Curated for Mythic+ — Shadow Dance window sequencing, Shadowstep for gap-closing on priority targets, and maintaining Find Weakness pressure through movement-heavy pulls. Reviewed 28 Jun 2026.
Recommended M+ build — Trickster with Shuriken Storm and Secret Technique for multi-target burst inside Shadow Dance. Swaps Finality for Potent Powder to handle dungeon downtime between large pulls.
Record your own talent build alongside your addons — it's included when you share your setup. Get a talent string from the Wowhead talent calculator or export directly from the in-game talent tree (press N → share icon). Paste the URL or the raw string — both work.
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For Subtlety Rogue, precise timer data lets you pre-plan Shadow Dance windows around dangerous casts and know exactly when to use Cloak of Shadows for immunity rather than wasting it early. LittleWigs is required for dungeon boss modules — install both.
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For Subtlety Rogue, you're frequently in melee range and juggling Shadow Dance charges — the audio alarm cues repositioning without interrupting your Shadow Dance Eviscerate window. Install knowing it's significantly more limited than pre-Midnight — it covers specific tracked boss mechanics only, not general ground effects.
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Per-spell breakdown across the fight. Low Eviscerate and Shadowstrike contribution means you're entering Dance without Symbols of Death active or dropping GCDs inside the window.
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Cast bars and debuff icons on enemy nameplates. The key use is seeing Find Weakness active on your target — the stealth attack armor debuff that amplifies all damage — and identifying which mob is casting the ability your Kick should land on.
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Visual and audio alert when an enemy targets you with a dangerous cast. Your cue to Cloak of Shadows a magic debuff or Evasion an incoming physical hit — fires before the cast lands so you can react without breaking your rotation.
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Tracks group cooldowns from the combat log — cover interrupt gaps with Kick rather than overlapping, and track Tricks of the Trade so you know which tank needs your threat redirect. Also shows healer externals so you know when a save is available.
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Configurable timers for your major cooldowns. Tracks Symbols of Death (28s) and Shadow Dance charges so you enter Dance with SoD active — spending Dance without it wastes the amplification window.
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Larger, repositionable combo point display with configurable colour and font. Shadow Dance lasts 2-3 seconds — having your spend threshold immediately visible without looking away from Symbols of Death state removes hesitation from the window.
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Scrolling timeline of your recent cast history with GCD gaps visible. Shows dropped GCDs inside Shadow Dance, delayed finishers past max combo points, and drift between Symbols of Death and the dance entry — each one a 35-second charge wasted.
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BetterBlizzFrames keeps the default UI intact while adding the things it lacks: castbars on your target and focus frames, class color health bars, and absorb tracking. For Subtlety Rogue, a target castbar tells you exactly when to pop Cloak of Shadows or Kick, which matters when you're already juggling Shadow Dance charge timing. A one-addon upgrade with no layout overhead.
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Dominos gives you full control over action bar layout. For Subtlety Rogue, a dedicated utility bar keeps Vanish, Shadow Dance, Cloak of Shadows, Evasion, Sprint, and Kick at consistent visible positions so your main bar stays focused on combo point generation and Eviscerate.
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Most of what ElvUI covers for Subtlety Rogue is better handled by BetterBlizzFrames (frames), Dominos (action bars), and Platynator (nameplates). Only install if you want a fully unified UI aesthetic and are prepared for the configuration overhead.
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For Subtlety Rogue, knowing pull compositions in advance helps you plan Shadow Dance usage — when to blow a full Dance window on a priority kill versus spreading Find Weakness pressure across a pack. Import your tank's route before the key.
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Adds every player's Mythic+ score and best runs to their tooltip. As a melee DPS applying to keys, your score tells tank and healer leads that you know how to position and handle mechanics without eating every ground effect.
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Astral Keys adds a tooltip to players in your guild and friends list showing their current keystone dungeon and level. Lets you find a key that matches your level without posting in LFG chat.
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Floating button showing both weapon poisons with timers, one-click swap, and auto-restock from vendors. The expiry warning fires before the poison drops so you're never caught in a pull with uncoated weapons — you can't restock in Stealth, so catching the timer before entering a Shadow Dance window matters.
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Kick on focus interrupt, Blind on mouseover CC, Sap on mouseover, Shuriken Storm AoE positioning macro
Haste-heavy for Shadow Dance uptime and energy recovery between dances, Versatility for survivability in melee range, Crit as flex
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