World of Warcraft: Forever · class guide

Combat Rogue: Macros

Keys for Combat, ready to paste into the game's macro window: the spec's own, then the ones every Rogue shares.

Type /macro in chat to open the macro window, make a new macro, and paste the body in. #showtooltip gives the button the spell's icon. A macro holds 255 characters. Each says whether it has been tested in WoW Forever; most have not yet.

A good first macro

Riposte, then Sinister StrikeFrom level 20

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

Riposte fires when lit after a parry; otherwise the key is Sinister Strike. Untested

Needs Riposte.

Uses: Sinister Strike, Riposte

Cooldowns and burst

Burst: trinkets, Adrenaline Rush, Blade FlurryFrom level 40

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

Both trinkets, then Adrenaline Rush and Blade Flurry as plain lines. Both are talents; whichever you lack is skipped. Untested

Needs Adrenaline Rush, Blade Flurry.

Uses: Adrenaline Rush, Blade Flurry

Blade Flurry, Shift to cancel itFrom level 30

#showtooltip Blade Flurry
/cancelaura [mod:shift] Blade Flurry
/startattack [nomod]
/cast [nomod] Blade Flurry

Starts Blade Flurry; Shift cancels it before the cleave breaks a Sap or Polymorph. Untested

Needs Blade Flurry.

Uses: Blade Flurry

Interrupts and control

Gouge on mouseoverFrom level 6

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

Gouges the enemy under the cursor without leaving your target. It needs the target facing you and breaks on damage. Untested

Uses: Gouge

Every Rogue

Opener by modifierFrom level 26

#showtooltip
/cast [stealth,mod:shift] Garrote; [stealth,mod:ctrl] Ambush; [stealth] Cheap Shot; Sinister Strike

From stealth: Cheap Shot by default, Garrote on Shift, Ambush on Ctrl. Out of stealth it is Sinister Strike. Garrote and Ambush need you behind the target, and Ambush needs a dagger. Untested

Uses: Garrote, Ambush, Cheap Shot, Sinister Strike

Kick on mouseoverFrom level 12

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

Interrupts the enemy under the cursor without losing your target. Untested

Uses: Kick

Sap on mouseoverFrom level 10

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

Saps the humanoid under the cursor while it is out of combat. The client lists a stealth requirement, so open from stealth. Untested

Uses: Sap

Stealth that does not toggle offFrom level 1

#showtooltip Stealth
/dismount
/cast !Stealth

Dismounts, then stealths, and mashing the key never takes you out of stealth. Untested

Uses: Stealth

Pick Pocket on mouseoverFrom level 4

#showtooltip Pick Pocket
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][harm,nodead] Pick Pocket

Picks the pocket under the cursor from stealth. Keep it off your opener key: it takes the global cooldown, so a second line would just fail. Untested

Uses: Pick Pocket

Apply a poisonFrom level 20

#showtooltip
/use [mod:shift] Deadly Poison V; Instant Poison VI
/use [mod:alt] 17; 16
/click StaticPopup1Button1

Instant Poison by default, Deadly on Shift; Alt puts it in the off hand, otherwise the main hand. Write the exact item names you carry, numerals included. The click confirms replacing a poison. Untested