Rogue macros

Builder with auto-attack

11 sources

You start auto-attacking and use the ability in one press, so your swings begin even when you're short on energy; it suits Sinister Strike, Backstab, Hemorrhage, Ghostly Strike, Mutilate and Rupture.

#showtooltip
/startattack
/cast Sinister Strike

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#showtooltip
/cleartarget [dead][help]
/targetenemy [noexists]
/startattack [harm]
/cast [harm] Sinister Strike

#showtooltip
/stopmacro [help][noexists]
/cancelaura Blessing of Protection
/startattack
/cast Hemorrhage

Mutilate (Assassination) is new in Forever. It comes at level 30, awards 2 combo points and does 20% more damage to poisoned targets. Hemorrhage now makes the target take 15% more damage from your Rupture.

Poison by mouse button

10 sources

You coat your main hand with a left click or your off hand with a right click, and the last line clicks OK on the replace prompt.

#showtooltip
/use Instant Poison VI
/use [btn:1] 16; [btn:2] 17
/click StaticPopup1Button1

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#showtooltip
/use [mod:shift] Wound Poison IV; [mod:alt] Crippling Poison II; [mod:ctrl] Deadly Poison V; Instant Poison VI
/use [btn:1] 16; [btn:2] 17
/click StaticPopup1Button1

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/use Deadly Poison V
/use 17
/click StaticPopup1Button1

Poisons come at level 20 in Forever. Poison items carry their rank numeral except rank I: Instant Poison, then Instant Poison II to VI. /click StaticPopup1Button1 accepts whatever popup is on screen, not only the replace prompt.

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: /click and the prompt to replace a poison or weapon imbue.

Mouse-over Blind

9 sources

You Blind the enemy under your cursor, or your target if there's none, without changing target; the same shape suits Sap, Gouge and Kidney Shot.

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Blind

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#showtooltip
/cast [@focus,harm,nodead][@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Blind

#showtooltip
/clearfocus [mod:shift]
/focus [@focus,noexists][@focus,dead]
/cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] Sap

Blind comes at level 34, and any damage breaks it, including your own poisons and bleeds on the target.

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: /focus.

Mouse-over Kick

7 sources

You interrupt the enemy under your cursor, or your target if there's none, without changing target.

#showtooltip
/stopcasting
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Kick

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#showtooltip
/stopcasting
/cast [@focus,harm,nodead][@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Kick

#showtooltip
/stopcasting
/cast Kick

Kick starts the global cooldown in Forever, so it can't go out while the one from your last ability is running. /stopcasting is there to cut a bandage short.

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: /focus.

Find and Sap a player

6 sources

You target the nearest enemy player and Sap them, so mashing it in stealth catches another rogue the moment they show.

#showtooltip
/stopattack
/cleartarget
/targetenemyplayer
/cast Sap

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#showtooltip
/stopattack
/cleartarget
/targetenemy
/cast Sap

Sap doesn't break your Stealth in Forever.

Stealth you can mash

5 sources

You dismount and go into Stealth, and pressing it again while stealthed doesn't take you out.

#showtooltip
/dismount
/cast !Stealth

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Stealth is a toggle in Forever, doesn't start the global cooldown, and has a 10-second cooldown.

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: /dismount and whether !Stealth keeps you stealthed.

Pick Pocket, then opener

5 sources

You pick the target's pocket and open with Cheap Shot on the same press; Garrote and Ambush work the same way.

#showtooltip Cheap Shot
/cast Pick Pocket
/cast Cheap Shot

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Cheap Shot comes at level 26, so before that use Garrote (level 14) or Ambush (level 18).

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: Pick Pocket and an opener on one press.

Weapon swap

5 sources

You equip a named main-hand and off-hand pair, such as daggers for Ambush and Backstab or swords for Sinister Strike.

#showtooltip
/equipslot 16 <Main-hand weapon>
/equipslot 17 <Off-hand weapon>

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#showtooltip Ambush
/equipslot 16 <Dagger>
/cast Ambush

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/equipslot 17 <Off-hand weapon>

Poisons stay on the weapon you applied them to. Combat's Hack and Slash talent lets you use one-handed axes in Forever (classicwow.gg).

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: weapon swaps in combat and a weapon swap and Ambush on one press.

Stealth, then opener

5 sources

You go into Stealth if you're not in it, and open with Cheap Shot, or Garrote with Shift, if you are.

#showtooltip
/cast [nostealth] Stealth; [mod:shift] Garrote; Cheap Shot

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#showtooltip
/startattack [combat,nostealth]
/cast [combat,nostealth] Sinister Strike; [nostealth] Stealth; [mod:shift] Garrote; Cheap Shot

Cheap Shot comes at level 26 and Garrote at 14.

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: the [stealth] condition.

Trinkets with Adrenaline Rush

Combat · 4 sources

You use both trinkets and Adrenaline Rush on one press.

#showtooltip Adrenaline Rush
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Adrenaline Rush

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#showtooltip Blade Flurry
/startattack
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Blade Flurry

Adrenaline Rush and Blade Flurry both start the global cooldown, so they go on separate presses.

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: a trinket and a spell on one press.

Vanish without a stray swing

4 sources

You stop auto-attacking and Vanish, so a queued swing can't pull you straight back out.

#showtooltip
/stopattack
/cast Vanish

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In Forever, Vanish gives you 10 seconds of improved stealth and breaks movement-impairing effects. It comes at level 22 and doesn't start the global cooldown.

Riposte, else Sinister Strike

Combat · 4 sources

You Riposte when a parry has made it usable and Sinister Strike otherwise.

#showtooltip Sinister Strike
/startattack
/cast Riposte
/cast Sinister Strike

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Riposte doesn't start the global cooldown in Forever, so after a parry both lines can go off on one press.

Sap in stealth, else Gouge

3 sources

You Sap while stealthed and Gouge otherwise, so both incapacitates sit on one key.

#showtooltip
/cast [stealth] Sap; Gouge

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Gouge incapacitates for 4 seconds, stops your own attack, and needs the target facing you.

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: the [stealth] condition.

Evasion and Sprint

3 sources

You pop Evasion and Sprint on one press to survive or run from a bad pull.

#showtooltip
/cast Evasion
/cast Sprint

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#showtooltip Evasion
/cast Gouge
/cast Evasion
/cast Sprint

Evasion and Sprint don't start the global cooldown, so both go off on one press.

Premeditation, then Cheap Shot

Subtlety · 3 sources

You add Premeditation's two combo points and open with Cheap Shot on the same press.

#showtooltip Cheap Shot
/cast Premeditation
/cast Cheap Shot

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Premeditation doesn't start the global cooldown, so both go off on one press. In Forever its combo points last 20 seconds (10 in Classic).

Cold Blood, then the big hit

Assassination · 3 sources

You pop Cold Blood and spend the guaranteed crit on Ambush from Stealth, or on Eviscerate out of it.

#showtooltip [stealth] Ambush; Eviscerate
/cast Cold Blood
/cast [stealth] Ambush; Eviscerate

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#showtooltip Mutilate
/cast Cold Blood
/cast Mutilate

Cold Blood doesn't start the global cooldown, so both go off on one press. In Forever it only works on Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Eviscerate and Mutilate.

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: the [stealth] condition.

Pick Pocket the nearest enemy

2 sources

You target the nearest enemy and pick its pocket, for working through a camp in stealth.

#showtooltip
/cleartarget
/targetenemy
/stopmacro [noexists]
/cast Pick Pocket

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#showtooltip Pick Pocket
/cast Sap
/cast Pick Pocket

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: Pick Pocket and an opener on one press.

Distract at the cursor

2 sources

You throw Distract where your cursor is, without the targeting circle.

#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Distract

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In Forever, Distract also lowers nearby enemies' stealth detection for 10 seconds, as if they were a level lower. It comes at level 22.

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: casting at the cursor with [@cursor].

Expose Armor, no swing

2 sources

You apply Expose Armor and cut off the auto-attack it starts, so a Sapped, Gouged or Blinded target stays out.

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/cast Expose Armor
/stopattack
/cleartarget
/targetlasttarget

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Backstab on Shift

2 sources

You Sinister Strike, or Backstab while holding Shift, from one key.

#showtooltip
/startattack
/cast [mod:shift] Backstab; Sinister Strike

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Backstab needs a dagger in your main hand and you behind the target.

Stealth or Vanish

2 sources

You Vanish in combat and go into Stealth out of it, from one key.

#showtooltip
/cast [combat] Vanish; [nostealth] Stealth

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#showtooltip
/cast [combat,nostealth] Vanish; [nostealth] Stealth; Cheap Shot

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: the [stealth] condition.

Ranged pull by weapon

2 sources

You Throw, or shoot your bow, gun or crossbow, whichever ranged weapon you have on.

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/cast [equipped:Thrown] Throw; [equipped:Bows] Shoot Bow; [equipped:Guns] Shoot Gun; [equipped:Crossbows] Shoot Crossbow

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Throw, Shoot Bow, Shoot Gun and Shoot Crossbow are all in Forever; the last three have a 1-second cast.