Instant; 10 min cooldown
Preparation ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 When activated, this ability immediately finishes the cooldown on your other Rogue abilities.
Instant, 10 min cooldown.
Where Preparation sits in the Subtlety tree
Preparation is a Subtlety talent for Rogue. You need 20 points in Subtlety before the row it sits on opens. It also requires Premeditation first. Taking it opens Thousand Cuts.
- Requires: Premeditation
- Unlocks: Thousand Cuts
- Same row: Dirty Deeds, Hemorrhage
How often people take Preparation
46 of the 135 public Rogue builds saved here — 34% — put at least one point in Preparation. Counted across the 1500 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.
Where this came from
Same as Classic (verified).
- Xaryu VOD 2872270692 @5:07
- Xaryu VOD 2872270692 (rogue tree overview frame, prerequisite arrows)
- BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage