Mage Rotation Conditional Macro

[Shixin-emerald-dream (Shixin)]

Hey Elv, got one you’ve probably seen before. Here’s what I’m using now:

/cast [nomod,spec:1]Arcane Blast;[nomod]Frostbolt
/cast [mod:alt,spec:1]Arcane Missiles;[mod:alt]Ice Lance
/cast [mod:shift,spec:1]Arcane Barrage;[mod:shift]Flurry
/cast [mod:ctrl]Glacial Spike

What I’d like is a conditional macro with my primary rotation for all 3 specs, with the capability of applying debuffs like Slow.

• Arcane: Slow + Arcane Blast/Arcane Missiles/Arcane Barrage/Arcane Orb
• Fire: Fireball/Fire Blast/Pyroblast/Scorch
• Frost: Frozen Orb + Frostbolt/Ice Lance/Flurry/Glacial Spike

Possible?

[Elvenbane-veknilash (Elvenbane)]

You’re going to run out of space if you try to do all 3 specs in a single macro.

You could try something like the following but it’ll be incredibly clunky to play.

Spec	Base	Alt	Shift	Ctrl	Other
Arcane	Arcane Blast	Arcane Missiles	Arcane Barrage	Arcane Orb	Slow
Fire	Fireball	Fire Blast	Pyroblast	Scorch
Frost	Frost Bolt	Ice Lace	Flurry	Frozen Orb	Glacial Spike

Fozen Orb and Slow are both on the GCD so they can’t be combined with other spells.

Template:

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shiftalt] Slow; [mod:ctrl] Arcane Orb; [mod:shift] Arcane Barrage; [mod:alt] Arcane Missiles; Arcane Blast

This is how I have Mage setup:

Macros: Condensing Your Physical Keys

Mage ** Important ** Before using these macros make sure you unbind SHIFT 1-6 (Action Page 1-6) keys in your key bindings. If you don't, pressing any of the shift modified macros will cause you to change action page instead of casting the appropriate spell. I've included the keys I have them bound to but you can use whatever. ` (key to the left of 1) - Spellsteal Macro (I use BindPad for this) /cast [@mouseover,help,nodead] Remove Curse; [@mouseover,harm,nodead] [harm] Spellsteal; Remove Curs…

Your original macro can be optimized to the following:

#showtoolip
/cast [mod:alt,spec:1] Arcane Missiles; [mod:alt] Ice Lance; [mod:shift,spec:1] Arcane Barrage; [mod:shift] Flurry; [mod:ctrl,spec:3] Glacial Spike; [spec:1] Arcane Blast; Frostbolt

[Shixin-emerald-dream (Shixin)]

This is brilliant, thanks Elv.

And if we don’t need the tooltip (since my mouse cursor isn’t going anywhere near my bars), we can leave that out now, too, right?

[Elvenbane-veknilash (Elvenbane)]

I’d leave it or at least #show so you get the correct cooldown display.

[Shixin-emerald-dream (Shixin)]

I’ve got WA for that, but yeah, it’s a good idea 'cause I’ll forget about it in a month lol. “Why’s this not working anymore”

Now, how about a multi-spec AOE conditional?

• Arcane: Arcane Explosion/Arcane Orb(if talented)
• Fire: Flamestrike/Dragon’s Breath/Living Bomb/Meteor(if talented)
• Frost: Frozen Orb/Blizzard/Cone of Cold/Ice Nova(if talented)/Comet Storm(if talented)

/cast [mod:alt,spec:2]Flamestrike; [mod:alt]Blizzard; [mod:shift,spec:2]Dragon's Breath; [mod:shift]Cone of Cold; [mod:ctrl,spec:2]Meteor; [mod:ctrl]Comet Storm; [spec:3]Frozen Orb [spec:2]Living Bomb; Arcane Explosion

The only part I can’t quite figure out is the talents: Ice Nova and/or Comet Storm…because those effectively give Frost 5 AOE abs

Also, curious how you handle PvP talents in your macros? Do they have to be listed by name (e.g. “Greater Pyroblast” vs just “Pyroblast”)?

[Elvenbane-veknilash (Elvenbane)]

talent:row/col
Pvp talent conditions were removed, so I just don’t bother with them currently.

I’d add @cursor to flamestrike, blizzard, and the other reticle spells to save yourself a click.