Rogue /startattack macro?

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Is there one that works? I want to be able to start attacking a mob even if I don’t have energy for a Sinister Strike to open combat.

/cast Sinister Strike
/script if not IsCurrentAction(36) then UseAction(36) end;

That is the one I’m currently trying, but it doesn’t seem to work. I have the Auto Attack in the proper slot, but it definitely doesn’t start attacking.

Suggestions?

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/startattack
/cast Sinister Strike

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That doesn’t work in Classic.

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Right click? Put “attack” on your bar somewhere and hotkey it or click it?

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Works for me.

My macro is literally

#showtooltip
/startattack
/cast Sinister Strike

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That’s the point, I don’t want to do that. I want to save myself the awkward hotkey that it will be bound to. If I can spam this one macro I want I don’t have to worry about additional macros or accidentally starting and stopping attacks.

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Don’t worry Rakham, I get you. Your macro is beautiful, and fulfills Sixfootgiant’s needs. Maybe one day he will have an epiphany.

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It works for me as well:

#showtooltip Sinister Strike
/startattack
/cast Sinister Strike

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It won’t be an awkward hotkey, itll replace your SS button, and allow you to forgo an auto attack hotkey…

Rakham is correct

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Question about Rakham’s macro - if you spam it does it toggle your auto attack on and off? Does it also work for auto shot for hunters?

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I’m not saying it doesn’t work, but if you spam it it toggles Auto attack on and off.

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Maybe it’s my playstyle. I have not noticed it turning off my auto attack. I had to remove it from my Backstab because it was turning it on and breaking my Gouge prematurely. I tend to spam alot. I dunno.

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I don’t think think spamming /startattack stops it, I have it bound to sunder armor without an issue.

If you macro the auto attack button you’ll have that problem though.

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Thanks for the replies, I’ll try again. I swear it is the first macro I tried and used and didn’t work.

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It doesn’t toggle your auto attack off. And it also won’t work if sinister strike isn’t in capital letters exactly how it appears in your spell book.

Sinister Strike.

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It doesn’t. You can spam it, because it’s doing is spamming start attack. You can press that button all day, but all it will do is start your auto attacks.

It will never stop your auto

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Thanks for posting this, OP. Useful discussion.

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Not to necro this thread, but for anybody who finds this in the future, the macro in this thread serves no real purpose.

~~Yes, it functions just fine, BUT:

  • /startattack will not do anything if you do not have enough energy to cast the ability listed in the macro (Sinister Strike).
  • Sinister Strike will already enable auto attack and target the nearest target IF you have enough energy to cast it.~~

If you empty your energy, turn off your auto attack, and then hit this macro, your character will just stand there. Therefor, this macro accomplishes nothing over what the ability straight out of your spellbook already does in the current version of WoW Classic.

Turns out that some add-on was breaking /startattack functionality in macros. Thanks for the help, everyone.

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I just bound it to a mouse button so if i dont have energy i can click to start attacking.

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No, it doesn’t.