Useful Macro Templates

[Elvenbane-veknilash (Elvenbane)]

In 9.2.5 Blizzard introduced a bug where the Self Cast Key interferes with @unit (mouseover, focus, etc.) and @cursor macros. If you want to use those types of macros, you need to change your Self Cast Key to None.
If you want more info, or to encourage Blizz to fix the bug, please see this thread:

9.2.5 Self Cast Key Breaking Reticle & Mouseover Macro Logic

As of 9.2.5 reticle spells appear to be impacted by the Self Cast Key if Auto Self Cast is enabled. This is fine. The problem is it’s automatically being applied to macros AND handling the macro logic differently than spells taken from the spellbook. If you cast a reticle spell macro while holding the Self Cast Key modifier, even if no [mod:SELFCAST] condition is coded, it automatically tries to cast it at your target’s location. eg. /cast Door of Shadows If you self-cast the spellbook ve…

General Macro Templates

Dragonriding Mount Macro

#showtooltip
/cast [advflyable] DRAGONRIDING_MOUNT; [flyable] FLYING_MOUNT; GROUND_MOUNT
/dismount [mounted]

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Known Macro

With the addition of the known condition you can now filter macro logic by spell name or spell id.

#showtooltip
/cast [known:SPELL1] SPELL1; [known:123456] SPELL2

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Base Healing Macro

Alt: Self Cast
Mouseover Friend: Cast on Mouseover
Target Friend: Cast on Target
Target Enemy Targeting Friend: Cast on Enemy’s Target
Default casting behavior. This condition also serves to generate the correct tooltip.

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt,@player] [@mouseover,help,nodead] [help] [@targettarget,help,nodead] [] SPELL

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Basic Helpful Mouseover Macro

Cast a helpful spell prioritizing mouseover.

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt,@player] [@mouseover,help,nodead] [] SPELL

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Basic Harmful Mouseover Macro

Cast a harmful spell prioritizing mouseover.

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead] [] SPELL

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Basic Reaction Neutral Mouseover Macro

Cast a spell that can target both friends and enemies, prioritizing mouseover (Penance, Holy Shock, Shadowstep etc.)

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt,@player] [@mouseover,exists,nodead] [] SPELL

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Basic Help/Harm Macro

This will cast one spell when mousing over or targeting a friend and another when mousing over or targeting an enemy.

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt,@player] [@mouseover,help,nodead] HELP_SPELL; [@mouseover,harm,nodead] [harm] HARM_SPELL; HELP_SPELL

Variant: HARM_SPELL as Default

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt,@player] HELP_SPELL; [@mouseover,harm,nodead] HARM_SPELL;[@mouseover,help,nodead] [help] HELP_SPELL; HARM_SPELL

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Multi-modifier Mouseover Macro

Example of how to include multiple spells, differentiated by modifier, including mouseover. Trim it down and change exists to help or harm depending on what you’re actually using it for.

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:ctrl,@mouseover,exists,nodead] [mod:ctrl] CTRL_SPELL; [mod:shift,@mouseover,exists,nodead] [mod:shift] SHIFT_SPELL; [mod:alt,@mouseover,exists,nodead] [mod:alt] ALT_SPELL; [@mouseover,exists,nodead] [] SPELL

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Basic Reticle Macro

Alt: Cast at Player
Combat: Cast at Cursor
Default: Display Reticle

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt,@player] [@cursor,combat] [] SPELL

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Nochanneling Macro

Prevent casting when CHANNELING SPELL is channeling.

#showtooltip
/stopmacro [channeling:CHANNELING SPELL]
/cast SPELL

Prevent casting when ANY SPELL is channeling.

#showtooltip
/stopmacro [channeling]
/cast SPELL

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Stopcasting Macro

Cancels your currently queued spell and interrupts your current cast so you can cast a priority spell. Note: this functionality is automatically baked into all interrupts. Also, this is really only useful for cancelling spells with a cast time > 1 GCD OR if you’re cancelling so you can cast a spell that’s off the GCD.

#showtooltip
/cqs
/stopcasting
/cast SPELL

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Cancelaura Macro

Useful for things like Levitate, Ice Block, Spectral Sight where you want to be able to toggle them on and off with a single key.

#showtooltip
/cancelaura BUFF
/cast SPELL

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Conditional Focus Cast

Shift: Clear Focus
Alt: Set/Cast on Focus
Default: Cast on Target

#showtooltip
/focus [mod:alt,@focus,dead] [mod:alt,@focus,noexists]
/clearfocus [@focus,dead] [mod:alt,@focus,noexists] [mod:shift]
/cast [mod:alt,@focus,exists] [] SPELL

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Offensive Macro for Healers

This macro is for healers who want to dps without switching to enemy targets. Basically allows you to dps while having fiendly players targeted or moused over.

Mouseover Enemy: Cast on Mouseover
Target Enemy: Cast on Target
Mouseover Friend Targeting Enemy: Cast on Friend’s Target
Target Friend Targeting Enemy: Cast on Friend’s Target
Default casting behavior. This condition also serves to generate the correct tooltip.

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead] [harm] [@mouseovertarget,harm,nodead] [@targettarget,harm,nodead] [] SPELL

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CVar Toggle

Macro for toggling a 0/1 CVar on and off. Replace CVAR_NAME with the CVar you want to toggle.

/run local k,v = "CVAR_NAME" v = C_CVar.GetCVar(k) C_CVar.SetCVar(k, 1 - v) print(k .. (v == "1" and " Disabled" or " Enabled"))

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World Marker Spam

This macro is > 255 chars. I recommend using it with BindPad.

Click to set world markers, shift click to clear.

/cwm [mod:shift] 0
/run local b=_MB or CreateFrame("Button", "_MB", nil, "SecureActionButtonTemplate")  _MH=_MH or(b:SetAttribute("*type5","macro")or SecureHandlerWrapScript(b,"PreClick",b,'Z=IsShiftKeyDown()and 0 or(Z or 0)%8+1 self:SetAttribute("macrotext5","/wm [@cursor] "..Z)'))or 1
/click _MB Button5

This variant is <255 but uses ActionButton8 for the macro.

/cwm [mod] 0
/run local b=ActionButton8 _MH=_MH or(b:SetAttribute("*type5","macro")or SecureHandlerWrapScript(b,"PreClick",b,'Z=IsShiftKeyDown()and 0 or(Z or 0)%8+1 self:SetAttribute("macrotext5","/wm [@cursor] "..Z)'))or 1
/click ActionButton8 Button5

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Class Specific Macros

Death Knight

Raise Ally

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,dead] [] Raise Ally

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Demon Hunter

Alt: Spectral Sight
Default: Consume Magic

#showtooltip
/cancelaura Spectral Sight
/cast [mod:alt] Spectral Sight; [@mouseover,harm,nodead] [] Consume Magic

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Druid

Dead: Rebirth
Harm: Soothe
Default: Nature’s Cure/Remove Corruption

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,dead][help,dead]Rebirth;[spec:4,@mouseover,help,nodead]Nature's Cure;[@mouseover,help,nodead]Remove Corruption;[@mouseover,harm,nodead][harm]Soothe;[spec:4]Nature's Cure;Remove Corruption

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Hunter

Shift: Revive/Mend Pet
Alt: Misdirection
Default: Tranquilizing Shot

/cast [mod:shift,@pet] Revive Pet; [nomod,@mouseover,harm,nodead] [nomod] Tranquilizing Shot; [@focus,help,nodead] [@mouseover,help,nodead] [help] [@pet,exists] [] Misdirection

If you want to be absolutely certain it perfectly falls back, use this version instead. It just excludes the possibility of mouseover or focus not in your group

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt,@pet] Revive Pet; [@focus,help,group] [@mouseover,help,nodead,group] [help,group] [@pet,exists] [] Misdirection

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Mage

Harm: Spellsteal
Default: Remove Curse

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead] Remove Curse; [@mouseover,harm,nodead] [harm] Spellsteal; Remove Curse

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Monk

Alt: Healing Elixir/Diffuse Magic/Dampen Harm
Help: Detox
Harm (WW): Touch of Karma

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt,spec:1,talent:5/2] [mod:alt,spec:2,talent:5/1] Healing Elixir;[mod:alt,talent:5/2] Diffuse Magic;[mod:alt,talent:5/3] Dampen Harm;[@mouseover,help,nodead] Detox;[spec:3,@mouseover,harm,nodead][spec:3,harm] Touch of Karma;Detox

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Paladin

Shift: Blessing of Protection
Alt: Blessing of Freedom
Default: Cleanse Toxins/Cleanse

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift,@mouseover,help,nodead] [mod:shift] Blessing of Protection; [mod:alt,@mouseover,help,nodead] [mod:alt] Blessing of Freedom; [spec:1,@mouseover,help,nodead] [spec:1] Cleanse; [@mouseover,help,nodead] [] Cleanse Toxins

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Priest

Alt: Mass Dispel
Harm: Dispel Magic
Default: Purify Disease/Purify

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt] !Mass Dispel; [spec:3,@mouseover,help,nodead] Purify Disease; [@mouseover,help,nodead] Purify; [@mouseover,harm,nodead] [harm] Dispel Magic; [spec:3] Purify Disease; Purify

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Rogue

Alt: Crimson Vial
Outlaw: Grappling Hook
Default: Shadowstep

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt] Crimson Vial; [spec:2,combat,@cursor] [spec:2] Grappling Hook; [@mouseover,exists,nodead] [] Shadowstep

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Shaman

Harm: Purge
Default: Purify Spirit/Cleanse Spirit

#showtooltip
/cast [spec:3,@mouseover,help,nodead] Purify Spirit; [@mouseover,help,nodead] Cleanse Spirit; [@mouseover,harm,nodead] [harm] Purge; [spec:3] Purify Spirit; Cleanse Spirit

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Warlock

Shift (Felhunter): Devour Magic
Alt: Unending Resolve
Dead: Soulstone
Default: Command Demon

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift,pet:Felhunter/Observer,@mouseover,harm,nodead] [mod:shift,pet:Felhunter/Observer] Devour Magic; [mod:alt] Unending Resolve; [@mouseover,help,dead] [help,dead] Soulstone; [@mouseover,exists,nodead] [] Command Demon

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Warrior

Alt (Prot): Spell Reflection
Default: Heroic Throw

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt,spec:3] Spell Reflection; [@mouseover,harm,nodead] [harm] Heroic Throw

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Other Resources

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[Ehiztari-earthen-ring (Ehiztari)]

@Elvenbane-veknilash

Hunter

Alt: Revive/Mend Pet
Default: Misdirection

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt,@pet] Revive Pet; [@focus,help] [@mouseover,help] [help] [@pet,exists] [] Misdirection

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt,@pet]Revive Pet;[@focus,help,group][@mouseover,help,group][help,group][@pet,exists][]Misdirection

Misdirection cannot be cast on anyone not in your group (party or raid, doesn’t matter). Written your way, it would block misdirecting to your pet outside of groups if you had a helpable focus, mouseover, or target. Best to be explicit with that unless your intent is to disable Misdirection outside of groups.

Misdirection

[Elvenbane-veknilash (Elvenbane)]

Worst case it displays the hand so you can select your Misdirection target. I personally can’t think of a plausible situation where you’ll have your focus set to an ally who’s not in your party and Hunter’s aren’t exactly known for mousing over allies to cast on them.

But yes, if you do want to ensure everything falls back perfectly in 100% of situations then the group condition is advisable.

[Elvenbane-veknilash (Elvenbane)]

Converted it to a Wiki… let’s see how this works.

[Ehiztari-earthen-ring (Ehiztari)]

I frequently set my focus to any tankish toon in world boss fights.

Because of how my macros are coded, that suppresses my pet’s Growl (that part of my macro doesn’t care if the focus is grouped with me or not - if I have a tank or tank-designate - as indicated by something friendly and alive being in my focus - no autocast on Growl).

Because my focus is not in my group and because I coded it correctly, Misdirection drops to my pet (instead of not being cast at all).

[Elvenbane-veknilash (Elvenbane)]

Updated the markdown of the macros so they don’t try to render as JavaScript

[Elvenbane-veknilash (Elvenbane)]

Added Heart Essence macro

[Johadan-moon-guard]

#showtooltip
/stopmacro [channeling]
/cast SPELL

Wouldn’t this be the same as

#showtooltip
/cast [nochanneling] SPELL

[Elvenbane-veknilash (Elvenbane)]

Yes, in that exact example. The stopmacro version allows you to include whatever condition payload you want on the cast without having to duplicate nochanneling:spell each time.

[Johadan-moon-guard]

Ah cool, that will be really useful for cleaning up some of my macros, thanks!

[Scarscrape-kiljaeden]

I hope this won’t be considered a necro…
For reticule-targeted spells, I’ve taken to using a format like this:

#showtooltip
/stopspelltarget
/cast [mod:alt,@player][mod:ctrl][@cursor]Rain of Fire

I’ve bound a slot on my bars to the F key for spells targeted with a reticule so for me Alt-F casts the spell at my location, Ctrl-F brings up the targeting reticule, and F (without a modifier) casts the spell at the cursor’s location. If I’m confident in the spot I’ll just hit F; but if I want some help placing it I’ll hit Ctrl-F, move the reticule to where I want it, then hit F (without a modifier) to fire it off.

Very similar to Elvenbane’s format (in fact I may have stolen it from one of his posts a couple years ago) so I thought I’d bring it up here in this post.

[Madlydriven-illidan]

Is there any ways to make a Soulstone macro that rez and b-rez on mouse over ? because I tried everything I was able to find, and it doesn’t work. Keeps telling me " Your target is dead "

[Elvenbane-veknilash (Elvenbane)]

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,dead] [] Soulstone

[Lildipper-zuljin]

Excuse me Mr. Bane, but is there a way to not cast a spell if you are channeling 2 of 3 channeled spells, but cast the spell if you are casting the 3rd channeled spell?

[Elvenbane-veknilash (Elvenbane)]

[this, and this]
[this] [or this]

/stopmacro [channeling:spell1] [channeling:spell2] [channeling:spell3]
/cast whatever

[Rahkeetahp-aerie-peak]

omg…lol…just toying around with a lot of crap I didnt know I could do with macros.
Can we get the character cap bumped up to 300 or 350 maybe, without using an addon?

[Ari-dawnbringer-1660098]

@Elvenbane I love you. Metaphorically speaking, of course.

[Graytakeo-kiljaeden]

@Elvenbane, thanks for all the great info. This post has been very helpful.

I have a macro that doesn’t seem to be working quite right and I was hoping you could help.

Here is what I would like it to do.

If I am mouseover friendly cast heal spell, if I am mouseover enemy kick, if my current target is enemy kick, if my current focus target is enemy kick, otherwise cast heal on me.

For the kick I would like to have a preferred order if possible, focused, mouseover, current target.

Here is what I have now.

/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead]Vivify;[@mouseover,harm,nodead][harm]Spear Hand Strike;[@focus,harm,nodead]Spear Hand Strike;Vivify