Subtlety Rogue: Rotation

Level 40–60 (projected)

1. 
   Slice and Dice kept up. Unconfirmed
2. 
   Rupture kept up; Hemorrhage and Serrated Blades raise it. Unconfirmed
3. 
   Hemorrhage to build and keep its Rupture bonus up. Unconfirmed
4. 
   Premeditation when you have fewer than 4 points. Unconfirmed
5. 
   Vanish then Ambush; Preparation resets Vanish. Unconfirmed
6. 
   Eviscerate with spare points. Unconfirmed
7. 
   Ambush when Cutthroat procs off a Backstab. Unconfirmed
8. 
   Backstab from behind with a dagger as a filler. Unconfirmed

Packs

1. 
   Sap one target before the pull, then Distract the rest away from your path.
2. 
   Cheap Shot the most dangerous mob.
3. 
   Blind a second; Dirty Tricks halves its cost.
4. 
   Hemorrhage on the kill target. Subtlety has no cleave.

Cooldowns and emergencies

• 
  Preparation resets Vanish, Evasion, Sprint and Blind: a second escape or opener.
• 
  Vanish drop combat and reopen with Ambush or Cheap Shot.
• 
  Ghostly Strike +15% dodge for 7 seconds on a 20-second cooldown.
• 
  Kidney Shot follow Cheap Shot for a long stun chain.
• 
  Blind Elusiveness cuts its cooldown by 90 seconds.

While leveling

1. 
   Premeditation two points before the opener; they last 20 seconds and no longer need Stealth.
2. 
   Ambush from Stealth with a dagger, or Cheap Shot for control.
3. 
   Rupture on targets that live long; it beats Slice and Dice there.
4. 
   Slice and Dice on everything else.
5. 
   Hemorrhage your builder from 30.
6. 
   Eviscerate with spare points.

Macros

Macros are untested in the Forever client unless a label says otherwise.

#showtooltip Ambush
/equipslot 16 Dagger Weapon Name
/equipslot 17 Slow Weapon Name
/cast Ambush

#showtooltip Sinister Strike
/startattack
/equipslot 16 Slow Weapon Name
/equipslot 17 Dagger Weapon Name
/cast Sinister Strike

#showtooltip [stealth] Cheap Shot; Kidney Shot
/cast [stealth] Premeditation
/cast [stealth] Cheap Shot; Kidney Shot

#showtooltip [mod:shift] Rupture; [mod:ctrl] Backstab; Hemorrhage
/startattack
/cast [mod:shift] Rupture; [mod:ctrl] Backstab; Hemorrhage