No matter what I do, I am unable to have my animation play along with my attack. How do I fix this?

Hey, I'm new. Most of my code is from other people, and I'm not very knowledgeable. I have tried many things so far, and this is the current state of my code:

local tool = script.Parent

local canDamage = false

local Animation2 = Instance.new("Animation4")
Animation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://9119859474"

local function onTouch(otherPart)



	local humanoid = otherPart.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")



	if not humanoid then 

		return 

	end



	if humanoid.Parent ~= tool.Parent and canDamage then 

		humanoid:TakeDamage(5)

	else

		return

	end



	canDamage = false

end



local function slash()

	local Character = tool.Parent
	local Humanoid = Character.Humanoid
	local AnimationTrack = Humanoid:LoadAnimation(Animation2)
	AnimationTrack:Play()
	CanDamage = true
end



tool.Activated:Connect(slash)

tool.Handle.Touched:Connect(onTouch)

The script is in starterpack, and is in a tool named bonky with the body and the animation, a keyframe sequence, which I'm not entirely sure is a correct format but could not get it into any other format. I have been frustrated for a long time, would appreciate comprehensive answers.

How's your day been?

I have a solid solution for you.

I have tried testing the code, yet for some reason it doesn't play the animation.

I am not too experienced with animation, so there's probably an explanation, but for now I can't get the animation to work.

Also, 'Animation4' is not an instance. Try 'Animation' instead.

I have added changes to your script, let me show you:

local tool = script.Parent

local canDamage = false

local Animation = Instance.new("Animation") -- Animation4 was not an instance, I have replaced it with Animation.
Animation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://9119859474"

local function onTouch(otherPart)



	local humanoid = otherPart.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")



	if not humanoid then 

		return 

	end



	if humanoid.Parent ~= tool.Parent and canDamage == false then 

		humanoid:TakeDamage(5) -- If this is in a LocalScript, this wouldn't be smart, as the player your fighting would die on your screen, but they are actually still alive.

	else

		return

	end



	canDamage = false

end



local function slash()

	local Character = tool.Parent
	local Humanoid = Character.Humanoid
	local AnimationTrack = Humanoid:LoadAnimation(Animation) -- Replaced Animation2 with Animation. Also, Humanoid:LoadAnimation() is deprecated, try Humanoid.Animator:LoadAnimation().
	AnimationTrack:Play()
	local CanDamage = true -- I was also getting a warning here, saying CanDamage is only used in the enclosing function. I added local at the front so it wouldn't bother me.
end



tool.Activated:Connect(slash)

tool.Handle.Touched:Connect(onTouch)

Just know that I was not able to test this animation, since Roblox wasn't allowing me to switch my game to R6.

Tell me if you have any problems.