UnitRangedDamage

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Added in 1.0.0 / 1.13.2

Returns the ranged attack speed and damage of the unit.

speed, minDamage, maxDamage, posBuff, negBuff, percent = UnitRangedDamage(unit)

Arguments

unit

string : UnitToken - The unit to get information from. (Likely only works for "player" and "pet" -- unconfirmed)

Returns

speed

number - The unit's ranged weapon speed (0 if no ranged weapon equipped).

minDamage

number - The unit's minimum ranged damage.

maxDamage

number - The unit's maximum ranged damage.

posBuff

number - The unit's positive Bonus on ranged attacks (includes Spelldamage increases)

negBuff

number - The unit's negative Bonus on ranged attacks

percent

number - percentage modifier (usually 1)

Example

Calculates your average damage per second.

local speed, lowDmg, hiDmg = UnitRangedDamage("player");
local avgDmg = (lowDmg + hiDmg) / 2;
local avgDps = avgDmg / speed;