#subtlety

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shrewd lantern
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its a feature

nocturne tendon
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mb

shrewd lantern
nocturne tendon
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i came from mop, im used to whole raids being full of features

honest void
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surely we must

tribal blade
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since it's now sub's thing

honest void
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if they move more into the whole ethereal shadow clone thing we might have a rogue spec with actual visuals

shrewd lantern
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yeah but when can we assblast 2/3 the entire floor

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like kyveza does

honest void
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when they hand ninja hand signs to the kit

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maybe they'll also do away with backstab and just make gloomblade default

shrewd lantern
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i mean sub being a naruto wannabe

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is just goofy

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meanwhile kyveza has more actually nice visual abilities

honest void
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i was memeing tbf

shrewd lantern
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ik its just so goofy

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some guy at a meeting was like

honest void
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that's ff14's thing

tribal blade
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it would be so easy and cool for them to copy paste kyveza animations on us

shrewd lantern
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"secret technique" yeah this ability definitely doesnt sound fucking stupid

honest void
shrewd lantern
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im still taking bets

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on whether valeera is going to be better or worse than bran

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so far her curios seem kind of shit

honest void
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as long as she gets me my kill on Wednesday on ??

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then it doesn't matter to me

shrewd lantern
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like bran had hatarang in s3

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and mechasaur build kit in s2

swift tinsel
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I watched her kill herself on the bouncy barricades in Shadowguard delve

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not high hopes

honest void
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for a rogue she defo doesn't like to stealth at times

swift tinsel
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she also single target stuns during gathers

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like a dingus

honest void
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she tries her best

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but it's not enough unfortunately

bleak night
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her healing is significantly better than branns

honest void
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speaking of trying my best, my rogue isn't even 240 kekman

bleak night
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and the curio where you get a buff every time she gathers is very strong

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idk which one you'll use in that slot for the nemesis though

honest void
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100% her healing is nuts

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and unlike brann she isn't a terrorist and places them in dangerous places

honest void
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the dmg and healing buff after 20 secs of combat

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man doing Ky'veza during preseason was fun

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so if this one is easier than her it's an ez title

spiral bloom
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My guild disbanded on kyveza, still disappointed

That was one of my favorite fights

zealous kiln
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What are the rotation changes during heroism. The one where you still shadowstrike at full combo points

spiral bloom
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I (think) the only change is if you have enough haste to get a second sectec during shadow blades absolutely make sure you make that happen

wicked joltBOT
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Apex talent optimization (Trickster):

  • Is shadow dance up? - :ballot_box_with_check: Yes
  • Do you have 5 or more stacks of shadow techniques? - :ballot_box_with_check: Yes
  • Is ancient arts up? - :x: No
    Use Shadowstrike (even if on full cp).
    Note: Only during lust.
spiral bloom
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Interesting

tribal blade
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that's literally margin of error sim values

bleak night
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if you dont do it ur a bitch

tribal blade
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that too

bleak night
rose sinew
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racials matter anymore for dps

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?

bleak night
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a bit

astral axle
bleak night
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not a ton as long as you dont play something silly like undead

rose sinew
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I am indeed

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undead

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what do I swap to

bleak night
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you stay undead bc undead players are gigachads

rose sinew
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correct

bleak night
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its all very minor

tribal blade
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undead rogue is the best kind of rogue

rose sinew
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alright im bis race then

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ty guys

tribal blade
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if i went back horde i would be undead for the vibes

half comet
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
half comet
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!trinkets

grand summit
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did anyone do the sims and see if we are going deathstalker now?

alpine wraith
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what makes you think that

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im curious

grizzled linden
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Pretty sure that with the boost to Unseen Blades, Trickster will be even more viable (altough I would love Deathstalker to work)

warm marlin
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trickster still ahead in any cleave

slender glade
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what stats do we put in our weapon craft?

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and emblishment ?

molten citrus
slender glade
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ty

upbeat pollen
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is there a way to macro Backstab to cast backstab out of stealth, and to use shadowstrike while in stealth?

frosty sinew
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#showtooltip Shadowstrike
/cast [bonusbar:1] Shadowstrike; Backstab

upbeat pollen
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you're the man

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do we use black powder in 2target+ over evis? super new to sub just guessing

upbeat pollen
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THANK YUO

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oops caps

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❤️

frosty sinew
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as are the guides it links

young heart
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!sheet

wicked joltBOT
tropic field
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Anyone knows a good video guide on how to play sub? Im new to rogue and need a very noobfriendly guide 😂

regal current
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undead rogues are great because that means my night elf gets to kill them a second time

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i think sub is the easiest class in the entire game rn

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😭

tropic field
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Still doesnt help if i have no idea what im doing haha

regal current
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i mean

short radish
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!guide

wicked joltBOT
short radish
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check wowhead guide

regal current
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its literally just this

tropic field
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And AoE?

regal current
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For aoe you swap black powder for evis

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and shuriken storm for shadowstrike / backstab

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unless youre at exactly 2 targets, then you use shadowstrike when available

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!macro

wicked joltBOT
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Subtlety Macros:
Here is a macro to make it easier to fit all of your globals into your Shadow Dances:

/cast Shadow Dance
/cast Secret Technique

Deathstalker likes to use this macro instead:

/cast Shadow Dance
/cast Shuriken Storm

This can be combines with trinkes and other cooldown use.

/cast Shadow Blades
/use 13
/use 14
/use Tempered Potion
/cast Ancestral Call

Trickster Rogues can combine Coup de Grace and Black Powder in one button:

/cast Coup de Grace
/cast Black Powder

You can find more macros and details in Guides like wowhead WoWhead or IV Icy Veins.

regal current
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Use the first macro

tropic field
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Okey, gonna start lvling in delve to practice the aoe

regal current
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only use secret tech when you shadowdance

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opener

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enjoy

tropic field
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Thanks

regal current
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after that sec tech at the end, in like 4 seconds you hit shadow dance again

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then your shadow dance only gets used just before sec tech

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its pretty intuitive

tropic field
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Yeah, thank god there are dummies 😅

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Havent played rogue since wotlk

regal current
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gl prayge

tropic field
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Thank you!

ember hound
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
lost rampart
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If they’re using the first macro, then wouldn’t SB be 4th in that opener?

grizzled linden
pearl swan
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
graceful rock
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so why does DS prefer to use dance with no/low combo pts?

torn tide
cursive mirage
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So why is it that only 1 target gets faze with shuriken storm

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but you can tab target everything and apply faze with shadow strike

tribal blade
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it's only when the internal cd of unseen blade resets

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you're better off just hitting your main target with strike instead of tab targeting

cursive mirage
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Why would the aoe ability though only put unseen blade / faze on 1 target?

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that just seems like a stupid design

tribal blade
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both strike and storm fire off 1 unseenblade

narrow shadow
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Also doesn't Shruiken apply fazed as well?

tribal blade
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no secret technique does

shrewd lantern
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specifically that one talent

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applies fazed

tribal blade
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the big thing is you guaranteed will have fazed on all targets during dance because of sectec

shrewd lantern
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shuriken only fires off an unseen as of midnight

tribal blade
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before storm didn't fire UB

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so it's a massive win

shrewd lantern
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storming in dance

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to not trigger

tribal blade
shrewd lantern
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missing it rn

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closest we get is coup sectech coup if lucky

true palm
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so raid and m+ specs the same or we got some new stuff 😄 ?

buoyant shale
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How important is S&D for keys? Is it worth using an eviscerate on an aoe pack for it?

short radish
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you should always have it up anyways when you press coup

buoyant shale
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Hmm...I'm new to sub. I didn't realize you'd use coup outsede of st

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I thought it was just shuriken/black powder

short radish
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you 100% use coup whenever it is up

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if you are a bit lazy

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!macro

wicked joltBOT
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Subtlety Macros:
Here is a macro to make it easier to fit all of your globals into your Shadow Dances:

/cast Shadow Dance
/cast Secret Technique

Deathstalker likes to use this macro instead:

/cast Shadow Dance
/cast Shuriken Storm

This can be combines with trinkes and other cooldown use.

/cast Shadow Blades
/use 13
/use 14
/use Tempered Potion
/cast Ancestral Call

Trickster Rogues can combine Coup de Grace and Black Powder in one button:

/cast Coup de Grace
/cast Black Powder

You can find more macros and details in Guides like wowhead WoWhead or IV Icy Veins.

short radish
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you can do the coup/blackpowder macro

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so you dont need to think

golden birch
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we still use BP at 2 targets ?

unkempt pumice
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gup

hushed roost
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damn didnt realize we get a 10% pvp nerf too

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painge

buoyant shale
short radish
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duno

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i dont do key modifiers

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probably would be able to

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coup is the same as evis

shrewd lantern
stuck lance
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So how far apart are we guessing sub vs law is this tier?

buoyant shale
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Hmm...so I guess the coup tracking just kind of sucks. I'd prefer it to jsut tell me when coup is ready instead of how many stacks of escalating I have

fleet acorn
stuck lance
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I can play both but hearing rumors law is gonna be better

buoyant shale
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Me: a sin player

stuck lance
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Ur not welcome here shoo

buoyant shale
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People are like: Sub is mostly waiting for your cds to come back.
You mean like every 10sec? Try waiting 2min

fair wedge
azure thicket
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the raid isn't great for outlaw but keys are probably gonna be good

distant sage
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Just play whats more fun

azure thicket
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ye prog law might be griefing though

tribal blade
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it happens every tier

keen dome
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I think they'll buff BP.

tribal blade
keen dome
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They're gonna buff it

tribal blade
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they went overboard i feel

keen dome
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I dunno. I feel it's weird with how the raid is built but also kinda w/e.

tribal blade
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nerfing both BP and PP at the same time felt like overkill

keen dome
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Yeah

tribal blade
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AND nerfing trickster

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which is our cleave

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in the cleave raid

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ok

keen dome
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Hey, we'll be great at Voraius.

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Just hit the big dinosaur. Bug duty can be other peoples job

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And Imperator is ST except for the bit where it isn't.

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Valegot and Ezzorak are a ST fight because we can't hit both at the same time anyway dracthyr_kek

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(Arms not long enough)

hollow spear
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Flask simmed absolutely atrociously for me

tribal blade
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it's more M+ where sub has lost it's appeal

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but we'll see what happens

keen dome
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I think it'll be fine in both for most people.

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It's the same as it always is. It's very whatever, even if the big AoE was funny

eager yoke
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recommend crafting anything with spark now as comitting to sub?

steel zinc
tribal blade
steel zinc
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Lit all 3 rogue specs none of them are any good in any content rn. Compare this to other pure DPS specs

tribal blade
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like once a week or something

steel zinc
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Yeah

short radish
steel zinc
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Also sub tier set is insane power gain

short radish
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they can't say they're going to do constant tuning

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not tune for 4 weeks (because waiting for raid understandably)

steel zinc
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Like if your the rogue in the guild you should get tier asap

short radish
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then pay 0 attention to assi and outlaw

tribal blade
short radish
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ye blizzard has done nothing to give me any faith in them for tuning quickly

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but hopefully im wrong

steel zinc
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You need x aura buff and things change fast

tribal blade
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they proved us wrong this beta cycle actually doing a lot of bug fixing

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oh how much does our tier set give

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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
steel zinc
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13%

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0-4

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It's pretty insane ngl

tribal blade
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oh that's good

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what are most other people gaining

steel zinc
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Your by far the best tier set option of any class

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3-4

tribal blade
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LOL

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incoming set nerfs

short radish
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^

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i've seen this episode before

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it does not bode well for us

tribal blade
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i would not put it past them to nerf our tier set

glacial eagle
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like 15%

steel zinc
glacial eagle
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huh

steel zinc
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Then nerfed balance tier set

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And buff baseline

tribal blade
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well i feel slightly better now because we should be good then

steel zinc
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Still balance 17% buff

tribal blade
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if we gain that big a power bump

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we'll see if it's enough

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sub is also super down bad in ST right now because no guidon and no 4 piece

steel zinc
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Tuning is still shit ngl all 3 rogue specs are not tuned well. A pure DPS class has to have one spec that is really good. Otherwise that whole class is kinda dead for a season.

keen steppe
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which delve was a easy stealth delve ?

tribal blade
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at some point

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it's never not happened in recent times

sinful trout
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hm i cant copy the import string from the google doc

steel zinc
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Yeah if sin stays this way you can't play it in raid. Some tanks do still more st

tribal blade
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i dunno what they're doing

steel zinc
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Also aoe of all tanks is pretty op

tribal blade
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yeah it's not ok

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for tanks to be doing this much

steel zinc
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If tuning stays this way you won't see rogues on half the bosses in mythic prog

haughty mural
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Assa battle with arms down there garf_sit

west arch
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
lucid jackal
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I'm gonna remind people what I do every single wow tier. Don't use single target patchwork sims to evaluate how strong specs are

tribal blade
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very true

lucid jackal
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Remember how sub rogue was a bottom 3 dps spec on simcraft pre season

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Remember how sub rogue was one of the strongest melee dps on that tier

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(for prog ofc)

tribal blade
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not sure if the same thing could happen again because sub lost a lot of burst

lucid jackal
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Stop falling for these charts

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It's beyond stupid

tribal blade
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but very good point

lucid jackal
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It can both be true that sub sucks, and that these charts don't mean anything

tribal blade
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yeah the dooming is a bit premature

lucid jackal
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Similar to most tiers, this isn't a tier of single target patchwork encounters

tribal blade
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need to see it all in action

lucid jackal
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So using a st patchwork chart is just like

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So shortsighted

keen dome
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The brutal number does not reveal anything

tribal blade
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i think the big worry is they just nerfed sub's cleave by quite a bit

lucid jackal
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It's still "the burst aoe rogue spec" and if a raid encounter asks u to do that, it's the best choice

tribal blade
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hell yeah

keen dome
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Dropping a big seccy on the Voidshaper add wave on Imperator

lucid jackal
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All the rogue specs rn do something imo

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Now will what they do matter in raid? Idk yet

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Sin has execute, outlaw has st and cleave, sub has burst st and aoe

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Or you know, just craft a sword because u saw a leaked photo of sims on a google sheet

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Seems like a much more reasonable response to the news

vapid briar
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Hello, I am sorry for stupid question but could somebody clarify for me the the apex optimization for trickster? Shall I always use shadowstrike to gain apex for the super charged non sectech finisher or is shuriken storm also ok?

alpine wraith
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only strike because it does a lot of damage and while bl is up

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on st and at most 3 targets

vapid briar
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Ok, thank you kind sir

wheat cloak
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walt is it not worth it in ST without lust?

hollow spear
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Do what the FAQ says

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Maybe we need an FAQ emote to complement our check the pins

steel zinc
haughty rose
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is there a way to better see coupe procs? i don't want to watch my action bars all the time just for the proc

cold hinge
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
cold hinge
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anyone have the link to the racial sims?

grim latch
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i heard rumors

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@grok are the rumors true?

vale pine
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i mentioned it a while back

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there seems to be a pattern of subtlety doing well because of burst damage

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then falling off naturally as stuff dies faster (in raids)

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or stuff survives longer (in m+)

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this is never considered, while other specs and classes get buffs

olive canyon
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i think it is the very high burst we have , which is magnified in early/lower tier settings due to adds not having health but it is also that sub is currently quite easy to say get 90% of its top end dps out of its easy rotation

vale pine
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means blizz rly has a very bad judgement on a balance enviroment they control

mental kettle
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wait

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there is no rupture anymore on sub?

dawn heron
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correct

mental kettle
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what did they do to sub

fallow nimbus
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The right things

fallow nimbus
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For the future

mental kettle
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it looks like im looking at bm UI

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4 things and 1 is evis that i track icant

hollow spear
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I don't want to see any stupid questions related to minmax coming from you then

fallow nimbus
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It is bm

vale pine
mental kettle
fallow nimbus
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Until guys parse green and ask what they do wrong on melee bm

hollow spear
calm cloud
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btw were there any banns for the prof knowledge abuse?

hollow spear
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No clue

dawn heron
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no

calm cloud
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classic blizzard moment

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abuse early abuse often

dawn heron
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its common knowledge ye

calm cloud
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i just hope flasks become profitable with raid release

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need some way to get cash

eager yoke
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!aa

wicked joltBOT
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Apex talent optimization (Trickster):

  • Is shadow dance up? - :ballot_box_with_check: Yes
  • Do you have 5 or more stacks of shadow techniques? - :ballot_box_with_check: Yes
  • Is ancient arts up? - :x: No
    Use Shadowstrike (even if on full cp).
    Note: Only during lust.
lusty narwhal
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
tribal blade
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because it's insane

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you have an enormous advantage in crafting with completely filled out trees

keen dome
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I imagine they will get around to it

tribal blade
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hopefully yeah

upbeat pollen
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if i mess up, i dont save secret technique for shadow dance or so i/?

spring elm
# fallow nimbus For the future

Why couldn’t they make an engaging spec for the release of the expac? You don’t need to apologize for the billion dollar corporation

keen dome
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Because doing too much at once isn't a smart idea when you want to see how it all plays out. They might be a billion dollar corporation, but they aren't able to see the future

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Having a basic grasp of design helps you understand these things.

spring elm
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All they did is remove stuff and did nothing since then 6 months ago

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Again you don’t have to apologize for the billion dollar corporation

keen dome
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I don't think you understand what apologize means as a word, but okay

sinful zephyr
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I really like how the specc is feeling atm but I`m also looking forward to what they may add in the future

keen dome
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Big same. It's a good starting point.

tropic field
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Is there a macro that switches between backstab and shadow strike?

keen dome
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!macro

wicked joltBOT
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Subtlety Macros:
Here is a macro to make it easier to fit all of your globals into your Shadow Dances:

/cast Shadow Dance
/cast Secret Technique

Deathstalker likes to use this macro instead:

/cast Shadow Dance
/cast Shuriken Storm

This can be combines with trinkes and other cooldown use.

/cast Shadow Blades
/use 13
/use 14
/use Tempered Potion
/cast Ancestral Call

Trickster Rogues can combine Coup de Grace and Black Powder in one button:

/cast Coup de Grace
/cast Black Powder

You can find more macros and details in Guides like wowhead WoWhead or IV Icy Veins.

keen dome
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Nope, but you can probably just make one with /cast backstab /cast shadowstrike, maybe a stance modifer? I personally just use the stance bar to automatically change it.

tropic field
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You're not using shadowstrike outside of shadow dance?

fiery fog
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#showtooltip Shadowstrike
/cast [bonusbar:1] Shadowstrike; Backstab

tropic field
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Thank you!

keen dome
tropic field
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I dont know, tbh i havent read up on anything but thought there was a talent that could proc it

fiery fog
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with vanish ofcgarf_sit

tropic field
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But then i dont need shadowstrike on the regular bars?

keen dome
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You don't because Backstab will become Shadowstrike when you dance / are in stealth

tropic field
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Aah

keen dome
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As it can only be cast when you are in stealth or in shadow dance.

tropic field
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Only used 1 button rotation 😂

frigid ingot
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Based on the patch do i still use Shuriken storm + BP in ShadowDance on 2+ mobs?

keen dome
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I highly recommend having a quick read of your abilities and talents. It'll make a lot of it clearer 🙂

tropic field
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Yeah will do that when i get home haha

frigid ingot
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and the buff on shadowstrike dmg

calm cloud
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prob have to wait till release for irl testing

eager yoke
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do we craft a dagger with spark or safer to wait till reset?

fiery fog
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pretty sure you can just craft it since the embellishment will still be bis on oh

tribal blade
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in dance you strike on 2 target

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i'm not a numbers person but i factored the nerf to BP and buff to evis and it looks like it'll still be better to BP on 2 target with PP talented

hazy breach
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Yep

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Can't say for sure since we don't know how much they'll nerf bp by or how much they'll buff eviscerate

brisk onyx
lilac stag
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I’m waiting for heroic logs to show assa is actually cracked.

brisk onyx
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I doubt lol

swift tinsel
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It’s just

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So fucking boring

lilac stag
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it is

swift tinsel
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And implacable makes it even more boring

narrow shadow
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Is this any good? In theory it looks good-ish and I know I can sim it, but was wondering if there's any sentiment in general compared to other trinkets, since I won't be simming every single trinket and I noticed it's omitted in all sim lists like wowhead and blodmallet.

tribal blade
rain hazel
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drinking water is great actually

tribal blade
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not terrible, not great

brisk onyx
wet anvil
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@vale pine u here?

vale pine
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yes, whats up

wet anvil
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i have question, do we press bp on 2 target if its a boss fight? like the 2 bosses in windrunner

vale pine
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we do

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pressing bp on 2+ gives both targets more damage

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unless you don't care about damage on the 2nd target

hollow spear
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I'm kinda annoyed that the warbanner sims so well

vale pine
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in which case you just evis

hazy breach
wet anvil
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ok thanks

narrow shadow
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That explains it

hollow spear
sick jackal
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!fuu

wicked joltBOT
vale pine
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not always

west arch
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Dagger + belt first craft?

vale pine
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dagger + X

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i would not craft 2nd yet

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and wait for raid drops

west arch
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Ok

vale pine
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any low stat budget slot is a good craft usually

meager creek
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We just use sparks on dagger right ?

vale pine
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you can

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unless you want to play outlaw

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there is still a risk of changes before mythic opens

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but dagger is typically the best craft for rogue

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(for assassiantion/subtlety)

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can put hunt on the dagger

hollow spear
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Surely this season outlaw will be our prog spec

vale pine
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possible

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i don't think its bad

meager creek
wet anvil
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and 2nd craft is the belt 100% on sub or another dagger? i will play only sub nothing else @vale pine

vale pine
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belt is the best one long term

wet anvil
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ok

vale pine
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short term its still good

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but your drops are very important

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e.g. you get a good belt from heroic

#

might want to craft boots

eager yoke
#

@vale pine craft with spark now dagger?

vale pine
#

or bracers

vale pine
#

dagger in general are typically the best crafts because of weapon damage

#

HOWEVER

#

crafting early always comes with a risk

#

there will be another set of tuning changes before mythic opens

#

so might be worth to wait for these

eager yoke
#

the risk being, outlaw performing much better?

#

or is there other variables?

calm cloud
#

inb4 getting double myth daggers first week

onyx flame
#

But isn‘t a dagger safe since you can use it even for outlaw as oh?

vale pine
#

the risk is:

  • You get a mythic dagger drop
  • Crafting items get nerfed/buffed
  • Outlaw is the best spec, dagger in oh on outlaw is good but not outstanding
onyx flame
warm meadow
#

How would you get a mythic dagger drop? Delve vault?
Would you not just then have 2 mythic daggers

keen dome
#

By killing stuff on Mythic whihc you can't do until week 2 anyway

wind burrow
#

and the other raid drops also one

#

dreamrift

calm cloud
#

on the 17th they opening lfr/normal/Hero raids and m+ right?

#

or does m+ come with m raid

hazy breach
#

No m+

calm cloud
#

kk

eager yoke
#

in the scenario where you know your guild wont kill second boss mythic until week 2-3, is it still a good option to craft a dagger with spark and hunt embellsihment, and use it for progress, and then IF ever a mythic dagger drops, you can still use two daggers anyway?

calm cloud
#

but m0 goes down to daily reset ?

hazy breach
#

If you are asking what to craft, you should almost certainly be crafting a dagger

keen dome
#

M0 is meant to go do daily reset and will drop 1/6 Champ gear as I understand it, yeah.

narrow shadow
#

I don't think it will go champ

modest snow
#

it will be champ gear from m0 next week with daily lockout

keen dome
#

I guess we'll have to wait and see on Tuesday when our american and oceanic friends can beta test it for us.

tribal blade
#

i heard it'll be champ gear

verbal kelp
#

!aa

wicked joltBOT
#

Apex talent optimization (Trickster):

  • Is shadow dance up? - :ballot_box_with_check: Yes
  • Do you have 5 or more stacks of shadow techniques? - :ballot_box_with_check: Yes
  • Is ancient arts up? - :x: No
    Use Shadowstrike (even if on full cp).
    Note: Only during lust.
calm cloud
#

other question, for the prey next week should we do the 4 normals first to get to rank 4 so we can do nightmare over hards as to not get 2 pinacle chests with veteran gear?

vale osprey
#

I sent dagger with hunt, we play two rogues this tier though. If we both send dagger craft and we get some daggers from 2nd myth boss then we're too blessed to be stressed anyway

vale pine
#

you would not craft a 2nd dagger

#

only one

vale osprey
#

Yeah, I meant if both my guilds rogues sent a dagger, not send a dagger for each of my hands

toxic carbon
#

so...we're all switching to outlaw?

hazy breach
#

Why would we

vale osprey
drifting zinc
#

Why because a sim is 7k more??? Means nothing especially since we dont really know the profiles

hollow spear
#

imma lose my mind about these "outlaw?" questions

toxic carbon
#

Sorry for the bother

narrow shadow
hazy breach
narrow shadow
#

It's tier full ST or full AoE, no real prio/cleave, etc

#

no funnel either

#

Outlaw and Assa both have either more damage to prio mob and cleave to others and/or funnel

hollow spear
#

Pack it up, Eleem. Why do you even bother tc'ing for this worthless spec? 💀

hazy breach
#

But you make it sound like sub does absolutely 0

#

Instead of just slightly less than if it was pure ST

narrow shadow
#

Mind you, I'm not saying Sub is bad, i'm just saying strictly talking about damage profile, it 's the worst of the 3

hazy breach
#

If you ignore the fact that its burst yeah

hollow spear
#

Assa won't be able to compete on add cleave in the raid if it's in bursts

narrow shadow
#

Raid is mostly spread cleave

hazy breach
#

Its not

narrow shadow
#

It would be nice if they reverted nimble flurry so we have low target cleave

#

I think that's a main pain point right now

#

Again, not dooming or anything, just saying where I think would be cool that they improved the spec

hazy breach
#

Not really

hollow spear
#

if they don't touch sectec, we will be better than sin on the fights

#

they'd have to increase add health by a lot to change that

swift hollow
#

Anyone knows how the new changes sim?

narrow shadow
#

I heard something like 6% ST increase and 15% AoE decrease

hazy breach
#

Like yeah if we ignore the main strenght of sub (the fact that its damage is bursty) its profile is worse than the others

narrow shadow
#

But not entirely sure

hazy breach
#

But that seems like a silly thing to do

#

That is not updated

toxic carbon
#

ok ill delete

hollow spear
#

doesn't that sheet still say in big, fat, red letters that you're not supposed to share yet due to its "beta state"?

high birch
#

Was intending to craft a dagger next week, but have two vet tracks daggers now. Is it still the move to craft an offhand next week or should I just upgrade what I have to 250?

hollow spear
#

myb

lilac stag
hollow spear
#

Sorry, thought you were busy.

lilac stag
#

I need to see how shitty our burst spec is

toxic carbon
#

His head exploded

#

cldnt handle the stats

stone vessel
#

is crafting anything worth it now?

eager yoke
#

so far from what i understand, if you are committing to playing sub crafting a dagger with hunt is the move

shrewd lantern
#

and not melee

calm cloud
#

is there anway to move the blizz dmg meter into the actual corner of the screen?

shrewd lantern
#

you only want 2 crafted items this tier anyway

#

crafted gear sucks

keen dome
hollow spear
#

Does exporting and importing your arcUI work for you guys?

hot seal
#

!breakpoints

#

!haste

wicked joltBOT
#

Secret Technique cooldown gets reduced by all haste sources, while Shadow Dance only from haste which increases your baseline haste. When using a haste trinket, make sure to use it before Shadow Dance to get the extended duraiton.

hot seal
#

Damn me

#

I forgot the command

short radish
#

if you figure out how to do it let me know

#

thanks

hollow spear
#

I wish

vale pine
hidden jasper
#

aoe blind is no longer a thing now right?

tribal blade
#

we gained a marginally better shiv which is already not very useful to having no aoe cc yet again which is a huge loss in group content

short radish
tribal blade
#

i guess soothe is actually useful when there are enrages that will kill everyone (1st pull necrotic wake), but other classes also have soothe on top of their billion other utility

short radish
#

Woooo druid

tribal blade
stone vessel
#

should I enchant haste if it's too low or just mastery?

short radish
#

Just did world tour as druid and feral is kinda chilling

tribal blade
#

whereas aoe cc is kinda a mandatory staple for M+ and certain raid encounters

short radish
#

Free procs is fun

#

And wooo utility

tribal blade
tribal blade
keen dome
stone vessel
tribal blade
#

they have all the utility under the sun AND the best raid buff

short radish
vale pine
tribal blade
#

am i missing something

stone vessel
tribal blade
#

oh

#

nah that doesn't count

#

also i don't think enchanting that is very useful

#

better to use mainstat and/or mast

#

probably x2 mainstat because then you can swap between specs easier if need be

hollow spear
#

if you are not going to get to at least ~ 650 haste with your enchants and gems, don't bother

#

imo

#

my alt is too far and I'll commit to mastery until I get enough haste pieces

burnt panther
#

I had a bad opinion of the sub with all the talents they removed, but now that I'm level 90, I've really come to like it a lot; it feels good. I think I'd like one more button, just as a break.

hot seal
#

Honestly its no different thn other specs, being simple

#

would be cool to have an extra situation, like a proc or whatever

tepid trellis
#

well you kinda do with apex minmax

#

a lil rotational flair

hot seal
#

its always the same tho

burnt panther
#

The last point of the apex is great, 10/10, it feels really good

tepid trellis
#

i kinda like having to keep track of my ShT stacks

tribal blade
#

i'd like to see more play around the apex, would be cool

hollow spear
#

Yeah. Still not sure I want them as a number or a bar (like cp)

shadow hamlet
#

!fuu

wicked joltBOT
hollow spear
#

I think devlin had a neat display of sht in their weakaura

dry plank
hollow spear
#

Maybe I can emulate that in arcui

#

Afaik the new minmax is to force the second supercharged finisher

marble grotto
#

Trickster still the play for M+?

tribal blade
hollow spear
#

(which happens most of the time automatically)

hollow spear
#

wonder if I can overlay the cp and the sht bar, like some WA did

tribal blade
# tepid trellis

i think it should just naturally happen with sectec giving 4 sht right

#

or do the sht not come in fast enough

tepid trellis
#

depends on how many autos you miss

#

and if you pool'd a bit going into dance

tribal blade
#

ahh ok

lilac stag
tribal blade
#

nice pooling a thing

lilac stag
#

I just tossed the bard on top of CP

tribal blade
#

what's your cutoff before you stop using finishers before next dance

tribal blade
#

maybe because i haven't actually had skyfury the entire of midnight yet

hollow spear
#

or let's say

#

depending on my resource situation

#

if it's looking good, I send until 3-4 s

#

if I am already "struggling", I stop earlier

tribal blade
#

fair enough

vale pine
#

its still low-ish impact but more than 0.2%

dry plank
#

Why you sent 3 sec before if you need than build full cp again, decision should be made on how much sht you have and dance cd I think

tribal blade
#

it's simpler than the other min max tbh

#

because it's only affecting 1 finisher

#

i'm not in game to test, if you don't proc apex on the finisher after sectec you're guaranteed to have 5CP on the strike at max cp to proc apex right

hollow spear
#

Pretty much

tribal blade
#

cool cool

hollow spear
#

4 from sectec and then you have 2 seconds to get another sht proc

#

Don't think if it's actually possible to not get a proc in that time frame, assuming you're at 0 going into your dance

tribal blade
#

given our attack speed in dance now it's a done deal

#

i'm gonna have to mess around with pooling

#

i wonder if pooling becomes a gain too because you're essentially playing into the apex

hollow spear
#

My feelycraft says yes

tribal blade
#

whenever i do go into dances with high sht stacks for whatever reason it feels like you're zooming

#

go into dances with no sht stacks and it feels like dogshit

hollow spear
#

The difference is probably lower than it feels like

#

But having at least a couple sht should be a gain

#

I'd imagine especially in these short add cleave situations

#

Farm sht on the boss, then spend hard on the add spawn

tight cipher
#

Hello o/
Is there ever a time we manually press Slice and Dice?

vale pine
#

nope

frigid prawn
stone vessel
#

what stats should I pick for crafted weapon? haste+mastery? I'm at 463 haste

lilac stag
#

Haste Mastery or Haste/Crit if you plan on playing other specs

cosmic oracle
#

Which potion do you guys use. The one that silences you or the normal pot?

lilac stag
#

Mainly outlaw

astral axle
cosmic oracle
#

Its already tilting me

hollow spear
limber folio
calm cloud
#

i reach that dps just with my current gear and enchants

#

(don't have enchants rn cuz broke)

limber folio
#

sim it for me dawg

hollow spear
#

How much does frost get from its tier set?

calm cloud
calm cloud
#

wdym pre upgrades?

#

the current 244 gear im wearing + enchants

limber folio
#

ohok

#

so were basically the same then

calm cloud
#

only thing diffrent in the sim is that i don't have enchants on ingame

#

because im abroke af freshy

limber folio
#

yeyeyeye

#

neither do i

#

i havent bothered to buy any yet xd

calm cloud
#

i get money once raids drop so i can sell my flasks

limber folio
#

i still owe some guildies gold

#

so i got like 17,5m

limber folio
#

changing some stuff around

tepid trellis
limber folio
calm cloud
#

farmed herbs for like an hour yesterday and only got liek 23k

#

should have absued the knowledge points shit honestly

limber folio
shy scarab
#

They didnt want to see slickzpussy

limber folio
shy scarab
#

(Feral)

limber folio
#

50/50 chance im benhced

shy scarab
#

80/20

#

I would say

#

3% dr with 0 dmg

#

Useless

limber folio
#

real

tepid trellis
#

i was told the otherday that if we need to stack devourer dh im one of the people that has to play it

limber folio
tulip light
#

!fuu

wicked joltBOT
plush roost
tepid trellis
#

id rather play devourer

plush roost
#

Fair enough

#

I dont like devour idk

#

Maybe ill come around

tranquil pollen
#

!aa

wicked joltBOT
#

Apex talent optimization:

  • Is shadow dance up? - :ballot_box_with_check: Yes
  • Do you have 5 or more stacks of shadow techniques? - :ballot_box_with_check: Yes
  • Do you have Darkest Night up OR A supercharged combo point? - :ballot_box_with_check: Yes
  • Is ancient arts up? - :x: No
    Use Shadowstrike (even if on full cp).
keen dome
#

at least devourer is still a purple class

flint parrot
#

from raidbots profile

#

so currently bis is iris + gemstone with 259 no emb weap

prisma lark
#

Hey! I was wondering if we ignore lashe macabre rn. Both wowhead and icy-veins guides dont mention it being used. Do we want to activate it on either single target or aoe?

iron whale
#

is there a way to cancel aura "automatically" when non in combat?

#

for cold blood*

plush forge
#

'

lyric iris
#

guys is early to craft a weapon, or just spend that gold

sharp peak
#

if you want a 259 dagger, craft it!

#

if you want to wait, hold off

shy scarab
#

Might aswell wait till wednesday and craft a dagger with veteran crest if you havent crafted already

#

Unless you have spent all rhe veterancrest already

tepid trellis
lyric iris
#

veteran crest are able next week?

hybrid thorn
lyric iris
#

That's why I asked about the crests.

shy scarab
#

U can craft with crest next week i think?

tepid trellis
#

macabre does decent dmg but not enough to force alot of unique spells and its just better than other options cuz the rest kinda sucks

lyric iris
#

=/

vale pine
#

i am hones

#

honest*

#

the old macabre made a lot more sense to me

prisma lark
tepid trellis
#

well we use the talent as there is nothing better

#

we just dont do a bunch of worse spells to keep proccing it

mystic juniper
#

Quick questions about the "Rogue Spreadsheet", What is the Difference on the trickster string? Is it 2%?

prisma lark
#

Thats it imma keep shuriken storming in st just to see it in my overall damage, i honestly love the talent wish they would buff it so we would always try to fit both cp generators during our windows

tepid trellis
#

go all ham maddy

#

throw in a backstab

#

and a shiv too

#

do whats fun for you based

prisma lark
#

Shadow dance into shiv about to go hard trust

tidal meadow
#

is it worth crafting dagger this early or wait until best crest upgrade?

steady plover
#

subtely or outlaw for m+?

lucid jackal
steady plover
#

thx blizzard for perfect balance

torpid echo
#

Does anyone have a rough estimate of how much % the black powder clone bug is? Will it offset the aoe nerf?

hollow spear
#

Was there some copium storage explosion somewhere?

broken saffron
#

Soo. Why are they nerfing sub?

ornate patio
#

!macros

wicked joltBOT
#

Subtlety Macros:
Here is a macro to make it easier to fit all of your globals into your Shadow Dances:

/cast Shadow Dance
/cast Secret Technique

Deathstalker likes to use this macro instead:

/cast Shadow Dance
/cast Shuriken Storm

This can be combines with trinkes and other cooldown use.

/cast Shadow Blades
/use 13
/use 14
/use Tempered Potion
/cast Ancestral Call

Trickster Rogues can combine Coup de Grace and Black Powder in one button:

/cast Coup de Grace
/cast Black Powder

You can find more macros and details in Guides like wowhead WoWhead or IV Icy Veins.

spiral sierra
#

if i was doing 135k on 8+ pulls, how much realistically should i be doing after nerfs? like 110k?

broken saffron
lucid jackal
#

the spec did really amazing aoe, especially burst

#

and then it did 0 ST

vale pine
#

the single target is buffed

#

but the aoe/cleave is nerfed

spiral sierra
#

so no more 300k bursts?

#

xD

vale pine
#

the probelm is

#

and this is a discussion topic

eager yoke
#

say it fuu

vale pine
#

the reaosn burst damage is relevant is stuff dying fast

#

however, stuff does not die fast if you increase time

#

increase time, means look forward to later stages of m+

#

a low m+ key has mobs dying almost immidiatly

#

so burst is a huge part of the overall output

#

lets just put a number on it, 80%

#

now we go higher in key levels

#

and this 80% go town

#

it migth be 60% of the overall

#

then 40%

#

then 20% at some point

#

now, tuning is done as if it always is 80%

#

which is why you see subtlety usually played at the start of a season

#

but have it fall off significantly over time

#

the tuning will also give classes with more ramp up/sustained damage an edge

#

if you have ramp up

#

you might not be able to fully show your potential initially, because enemies die so fast

#

e.g. like its now in m0

#

blizz looks at data and thinks

#

"oh damn, we need to heavily buff this classes aoe"

#

the only way this can be counter acted is by frequent tuning, but tuning would also need to consider multiple content types

#

which it rarely does

manic swift
#

Text of the Day !

fallow nimbus
#

AI can tune it every week so use Copilot kekw

#

Microslop probably

grim vessel
#

Copilot will pop up on your screen "make your life easier" then proceed to not be useful at all

#

Any gambles on whether sub or outlaw will be a better play for raid?

sweet moss
#

hey guyss, ive crafted dagger, are u guys gonna craft belt on reset?

vale pine
#

i will wait

#

and see what i get drop wise

#

then decide

#

you can craft a 2nd gear piece with crests without spark

#

if you want a 2nd embellishment for your first raid

broken saffron
dry plank
vale pine
#

I think the problem is, as always, data

lucid jackal
#

But also, for a lot of people, dealing dogshit ST isn't fun

#

So thats why it was "rebalanced" and not just nerfed

broken saffron
vale pine
#

blizz needs to work on incomplete data

#

and assumptions

broken saffron
vale pine
#

they can use simulations, but going from public communication, usually don't

lilac stag
lucid jackal
vale pine
#

this leaves their data pool towards internal tooling

#

and statistics based on in game performance

broken saffron
vale pine
#

those statistics is incomplete data, because:

  • In m0, stuff just dies too fast
  • There is no tier set
  • Gear levels are low, classes might not hit their stat breakpoints to perform well
#

its just a very complicated space

lucid jackal
#

If you just buffed subs ST, you just have 2 rogue specs that serve 0 purpose this season, as of now, I'd say all 3 specs have a fairly good niche, that would have been ruined by just "making sub the best at everything"

regal current
#

Shadowstrike beats shuriken storm at 2 targets

#

But shuriken storm beats backstab

vale pine
#

i don't mind this kind of tuning philosophy

gilded ferry
vale pine
#

how does this apply to one dps spec classes

#

should they have similar problems, or are they allowed to be "good at everything"?

#

also what about other classes/specs which don't follow it

inner prairie
#

Their philosophy is everything within 10% of eachother is what they are always striving for apparently, though it rarely happens.

azure thicket
#

honestly seeing overall go down seems a little spooky but if you run an m0 with a tank who does diabolical pulls

#

the aoe was extremely sturdy even out of shadowblades

frigid prawn
#

!aa

wicked joltBOT
#

Apex talent optimization:

  • Is shadow dance up? - :ballot_box_with_check: Yes
  • Do you have 5 or more stacks of shadow techniques? - :ballot_box_with_check: Yes
  • Do you have Darkest Night up OR A supercharged combo point? - :ballot_box_with_check: Yes
  • Is ancient arts up? - :x: No
    Use Shadowstrike (even if on full cp).
azure thicket
#

18% haste 40 something mast 20% crit with around 238-240 ilevel with b tier trinkets etc

lucid jackal
#

^

split gyro
#

is there a sheet for class sims after the chnages ?

#

saw it somewhere but lost it

hazy breach
#

Raids generally are well balanced

inner prairie
lucid jackal
#

So the upcoming raid isn't 10 single target patchwork no movement no adds bosses

#

So a ST patchwork sim isn't very useful for evaluating how good specs are in raid, right

lilac stag
#

assa going to show its strength in logs vs sims.

lucid jackal
#

This was last expac for example right

#

This was manaforge omega

#

Sub at the bottom, meanwhile sub was the goto prog spec, because it literally hard carried fight

#

Meanwhile Outlaw rogue was the literal bottom 2 DPS spec in the entire game, next to arms

#

Which on this graph, is middle of the pack

#

Using these "St patchwork sims" to evaluate how good specs are in an actual raid is just way too shortsighted

sharp ravine
#

Dmg Profile >>> ST sims

bleak night
#

The assa sims on that sheet are also intentionally not up to date so even your pure st sims gap isn't as wide as it seems

lilac stag
#

Instead use streamer tierlists using sims list to rank what you should play.

lucid jackal
#

I feel eveyr expac people need to relearn that ST patchwork sims are in fact, not the video game

bleak night
thorny ridge
#

!fuu

wicked joltBOT
dense geode
#

even tho sin got buffed

#

or sub i mean

#

i dont feel like its gonna be the go to..

somber cedar
#

True it's a sin tier

dense geode
#

mods

#

mods

#

ban him

#

he got hacked

junior ether
dense geode
#

seen like five bots

#

post the exact same thing

open depot
#

«If they bleed, we can kill it». Only sin got a bleed hence why it is a sin tier

torn tide
#

where do they take their data for tunings from btw?

vale osprey
dry plank
torn tide
somber cedar
open depot
bleak night
#

I can't believe purple Gary got hacked

#

He clicked an Elon link

torn tide
#

got destroyed

dense geode
torn tide
lucid jackal
#

!ban @iron mulch

tribal vortex
#

why is sub tanky?

astral axle
tribal vortex
#

I feel worse on it than the other 2 cause I can't spam feint easily

vale osprey
astral axle
#

Purple Gary wasn't even purple, he was yellow name.

dense geode
#

wat sub is like the feint spam guy

dense geode
tribal vortex
#

you don't have the energy outside dance

astral axle
vale pine
#

balance is also difficult if you include m+

dense geode
astral axle
#

dam outside of dance is kinda whatever

tribal vortex
#

yeah but the others can spam their buttons and also press feint

dense geode
#

sin can def not do that outlaw sure, but again not as tank as sub due to lack of defensive nodes in spec tree

vale pine
#

discussions around the topic are just always difficult, because there are so many diffrent opinions based on diffrent epxectations and interests

astral axle
#

Like you wanna hold your max cps as you get close to your next dance anyway

tribal vortex
vale pine
#

for m+ for example we had multiple seasons you woudl only play one spec and never considered alternatives

#

tho, not everyone is interessted in pushing keys

#

so this is most of the times not relevant in balance discussions

dense geode
tribal vortex
#

I mean sin has 250 energy and sub 100 so it is easier, but yeah outside dance if you don't press buttons you can use it

#

I haven't pushed high with sub , mostly assa but with elusiveness and feint you are kinda unkillable

#

and also evasion giving 20% magic

astral axle
#

... but that damage outside of dance doesnt matter

torn tide
#

is it reasonable to just take power naps between dance cds

astral axle
#

You really just wanna prevent overcap and get to max cp for your next dance+sectech

torn tide
#

jk

dense geode
#

the DS evasion isnt small, but its pretty mid compared to what sub gets in their spec tree.

azure thicket
#

is there any dps loss for capping shadow techniques**

tribal vortex
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I thought the good thing about sub was stacking Vers which is now gone

lilac stag
tribal vortex
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I thought in m+ you kinda need to press some shuriken and bp

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but not very proficient in m+ sub

dense geode
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Yes vers good, but sub talents are just the strongest defensively out of all 3 specs

tribal vortex
lilac stag
astral axle
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You know what would tank your dps more than not sending storm and bp outside of dance?

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dying

bleak night
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source?

azure thicket
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santa???

lilac stag
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I love how people continually want to turn the best part of sub into assa/outlaw part 2

gilded ferry
vale pine
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something works well, so lets add it to my spec

lilac stag
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Then play something else. The more the spec does outside of CDs, the less bursts/ dmg the spec does in CDs.

vale pine
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so it can be better at that thing

lucid jackal
vale pine
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so assassiantion?

vale pine
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😛

azure thicket
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press shift+t for gouge, ctrl+e for cheap shoot induce wheelchair is f or aq depending

plush roost
lilac stag
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Like holy fuck we have 3 different specs with 3 different profiles. If you don’t like one, try the others.

gilded ferry
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why are you being serious right now

hazy breach
gilded ferry
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not the place for i!

bleak night
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induce wheelchair

gilded ferry
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we are here to complain buddy

hazy breach
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Sub is wasting tons of energy during dance

gilded ferry
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ot is for serious stuff

lilac stag
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Tired of the shit takes from rerollers in here

hazy breach
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And outside of dance you do no damage so skipping a backstab is whatever

plush roost
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Wait ive got it

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We can call it... Overenergy...

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All extrs energy is banked

lilac stag
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We’ve moved on from 2 buttons lulz to why is apex minmax a thing!?!?

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jfc

hazy breach
astral axle
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and you can release over energy clones

plush roost
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And we spend the banked energy on......

Gloomblade

tribal vortex
astral axle
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when you expend energy

lilac stag
astral axle
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dont you know humans only have a finite number of energy in their entire lives

tribal vortex
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Having the ability to cap out 250 energy is better than 100 when you want to use "utility"

astral axle
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and to spend it

lilac stag
tribal vortex
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like cheapshot or feint

astral axle
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is waste

bleak night
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any energy you overcap should start refilling your mugs of tea

astral axle
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MugsTea?!

plush roost
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Mugzee??!?!

hazy breach
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Because sub practically does not have energy

astral axle
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HOLY

keen dome
hazy breach
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You have infinite energy during dance and outside of dance you can have infinite too if you just don't backstab

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Which doesn't cost much dps

lilac stag
keen dome
tribal vortex
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Yeah what I said is it feels easier to spam faint with assa and outlaw then sub due to the energy cap

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and also let's say you send a backstab and then you are like fuck I should have feinted

dense geode
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sub is the easiest man 😭

plush roost
tribal vortex
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Yeah I agree

astral axle
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i will never be in a situation where i press backstab

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and think