Subtlety Rogue PvP build (20/0/31)

How to play it

• Premeditation, Cheap Shot (Initiative gives an extra combo point), Hemorrhage, Shank with Boot Knife for 2 more combo points, Death Mark; the mark releases stored damage 6 seconds later, so follow with Cold Blood Eviscerate.
• Preparation resets Vanish, Sprint and Cold Blood. Elusiveness cuts Vanish and Blind by 90 seconds.
• Relentless Strikes in Assassination restores Energy on finishers so you can keep pressure after the opener.

Talents taken

Assassination (20)

• Improved Gouge 2/3: Increases the duration of your Gouge ability by 1 sec.
• Malice 5/5: Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 5%.
• Ruthlessness 3/3: Gives your finishing moves a 60% chance to add a Combo Point to your target.
• Vigor 2/2: Increases your maximum Energy by 10.
• Blood Splatter 1/1: Increases the duration of your Rupture ability by 6 seconds and your Garrote ability by 9 seconds.
• Lethality 2/2: Grants 20% increased Critical Strike damage to your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities.
• Vile Poisons 4/5: Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 16% and gives your poisons an additional 32% chance to resist dispel effects.
• Cold Blood 1/1: When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Eviscerate, or Mutilate by 100%.

Subtlety (31)

• Setup 3/3: Gives you a 45% chance to add a Combo Point to your target after Dodging their attack or fully resisting one of their spells.
• Master of Deception 3/3: Reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while in Stealth mode as if you were 3 levels higher.
• Opportunity 5/5: Increases the damage dealt by your Backstab, Garrote, Ambush, and Mutilate abilities by 20%.
• Camouflage 3/3: Grants 15% increased movement speed in stealth and reduces stealth's cooldown by 6 seconds.
• Dirty Deeds 2/2: Reduces the Energy cost of your Cheap Shot and Garrote abilities by 20, and your Garrote ability no longer requires you to be behind your target.
• Initiative 3/3: Gives you a 100% chance to add an additional combo point to your target when using your Ambush, Garrote, or Cheap Shot ability.
• Premeditation 1/1: Adds 2 Combo Points to your target. You must add to or use those combo points within 20 sec or the combo points are lost.
• Serrated Blades 3/3: Causes your attacks to ignore 9% of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 30%.
• Ghostly Strike 1/1: A strike that deals 125% (180% if a Dagger is equipped in your Main Hand) weapon damage and increases your chance to dodge by 15% for 7 sec. Awards 1 combo point. Also causes your next Ambush or Garrote cast within 7 seconds to not require Stealth.
• Elusiveness 2/2: Reduces the cooldown of your Vanish and Blind abilities by 90 sec.
• Preparation 1/1: When activated, this ability immediately finishes the cooldown on your other Rogue abilities.
• Hemorrhage 1/1: An instant strike that deals 100% weapon damage (145% if a Dagger is equipped) and increases the damage of the caster's Rupture and Garrote abilities by 15%. Lasts 15 sec. Awards 1 Combo Point.
• Boot Knife 2/5: Gives your Shank ability a 40% chance to add 2 Combo Points to the target.
• Death Mark 1/1: Finishing move that marks the target, storing a portion of the damage dealt by your attacks per Combo Point. Garrote and Rupture damage is stored at twice the rate. After 6 sec, the stored damage is dealt up to a maximum increased by Attack Power and Critical Strike chance.

Point order by level

First point at level 10 (set the Talented perk in the calculator if you start earlier).