trend that came back

#

i remember a similar one in SL

plush roost
#

A lot of questions can be answered with:

  1. Did you read the guide?
  2. Are you sure?
  3. Read the guide before you ask.
  4. The answer is in the guide.
vale pine
#

haha true

remote shuttle
#

Guys, fast question for the ones streaming on twitch, how can u show all spell u cast in that timeline bar? Is that a wa or an addon?

plush roost
#

That being said I'm also that person since i dont read guides kekw

#

Lots of hidden gems in those guides

plush roost
vale pine
viscid urchin
#

Tbf that's most class discords. A place for old heads to chat, and to point newcomers to pdfs

vale pine
#

XD

keen dome
#

It's better to point people to resources they can learn from than simply give an answer they may not be able to use.

viscid urchin
#

At least from my experience going a lot of class hopping

haughty mural
vale pine
#

tbh we often have good discussions in here and theorycrafting information is in discord first always

haughty mural
#

what a random hot take this morning

viscid urchin
#

Is it though?

keen dome
#

Yes

#

Read the guides because they exist for a reason

#

Then ask specific questions after you understand the fundamentals.

#

That's how learning typically goes

viscid urchin
#

I guess so

vale pine
#

"i am not that old, i was a child when the game came out"
"the game came out 25 years ago"
besad

hallow sigil
#

TBF if you ask questions without even looking at the guide at all it feels kinda disrespectful to the person making the guide

keen dome
#

It's also going to be hard to help, in a lot of cases, because the person won't have a fundamental understanding of the spec

vale pine
#

i think questions are important

plush roost
#

In other news, I got a 658 house of cards from time walking and before i would never sacrifice 5k dps. But now i feel so close to freedom from transmitter jail. I am conflicted

vale pine
#

if you learn, you will always have things not explained or covered

hallow sigil
#

Like I asked plenty of questions couple of days ago but only after reading both the wowhead and icyveins guide then wanting further information to clear some things up

keen dome
#

freedom from transmitter jail is a bigger gain

vale pine
#

or just don't understand certain connections

#

so i am all for questions

haughty mural
hallow sigil
#

And I got answers from fuu and couple other helpful ppl and improved with the info provided

haughty mural
#

thats how it should go

plush roost
keen dome
haughty mural
#

yeaa
also with all the stuff going on there - happened i just lost the orb

solid lotus
#

any mythic rik reverb tips

#

kekw

plush roost
#

The orb is ez, it activates quick

#

Its the platform you stand on for 3 seconds that gives me pain

keen dome
#

Haha yeah

plush roost
solid lotus
#

ok ty

plush roost
#

Theres specific timings somewhere stealthi posted

steel heart
vale pine
#

barrel padding is fun

plush roost
#

You can probably search the media section on disco ngl

#

He screenshot posted it

#

Im at work so service kinda weak images wont load

#

Or just search stealthi's name, he doesn't post in here TOO much so a little digging will find it

steel heart
#

OK thanks

ornate heron
#

at what target count do you use one shuriken storm during dance?

paper iron
#

Hey it s not padding

#

It s optimising boss mecanic

#

Let the pad to ret players

lilac stag
paper iron
#

Check eleem logs work as well

steel heart
haughty mural
#

good thing details shows fight time

paper iron
#

if u raid u probably use MRT

#

there is an integrated combat timer Surebud

plush roost
#

Can literally just set reminders kekw

#

Its op unironically

#

Instead of yoloing it like i did

haughty mural
#

true yea

plush roost
#

Yolo it and my cds were halfway done and all the barrels were dead

#

My guild does too much damage madge

haughty mural
#

thats what happened to me this week aswell

lilac stag
#

Everyone figuring out how to pad

paper iron
#

yea

#

like

#

this is so shit

haughty mural
#

unluck if ranged decide to pad on melee barrels

paper iron
#

imma show u our kill

plush roost
#

Im gonna probably not run around this week, and just dance on the clump set and then go back on boss

#

Rip parsing hah

paper iron
lilac stag
#

We’re just cosmetic dps. It’s fine.

paper iron
#

these sp

#

and dh

#

held their cd

#

for barrel

plush roost
paper iron
#

i couldnt do more than 1 sectech

#

i told them to not care about melee barrels and get a fast kill

#

nah

haughty mural
#

most ethical SPs

paper iron
#

they kept for barrel

lilac stag
paper iron
#

our ret was even told to go m+ build

#

so he lost

#

like 20% st damage

#

he did tank dmg to boss

#

to do this ammount on barrel

haughty mural
fierce ivy
#

How to do damage on Reverb -> get lucky barrel spawns and ethical ranged garf

lilac stag
#

Your padders didn’t get the memo.

haughty mural
#

he should be the most annoyed by these priests

lilac stag
#

Show boss dmg

paper iron
#

boss damage

fierce ivy
#

Tbf i think i just popped on cd on boss, no delaying, but got lucky with kill timings

paper iron
#

dont flame on me i had to do lot of stuff

lilac stag
#

That’s what I wanted to see. There’s Havoc

paper iron
#

fk my uptime

haughty mural
paper iron
#

devoker active uptime

#

this is one of the best devoker in the game btw

#

he rank 1 like half bosses raid every tier, yet he s chilling at 25 apm

#

i feel like devoker is kinda a scam gameplay sometimes

#

look at the sp at 5.30

#

😠

#

i dont even get to send my cb sectech

#

barrels died in 2 gcd

haughty mural
#

he learned from your first sets

paper iron
#

like i m under cd there, there were 3 barrels stacked (not close to boss but still), yet they deleted them

lilac stag
#

Don’t worry. Assa or Outlaw wont have to worry about these min maxes.

paper iron
#

We have 15s to destroy them

#

not 3s

#

i wonder how s assa on that kekman

#

hey, not so bad actually

lilac stag
#

nope.

paper iron
#

we re middle of the pack rn, for sure we dont get either buff or nerf, what a perfect spot to be in right?

#

i told outlaws to stop pumping they ll again complain about a nerf while being the worst spec in the game rn

haughty mural
#

im happy for WWs tbh

paper iron
#

i also am, but they re probably getting rekt in the next patch

haughty mural
#

sadly

void hound
#

stix hasnt even been downed by a non sub rogue yet

paper iron
#

it s like 40 kills

#

there must be one

void hound
#

nope

paper iron
#

ONE

#

(in public logs, who knows about private)

fierce ivy
paper iron
#

that s crazy to me

#

on hc stix

#

there are 28k ret

#

5k sub

narrow night
#

wanna guess which spec is easier?

paper iron
#

aug is the easiest

#

500

#

joke besides, it s pretty crazy to me how ret has just a giga playerbase

void hound
#

its a good spec

paper iron
#

every season even when it s not good

void hound
#

good gameplay and good class fantasy

paper iron
rotund depot
#

is there anyone that can DM me that is willing to have a look at my log? my raid has 2 sub rogues in it and i am being outperformed, any feedback or criticism would be great

paper iron
paper iron
haughty mural
paper iron
#

paladin is down only in pvp, it wasnt always the case but never been THE giga overplayed class in pvp

paper iron
#

people are playing what they play in raid currently

narrow night
paper iron
#

with the way rerolling is eased, u can pretty much expect a closed meta again

#

sadly

haughty mural
#

i meant, in the past you played around aug at some point

paper iron
#

i was hopping not, but it surely will

#

yea kinda arround aug, but it was also overtune

#

like if restoshaman is broken rn u play arround it you know what i mean

#

but i see what u mean

haughty mural
#

ye i'm with you

paper iron
#

i let u guess when aug get released

#

it s very hard to notice

molten citrus
#

nvm

paper iron
#

it worked yea, i wasnt sure about the S either so i double checked if it opened a room

molten citrus
#

it made the thread

#

i just don't see a chat msg about it being made

#

idk

paper iron
#

that s maybe moroes being slow again or something 🤷‍♂️

molten citrus
#

naw i think its on discord's end

#

!log test

#

this bit

rotund depot
#

wait is it fine

molten citrus
#

yes

rotund depot
#

it made a thread

wild hornet
#

I see his logs

molten citrus
#

you're fine dw

paper iron
#

intresting, so the S works but doesnt open the link in the current chat

solid lotus
#

okay we kille mythic rik

paper iron
solid lotus
#

that cooldown timing was shit as

#

yes

#

dagger

paper iron
fierce ivy
#

hell ye

young trench
#

Poggy Woggy gz

solid lotus
wild hornet
#

Sometimes its nice being the only rogue

#

U get all daggers funneled to u

solid lotus
#

i did not do good

fierce ivy
paper iron
#

since rogue was able to unlock these mogs

young trench
paper iron
#

it was in amirdrassil i think, i had a bag full of mythic hunter weapons kekman

#

CUZ VOLCOROSS WAS DROPPING 2 WEAPONS EVERY KILL AHAHAHA

wild hornet
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Outlaw stat stick

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Kekw

stone robin
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how important is rupture in dungeons? like on the big first pull in meadery, how many adds should be ruptured?

paper iron
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in classic i had the best stat stick bow u could find

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😎

paper iron
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in reality, just spread as many ruptures as u can in between CDs

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rupture is doing a shitload of damage per press

stone robin
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so its important to get it on alot of stuff? the thing is, it feels so wrong to rupture everything first in a big pull when the CDS are ready, but yeah looks like a lot of dmg

solid lotus
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not the best but still good

fierce ivy
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W mog

paper iron
stone robin
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i really underrated rupture

paper iron
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also, keep in mind that rupture can t reset your tier set stack, we dont really play arround the tier but sometimes u can just try to stick on stack if u know u can pump next pack. That s just a feeling thing more than a rule

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yea lot of people do underrate it

stone robin
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so its very important too, to not drop it in Raid Single Target fights aswell i guess?

paper iron
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yea

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u would almost alway refresh rupture before CDs, cuz casting rupture during your CDs / dance is no bueno

stone robin
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so if my big cds come up , can i refresh rupture even when its not in pandemic?

paper iron
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this is far from perfect play, this is cauldron mythic 90parse, all that damage from only 15 ruptures is really to not be underrated happy_holiday_pepe

paper iron
stone robin
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aye thanks! :D

plush roost
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The little rule is, if it will drop during cds refresh it before cds

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Simple as

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But if you're reupping rupture correctly you should never have to do that afaik.

paper iron
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yea so something like >16s i guess, maybe my maths are wrong

plush roost
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Usually it lines up nicely

light imp
paper iron
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nimble is shit on cauldron

stone robin
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i have another question, how many Dance+Symbols should i fit in between big cds? and sometimes its just a symbols + sectech right?

paper iron
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this can be a tricky question

light imp
void hound
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It is worth mentioning that Coup de Grace still takes priority over Secret Technique if the target is under the effect of Fazed.
is this still up to date? @vale pine

paper iron
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here and go downward, fuu's talking about how do we play with charges / cdr kinda

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understanding how everything work together is the most important

stone robin
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thanks! i will read through it!

light imp
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Thoughts on thistle tea over cold blood? The common builds on archon.gg are running thistle under the 'high key' option

hazy breach
sly shore
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Guys I got rank 1 ⁿᵒʳᵐᵃˡ bandit!

paper iron
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sounds bad at first glance but maybe not

hazy breach
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Its not more common, theres like 2 chinese guys playing it in +15s

haughty mural
sly shore
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I love normal it's a really good difficulty (to not press feint)

keen dome
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Hell yeah, blasting

vague laurel
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rogue soo dead in M+ 🥲

keen dome
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Rogue is amazing in M+

paper iron
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not a single log with delayed CD dead

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guess u lose a cast if u do so

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but it would line up pretty well actually

vague laurel
molten citrus
keen dome
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Absolutely is

hazy breach
vague laurel
paper iron
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i ll sacrifice myself and do that next week

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we will kill the dinau so fast

vague laurel
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you would know that they do way more damage