Tiger Palm / Enveloping Mist
I don’t need to visually track the cooldown of Tiger Palm, but I do need to pay attention to when instant-cast Enveloping Mist procs are available. Having Resuscitate is a bonus.
#showtooltip Enveloping Mist
/use [@mouseover,help,dead,nocombat]Resuscitate;[@mouesover,help,nodead]Enveloping Mist;Tiger Palm
Blackout Kick / Vivify
I don’t need to keep track of the cooldown for Vivify, but paying attention to Blackout Kick’s cooldown is valuable. Having Reawaken is a bonus.
#showtooltip Blackout Kick
/use [@mouseover,help,dead,nocombat]Reawaken;[@mouseover,help,nodead]Soothing Mist;Blackout Kick
Rising Sun Kick (+ Others) / Soothing Mist
I personally prefer to always pair my Thunder Focus Chi’s with Rising Sun Kick. Life Cocoon is also off the global cooldown, so I’ve decided to pair it with this ability (though it could be slapped onto Tiger Palm or Vivify instead.
Since Thunder Focus tea is automatically trying to always pair itself with Rising Sun Kick, I don’t need to keep track of its cooldown. It’ll happen when it happens. Same with Life Cocoon (though it’s arguably more optimal to remove this from the macro and have it function under its own separate button). I DO need to keep track of Rising Sun Kick’s cooldown though.
Also of note, I’ve moved away from [nochanneling]Soothing Mist;Enveloping Mist
type macros because you aren’t able to immediately start channeling Soothing Mist on a new target if you’re already channeling it on your current target. I’d prefer not to deal with the micro-management of moving or pressing escape in order to deal with this limitation. And as hinted earlier, both Vivify and Enveloping Mist (in many circumstances) need to be castable outside of channeling Soothing Mist.
#showtooltip Rising Sun Kick
/use Thunder Focus Tea
/use [@focus,help,nodead][@mouseover,help,nodead][@targettarget,help,nodead][]Life Cocoon
/use [@mouseover,help,nodead]Soothing Mist;Rising Sun Kick
Spinning Crane Kick / Detox
I don’t need to keep track of the cooldown for Spinning Crane Kick (because it has none), but I DO need to keep track of the cooldown for Detox.
#showtooltip Detox
/use [@mouseover,help,nodead]Detox;Spinning Crane Kick
The most significant downside of this setup is that I have to mouseover my player portrait in order to cast some of the beneficial healer spells on myself, but I think the tradeoff is worth it. Prioritizing visibility for important cooldowns is a big thing for me, and I typically never pair two different abilities together that both have cooldowns (since the macro tooltip/image can only show one at a time).