Subtlety Rogue PvP Useful Macros — The War Within (11.0.5)
Macros are crucial to be successful in PvP. They allow players to use abilities on enemies without having to target them. This helps increase overall damage/healing and general awareness in the arena. Here are a few macros that all Subtlety Rogues can benefit from.
This page is part of our Subtlety Rogue PvP Guide.
Generalities
Macros allow you to perform actions that are more complex than simply clicking your spell while targeting the enemy. They can be used for a wide variety of things, such as using several spells together with the press of one button, using abilities on specific targets without having to actually target them, and so on. As Rogue, it is essential to use a few macros in order to gain efficiency. The class has a lot of crowd control options available, and you don't want to constantly switch targets as it could lead to mistakes, makes you slower, and hurts your damage on your main target. Macros are the solution to this, as they allow you to use your CC abilities on someone you are not targeting without dropping your target!
The examples below are all with your Focus Target. You can replace focus with arena1, arena2, or arena3 to have an easier time landing CC on arena targets. It is not recommended to start from close to zero macros and attempt to create macros for everything instantly, as you may be overwhelmed. Instead, process slowly, starting only with the focus target and the most crucial spells, and create more macros as you get comfortable with the ones you have.
Shadowstep + Kick Focus Macro
- #showtooltip
- /cast [target=focus] Shadowstep
- /cast [target=focus] Kick
Using this macro will use Shadowstep on your focus target. If you press this macro again, it will use Kick on your focus target. This makes it easier to interrupt an enemy while keeping your current target.
Kick Focus Macro
- #showtooltip Kick
- /cast [target=focus] Kick
Put an enemy on focus, and this macro will use Kick on that player while keeping your current target. You will use this when your focus target is in melee as you do not need Shadowstep.
Blind Focus Macro
- #showtooltip Blind
- /cast [target=focus] Blind
Put an enemy on focus, and this macro will use Blind on that player while keeping your current target.
Kidney Focus Macro
- #showtooltip Kidney Shot
- /cast [target=focus] Kidney Shot
Put an enemy on focus, and this macro will use Kidney Shot on that player while keeping your current target.
Sap Focus Macro
- #showtooltip Sap
- /cast [target=focus] Sap
Put an enemy on focus, and this macro will use Sap on that player while keeping your current target.
Gouge Focus Macro
- #showtooltip Gouge
- /cast [target=focus] Gouge
Put an enemy on focus, and this macro will use Gouge on that player while keeping your current target.
Cheap Shot Focus Macro
- #showtooltip Cheap Shot
- /cast [target=focus] Cheap Shot
Put an enemy on focus, and this macro will use Cheap Shot on that player while keeping your current target.
Dismantle Focus Macro
- #showtooltip Dismantle
- /cast [target=focus] Dismantle
Put an enemy on focus, and this macro will use Dismantle on that player while keeping your current target.
Stealth Macro
- #showtooltip Stealth
- /cast !Stealth
This makes it so when you use Stealth, it will not cancel if you click it a second time.
Sap Stealthed Enemies Macro
- #showtooltip Sap
- /cleartarget
- /targetenemyplayer
- /cast [stance:1/3, harm, nodead] Sap
This macro will drop your current target and try to target an enemy player to use Sap on. If you walk near a Steathed enemy, such as another Rogue , and see him as you were spamming this macro, then you will Sap him.
Changelog
- 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within Season 1.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Prepatch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updqted for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 18 Mar. 2024: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5.
- 30 Apr. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7.
- 25 Jan. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 22 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 28 Jul. 2022: Reviewed for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 23 Feb. 2022: Already up to date with Patch 9.2.
- 10 Nov. 2021: Already up to date with Patch 9.1.5.
- 04 Jul. 2021: Updated for Patch 9.1.
- 28 Mar. 2021: Rewritten by Shadenox and updated for Patch 9.0.5.
- 14 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
Other PvP Guides
This guide has been written by Shadenox, an experienced Gladiator player who has achieved over 3,000 rating on Rogue. You can find him on his YouTube channel, where he creates guides and other informational content regarding Arenas.
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