UnitRangedAttack

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Added in 1.1.0

Returns the unit's ranged attack and modifier.

base, modifier = UnitRangedAttack(unit)

Arguments

unit

string : UnitId - Likely only works for "player" and "pet"

Returns

base

number - The unit's base ranged attack number (0 if no ranged weapon is equipped)

modifier

number - The total effect of all modifiers (positive and negative) to ranged attack.

Example

local base, modifier = UnitRangedAttack("player");
local effective = base + modifier;
message(effective);

Result

Displays a message containing your effective ranged attack skill(Weapon Skill).