Tricks of the Trade

This allows you to use tricks of the trade without deselecting your current target. Replace 'YOURPARTYMEMBERHERE' with the name of your partner.

Tricks of the Trade v2

Priority order is as follows = direct target, focus, targets target. If you have a friendly player target it will put ToTT on him or her, if you do not have a friendly player targetted but have a friendly focus it will cast ToTT on him or her, if you don't have a friendly target or focus set it will be cast on your targets target.

Shadowdance + Dagger + Ambush

Swaps you to your dagger so you can use Ambush while Shadow Dancing, as well as use all your other openers/stealth skills since they aren't based off weapon damage. Set up your second bar with your Shadow Dance abilities. See the following macro to swap back after Shadow Dance has ended.

Shadowdance + Dagger + Ambush - Switch Back

This macro compliments the previous macro. After Shadow Dance is over, use this macro to swap to your slow mainhand before you use Hemorrhage again.

Undead - Cannibalize + Stealth OR Vanish

This macro makes it possible to Cannibalize while stealthed (OOC) or Cannibalize while using Vanish (in combat). The macro has also been modified so you cannot Cannibalize while stealthed or vis versa. IMPORTANT: Do not hit this macro while in combat if you want to Cannibalize but not use Vanish.

Shadow Dance with Hotbar Swap

Set up bar 2 to be your main bar with Sap on it, Ambush instead of Backstab, Cheap Shot instead of Kidney Shot, and Garrote over Rupture. Hit the Shadow Dance macro once to activate, and a second time to swap your bar back to normal.

Sap + Melee Attack

It will sap and melee your target, without breaking sap. While it will unstealth you, you have 10 seconds to restealth, and just did 500-1000 free damage.

Stealth (OOC)/ Gouge (Combat)

Stealth if out of combat, otherwise in combat it uses Gouge.

Evasion/Ghostly Strike

When you use Evasion it will use Ghostly Strike at the same time. If Evasion isn't ready it will use GS without Evasion and it will show Evasion's Cool Down.

One Button Poisons

This macro makes one icon on your actionbars apply your poisons. Left click the button to apply to your Mainhand, right click to apply to your off hand. Hold down shift to apply Wound Poison, alt for Deadly poison, control for Crippling and del for Mind Numbing as modifiers to switch poison type. The tooltip will switch with modifier. Select the '?' icon for the macro and the Icon with change with the modifiers as well.

Normal Cheap Shot (or Garotte)/Premed Cheap Shot (or Garotte)

If you push the macro normally, then youll use Cheap Shot/Garotte normally, but if you hold the modifier button (<alt> in this case), then youll use Premeditation + opener attack. So you have 2 buttons instead of 4. Replace Cheap Shot with Garotte to change the opener to Garotte

Shadowstep to Kidney Shot

This macro is useful for landing a Kidney Shot. To use it effectively, you should first move out of melee range or turn away from your target to prevent the Kidney Shot from registering from the front before the Shadowstep occurs.

Shadowstep to Sap

Sure, both should already be bound individually, but this is useful to increase the reliability of getting a Sap off from inside a Hunter's flare before it unstealths you, or to get a Sap off before your target moves too far out of range.

Hemorrhage + Autoattack

This can be done with any primary attack of course. The idea here is that if your energy bar is too low after target swapping, it will still start your autoattack on that target without having to use another bind.

Mashable Stealth

This one is often overlooked or people don't know quite how this works. Many people will use a "/cast [nostealth] Stealth" macro, but without the exclamation point, it can cause you to exit stealth if you spam it. Instead, the macro above will NEVER cause an unstealth (but I added the ability to manually do so by using a modifier key).

Shadowstep/Kick

When pressed normally it will use Shadowstep. When tapped while holding shift down it will Shadowstep then when tapped again with shift being pressed it will Kick your target.

Deadly Throw/Throw

Uses Deadly Throw if you have Combo Points. Otherwise, it uses Throw.

Weapon Swap to Shiv

Equips another weapon to your offhand and Shivs your Target. Have an offhand for all 3 poisons. Be sure to replace the [OFFHAND] with the name of the offhand you wish to equip.

Weapon Swap to Shiv/Back to regular Offhand.

Equips another weapon to your offhand and Shivs your Target. Have an offhand for all 3 poisons. Be sure to replace the [OFFHAND] with the name of the offhand you wish to equip. Press Alt and tap this macro to put back on your default Off Hand. It should be noted there is a 1 second cooldown on weapon changes.

Ambush if Stealthed otherwise Backstab

If you are stealthed it will ambush the target. Otherwise it will backstab.

Blind Mouseover

This will blind the target your are mousingover. If you do not have a target under your mouse it will blind your target.

Blind Target Alt Blind Focus

This makes you Blind your target by using the macro at normal. But if you hold alt down, then you will Blind your Focus target.

Blind Focus

This will Blind your focus target if you have one. If you do not have one, it will Blind your current target.

Cold Blood/Eviscerate

One button press for a Cold Blooded Eviscerate.

Gouge then Bandage

Gouge the target then bandage yourself.

Dismount/Smashable Sap Enemy

This macro will dismount you, stealth you, and then try and sap a stealthed guy. So keep mashing this one when you suspect a stealther nearby.

Smashable Sap Enemy

This tries to target your nearest enemy and Sap them if you have no target selected. If you have a target already selected it shouldn't drop your current target. This is also great for getting a Sap off an opposing stealthed enemy you are looking for.

Clear Target/Sap

Another flavor for Sap. This one differs in that it will clear your current target and re-target your closest visible target. Example: If you target a Priest and then notice a Rogue nearby it will switch targets to the Rogue and Sap him.

Full Preparation v2.0

Blow all your preparable abilities before you use Preparation. This macro will not use Evasion if you are stealthed.

Premeditation to Cheap Shot

Uses Premeditation then Cheap Shots on your current target.

Premeditation to Garrote

Uses Premeditation then Garrotes on your current target.

BGs - Summon Archmage Vargoth and Smile

Doesn't work in Arenas anymore, but it always makes me smile in BGs and PVE.

Reliable Vanish

Stops whatever you are doing and Vanishes. Basically it makes Vanish THAT MUCH more reliable.

Vanish in Combat. Otherwise Stealth

If you are in combat the macro will attempt to vanish. If you are out of combat it will stealth.

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