Subtlety Rogue Levelling Build (Level 10-60) — WoW Forever Talents & Order

The Subtlety Rogue, from level 10 to 60

From level 10 to level 60 you place 51 talent points, one per level. This levelling order keeps the Subtlety Rogue almost entirely in its own tree until level 42: Setup and Opportunity first, Serrated Blades at levels 22 to 24, Premeditation at 25 and Ghostly Strike at 27. Hemorrhage arrives at level 32, Preparation at 33, then Boot Knife at levels 37 to 41 and Death Mark at level 42. The last 18 points go mostly to Efficient Strikes, Coup de Grace, Deflection and Precision.

In total 31 points go into Subtlety and 14 points go into Combat and 6 points go into Assassination.

Talent calculator and levelling order

The calculator below loads the level 60 build with its levelling order. The « Levelling order » panel lists the 51 points, level by level; « Replay » replays the climb, and the slider steps forward or back one point at a time.

Every talent and spell is detailed in the WoW Forever Grimoire →

Levelling order taken from the Mobalytics levelling guide.

Talents by level range

• Levels 10 to 19 : Subtlety — Setup ×3, Opportunity ×3, Dirty Deeds ×2 ; Assassination — Remorseless Attacks ×2
• Levels 20 to 29 : Opportunity ×2, Serrated Blades ×3, Premeditation, Initiative ×3, Ghostly Strike
• Levels 30 to 39 : Elusiveness ×2, Hemorrhage, Preparation, Heightened Senses ×2, Camouflage, Boot Knife ×3
• Levels 40 to 49 : Subtlety — Boot Knife ×2, Death Mark ; Combat — Efficient Strikes ×2, Coup de Grace ×3, Deflection ×2
• Levels 50 to 60 : Combat — Deflection, Precision ×3, Riposte, Composure ×2 ; Assassination — Malice ×3, Improved Slice and Dice

At level 60, switch builds

This build is for levelling, not for playing at max level. Once you reach level 60, respec with our end-game Subtlety Rogue build.

The camp: the rested XP bonus you should never skip

Always level with a camp. The Basic Campfire Kit only needs Cooking 1, so anyone can set it up: it builds a campfire that cooks food and holds up to 3 camp features around it. A character who sits or crafts near the fire for a minute gets the effects of those features.

For levelling, the one to place is the Camp Tent: it gives characters sitting nearby 5% of a level in rested experience, unless their reserve already exceeds that. It needs a campfire close by, and all camp effects share a one-hour cooldown.

So set up the fire and the tent at the start of every session, again once the hour is up, and think of it before you log out. The tent is crafted with Leatherworking 20: if that is not your profession, ask a leatherworker in your guild for one. The other camp features of each profession are detailed in the camp section of our professions by class article.

Recommended professions for the Rogue

Two combos work for levelling this spec: each pairs a crafting profession with the gathering profession that feeds it. Every name opens its full guide.

These picks also aim at level 60 before the raids; the class-by-class detail is in our professions by class article.

Going further

See also our Assassination Rogue and Combat Rogue pages to compare the class trees, and all the WoW Forever builds on the section hub.