CD/Filler mix Macro

[Òwò-terokkar]

I’ve been recently getting into spell macros, mostly combining abilities with emotes or consumables, so nothing too hard.
I’ve recently tried to combining the Shaman Talent, Elemental Blast (which as a 12 sec. cooldown) and combining it with the filler spell, Lightning Bolt. I tried working around with sequences for macros but as an Enhancement Shaman, doesn’t really work rotational wise. How can I combine a CD spell, and while is on CD, use the Filler spell in the macro as the CD recharges?

[Adreaver-undermine (Adreaver)]

You can’t. Read the sticky.

@Adreaver-undermine

3. Macros - What can they not do?

Macros cannot make smart decisions for you. They can’t cast spells based on cooldown, or check if a buff is active, or magically fit all your abilities onto one button.

You can try to workaround this limitation with a castsequence, but it is not likely to work well - I expect in practice you will wind up with Elemental Blast available but still only able to cast Lightning Bolt because the sequence didn’t reset properly, or the alternative where the sequence resets early and you are stuck on Elemental Blast while it is on cooldown and unable to cast Lightning Bolt.

A better option is to use modifier macros, like so:

#showtooltip
/use [mod:ctrl]Elemental Blast;Lightning Bolt

[Òwò-terokkar]

Alright. Ty for the info, actually. Macros seem very neat and I wanted to learn. Tyvm!