The macro I use is:
/target Bigounce
/cast Spirit Mend
/target pettarget
-Sometimes when I use it, I see myself target myself. I don’t have /petattack on any of my attacks, so that could be it.
-Sometimes, my pet walks back to me rather than continue to attack my target. I suspect it’s from me clicking follow prior to the fight, but I haven’t tested this.
I have a strong sense that there’s something much more practical and I’m gonna feel stupid because I didn’t think of it. Any suggestions?
Just by pressing [G] you automatically retarget your previous target
Regardless of their status with you? Would pressing [G] continue down the list or just from 1 to 2 then back to 1?
I don’t have access to WoW right now, and won’t for likely another 24 hours or so, hence my asking you rather than testing it.
Personally I use these 2:
MD macro and Spirit Mend macro.
For Misdirection
#showtooltip Misdirection
/cast [target=mouseover,help,exists,nodead][@focus,help][@pet,exists] Misdirection
This macro works in the way that if you have your cursor placed on top of an ingame character/player or a unitframe(such as party frame or raid frame), misdirection will be cast on that player.
If your cursor is not placed on any player/frame but you have a friendly player set as Focus, misdirection will be cast on that player.
If neither of the above criteria are met, misdirection will be cast on your pet(if it’s alive and within range. If it’s not, then you will get the regular “who-do-you-want-to-cast-this-on?” effect displayed on your cursor).
For Spirit Mend
#showtooltip Spirit Mend
/cast [target=mouseover,help,exists,nodead][@Briz]Spirit Mend
This is similar to the MD macro although more simple in it’s setup.
Basically, like above, if your cursor is placed over another player/friendly unit frame then Spirit Mend will be cast on them(this will also make it so your pet can easily cast Spirit Mend on itself as well, which gives you a second Mend Pet-ability whenever needed). The best part with Spirit Mend if you ask me is the fact that you don’t have to wait for your GCD to pass in order to use it as you’re not the one casting it but your pet is.
The second part to this macro is basically, if my cursor is not placed on another player/friendly unit frame then Spirit Mend will be cast on me. This is very useful for self-healing whenever needed.
Note: the part in the Spirit Mend macro that says “[@Briz]”, guess I should mention just to be clear. What you want there is [@YourCharactersName].
For me, it says [@Briz] because it’s my hunters name.
You can also simplify it to [@player] and not worry about the specific character name. This allows you to use the macro on any hunter you have and not just the specific player.
Not that it will help your current goal, but I use a healer addon. IIRC I’m using quickheal2.
Spirit Mend
Mend Pet
Misdirection
Aspects
Etc
I have some macros, but rarely use them anymore. The healer addon just makes it too easy and opened up quite a bit of real estate on my screen.
#showtooltip Spirit Mend
/cast [@mouseover, eixists] Spirit Mend
/cast [@player] Spirit Mend
I also have just the ability on its bar to use on the pet itself.
True.
I only use the macro on that specific hunter though, so not an issue for me.
But yeah, if you want it for multiple chars. It’s better to go for [@player].
Also notice that spirit mend is only 25 yard range…so if you are at 40 yards dealing damage and cast spirit mend on yourself your pet will run back towards you - cast spirit mend on you - and then run back to its original target.
That could be what you are seeing when you say “pet runs back towards me”?
I try to bundle hunter macros for max effect when possible (harder now since they put almost everything on the GCD)
#showtooltip Spirit Mend
/cast [@player] Spirit Mend
/cast Mend Pet
This heals both me and the pet with 1 button push.
The mouseover target Spirit Mend macro above works too to throw heals on players or your pet (just hover mouse over their portraits and it works that way too) Spirit Mend + Mend Pet heals your pet to full very quickly.
#showtooltip Disengage
/cast petattack
/startattack
/cast Dash
/cast Growl
/cast Tar Trap
/cast Disengage
/cast Claw
/cast Smack
/cast Bite
This one drops a tar trap / gets my pet attacking and growling if enemies are mobs / then disengages me all with 1 button press. Concussive shot works here too but I use tar trap for slows on multiple mobs…plus it has a longer cooldown than concussive shot - so its nice to get that timer going so I can use it again ASAP if needed.
I put
/startattack
/petattack
/cast Claw
/cast Bite
/cast Smack
on all abilities so as soon as they are off cooldown they go off. Like this =
#showtooltip Barbed Shot
/startattack
/petattack
/cast Barbed Shot
/cast Claw
/cast Smack
/cast Bite
I add /cast Growl to that exact macro for my Kill Command (just remember to switch it out in dungeons b/c it obviously causes your pet to growl) I like growl on KC since the pet dashes to attack the target and a growl makes sure it stops coming at me…I can also spam that button even if KC is on cooldown and the attack and growl parts still work.
#showtooltip Misdirection
/cast [@pet] Misdirection
/cast Mend Pet
Obviously this one gets a heal rolling on the pet since I am dumping aggro on it…
#showtooltip Feign Death
/cast Feign Death
/cast Play Dead
This one is FD for me and pet simultaneously.
I made one for my azurite neck too =
/cast [@player] Concentrated Flame
This one drops the heal on me directly even if I’m DPSing a target - so I have the regular Concentrated Flame button to do damage to mobs in my damage ability row and this macro next to my exhilaration / spirit mend buttons for a little extra on demand self healing.
#showtooltip Pocket-Sized Computation Device
/stopcasting
/stopcasting
/use Pocket-Sized Computation Device
I use this one for the death ray ability on my mechagon trinket.
I have more but these are all I can remember off the top of my head.
Sorry if I mistyped any of these - obviously in macros spelling and punctuation has to be error free for them to work and I am just going from memory here.
Play around and see what abilities you can combine…I just get in front of a target dummy and play around until it works or until I decide its just not possible hehe
Hope some of these help you out. Happy hunting!
#showtooltip Aspect of the Turtle
/cancelaura Aspect of the Turtle
/cast Aspect of the Turtle
Turns it on / off with same button - just hit it to turn it on and hit it again if you want to cancel turtle aura before it expires…
I like to make macros for flare / tar trap / freezing trap to drop at my feet - very handy =
#showtooltip Tar Trap
/cast [@player] Tar Trap
If I think of more I use I’ll add.
Oh it just applies the mouseover segment automatically right?
I’m not at home to see my macros - but I think this is my spirit mend mouseover macro =
#showtooltip Spirit Mend
/cast [@mouseover] Spirit Mend
That’s it…simple - put it on a button and when you hit it - it will cast spirit mend wherever your mouse is (player / NPC / pet / etc)
I have it as a keybind on " ~ " the little symbol next to the number 1. Super easy to find that way if I need to drop a heal on a friendly
(remember the mouseover works if you mouseover their portrait too if you are grouped or its your pet’s portrait assuming they are in range)
#showtooltip Mend Pet
/cast [pet] Spirit Shock
/cast [pet] Soothing Water
/cast Mend Pet
This one casts the pet debuff on targets every time I cast mend pet - both have the same cooldown = 10 seconds.
Spirit shock is from Spirt beasts and Soothing Water is from water strider pet…I use the strider as my cunning pet b/c it also has a water walking buff to go along with the normal cunning pet movement speed buff. If I have a spirit beast or water strider pet out - this macro casts their debuff + mend pet…if I have a different pet out it just casts mend pet.
#showtooltip
/use [@mouseover,help,nodead][@focus,help,nodead][@deathbyhuntrr]Spirit Mend
is what i use to heal only me
That spirit mend macro is awesome! Thanks!