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RoguePvP · level 60

Level 60 Subtlety Rogue PvP build

“Cold Blood Hemo control” — Player vs player.

A classic Cold Blood/Hemorrhage PvP rogue built for stealth control, stun windows, and durable burst with a slow Gressil main hand.

Open in the builder →Compare with mineRating today84.2 / 100

Solid. A few specific changes below would lift it further.

Talents

21 Assassination / 3 Combat / 27 Subtlety · 51 points at level 60

Assassination · 21

  • Improved Eviscerate3/3
  • Malice5/5
  • Ruthlessness3/3
  • Relentless Strikes1/1
  • Lethality5/5
  • Vile Poisons3/5
  • Cold Blood1/1

Combat · 3

  • Improved Gouge3/3

Subtlety · 27

  • Master of Deception5/5
  • Elusiveness2/2
  • Camouflage5/5
  • Initiative3/3
  • Ghostly Strike1/1
  • Improved Sap2/3
  • Serrated Blades3/3
  • Heightened Senses2/2
  • Preparation1/1
  • Dirty Deeds2/2
  • Hemorrhage1/1

Gear

SlotItemStatsSource
HeadBonescythe Helmet205 armor · +30 Agility · +29 Stamina · +18 Strength · +1% Hit chance · +2% Critical strike chanceBonescythe Armor
NeckSadist's Collar+24 Stamina · +1% Critical strike chance · +20 Attack PowerNaxxramas · Gothik the Harvester
ShouldersTaut Dragonhide Shoulderpads170 armor · +30 Stamina · +46 Attack Power · +48 Ranged Attack PowerBlackwing Lair · Chromaggus
BackCloak of the Scourge63 armor · +23 Stamina · +30 Attack Power · +1% Hit chanceNaxxramas · Noth the Plaguebringer
ChestBonescythe Breastplate262 armor · +29 Stamina · +2% Critical strike chance · +80 Attack Power · +1% Hit chanceBonescythe Armor
WristsBonescythe Bracers111 armor · +26 Agility · +14 Stamina · +1% Critical strike chanceBonescythe Armor
HandsBloodfang Gloves140 armor · +20 Agility · +20 Stamina · +19 StrengthBlackwing Lair · Firemaw · Bloodfang Armor
WaistBelt of Never-ending Agony142 armor · +20 Stamina · +64 Attack Power · +1% Critical strike chance · +1% Hit chanceTemple of Ahn'Qiraj · C'Thun
LegsBonescythe Legplates221 armor · +32 Agility · +25 Stamina · +31 Strength · +1% Critical strike chance · +1% Hit chanceBonescythe Armor
FeetBoots of Displacement166 armor · +33 Agility · +21 StaminaNaxxramas · Gothik the Harvester
Ring 1Archimtiros' Ring of Reckoning+14 Agility · +28 StaminaBlackwing Lair · Nefarian
Ring 2Ring of the Godslayer+27 Agility · +17 StaminaTemple of Ahn'Qiraj · C'Thun
Trinket 1Slayer's Crest+64 Attack PowerNaxxramas · Sapphiron
Trinket 2Kiss of the Spider+1% Critical strike chance · +1% Hit chanceNaxxramas · Maexxna
Main HandGressil, Dawn of Ruin138–257 · 2.7s · 73.3 dps · +15 Stamina · +40 Attack PowerNaxxramas · Kel'Thuzad
Off HandClaw of the Frost Wyrm75–140 · 1.5s · 71.9 dps · +8 Stamina · +1% Critical strike chance · +1% Hit chance · +22 Attack PowerNaxxramas · Sapphiron
Ranged / RelicSoulstring103–192 · 2.9s · 51 dps · +6 Stamina · +1% Critical strike chance · +16 Attack PowerNaxxramas · The Four Horsemen
  • Bonescythe Armor (4/9) — (2) Your normal melee swings have a chance to Invigorate you, healing you for 110.; (4) Your Backstab, Sinister Strike, and Hemorrhage critical hits cause you to regain 5 energy.
  • Bloodfang Armor (1/8)

Rotation

  1. 1Stealthbuff not active on you
  2. 2Sapopener only
  3. 3Cheap Shotopener only
  4. 4Kickwhen ready
  5. 5Blindyou are low on health
  6. 6Vanishyou are low on health
  7. 7Evasionyou are low on health
  8. 8Cold Blood5 combo points
  9. 9Kidney Shot5 combo points
  10. 10Eviscerate5 combo points
  11. 11Gougeresource pooled (high rage/energy/mana)
  12. 12Hemorrhagewhen ready

Read top to bottom: use the first ability that is ready and whose condition holds.

Why it works

This is a 21/3/27 PvP control build: Assassination reaches Cold Blood for a guaranteed kill-window crit, Lethality and Improved Eviscerate make your finishers dangerous, and Vile Poisons helps keep poisons relevant through dispels. The 3 Combat points go into Improved Gouge because longer Gouge gives you time to pool energy, bandage, restealth setups, or force trinkets. Subtlety supplies the real PvP kit: Master of Deception, Camouflage, Elusiveness, Initiative, Improved Sap, Preparation, Dirty Deeds, and Hemorrhage.

The gear leans toward the PvP toughness knee rather than pure meters. Using the provided curve, balance 85 is the point I would stop at: about 3310 HP from gear, 9% hit, and only a 9% throughput loss versus maximum damage. Going all the way to balance 100 buys only another 200 HP but costs a further 6% throughput, which is too much burst to give up. Key picks are Gressil from Kel’Thuzad as the slow Hemorrhage weapon, Claw of the Frost Wyrm as a fast stat off-hand, Bloodfang Gloves for disarm immunity, Boots of Displacement for stealth advantage, and Slayer’s Crest plus Kiss of the Spider for on-use burst.

Play from stealth: Sap to isolate, Cheap Shot to open, build with Hemorrhage, and use Kidney Shot at 5 combo points to create your damage window. Pool energy before committing; Cold Blood should usually be saved for a 5-point Eviscerate during or immediately after a stun. Kick casters aggressively, Gouge to reset tempo, and use Blind, Vanish, Evasion, and Preparation as fight-reset tools rather than panic buttons.

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Generated by the optimizer from Classic Era client build 1.15.9.69722 and checked against the builder's rules (row gates, prerequisites, what the class can wear). The rating above is recomputed from today's data. Race not set — pick yours in the builder for racial bonuses.