Skill keeps autocasting
Ctrl-right click (I think?) on a different slot, preferably your 1 slot, to choose that one instead for auto cast. Then it will only auto cast when you are attacking something.
There is also a way to tell it not to auto cast anything but I don’t know it off the top of my head.
[Ctrl]+[Mouse-2] (i.e. right click) toggles any individual skill from auto to not-auto. So as Donari says, you can select a different skill (e.g. the first one) to make it the auto-attack or select the current AA skill to turn it off.
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The OP could also be referring to the lag induced visual bug that happens regularly. Where the skill keeps flashing like it’s trying to auto but never does.
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