Performance ReviewMC

Sub Rogue — What It Added to Your Raid | MC April 5, 2026

Summary

What having two Sub rogues actually meant for the raid this clear — Expose Armor coverage, group Attack Power windows, the crit loop, and individual breakdowns for all four rogues.

The Rogue Lineup

RogueSpecRank
SepiSubtletyRaider
BelowjobsSubtletyNew Member
ElrogalCombatRaider
PussinboogerCustom PoisonOfficer

What Sub Rogue Brings to Your Raid

Sub is not played for personal DPS. The rogue takes an 8–10% personal damage loss to run this toolkit. The payoff is that every physical damage dealer in the raid hits harder for the entire clear.

AbilityWho BenefitsEffect
🟢 Expose ArmorFull raid-3,075 armor — further than Sunder's -2,600. ~3–5% more physical DPS raid-wide
🔴 Mark for DeathFull group+30% Attack Power for 8 sec every pull
🟣 Shadow of DeathFull raidAbsorbs 50% of all raid damage on boss for 6 sec, detonates as physical
🟡 Tricks of the TradeFull groupStacking crit bonus sustained by 5 CP finishers
🔵 Honor Among ThievesSelfGroup crits give +5 energy — feeds the rotation loop
PreparationSelfResets all cooldowns instantly

How the Crit Loop Works

StepWhat Happens
1Garrote opener → Tricks of the Trade stack 1 — 100% guaranteed
25 CP finisher → Tricks of the Trade stack 2 — group at max crit bonus
3Group crits trigger Honor Among Thieves — +5 energy per crit
4More energy → more Hemorrhage → more finishers
5Finishers keep ToT stacks active → back to step 2

Both Sub rogues had this running all night — 232 combined Tricks of the Trade stacks and 1,402 Honor Among Thieves procs between them.

Expose Armor — Every Boss. Every Trash Pull.

334 applications across the full clear. Every one of those is a 30-second window where the entire raid's physical DPS is amplified.

TargetApplications
Garr12
Ragnaros6
Baron Geddon5
Sulfuron Harbinger4
Shazzrah4
Golemagg4
Magmadar3
Lucifron2
Trash294
Total334

Sepi — Subtlety

Full toolkit in use all night. Garrote re-stealth between every pull, Mark for Death on every fight, Shadow of Death on every boss. One of the best prepared players in the 40-man this clear.

Hemorrhage821
Mark for Death25 uses
Shadow of Death8 uses — 20,820 damage
Preparation11 uses
Tricks of the Trade stacks122
Consumables46
Deaths3

Belowjobs — Subtlety

Strong debut clear. Heavy Expose Armor coverage across every boss and nearly every trash pull in the instance. Crit loop running throughout with 110 ToT stacks and 617 HaT procs keeping the group buffed.

Expose Armor268 applications
Eviscerate103
Rupture45
Tricks of the Trade stacks110
Honor Among Thieves procs617
Deaths5

Elrogal — Combat

Consistent output all night and one of the better prepared rogues in the raid. Fire and arcane protection potions show good awareness of what MC throws at you. 14 Noggenfogger Elixirs are also noted. We see you. 👀

Sinister Strike55
Eviscerate50
Consumables40
Fire + Arcane protection potions6

Pussinbooger — Custom Poison Build

Running something you rarely see — a full Noxious Assault and Instant Poison build that puts up numbers in a completely different way. Flask of the Titans in the bag from the start.

Noxious Assault338
Instant Poison VI procs757
Flask of the Titans

What Two Sub Rogues Added to This Clear

🟢334Expose Armor applications — bosses and trash, all night
🔴200 secof +30% group Attack Power from Mark for Death
🟣20,820direct bonus damage from Shadow of Death
🟡232Tricks of the Trade stacks — group crit bonus running all clear
🔵1,402Honor Among Thieves procs — the energy loop held all night

Every warrior, hunter, and rogue in this raid dealt more damage because of them. That is the spec working exactly as intended.