Useful macros for rogues

Stealth Eat Macros
Your basic Macro to eat while stealthed.

/cast *food here* /cast Stealth
 * 1) showtooltip *food here*

and if you're undead

/cast Cannibalize /cast Stealth
 * 1) showtooltip Cannibalize

Offhand weapon switching
You might find yourself in a situation where you have two offhand weapons with the same name but different poisons on them and you want to switch between them quickly. Or perhaps you just want to alternate between two offhand weapons with just one hotkey.

/equipslot 17 0 16
 * 1) showtooltip [mod] 0 16; 17


 * Keep your alternate dagger in the sixteenth slot (lower right corner) of your main (rightmost) backpack.
 * The number 17 refers to your offhand weapon slot.
 * &#x23;showtooltip makes the macro's icon and tooltip display the icon of the equipped weapon, or hold down a modifier key (say Alt) and it will display the icon of the weapon that's ready to be switched in.
 * Works in 3.2.2

Set Tricks of the Trades Target Macro
This is a two macro system, One macro to cast Tricks of the Trade and another to set the target of that macro.

NOTE: The set macro cannot be used in combat since the game will not allow macro editing during combat.

NOTE: AutoPartyButtons addon adds a single button that automatically puts TotT on the tank.

Step 1: Create a blank macro named TotT

Step 2: Create the following macro named as you please, for this example SeTTotT

/run ToT = UnitName("target") /run if not InCombatLockdown then EditMacro('TotT', nil, nil, '#showtooltip\n/cast [target='.. ToT ..'] Tricks of the Trade', nil); print('Tricks of the Trade set to : ' .. ToT); else print('Cannot change TotT now!'); end;

Usage :


 * Target the player you want to set as your Tricks of the Trade recipient and use the set macro ( SeTTotT ), you will see a chatlog message confirming the macro worked.


 * Use the TotT macro whenever you want to use Tricks of the Trade.


 * Works in 3.2.2

Ultimate Vanish
Gives the best possible chance to escape, useful for dungeons where enemies have abilities that hit regardless of stealth

/cast Sprint /cast Smoke Bomb /cast Vanish /cast Cloak of Shadows
 * 1) showtooltip
 * 2) show Vanish

Cloak of Shadows Vanish
This is a macro that will cast Cloak of Shadows then immediately casts Vanish. Casting CoS first will remove many of the DoTs that would immediately cancel your Stealth if you had only used Vanish.

/cast Cloak of Shadows /cast Vanish
 * 1) showicon Vanish

Note: CoS won't remove phyisical DoTs such as Rend or Gouge, so it's not foolproof or as useful when up against Warriors or other Rogues, but in my experience it can be a life saver in desperate times.

One Button Poisons
This will apply Instant Poison to your main hand weapon with a left mouse click, and Deadly Poison to your off hand with a right click.

/use [btn:1] Instant Poison; [btn:2] Deadly Poison /use [btn:1] 16; [btn:2] 17
 * 1) showtooltip

EDIT: To add to the utility and convienence of this macro, you can add "/click StaticPopup1Button1 " to the END of the macro so it will automatically Accept the "Do you want to replace X poison with x poison" pop-up prompt.

The end result will look like:

/use [btn:1] Instant Poison; [btn:2] Deadly Poison /use [btn:1] 16; [btn:2] 17 /click StaticPopup1Button1
 * 1) showtooltip

One Button Poisons - Advanced
Applies selected poison to MH on left click, OH on right click, or thrown on Mouse4 (if available.) Hold control AND alt for mind-numbing, shift for Instant, control for Crippling, alt for Wound, or just click for Deadly. /use [mod:ctrl, mod:alt] Mind-Numbing Poison;[mod:shift] Instant Poison; [mod:ctrl] Crippling Poison; [mod:alt] Wound Poison; Deadly Poison /use [button:1] 16; [button:2] 17; [button:4] 18 /click StaticPopup1Button1
 * 1) showtooltip


 * Can use "[button:3] 18" for middle mouse button or "[button:4] 18" for Mouse4 or it can be removed and still left click for MH or right click for OH

Weapon Targetted Poison Macros
This is a simple one-click macro that applies Instant Poison to your mainhand.

/use Instant Poison /use 16
 * 1) showtooltip

This is a simple one-click macro that applies Deadly Poison to your offhand.

/use Deadly Poison /use 17
 * 1) showtooltip

All-in-one Opener/CP Generator
/cast [stealth,nodead,exists,harm,spec:1] Ambush; [stealth,harm,exists,spec:2] Cheap Shot /cast [combat] Mutilate; [nocombat,nostealth] [stealth,nocombat,help] [stealth,dead] [noexists] Stealth


 * Ambushes if you have a harmful target that is not dead and you are stealthed and in spec 1 (your PvE spec). Cheap Shots if same conditions but in spec 2 (your PvP spec)
 * Mutilates if in combat. Stealths if not in combat and not stealthed, Unstealths if stealthed, not in combat, and have a helpful target, or if you are stealthed and your target is dead, or if you have no target.
 * I found this to work really well with a 5-button mouse. Use Spellbinder to bind the macro to Button 4, then just spam button 4 with your thumb. Frees up several action bar slots.

All-in-one Finisher
/castsequence [spec:2] reset=combat/6 Eviscerate, Kidney Shot; [spec:1,nogroup,combat] Eviscerate; [spec:1,group:party,combat] [spec:1,group:raid,combat] Envenom
 * 1) showtooltip [spec:2] Kidney Shot; [nogroup] Eviscerate; Envenom


 * Shows Kidney Shot if in spec 2 (PvP), Evisc in other spec and not grouped, and Envenom if grouped
 * In spec 2 casts Evisc, then KS, but resets to Evisc after 6 seconds (in case KS is on cd). In spec 1 if not grouped and in combat casts Evisc. In spec 1 if grouped (party or raid) and in combat, casts Envenom
 * This works really well with a 5-button mouse also. Use Spellbinder to bind the macro to Button 5, then when you need to do your finisher, hit button 5 once, then back to button 4.

TotT + Killing Spree
/target [target=target, help] targettarget; party1 /cast [help] Tricks of the Trade; [harm] Killing Spree
 * 1) showtooltip Killing Spree


 * If your target is a party member, targets their target, otherwise targets the party leader (often tank), allowing you to switch targets between the tank and what you should be DPSing.
 * Casts Tricks of the Trade if your target is a party member or casts Killing Spree if your target is an enemy.
 * This macro is useful for helping a tank establish or maintain aggro during a pull. Hit it twice and you'll TotT the tank while Killing Spree-ing everything else, without losing your target.
 * A line similar to "/use [harm] Sphere of Red Dragon's Blood" may be added to the end of the macro to boost the power of your Killing Spree to maximize effectiveness, as long as the used item or spell doesn't trigger GCD.
 * Works in 3.1.3, both with and without the "/use" line.

Garrote in Stealth, or Sinister Strike Otherwise
/cast [stealth] Garrote /cast [nostealth] Sinister Strike
 * 1) showtooltip

Ambush or Garrote
/cast [equipped:Daggers] Ambush; Garrote

/cast [equipped:Daggers] Ambush;[equipped:Mace] Garrote Sqeeks (talk) 04:31, September 30, 2009 (UTC)
 * I got the idea for this one macro by changing it from the option of using Ambush or Kidney shot macro just changed it to Garrote seeing it as more practical a skill.
 * This lets you use Ambush if you have a dagger equipped otherwise will default to Garrote. You can change it to Garrote with a certin kind of weapon by adding [equipped:Mace] after Ambush like so:

Rupture or Slice and Dice in one button
/cast [modifier:shift] Rupture; Slice and Dice
 * 1) showtooltip [modifier:shift] Rupture; Slice and Dice

Sqeeks (talk) 04:31, September 30, 2009 (UTC)
 * This macro lets you have both finishing moves in one button using the modifier shift to change between, great for PvP or a raid when fighting a boss to keep doing dps without the burst damage.
 * The default image should be question mark so it will show the tool tips for the finisher you are about to use.
 * This will not change and stay you must hold down the shift key or any modifier key you chose to use.
 * Slice and Dice will always be default without holding shift down unless you replace it with another finisher.
 * Made by Sqeeks of Staghelm, inspired by reading how to make a macro on wowwiki.com.

Evicerate or Envenom
/cast [modifier:shift] Eviscerate; Envenom
 * 1) showtooltip [modifier:shift] Eviscerate; Envenom

/cast [modifier:shift] Eviscerate;[modifier:ctrl] Envenom; Expose Armor
 * This macro is just like the one above it except it is more ideal for solo killing or doing burst damage against a boss if he/she is close to death.
 * Also good for PvP for burst scare damage or fast kills of clothies.
 * Envenom is default to show and as mentioned above holding shift down will allow you to use Eviscerate.
 * If you use the question mark icon then the image will match the finisher you aim to use so there is no confusion.
 * Having both macros will allow you to use fewer action slots for other items or skills and use the one you want at any given time.
 * You can add a third or even fourth modifier to include more then just the two written above.
 * 1) showtooltip [modifier:shift] Eviscerate;[modifier:ctrl] Envenom; Expose Armor

Sqeeks (talk) 04:31, September 30, 2009 (UTC)
 * With this macro if you look at the icon using the question mark the icon and tooltips for Expose Armor will be default, pressing and holding shift will allow use of Eviscerate and see the tooltips and finally pressing and holding the ctrl button will allow you to use Envenom and see the tooltips.

Stealth and Ambush with One Handed Weapons
These two macros are perfect for using Ambush with One Handed Weapons equipped.

/cast !Stealth /equipslot 17 *name of off hand dagger* /equipslot 16 *name of main hand dagger*
 * 1) showtooltip Stealth


 * Use: Goes into Stealth and switches your weapons to daggers. the "!Stealth" means you can mash it's keybind and not worry about dis-toggling stealth.
 * Note: You need to switch your off hand weapon first only if you have a "Main Hand" weapon in your main hand. If not, the macro will attempt to switch your weapons, and fail because "Main hand" can only be equipped in your main hand. (Only affected if your main hand dagger is currently in your off hand)

/cast Ambush /equipslot 16 *name of Main Hand weapon* /equipslot 17 *name of off Hand weapon*
 * 1) showtooltip Ambush


 * Use: Uses Ambush, then switches you back to your Combat Weapons.
 * Note: If you fail to cast Ambush (not in right position, tank pulling mob out of range as you ambush) the macro will still switch your weapons, and you must reapply your Stealth macro.

Both macros work in 3.3.2

PvP Opener
This macro allow for high burst damage while keeping the opponent stunned. /castsequence reset=30 Premeditation, Cheap Shot, Eviscerate, Dismantle, Shadow Dance, Shadowstep, Ambush, Ambush, Kidney Shot
 * 1) showtooltip

Backstabber
This macro stuns the target, quickly damages them for around 6000 health at 80, and then opens them for attack.

/castsequence reset=20 Gouge, Shadowstep, Backstab, Hemorrhage, Kidney Shot
 * 1) showtooltip

Anti-Caster
Similar to Backstabber, but focuses on interrupting spells and bringing in high damage, very effective against healers.

/castsequence reset=20 Gouge, Shadowstep, Kick, Backstab, Hemorrhage, Eviscerate

Super Prep
Use every ability refreshed by Preparation except Shadowstep. Remove the nocombat condition on Vanish for PvP.

/cast [nostealth] Evasion /cast [nocombat] Vanish /cast Sprint /cast Preparation
 * 1) showtooltip Preparation

Swap Dagger + Ambush
This macro can be used in pvp in general and is useful if you want to stay with your fast main and offhand : /equip Your1hDagger /cast ambush /equip YourOldMainHand

Old Macros
The macros below this line have not been validated to work in 3.1. They should be tested and moved to the appropriate section above.

Tricks of the Trade without losing target
This is a simple macro that will tricks of the trade your tank without losing your target. It casts on whatever your current target is targeting. /cast [target=targettarget] Tricks of the Trade This is another Macro that is useful for Trading tricks (make sure the rogue that you're trading with is set as your Focus Target for this macro) /cast [target=Focus] Tricks of the Trade Another useful macro, an extension of the first example, is to be able to preemptively throw tricks on a target if you wish, or to use it as the macro is intended, and toss it on the mob or boss's target. /cast [help] [target=targettarget] Tricks of the Trade This macro dictates that if your target is a friendly target, it will cast Tricks; if not, it will cast it on your target's target. Note that it won't work if you're trying to pop it because a mob is targeting you already, of course.
 * 1) showtooltip Tricks of the Trade
 * 1) showtooltip Tricks of the Trade
 * 1) showtooltip Tricks of the Trade

Multipurpose Hemorrhage/Kick/Shiv
Replace Figurine - Shadowsong Panther with your trinket. Holding alt will Kick, and holding shift will Shiv. Additionally, if you are trying to attack a target with Blessing of Protection on you, it will be automatically taken off of you, to let you melee attack. I'd recommend binding it to your mouses up scrolling.

/console Sound_EnableSFX 0 /use Figurine - Shadowsong Panther /console Sound_EnableSFX 1 /cast [modifier:alt] Kick /cast [modifier:shift] Shiv /cast Hemorrhage /stopmacro [help] [noexists] /cancelaura Blessing of Protection /startattack
 * 1) showtooltip Hemorrhage

Stealth, Cloak of Shadows and Vanish
This macro allow rogues to stealth if no combat other ways you'll able Cloak of Shadows on first click and Vanish on the second click with reset 1 min for Cloak of Shadows.

/castsequence [combat] reset=60 Cloak of Shadows, Vanish; Stealth
 * 1) showtooltip

Vanish and Shadowstep and Cloak of Shadows
If you hold ctrl it will Vanish + Shadowstep the target. If you hold alt you can quickly Cloak of Shadows + Vanish.

/cast [modifier:ctrl] Shadowstep /cast [modifier:alt] Cloak of Shadows /cast vanish /stopattack

Cancel Blessing of Protection with Combo point attack.
Cancels Blessing of Protection automatically when you are trying to cast Hemorrhage on the enemy. Possible to be used with any other Combo point attack, like Mutilate, Backstab, Sinister Strike.

/cast Hemorrhage /stopmacro [help] [noexists] /cancelaura Blessing of Protection

Unified Mount Macro
One button, one press to: Mount an appropriate mount if not mounted. Dismount and drop into stealth if you are not flying, but do it anyway if you have an enemy target. Lacking a conditional test for how far above the ground you are, this seems the best balance of combat function vs. going splat from an accidental, high altitude key press.

/use [nomounted, flyable] Swift Purple Windrider; [nomounted, noflyable] Horn of the Frostwolf Howler /cast [mounted, nocombat] Stealth /dismount [mounted, noflying] /dismount [exists, harm] /cast [nomounted] Stealth

Trinket activation
Many favorite level 60+ rogue trinkets can be used to provide 10-20 second buffs (attack power, crit rating, or haste) which are on different 2 min cooldowns. If you have 2 of these equipped, you can activate whichever is out of cooldown with a macro like this. If the first listed item is on cooldown, the macro will use the second.

/use Bladefist's Breadth /use Ancient Draenei War Talisman

A simpler way, as per Useful_macros, is to use:

/use 13 /use 14

The following macro will automatically activate your trinkets for you. You can chain as many items with uses - and which don't trigger the global cooldown - into the /castrandom as you have. It's not a good idea to add abilities that cost energy (like Adrenaline Rush) or which might break crowd control (like Blade Flurry).

The rather elaborate-looking code simply clears any errors or error sounds (such as "That item isn't ready yet") produced by the trinkets being on cooldown.

/console Sound_EnableSFX 0 /use Bladefist's Breadth /cast Sinister Strike /console Sound_EnableSFX 1 /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear
 * 1) showtooltip Sinister Strike

Dagger Switch to use Backstab after Pick Pocketing the enemy
This switches to your dagger, casts Pick Pocket if you are stealthed, Backstab, then switches back to your original setup

/equipslot 16 [Dagger] /cast [stealth] Pick Pocket /cast Backstab /equipslot 16 [Original Weapon]

Note that this macro requires that you have autoloot enabled, or an addon such as AutoLootPocket

Dagger Switch to do a Mutilate, then back to normal weapons
This is to switch to your highest DPS, slowest dagger to Mutilate, then back to your standard sword.

/equipslot17 [insert lowest DPS dagger for MH] /equipslot18 [insert highest DPS dagger for OH] /cast Mutilate /equipslot17 [normal MH wep] /equipslot [normal OH wep]

Note: Only thing with this is that switch weapons invokes the Global Cooldown. And it resets the swing timer which might not make this even useful.

Mashable Stealth / Unstealth
This will only turn Stealth on.

/cast !Stealth

To leave Stealth if you're in it:

/cast [stance] Stealth

Backstab if mainhanding a dagger, Sinister Strike otherwise
This will Backstab if you have a dagger in your mainhand, or Sinister Strike if you have a fist weapon. This is useful for situations such as the Flame Wreath in the Shade of Aran encounter where you have to spend prolonged periods in front of a mob unable to move behind it to Backstab. Just click your fist weapon on your bar and then Sinister Strike a few times while you wait so you don't waste energy.

The reason you have to do it this way is you likely have a dagger in your offhand, so the macro will just keep trying to Backstab if you say [equipped:Daggers] [noequipped:Daggers] instead

Note: You'll have to change "Fist Weapon" to "Sword" or "Mace" as appropriate if you don't have a fist weapon

/cast [noequipped:Fist Weapon] Backstab; /cast [equipped:Fist Weapon] Sinister Strike (macro by Raymond from Nazjatar US) Or you can /cast [equipped:Dagger]Backstab; /cast Sinister Strike Making it only backstab when you have daggers for what ever else it sinister strikes

Alucian

Ambush if Stealthed, otherwise Backstab
This will cast Ambush if the player is stealthed, Backstab if not.

/cast [stealth] Ambush; Backstab

- OR -

/cast [nostealth] Backstab; Ambush

Note: The action bar changes while Stealth is activated. Therefore Ambush is only used on Stealth's action bar. When Stealth is deactivated, the action bar will swap back to the standard action bar. Backstab should only be on the standard action bar and Ambush should only be used on the Stealth action bar.

Ambush if Dagger, otherwise Cheapshot
This will Ambush your target if you have a dagger equipped, and Cheap Shot them otherwise.

/cast [equipped:Daggers] Ambush; Cheapshot

Note: that [equipped:Daggers] will evaluate true if you have a dagger in either hand. So if you are wielding a mace in your main hand, and a dagger in your off hand, then this macro will attempt to Ambush, give you an error message, and do nothing.

Equip Dagger and Ambush
This will equip your dagger if you have something else equipped, and Ambush your target otherwise. The last line will then switch back to your other weapon directly after ambushing. It can be adjusted for swords by changing [noequipped:Maces] to [noequipped:Swords]. You will need to change 'Dagger of Pwnage' or 'Mace of Pwnage' to the exact title of your weapon. Important Note: If stealth is broken before you ambush it will not automatically switch weapons back. If you click the button macro while not stealthed it will switch back for you.

/equipslot [stealth,noequipped:Daggers] 16 Dagger of Pwnage /cast [stealth,equipped:Daggers] Ambush /equipslot [noequipped:Maces] 16 Mace of Pwnage

Stealth => Sinister Strike
This macro will...
 * Stealth you if you have a dagger equipped and are not in combat.
 * Equip your dagger if you are not stealthed, not in combat, and not wielding a dagger (change "Dagger of Pwnage" to the name of your dagger.
 * Equip your sword/whatever if you are in combat and are wielding a dagger (remember to change the name of the weapon in the macro).
 * Hit your target with Sinister Strike otherwise.

/cast [equipped:Daggers,nocombat] Stealth /equipslot [nostealth,nocombat,noequipped:Daggers] 16 Dagger of Pwnage /equipslot [combat,equipped:Daggers] 16 Sword of Pwnage /cast Sinister Strike

Apply Poisons
With this macro, you can left click to poison your main hand, right click to poison your offhand, hold down the alt button when you do it to use Crippling Poison or the ctrl button to use Mind-Numbing Poison.

/use [nomodifier] Instant Poison IV; [modifier:alt] Crippling Poison II; [modifier:ctrl] Mind-numbing Poison III /use [button:1] 16; [button:2] 17

As an alternative to the one above, this one contains all six kinds of poisons that rogues have. /use [mod:ctrl,mod:shift] Anesthetic Poison;[mod:ctrl,mod:alt] Deadly Poison; [mod:alt] Crippling Poison;[mod:ctrl] Mind-numbing Poison;[mod:shift] Wound Poison;Instant Poison /use [btn:1] 16; [btn:2] 17
 * 1) showtooltip

Note: This macro will not function as intended if you are using higher-rank poisons and do not include rank numbers. Rank 1 poisons are simply known as "Instant Poison", "Deadly Poison", etc. The game's API looks for that specific name when you don't use a rank ("II", "III", etc.), which will causes it to register as non-functional if those poisons aren't in inventory. To avoid this, you can also use bag slot ID numbers to force the macro to always use whatever poison you put in that bagslot.

Note: that the double-modifier uses have to come before the single ones.

Clickless Apply Poison
Another alternative you can use, one that don't need clicking the weapon to apply your poison, is shown below:

/use *poison name with rank* /use *weapon slot* (16 = Main Hand | 17 = Off-Hand)
 * 1) showtooltip *poison name with rank*

This will put the poison you want on your weapon without having to click on your weapon. This macro will put Crippling Poison II on your off-hand right after you use the macro. For example:

/use Crippling Poison II /use 17
 * 1) showtooltip Cripping Poison II

This one will apply poison to either weapon depending on which mouse button.

/use Deadly Poison VII /use [button:1] 16; [button:2] 17
 * 1) showtooltip Deadly Posion VII

Five in one Poisons
This macro will apply a poison depending on the modifier button you push when you hit the macro. It will apply the poison to the mainhand weapon if you use the left mouse button, or the offhand weapon if you use the right mouse button.

/use [mod:shift] Deadly Poison; [mod:ctrl,nomod:alt] Crippling Poison; [mod:alt,nomod:ctrl] Wound Poison; [mod:ctrl,mod:alt] Mind-numbing Poison; Instant Poison /use [button:1] 16; [button:2] 17
 * 1) showtooltip

Blind Mouseover
This lets you Blind mobs/players without changing target but simply by hovering your mouse over them. Because your cursor is being used to select a target, you will need to have this macro bound to a key.

/cast [target=mouseover,exists,harm,nodead] Blind

Another version: Blinds the mouseover if appropriate or the main target if not. The drawback is that if you < > the secondary target with your cursor then your current turget will get the Blind.

/cast [target=mouseover,exists,harm,nodead][harm,nodead] Blind

Stealth -> Cheapshot => Hemorrhage
Nice all in one macro, great for grinding mobs.

/cast [nostealth] stealth /cast [stealth] cheap shot /cast [combat] Hemorrhage

Dismount => Stealth
Dismount and Stealth: Nothing fancy, replace "Swift White Steed" with your own mount name.

/cast [nomounted, nostealth] Stealth; [nomounted] Cheap Shot /dismount [mounted]

Expose Armor
Expose Armor or Cheap Shot without breaking Gouge/Sap/Blind. You must not have a bow equipped in your ranged slot!

/equip [noequipped:bow] Bow of Love /cast Expose Armor /stopattack

Cheap Shot would work like this:

/equip [noequipped:bow] Bow of Love /cast Cheap Shot /stopattack

Change "Bow of Love" to your actual ranged weapon of course. The Expose Armor macro currently doesn't come out very reliably, Cheap Shot is 100% working if you mash it, very weird.

Cold Blood => Eviscerate
One Button Press Cold Blood -> Eviscerate

/cast Cold Blood /cast Eviscerate

Trinket => Evasion => Adrenaline Rush
13 is top trinket slot, 14 is bottom. If Evasion is not up, Adrenaline Rush will not come out. There is no way to bypass this at the moment, unless you want to /castrandom and get those abilities out randomly.

/use 13 /castsequence Evasion, Adrenaline Rush

This is the /castrandom version and is very effective in bypassing the restriction above:

/use 13 /castrandom Adrenaline Rush, Evasion

Premeditation => Cheapshot
Premeditation/Cheap Shot in one button press without global cooldown.

/cast Premeditation /cast Cheap shot

Stealth => Shadowstep => Premeditation => Ambush => Hemorrage
Stealths if not Stealthed and not in combat. Shadowstep and apply Premeditation if its up. Ambush. Hemorrhage spam during combat. Great with the new Shadowstep.. can be a bugger when attempting on a moving mounted foe.

/cast [nostealth,nocombat] stealth /cast [stealth] Shadowstep /cast [stealth] Premeditation /cast [stealth] Ambush /cast [combat] Hemorrhage

Pick Pocket + Ambush
If you use this macro it will Stealth you and Pick Pocket your mob netting you a few extra silver and the occasional Locked Box. You should(!) enable Autoloot in your Interface-Menu. If you are stealthed when using the macro, it will just Pick Pocket and use the opener. Instead of Ambush you can use every other Opener of course.

/cast [nostealth] Stealth /stopcasting /cast Pick Pocket /stopcasting /cast Ambush

Auto-loot only when Pickpocketing
If you only want to auto-loot when you are pickpocketing use this macro:

/script SetCVar("AutoLootDefault", 1) /cast Pick Pocket /in 1 /script SetCVar("AutoLootDefault", 0)

Without the /in 1 the auto-loot-default setting is returned to 0 before the pick pocket completes, defeating the whole purpose. Note: Autoloot used to be "SetAutoLootDefault(1)", patch 3.0 made Autoloot a CVar.

One-button Auto target, Sap, Auto loot, Pick Pocket.
This will select the most close target, and Sap then auto loot pick pocket,

/console targetNearestDistance 5.000000 /targetenemy [noharm][dead] /console targetNearestDistance 10.000000 /cast [harm,nodead] Sap /script SetAutoLootDefault(1) /cast Pick pocket /in 1 /script SetAutoLootDefault(0)
 * 1) showtooltip Pick Pocket

If you wish to change from sap simply replace "Sap" with what ever skill you wish to use, Or you can take Sap out of it and just have auto select and auto loot.

Note: The '/in' command is not a blizzard command but comes from Cosmos. If you are not running Cosmos or one of its addons, this macro will not work.

One-button Insta-Stealth, Auto-target, Pick Pocket, and Untarget
/cast [nostealth,nocombat] Stealth /cast [nostealth,combat] Vanish /targetenemy [target=harm, nodead] /cast Sap /cast Pick Pocket /cleartarget
 * 1) showtooltip Pick Pocket

Better than the similar macro above, but you MUST have Auto-loot on. Doesn't require any addons.

One-button Stealth and Pick Pocket
If stealthed and targeting a neutral or hostile enemy, performs Pick Pocket, otherwise uses Stealth or cancels it depending on your current form.

/cast [stealth, harm] Pick Pocket; Stealth
 * 1) showtooltip Stealth

One-button shoot/throw
This macro will throw a throwing weapon or shoot your bow/gun/crossbow depending on which you have equipped.

/cast [equipped:Thrown] Throw; Shoot

One button throw/shoot and change ranged weapon
Change the bag slot numbers to fit your own bags.

/cast [button:1, equipped:thrown]Throw; [button:1] Shoot; /startattack [button:1] /stopmacro [button:1] /script if ( not CursorHasItem ) then PickupContainerItem(0,15); PickupInventoryItem(18); PickupContainerItem(0,15); end
 * 1) showtooltip

Equip throwing weapon + Deadly Throw
This macro will equip your throwing weapon & cast Deadly Throw (requires two button presses, about a 1 second delay due to global cooldown). Handy if you want to keep a bow/gun/crossbow equipped due to better stats.

/equipslot [noequipped:Thrown] 18 My Thrown Weapon cast [equipped:Thrown] Deadly Throw

Deadly Throw + Throw (1-button ranged attack)
It'll use Deadly Throw if you have the combo points, otherwise it'll just throw/shoot.

/cast [equipped:Thrown] Deadly Throw /cast [equipped:Thrown] Throw; Shoot

Note: There is still a little problem, if you do not have enough energy but the combo point(s) it won't do a Throw but sayin "Not enough energy".

Sap + Pick Pocket
Needs Autoloot option enabled

WARNING: Do not use this macro when sapping a member of a group. If your pick pocket gets resisted, you break stealth and aggro the whole group.

Almost guaranteed pick pocket even in laggy situations and on moving mobs. It has its weakness in world PvP though, your enemy can easily know you're there.

/cast Sap /cast Pick Pocket

Note:

Gouge => Bandage
Automatically Gouges the target and begins bandaging yourself. Be warned that if your Gouge fails, this will still expend a bandage. Replace Netherweave Bandage with the name of whatever bandage you wish to use with this macro.

/cast Gouge /stopcasting /use [target=player] Netherweave Bandage

Gouge => Backstab
Casts gouge, then switches button to Backstab till gouge runs out. Hit control to cast backstab without gouge. Change the 4 to 4.5, 5, or 5.5 to account for Improved Gouge

/castsequence [nomodifier:ctrl] reset=4 Gouge, Backstab /cast [modifier:ctrl] Backstab
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Gouge Spam
This macro is probably only used for pvp. When nearing a target you want to gouge so you could for example open with minor CC, you will Stealth => Cheap Shot should you suddenly leave combat just before you get in range for Gouge. Best use for this macro is if you don't put it in one of your main action bars, since action buttons change once you stealth. This will also always show the tooltip of the ability it will currently exceed. Do note that this macro is most useful for rogues without Improved Gouge and with Dirty Deeds, which is comon to hemo or PvP assassination builds.

/cast [combat,nostealth] Gouge /cast [nocombat,nostealth] Stealth /cast [stealth] Cheap Shot
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Vanish if combat - Stealth if nocombat
Place in your non-stealth bar, normal Stealth in same slot on in-stealth bar.

To vanish when stealthed in combat:

/cast [nocombat] Stealth; Vanish

To unstealth when stealthed in combat:

/cast [combat,stealth] Stealth; [nocombat] Stealth; Vanish

Trinket => Blade Flurry
This casts your trinket and Blade Flurry in one mashable macro. Replace "Bladefist's Breadth" with your trinket. It will also auto attack if you haven't started attacking yet.

/startattack /use Bladefist's Breadth /cast Blade Flurry
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Dagger <=> Sword switching
This macro switch the weapon in your main hand. Useful if want to start with a dagger and switch to your sword after opening. Can be used to switch your main hand with your off-hand too. Use the "?" icon to see what is equepped in the main hand.

/equipslot [equipped:Sword] 16 Dagger /equipslot [equipped:Dagger] 16 Sword
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The first click will re-equip a dagger if the main hand isn't a dagger, and the second click will equip a sword if the main hand isn't a sword.

OR

Alternative
It's basically the same as the above macro. However, this make sure that it will only equip the main hand w/ the dagger you specify while stealth, preventing an accident of switching back to a sword/mace/fist weapon if press the button 1 too many times. Probably better for efficiency. Remember to change the name of the weapon each time when you get a better weapon.

/equipslot [stealth,equipped:Sword/Mace/Fist] 16 (name of your dagger) /equipslot [nostealth,equipped:Dagger] 16 (name of your Sword/mace/fist weapon)
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Dismount and stealth
See Dismount and stealth - Rogue Macro

Switch main and off hand
This macro will swap the weapons equipied in your main and off hand. Useful to switch between sword and dagger. When you do this instantly with other ability you may even trick the global cooldown. Note that you must have the "one hand" weapons equippied, not "main hand". Use the "?" icon with this macro to see what is equipped in your main hand.

/script PickupInventoryItem(16); PickupInventoryItem(17);
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Stun
This will make one button for stunning a target. It will perform Cheap Shot if stealthed, Kidney Shot otherwise. /cast [stealth] Cheap Shot; Kidney Shot

Flee
This is a good macro if you want to get away from some mobs quickly. (when back is turned to mob/player you can not dodge even with evasion) /cast Sprint /cast Evasion

This is a better macro for getting away from a single enemy, and still better for getting away from mobs, as it temporarily reduces the number of enemies chasing you by one.

/cast Gouge /cast Sprint /cast Evasion

And if you are a Herbalist, with a skill level of at least 75, then you can use this one instead:

/cast Gouge /cast Sprint /cast Evasion /cast Lifeblood

Be sure to have Improved Gouge - Rank 5

Implicit Weapon Switching
These are a couple macros I found good for switching weapons on the fly depending on what you are doing.

This one will prepare a dagger for backstabbing after a gouge, or equip 2 daggers for a mutilate. /cast Gouge /equipslot 16 /equipslot 17

This one will equip a sword, mace, or fist weapon after executing a backstab or mutilate so you can keep up DPS without fumbling around. /cast Backstab /equipslot 16  /equipslot 17 

This one is in case your gouge misses so you don't have to waste time using the previous macro switching back. You may lose some DPS Sinister Striking with a weak weapon but you will put your normal weapons on right afterwards. /cast Sinister Strike /equipslot 16  /equipslot 17 

Boss Bleeder Macro
This macro is explicitly for subtlety specced rogues and should be used primarily against boss mobs. This will provide a maximum effect from your two primary bleed effects. As a subtlety specced rogue, your opening garrote will hit for +50% damage (+20% Opportunity, +10% Master of Subtlety, +20% Shadowstep) and your rupture will hit for +60% (+30% Serrated Blades, +10% Master of Subtlety, +20% Shadowstep) with 5 combo points. This is only effective once every 10 minutes which is why it should be saved for bosses. You can open up for about 600 damage every 2–3 seconds without pulling excessive threat away from your tank. /castsequence Premeditation, Shadowstep, Preparation, Premeditation, Garrote, Shadowstep, Rupture

Note: Subtlety specced rogues aren't considered a pve spec. As the damage output of Sub is subpar in pve.

Kick or Arcane Torrent Macro
This macro is only useful for blood elf rogues. It performs a Kick. While kick is on cooldown, the same button will do Arcane Torrent instead.

/castsequence reset=10 Kick, Arcane Torrent
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Limitations: If you do not have a kickable target this will NOT do an arcane torrent because kick must be cast on the first press, then arcane torrent on the second press.

Sap Macro
This simple macro is only really useful when fighting another rogue. You can sneak around stealthed while spamming this button, and it will instantly target then sap your opponent if you see him/her first, allowing you to casually start off with an opening move.

/targetenemy [noharm][dead] /cast [harm,nodead] Sap
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Sap + Blind in Dungeons
This is two useful macros, one for the sap and one for blind. You first sap your target and the macro will set focus. When you want to use blind the macro will use the focus to choose target without changing your target.

Sap /clearfocus [modifier:shift][target=focus,dead][target=focus,noexists] /focus [target=focus,noexists] /cast Sap
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Blind /clearfocus [modifier:shift][target=focus,dead][target=focus,noexists] /cast [target=focus] Blind
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Expose Armor without breaking Sap/Blind/Gouge
This simple macro will cast Expose Armor, clear your target and then get the target back without breaking and incapacitate effect. Note: the "stop auto attack" option MUST be checked for this macro to work. For some you may still be auto attacking the target, and to fix this, as you expose armor, face your character completely opposite or at a 90 degree angle away from said target. This will allow you to expose armor, but the angle of sight stops the use of an attack. /cast Expose Armor /cleartarget
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Auto Attack/Sinister Strike
With mobs stacked on each other its hard to select the right one and attack it. This is a macro for when you select a new target and have no energy to Sinister Strike(or any other main attack: Hemorrhage, Mutilate, Backstab) it will start to Auto Attack in one button. /startattack /cast Sinister Strike
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Tricks of the Trade Macro
This is a macro so that you can keep your Target on the mob but re-direct your Threat to you Focus target is is a slightly modified version of the Misdirection for Hunters. /cast [target=focus,help] Tricks of the Trade
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Remember to select your Focus by right-clicking on the toon's character portrait and selecting "Set Focus". If this works correctly you will see their portrait and mana bar on the lower left hand side of your screen.

If you want to change this for one specific person simply but their characters name where it say "focus".

EX: /cast [target=Narcisa,help] Tricks of the Trade
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Alternative Tricks of the Trade macro
/clearfocus [help] /focus [help] /stopmacro [help] /cast [target=focus,help] Tricks of the Trade This macro is a rebuild of the above TotT macro, this one simply puts the focus target function into the macro itself and allows you to select your Focus target by targetting them and clicking this macro, then select the target to be TotT'ed to the Focus and hit the macro and up goes TotT
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Stealth/Vanish macro
This will cast stealth if you are out of combat or mounted. edit: I added mount options too, because it sometimes cast vanish even outside of combat when mounted. /cast [mounted,combat] Vanish /cast [mounted] Stealth(Rank 4) /cast [nocombat] Stealth(Rank 4) /cast Vanish

Gouge / Stealth macro
This macro will - Gouge enemy - cast stealth at the end of effect (Improved gouge lasts 5.5 sec, you can stealth after 5 secs of no battle action = you can use that 0.5 sec to stealth). Of course, you have to spam it to make it work. /cast [combat] Gouge /cast [nocombat,no stealth] Stealth Note: this works only with talent improved Gouge

Note: Not sure why you wouldn't just take the mashable stealth macro instead.

Shadowmeld > Stealth (night elf)
This macro will use Shadowmeld and immediately go into Stealth. This makes Shadowmeld to another Vanish. /cast Shadowmeld /cast Stealth Note: This works only for Night Elves

Note:Shadowmeld nolonger resets threat meters as of 3.2

6 ambush onslaught
This is a cast sequence set up to cast 6 ambushes on your target over a span of pressing this lil button a few times, you must be in stealth to start it properly and best if used with premeditation b4 u begin the macro for maximum slice and dice time. /castsequence reset=11 Premeditaion, Ambush, Slice and Dice, Shadow Dance, Ambush, Ambush, Vanish, Ambush, Preparation, Vanish, Ambush Note: this is really only practical on bosses, or when someone else is holding aggro on your target, it doesnt take all that long to pull it off and your DPS will skyrocket, if specced into sub its highly possible that they will all be crits which is always nice.
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One button PvP
This sequence is set up to either kill or greatly damage, as in up to or more than 1/2 of your targets HP, but can only be used once every 10 min. Best most likely used on a healer in arena or FC in WSG, or something to that affect.

/castsequence Cold Blood, Premeditation, Garrote, Rupture, Evasion, Sprint, Dismantle, Vanish, Preparation, Premeditation, Ambush; Cheapshot, Cold Blood, Evicerate, Dismantle, Evasion

Note: not completely sure macro works as intended. asking for assisstance if used right, it should work fully though =) Note: For 2nd Cold Blood, must have Glyph of Preparation