Ambush or Shift Garrote from Stealth

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Ambush or Shift Garrote from Stealth

Choose your damaging opener explicitly: Ambush normally or Garrote with Shift.

This macro is based on research and still needs testing in game. Check the requirements and known limits before trying it.

Exact macro text

FF Opener

  • HARMAmbush
  • HARMGarroteShift
#showtooltip [mod:shift] Garrote; Ambush
/cast [mod:shift,stealth,harm,nodead] Garrote; [nomod:shift,stealth,harm,nodead] Ambush

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Ambush: recorded level 18; Garrote: recorded level 14. Confirm acquisition and other requirements in Details.

How this fits a Rogue key layout — compare shared keys and dedicated controls before choosing your pack.

Build and validation

Status
Researched
Target builds
1.60.1-beta
Tested builds
No recorded client test
Class / profile
Rogue / Levelling
Specializations
Assassination, Combat, Subtlety

Targeting and features

Current living hostile target → No living hostile target: no cast

Modifier

Requirements

  • Ambush learned; first recorded spellbook level 18.
  • Requires Stealth
  • Garrote learned; first recorded spellbook level 14.
  • Stealthed and behind a living enemy in melee range. Ambush additionally needs a main-hand dagger.

Known limitations

  • Research only: not tested in the Forever client. Beta spell names, parser behaviour and requirements may change.
  • English spell names; check your spellbook and actual learned rank. Source IDs identify reference ranks, not a forced rank-1 cast.
  • Range, line of sight, resources, cooldowns and the global cooldown still apply. A macro does not detect readiness or choose your next combat action.
  • No auto-attack is forced if the opener fails. Garrote adds a bleed that can break subsequent damage-sensitive crowd control.
  • Keep the listed modifier combination free of conflicting action-bar bindings. Each chosen spell requires its own keypress; this is not a sequence.
  • This is deliberately a stealth-only opener. The Subtlety Cutthroat talent can enable Ambush outside Stealth after Backstab; use an ordinary Ambush action button for that proc, because this key keeps its stealth guard and does not detect procs.

Notes

  • Researched 27 September 2026 against source beta build 1.60.1.70009. Spec lists are recommendations; actual learned spells and selected talents determine eligibility.
  • Ability metadata adapted from Talents Forever (Chris Baldwin), https://talentsforever.com, CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Original macro design and summaries by Allegedly Skilled.

Abilities

  • Ambush
  • Garrote

Spell IDs

  • 8676
  • 703

Modifiers

  • Shift: Garrote

Sources

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