Macros every Hunter Needs!

by Richard Arellano at Jun 26, 2012 2 comments

Today is a long over due post, I’m going to be talking about macros, and for those of you who don’t know what a macro is, how to use one, first before you read today’s entry, check out the official how to use macros wiki page.

Alright so let’s get down to the core of why we used macros. Simply they made playing the game better. Mouseovers, focus target macros, just being able to do more than one action at the same time to do the best DPS we can.

In PVE there aren’t many macros we need for your standard PVE hunter, he would only need 1 or two good shot macros and a cooldown macro, everything else should be key-bound for easy and quick use.

For starters lets look at a simple PVE shot macro, this macro can be changed base on the shot (you just copy it, make a new macro and paste it using a different shot).

#showtooltip Arcane Shot
/startattack
/use Arcane Shot

This is as basic as you can get for any shot macro, but we’re going to take it a step more and I’m going to reveal to you a really simple aspect switching macro that I’ve been using since 4.1. [Note: /use [combat]10 is used for if you’re an engineer, if you’re not you can remove this line]

#showtooltip Arcane Shot
/startattack
/castsequence reset=1 !Aspect of the Hawk, null
/use Arcane Shot
/use [combat]10
/run UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

#showtooltip Cobra Shot
/startattack
/castsequence reset=1 !Aspect of the Fox, null
/use Cobra Shot
/use [combat]10
/run UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

The way these two macros work, is by the castsequence line. Now some people have said this way of switching is buggy. To get around it, you need to figure out your lag and time it. Remember that even know the reset is at 1 second, it can be up to 2-3 seconds due to lag. So keep that in mine and if all else fails and you find yourself always in the wrong aspect, I keybind Fox and Hawk to my F1 and F2 keys which are pretty easy to get too.

The following are some macros I use to limit the number of bar space that I need and hitting more than one spell at the same time depending on if I’m in combat, or not. [NOTE: /use [combat] 6 is for engineering belt trickets] Also my main Hunter is BM/SV so my macros reflect this, if you have questions on how to them for Marks please let me know in the comments below.

BUB Macro

#showtooltip [combat]Deterrence ; [nocombat]Aspect of the Pack
/stopcasting
/use [combat] Healthstone
/use [combat] Cower
/use [combat] Deterrence
/use [combat] 6
/use [nocombat] Aspect of the Pack

CM

#showtooltip
/cast [nocombat]Camouflage
/cast [spec:1,combat]Bestial Wrath
/cast [spec:2,combat]Kill Command

FF

#showtooltip
/use !Focus Fire
/use [combat]Rabid
/use [combat]14
/use [combat]10

KS

#showtooltip Kill Shot
/castsequence reset=1 !Aspect of the Hawk, null
/cancelaura Deterrence
/cancelaura Hand of Protection
/use Kill shot
/use [combat]10
/run UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

MARK

#showtooltip Hunter’s Mark
/cast [nocombat] Hunter’s Mark ; [combat] Hunter’s Mark
/petattack [target=target,harm,combat]
/startattack [harm,combat]
/petdefensive
/use [combat]Charge
/use [combat]Swoop

MS

#showtooltip
/startattack
/use Multi-Shot
/use [combat]10

WIN

#showtooltip Rapid Fire
/use [combat]Rapid Fire
/use [combat]Call of the Wild
/use [combat]Rabid
/use [combat]14
/use [combat]10
/use [combat]Call of the Wild
/use [combat]Potion of the Tol’vir
/use [combat]Ancient Hysteria

MF

#showtooltip
/cast !Flare

DC

#showtooltip [combat]Disengage;[nocombat]Aspect of the Cheetah
/targetenemy [combat][noharm][dead]
/use [nocombat]Aspect of the Cheetah
/use [combat,harm,nodead]Wing Clip
/use [combat]Disengage

DIN

#showtooltip
/petpassive
/petfollow
/use Dash
/use Dive

RS

#showtooltip Raptor Strike
/cancelaura Deterrence
/targetenemy [noharm][dead]
/use [harm,nodead,nomod] Raptor Strike

MD

#showtooltip
/use [target=focus,help][help][target=pet,exists,nodead] Misdirection
/run UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

Focus

/focus [modifier:alt] target
/stopmacro [modifier:alt]
/tar [target=focus,harm] focus
/assist [target=focus,help] focus; [target=pet, exists] playerpet

PET

#showtooltip
/use [nomod,target=pet,dead][nopet]Revive Pet ; [nomod,target=pet]Mend Pet
/use [mod:alt,target=pet]Dismiss Pet
/use [target=mouseover,help,mod:ctrl][target=player,mod:ctrl]Spirit Mend
/use [combat]Cower

ST

#showtooltip
/use [target=focus,exists,mod]Scatter Shot
/use [target=mouseover,exists,nomod]Scatter Shot ; Scatter Shot
/use Trap Launcher
/stopattack
/cleartarget

There are a host of other mouseover/focus macros that I also use. However those are minly used in PVP which I’ll be talking about pretty soon. These are you’re basic PVE macros that I use. Finally you want to replace all the target= in the macros with @ the reason I didn’t do this was because my blog linked all them to a twitter account which well filled it up with nothing but links.

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Author: Richard Arellano

Freelance graphic artist, writer, graphic designer, gamer, web programmer, web designer, video editor and blogger from Las Vegas, Nevada. Be sure to follow me on Twitter @NeckarUnrivaled.

Further Reading::

1. Hunter Project
2. How to Make Gold at Low Levels
3. Exploiting LFR, Why we can’t have nice things
4. Call To Auction: Episode 27 Review
5. Shuffle Challenge

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