having a little trouble with misdirection. i need a macro that casts misdirection on my pet and pet attack at the same time.
also, is misdirection worth using?
#showtooltip Misdirection
/petattack
/cast [@pet]Misdirection
In general, yes, Misdirection is worth using. Both on your pet, but also on the tank in group-based content.
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should i tie to an attack spell like kill command or just leave it on its own.?
Up to you ofc. I would recommend keeping it as a separate ability though. It depends on what you use it for, but personally, I haven’t included any other commands or abilities within the same macro as MD. Such as what you asked for with /petattack.
I keep /petattack as its own keybind, with a modifier for /petfollow(you can just go into the keybind options and assign hotkeys for the two respective abilities on your pet action bar, for attack/follow/etc.).
Its not as bm, MD doesnt transfer your pet damage’s threat. Its only value is if you’re doing pulls for your tank, if not wouldnt even bother taking it. And ive never had any issue with my pet needing help getting threat to tank stuff for me in solo content.
You could but there’s no point.
Just use it before you use an AoE.
For Solo content I love Barrage. I use Misdirect macro then use Barrage.
My Clefthoof never loses aggro after that even if pulling numerous mobs.
I wouldn’t put petattack into your Misdirection macro. Misdirection has a long activation timer on it, allowing you to plan what you’re going to pull. Sending the pet in right away will defeat that. You might not even have an enemy targeted when you cast misdirection.
My misdirection macro is this:
#showtooltip Misdirection
/use [target=target,help,nodead] Misdirection #First cast misdirection on an ally I have targeted.
/use [target=focus, help, nodead] Misdirection #Second cast misdirection on my focus -- I generally set focus to tank for group content
/use [target=pet] Misdirection #Last, cast misdirection on pet
I know the macro isn’t as short as it could be, but it’s more explanatory this way. Some people like a mouseover somewhere in their MD macros, but I find that dangerous as there can be a lot of times where your mouse might be over a raid member and you don’t realize it.
The use of focus has dual use for me as my assist macro also has entries for focus:
#showtooltip
/cleartarget
/assist [@focus,help]
/target [@focus,harm]
/assist [target=pet]
The targeting of @focus,harm is for instances where you might set focus to a particular enemy so you can quickly come back to that enemy after, say, targeting adds. When focus is tank, periodically hitting your assist macro can keep you in sync with what the tank is doing.
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Personally I bake misdirection into the attack macros:
#showtooltip
/petassist [pet]
/petattack [pet]
/cast [mod]wing clip;cobra shot
/cast [@focus,nodead,help][@pet,exists,nodead]Misdirection
#showtooltip
/petassist [pet]
/petattack [pet]
/cast [mod:ctrl,known:213691]scatter shot;[mod]death chakram;[known:2643]multi-shot;dire beast
/cast [@focus,nodead,help][@pet,exists,nodead]Misdirection
#showtooltip
/petassist [pet]
/petattack [pet]
/cast [mod:altshift]kill shot;[mod]barbed shot;kill command
/cast [@focus,nodead,help][@pet,exists,nodead]Misdirection