These Assassination Rogue PvE macros are designed for WoW WotLK 3.3.5a and focus on poison-based target control, stealth openers, Mutilate, bleed maintenance, Envenom finishers and raid utility. They reduce unnecessary target switching and make Tricks of the Trade, Kick, Vanish and emergency defense easier to use without automating the Rogue priority.
Use the exact spell, poison, item and target names from your client. Stealth opener macros should stop attacking before entering stealth, while focus and mouseover macros require a valid secondary target. Test each macro on a target dummy before using it in a raid.
Mutilate mouseover
Starts attacking and casts Mutilate on a hostile mouseover target, falling back to your current target.
#showtooltip Mutilate
/startattack
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][harm,nodead] Mutilate
Garrote or Mutilate
Uses Garrote from stealth and Mutilate when you are not stealthed.
#showtooltip [stealth] Garrote; Mutilate
/stopattack
/cast [stealth] Garrote; [nostealth] Mutilate
Ambush or Mutilate
Uses Ambush from stealth and Mutilate outside stealth. Use it only when Ambush is part of your opener or Vanish plan.
#showtooltip [stealth] Ambush; Mutilate
/stopattack
/cast [stealth] Ambush; [nostealth] Mutilate
Hunger for Blood or Mutilate
Uses Mutilate normally and Hunger for Blood with Shift, keeping the bleed-refresh decision manual.
#showtooltip [mod:shift] Hunger for Blood; Mutilate
/startattack
/cast [mod:shift] Hunger for Blood; Mutilate
Envenom or Slice and Dice
Uses Envenom normally and Slice and Dice with Shift. Choose the finisher based on your combo points and buff duration.
#showtooltip [mod:shift] Slice and Dice; Envenom
/cast [mod:shift] Slice and Dice; Envenom
Rupture or Envenom
Uses Envenom normally and Rupture with Alt when a bleed is required for Hunger for Blood or the encounter.
#showtooltip [mod:alt] Rupture; Envenom
/cast [mod:alt] Rupture; Envenom
Cold Blood Envenom
Uses Cold Blood and then Envenom. Press again if the global cooldown prevents both commands from firing on the first press.
#showtooltip Envenom
/cast Cold Blood
/cast Envenom
Envenom burst
Uses equipped trinkets, the glove slot, Cold Blood and Envenom. Keep a separate Envenom key if cooldown timing must remain independent.
#showtooltip Envenom
/use 13
/use 14
/use 10
/cast Cold Blood
/cast Envenom
Shiv mouseover
Casts Shiv on a hostile mouseover target, falling back to your current target.
#showtooltip Shiv
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][harm,nodead] Shiv
Fan of Knives
Uses Fan of Knives and starts attacking, making the button reliable when changing to an area-damage pack.
#showtooltip Fan of Knives
/startattack
/cast Fan of Knives
Tricks of the Trade focus
Casts Tricks of the Trade on your focus target, usually the tank, without changing your current target.
#showtooltip Tricks of the Trade
/cast [@focus,help,nodead][] Tricks of the Trade
Tricks of the Trade mouseover
Casts Tricks of the Trade on a friendly mouseover target, falling back to your current friendly target.
#showtooltip Tricks of the Trade
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Tricks of the Trade
Kick focus
Stops your current cast and kicks your focus target without changing your current target.
#showtooltip Kick
/stopcasting
/cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] Kick
Kick mouseover
Stops your current cast and kicks a hostile mouseover target, falling back to your current target.
#showtooltip Kick
/stopcasting
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][harm,nodead] Kick
Blind focus
Blinds your focus target without changing your current target.
#showtooltip Blind
/cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] Blind
Vanish safely
Stops attacking before Vanish and uses the non-toggle form of the spell to avoid accidentally cancelling it.
#showtooltip Vanish
/stopattack
/cast !Vanish
Mutilate with glove enchant
Starts attacking, casts Mutilate and uses the glove enchant from slot 10. Keep a plain Mutilate key if the enchant must be saved for a specific window.
#showtooltip Mutilate
/startattack
/use 10
/cast Mutilate
Sap enemy player
Clears the current target, selects a nearby enemy player and uses Sap. It changes your target and is mainly useful before combat.
#showtooltip Sap
/cleartarget
/targetenemyplayer
/cast Sap
Stealth
Stops attacking and enters Stealth only when you are not already stealthed.
#showtooltip Stealth
/stopattack
/cast [nostealth] Stealth
Deadly Throw with Throw
Attempts Deadly Throw and provides Throw as a ranged fallback.
#showtooltip Deadly Throw
/cast Deadly Throw
/cast Throw
Cloak or Evasion
Uses Evasion normally and Cloak of Shadows with Shift, keeping emergency cooldowns on one modifier button.
#showtooltip [mod:shift] Cloak of Shadows; Evasion
/stopcasting
/cast [mod:shift] Cloak of Shadows; Evasion
How to use Assassination Rogue macros
Open the in-game Macros window, create a macro and paste the code exactly as shown. Place it on an action bar and bind it to a key that is easy to reach. The #showtooltip line displays the relevant ability icon and cooldown. For focus or mouseover macros, confirm the intended enemy or friendly target before pressing the button.
Focus Tricks of the Trade and Kick macros let you support the tank or interrupt a secondary target without losing the boss. Mouseover macros are useful during add phases, but always verify the target before applying a poison effect, blind or utility spell.
Assassination Rogue PvE macro tips
Mutilate, Hunger for Blood, Rupture, Slice and Dice and Envenom depend on energy, combo points, poison uptime and buff duration. Modifier macros can reduce action-bar clutter, but they cannot decide which finisher is correct. Check your combo points and remaining buffs before pressing the button.
Cold Blood, trinkets, glove effects and Envenom may not all fire on the same press because of the global cooldown. Keep a plain Envenom key available when cooldown timing matters. Fan of Knives is useful for planned area damage, while poison application and target priority remain manual decisions.
Vanish, Cloak of Shadows, Evasion, Feint and Tricks of the Trade are encounter tools, not automatic rotation buttons. Bind them where they are reachable during movement, threat changes and incoming damage. Focus Kick and Blind can preserve boss uptime while handling a secondary target.
Compatibility and troubleshooting
These macros target the WoW WotLK 3.3.5a macro system. Spell names, poison names and item names must match the language and database of your client, while private-server differences can affect protected actions, stealth and target conditions. If a macro fails, test the ability alone, confirm your stealth state and focus target, and reload the UI after editing.
Macros cannot automate energy pooling, combo-point decisions, poison management or cooldown timing. Their purpose is to reduce targeting friction and make stealth, finishers, interrupts and raid utility more consistent while leaving encounter awareness with the player.
