UnitAttackPower

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Added in 1.0.0 / 1.13.2

Returns the unit's melee attack power and modifiers.

base, posBuff, negBuff = UnitAttackPower(unit)

Arguments

unit

string : UnitToken - The unit to get information from. (Does not work for "target" - Possibly only "player" and "pet")

Returns

base

number - The unit's base attack power

posBuff

number - The total effect of positive buffs to attack power.

negBuff

number - The total effect of negative buffs to the attack power (a negative number)

Example

Displays the player's current attack power in the default chat window.

local base, posBuff, negBuff = UnitAttackPower("player")
local effective = base + posBuff + negBuff
print("Your current attack power: "..effective)