Assassin Macros and you

[Raikao]

Let me start with stating right here and now : If a thread about this already exists, please provide the link and I'll ask a mod to delete this one.

So, again, I did not find a thread about macros specific to assassins (didn't even find a general one), so i thought i would at least start one. This whole thread depends heavily on your help of course, since I'm not and never was THE MACRO GUY (TM), but i did always use some in WoW whenever i felt the need for one (like focustarget + fear etc). So if you have any additional ones, just post them, PM me, whatever, keeping them to yourself is kinda dumb anyway so why not share the love and maybe learn a new one from someone else. Now let's see....how about some structure.

General Stuff

/delay #

# can be 0.1, 1, 2, 2.5, whatever. Depending on your ping you may have to take a higher number.



/Skill Something <rank> means something like :

/Skill Ambush II
/Skill Devotion I

Yes you have to be that precise with your macros.

Skillchains, Automatic Macros

1. Use Flurry followed by Clear Focus (both on a 2 min cooldown) :

/skill Clear Focus <rank>
/delay #
/skill Flurry <rank>


2. Use Killer's Eye followed by Devotion (again both on same cooldown, killer's eye holds longer, so we cast it first)

/Skill Killer's Eye <rank>
/Delay #
/Skill Devotion <rank>


3. Allows you to Ambush on the ground, and Dash on the air (Cause you can't use Ambush in the air).

/skill Ambush <rank>
/delay 0.1
/skill Dash Attack <rank>

4. Whenever you're behind the target, spamming the key will use them if available.

/Skill Surprise Attack <rank>
/Skill Weakening Blow <rank>



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Targeting Macros

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Miscellaneous

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History :
Oct. 10th : started thread, put up a general structure, added first basic macros.

Oct. 13th : added macros, overhauled the design. Added "Thanks to" section.


Well, again i really hope I didn't miss an already existing thread. Anyway will add more later, as soon as i discover new ones or people start adding their one.


A big THANK YOU goes out to everyone who contributed, in no particular order :

Xrs
braway
Soylent
calvin
Qbert

[Karrier]

Looking forward for more

[nightshadow76]

macro 2 does not work

[averagejoe81]

I never could get devotion to work in a macro unless I had something targeted and I started the macro off with /attack. Not sure why.

/attack
/Skill Killer's Eye 1
/Delay .6
/Skill Devotion 1

[braway]

I'm using

/Skill Killer's Eye I
/Delay 0.3
/Skill Devotion I

if your latency is bad you might want to increase the delay, but 1 second is a bit long imho :P

[Soylent]

Cool, I have those same macros. I wanted to add that making a macro for Runes will work, too. You can get three runes on a target with one macro. For example, at level 20 you can chain Rune Carve then Fang Strike.

/Skill Rune Carve I
/Delay .1
/Skill Sigil Strike I
/Delay .1
/Skill Fang Strike I

I used .1 second instead of 1 second, but if you find that server response time is too slow, try .5 or 1, but remember you'll have to wait 2 seconds each time you press this macro.

[calvin]

Originally Posted by nightshadow76

macro 2 does not work

It works fine for me - but you need to have drawn your weapon.

I use it with 0.1 delay.

I use this too:
/skill Clear Focus I
/delay 0.1
/skill Flurry I

[Raikao]

Originally Posted by nightshadow76

macro 2 does not work

did work for me, generally some skills require you to draw the weapon first which SHOULD work with enough delay. Or you could draw the weapon first, then use the macro with shorter delay.

[Xrs]

/skill	Ambush <rank>
/delay 0.1
/skill Dash Attack <rank>

Skill with same cooldown, but different use.

Allows you to Ambush on the ground, and Dash on the air (Cause you can't use Ambush in the air).

And i would say, it's kinda an awesome one.

[Synisse]

is there an option to see the cooldown at the makro button? for example i put Killerseye above my KE Dev Makro to view cd. Because if i use the makro there is no cd shown.

[Xrs]

Just put the skill anywhere else and check it out, there is no way you can see the cd on macros (atm i mean).

[DiSpLiFF]

did you guys really need to make a macro to do 2-3 moves?

[Xrs]

Yup *Yawn*, ask Ely if it doesn't worth it Rawr :3.

[Soylent]

Originally Posted by DiSpLiFF

did you guys really need to make a macro to do 2-3 moves?

Yes! Because I've got 13 or 14 skill buttons on my quickbars that I use in combat. Have just 3 macros allows me to eliminate 3-4 skill buttons from my quickbars.

[Xrs]

Originally Posted by DiSpLiFF

did you guys really need to make a macro to do 2-3 moves?

And BTW, if you only use 2-3 moves as a sin, roll Cleric mate.