After a bit of playing around, I’ve combined both the targeting and focusing into a single macro for each arena target. I’m sure I had a smoother way of doing this before, but this seems to work just fine. If anyone has a less messy way of writing the macro, let me know please and I’ll update it.


/focus [mod:shift,@arena1][] %f
/target [nomod,@arena1][] %t


The above macro will target arena1 by default – holding shift will change your focus to arena1. The modifier can be changed from shift to ctrl (or even alt if you’ve got wierd thumbs).

I searched around for ages, looking for a way of making three macros that would let me reliably swap. Unfortunately it just doesn’t seem possible, as equipslot/pickupitem macros failed to distinguish between them.

However, there’s an easy way I’d overlooked at first – the ingame equipment manager. This seems to be able to tell the difference between identical weapons; you just need to create sets where you only have the dagger selected for change (so you don’t have to recreate the sets when you upgrade your head etc). Do this for each of the weapons, then you can drag/drop the equipment-set icon from the manager onto your toolbars. Easy!

In the past I’ve been using this macro whenever rogues/paladins opened on me;

/use PVP_TRINKET_NAME
/cast vanish
/cast cheap shot

It’s nice and simple, but not very effective (plus you have to spam it as you’ll probably be facing the wrong way at first). I rarely get the chance to land the cheapshot before I’m either AoE’d or FoK’d out of stealth. What I’ll be experimenting with over the next few days is;

/use PVP_TRINKET_NAME
/cast blind
/cast vanish

Even though it uses your blind immediately, it gives you a very good chance to turn the tables on the attacker, especially if you use it the very second you are opened on. I’ve been experimenting with other combinations of GCD/non-GCD spells but can’t find anything that works as well without the risk of unnecessarily blowing cooldowns that aren’t needed.

Would it be worth adding evasion into this macro? Theoretically if the person you just blinded went on to do the same to you, there’s a chance you’ll dodge their opener. However, if they wait until your Kidney Shot before trinketing, you’ve just lost a third of your evasion time. Personally I’ll give it a miss initially, but I’ll see how it goes in the future.

If you don’t want to use any cooldowns when you are jumped, try and get support from your partner. If their rogue can be CC’d before the end of his cheap shot you should be able to come out of stun naturally. On the other hand, if you find that you’re the one being sheeped/cycloned/hexed when opening on other rogues, try out the addon ‘Spellalerter‘, and be prepared to use Cloak of Shadow if you see any incoming casts on yourself.

* A really nice guy as well, thanks for taking the time out for a quick chat! Hopefully I’ll be trinket/blinding as fast as you one day

The first is nice and simple yet seems to work remarkably well (thx Tamatar for posting this macro);

/equipslot 16 IP_DAGGER_1
/equipslot 17 IP_DAGGER_2
/equipslot 16 WOUND_DAGGER_1
/equipslot 17 DEADLY_DAGGER_2

Each time you run this macro it equips the pair of daggers you don’t have equipped at that moment. Use it to toggle between
IP/IP and WD/Deadly (replacing IP_DAGGER_1 etc with the names of your daggers).

I’ll have a look at making a version of this that swaps your MH when wound is applied/about to run out, but I can’t tell if that would give a DPS boost or not.

You need to create two sets of gear (with just the daggers selected for changing), one with your Wound/Deadly daggers, the other with your IP daggers. Right-click on the IP set and click ’scripts>custom’ – paste in the following code;

– $EVENTS TIMER UNIT_COMBAT
local dp_name=”Deadly Poison IX”
local switch_time = 5
if UnitAffectingCombat(“player”) then
for i=1,40 do
local n,_,_,s,_,_,x,c,_=UnitDebuff(“target”,i);
if n==dp_name and c==”player” then
equip = not ( x-GetTime() > switch_time and s == 5 )
end
end
else
equip = false
end

Replace “Deadly Poison IX” with the localised name of the poison, and replace the local_switch_time number with the number of seconds before the poison stack wears off before you swap back to your Wound/Deadly daggers. If all goes well, your daggers will be automatically swapped once you get 5 stacks of DP, then swap back.

I use two versions of his macro, the first of which is a reliable sapper, the second only saps rogues/druids (both are spammable). To setup either of these macros you need four empty slots on your stealth action bar, as this is actually three macros in one. SAP1 can go anywhere on the bar (I have it in slot 2) but SAP2 MUST be put on slot 10 and SAP3 be put on slot 12. Slot 11 needs to be empty, as Мадкат’s macro actually moves the second macro from slot 10 to slot 11, and back again (too quick for you to see though). Create the three macros as follows;

Spammable sap

First macro (SAP1)

/script if not UnitExists("target") then te=0; else te=1; end; sn="Sap"; fn=IsSpellInRange
/targetenemy [noexists]
/script if te==0 and (fn(sn)==0 or not fn(sn)) then PickupAction(82); PickupAction(83); end
/click ActionButton12

Second macro (SAP2)

/script PickupAction(83); PickupAction(82);
/cleartarget

Third macro (SAP3)

/click ActionButton11
/cast Sap
/cleartarget
/stopmacro [noexists]

Version #2 – spammable rogue and druid sap

This macro will only sap rogues and druids. Only the first macro needs to be changed, SAP2 and SAP3 remain the same.

First macro (SAP1)

/targetenemy [noexists]
/script r=IsSpellInRange("Sap") or 0;_,c=UnitClass("target");if(not UnitExists("target") and r==0 or not(c=="ROGUE" or c==DRUID)) then PickupAction(82);PickupAction(83);end
/click ActionButton12

The advantage of the second example is that you can use the macro close to non-stealthed enemies without giving your position away by sapping them. Hats off to Мадкат for coming up with this system of reliable sapping.

Sap Macro

There are two you can use, the first is primitive and simple. The idea is to spam this while jumping/spinning and hope you get lucky and catch yourself a rogue;

/cleartarget
/targetenemy
/cast Sap

The second, heh well the seconds needs a lot of setting up – credit goes to Мадкат, the full post can be found here on arenajunkies.com. There are five pages to read through that will explain what you need to do.

Gouge Macro

This will gouge your target then try to bandage yourself – remember to stop moving before you press it else you will get the first-aid debuff without benefiting from the bandage.

/cast Gouge
/stopcasting
/use [target=player] Heavy Frostweave Bandage

The next macro can come in useful against classes trying to kite you. I often spam gouge when running at people, and this will try to put you into stealth if you drop out of combat. You can either have this on your first toolbar and make sure that the stealth bar which replaces it has cheap shot bound to the same location as this macro, or add “/cast [stealth] Cheap Shot” onto the end of it.

#showtooltip gouge
/cast [combat,nostealth] Gouge
/cast [nocombat,nostealth] Stealth

Vanish Macro

To start with, this one makes vanish a little more reliable and less likely to break immediately (though it probably will anyways).

/stopattack
/cast Vanish

The next is a macro I’m playing with at the moment, ideally I want a button I can mash when a rogue jumps me. “/use 14″ means use itemslot 14, which is the lower of the trinkets (13 is the top). This macro also stops you accidentally triggering your trinket when you’re not in combat, but that’s not an amazingly useful feature (even though my 2v2 partner managed to do just that last night ). Replace TRINKETNAME with whichever PVP trinket you use to break CC.

#showtooltip TRINKETNAME or if you’re human use #showtooltip Every Man for Himself(Racial)
/stopattack
/use [combat] 14 or if you’re human, use /cast Every Man for Himself(Racial)
/cast [nostealth] vanish
/cast [stealth] cheap shot

The trick is to spam the button while trying to spin around to face your target. It leaves you open to a blind, so make sure your partner keeps the rogue in combat if this happens (tbh that’s one of the most important part of fighting a rogue, always always keep him in combat).

#showtooltip Sinister Strike (or /#showtooltip Mutilate etc)
/run SetCVar(“Sound_EnableSFX”,”0″)
/use 10
/cast Sinister Strike ( or /cast Mutilate)
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
/run SetCVar(“Sound_EnableSFX”,”1″)
/startattack

This example will try to proc whichever gloves you are wearing at the time (/use 10), then cast a sinister strike.

#showtooltip Fan of Knives
/cast Fan of Knives
/startattack

For trash pulls/AoE spam, ensures you start attacking the next nearest target if your current target dies.

#show throw
/cast deadly throw
/cast throw (or /cast shoot for PVE purposes)

Save up a slot/keybinding on your actionbar by combining throw and deadly throw into one icon – this will Deadly Throw if you have the combo points, or perform a normal throw otherwise.

#showtooltip
/cast [nomodifier] blind
/cast [modifier:alt, target=mouseover] blind
/cast [modifier:ctrl, target=focus] blind

Hold alt to blind your mouseover target or control to blind your focus.

#showtooltip Gouge
/cast Gouge
/stopcasting
/use [target=player] Heavy Frostweave Bandage

Possible lifesaver in 1v1/CC situations.

#showtooltip Tricks of the Trade
/cast [target=XXX] Tricks of the Trade

Set XXX to who you want to TotT onto, any of the following works; party1, party2, focus, Playername.