How to: Fix Subtlety // Prepare Tiramisu

Ever since WotLK was released I can't stand Mutilate and the way us Rogues are forced to play the game. Yea, forced. Subtlety- (and even Combat)specs are viable in certain setups, certain brackets under certain circumstances. But if you're like me and always strive for the top, Sub is unfortunately no option at the moment.

This wouldn't be half as bad if Mutilate/Prep wouldn't force us to spam cooldowns as if there's no tomorrow so our opponents die and we won't feel like our friend here:




Whatever..Subtlety. It is 'the' Rogue tree. It's about beeing fast, mobile, stabbing your opponents' back and vanishing (literally) before they even recognize what hit 'em. Currently it is only about twoshotting 13k health Mages wearing greens in random BGs while beeing massively overgeared and running after anyone else who has a poison dispel or Hand of Freedom available.


The spec needs three things changed of which the first one would probably be enough for me to get back to hemorrhaging the **** out of my enemies:


Talent Review/Switch:

Deadly Brew.  This HAS to be available for other Rogue specs if they're supposed to work on an above average level of play. Either make it tier 1/2/3 in one of the trees or switch it with Cheat Death/Enveloping Shadows. DB has become so mandatory that any spec without it just feels "incomplete".

One would think that there's more to it and I could advise to also switch Quick Recovery <-> Heightened Senses and/or Fleet Footed but in the end it's only Deadly Brew that has enough impact to change things.


Hemorrhage:

Ghostly glyph just doesn't cut it. This spec needs more damage to really work. Period.

Either the Hemo damage is buffed (back to 125%) or the ability itself needs a change. May be it needs talents to increase its critical strike chance or even the glyph could include that OR it should ignore armor completely while glyphed.

Whatever it is, this style needs help to be seen in competetive play again.


Shadow Dance:

One of the most lacking 51pt talents in the game right now. The solution is simple: Revert the last two changes made to it. That leads to Sdance, making the Rogue almost non-targetable again since he's vanishing multiple times Hattori Hanzō style.


Most non-Rogues have probably stopped reading already, preparing to swear and curse ruthlessly in the comment section. But there's a reason to all this:

Rogue is currently one of the least exciting as well as one of the most boring classes in the game. You just throw all your cooldowns at your enemy and if he didn't drop, you most likely will. That's about it. The little finesse left is easily overshadowed by high four digit Mutilates and Eviscerates with lots of stuns inbetween.

If all three suggestions would make it live it would be too much for sure. But two out of three or even one of them could ensure that there are less 'bad' Rogues on high ratings while at the same time making the class and arena play overall more diverse and complex.


After reading through that pile of biased **** you might need a little excitation so I'll enclose a recpie for my favourite dessert:


Tiramisu (© by Michael Chu)


First, start by assembling the ingredients. We'll need one pound of mascarpone cheese, a cup of heavy whipping cream, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, 3 tablespoons rum (brandy also works well), ~20 lady's fingers (a light, oblong italian cookie with powdered sugar on one side), cocoa powder, a double shot (about 2 to 3 ounces) of espresso, 1/2 cup of prepared coffee, and shavings of unsweetened dark chocolate to top (1 oz. should do).

 

Warning!

This'll knock you out. Srsly.