While macros are not allowed, they also can't bypass the global cooldown on skills.

I've experienced it looking like I got hit a bunch of times at once when I was in the midst of a heavy lag spike, but then it became apparent that my opponent attacked normally while I had a delay...then everything processed at once. I'm not sure if that's what's happening here.

As always, if you think cheating is happening, report those players to ZOS.

Theignson wrote: »

VaranisArano wrote: »

While macros are not allowed, they also can't bypass the global cooldown on skills.

I've experienced it looking like I got hit a bunch of times at once when I was in the midst of a heavy lag spike, but then it became apparent that my opponent attacked normally while I had a delay...then everything processed at once. I'm not sure if that's what's happening here.

As always, if you think cheating is happening, report those players to ZOS.

Well, as you know the whole point of bursts are to make everything land at once. The simplest combo is the warden one: Subterranean assault, Dizzy, Heavy, executioner. All 4 abilities land at once if timed right, and then a DB. So you could imagine that a simple macro could help make this combo perfect every time, subject to the variabilities of lag: (Cast SA, pause 1 sec, cast Dizzy, cast HA, wait .6 sec, cast executioner.)
Sorcerors have a similar idea with haunting curse and Stam sorcs have one with crystal weapons/crushing blow. Necros have one with blastbones.
NB and DKs don't have a good delayed skill based combo as I recall.
The simpleton Warden combo is one reason you see so many warden tanks. With 3 proc sets and the above combo they don't need weapon damage or skill

I suppose you could macro a combo of delayed skills so they all line up as burst damage...but in that case, I'd like to hear more from the OP exactly what was happening. Their post is rather lacking in details, and being hit with skills at the same time is distinct from casting multiple skills at the same time as the OP said.

Plus, burst combos are pretty normal in PVP. Again, if you think a player is using a macro to pull them off perfectly every time as opposed to skill and practice, report it to ZOS, since they are the only ones who can check the combat data and confirm it.

In my personal case, I'm sure it was just a lag spike since my movement got very wonky on my end before I took five cliffracers in the back at once from the same player. Either that player timed their movement and cliff racer spam perfectly, or more likely, the server just registered all the attacks at once, similar to a snipe desync.

Another common combo is Necros (or any class really) running unleashed + vma 2h into Dawnbreaker.

Cast Blastbones, Crit rush, DB into Executioner.

Crit rush lands just before Blastbones figures out where its going and will generally land alongside the DB. Now you're stunned + defiled with 3 or more dots ticking for an easy executioner followup.

It takes time, but after getting smacked by these combos a few times you'll see them coming and figure out how to counter.