Heya guys!!  The title really says it all this time doesn’t it?  So…here they are.  I will happily add more macros to this list should you find any that are worthwhile.  Also note that many of these macros can easily be altered slightly to work for other abilities.  Macros using multiple abilities can/will require you to press the button more than once.  Whenever copying any macro with quotes (” “) you will need to retype the quotes.  Sorry, it’s an HTML issue.

 

Ghoulachoo, I choose you!!
#showtooltip
/cast [target=target,exists,harm] Leap
/cast [target=target,harm] Gnaw
/stopmacro [target=target,harm]
/cast [target=target,exists,noharm] Leap
/stopmacro [target=target,exists,noharm]
/cast [target=player] Leap
/petfollow

• Targeting an enemy:  Leap to then and then stun them.
• Targeting no one:  Leap to you and follow you.
• Targeting another player:  Leap to them, like getting them to a healer.

 

Ghouls is smart.
#showtooltip Gnaw
/cast [nomodifier] leap
/cast [nomodifier] gnaw
/cast [modifier:shift,target=focus] leap
/cast [modifier:shift,target=focus] gnaw

• This will make your ghoul leap to a target and stun it.  By holding down the SHIFT key it will instead leap and stun your Focus target without making you change your current target.

 

KILL EET!!
/startattack
/petattack

• This (when added to any existing macro) will turn your auto-attack on if you are targetting an enemy unit.  It will also make your pet attack your current target.  Either line can be removed or added to any macro.

 

Assist me damnit!!
/assist (name)
/startattack
/petattack

• Replace (name) with a player’s name whom you wish to assist in combat.  You will target their target, start auto-attacking their target, and send your pet to attack their target.  If that person is not there, you will still attack your current target.

 

Oh yeah?  Think you’re gonna run away?
#showtooltip Death Grip
/cast Death Grip
/cast Chains of Ice

• This is basically your anti-runner macro.

 

AWMAGAWD!!  Get it off!!
#showtooltip Hungering Cold
/cast Lichborne
/cast Unbreakable Armor
/cast Icebound Fortitude
/cast Hungering Cold

• This is basically your holy crap I’m gonna die option.  It spams all of your defensive CD’s while throwing out your CC (as Frost).

 

Double Dipping Death Coil <3’s for Ghoul healing lovins’!!
#showtooltip Death Coil
/cast [nomodifier] Death Coil; [modifier:alt,target=pet] Death Coil

• Click this and it fires DC off on your target.  Press ALT and then fire it off, and it hits your Ghoul with DC for a heal without losing your current target.

 

Aww….ghoul brains on my shirt!?!?!
#showtooltip
/target [modifier:alt] pet
/cast [modifier:alt] Corpse Explosion
/targetlasttarget
/cast [nomodifier] Corpse Explosion

• Normally this just does Corpse Explosion, but by pressing ALT down this will explode your ghoul for high AoE damage for burst.

 

Aww….ghoul brains on my shirt!?!?!  Part 2!!
#showtooltip Corpse Explosion
/target pet
/cast Corpse Explosion
/targetlasttarget

• Not quite as fancy, but it gets the job done without actually pressing the ALT button (which some people hate).

 

Strangulate my mouse?  What?!
/cast [target=mouseover] Strangulate

• Cast Strangulate on whatever target you are hovering your mouse over.

  

/Lazy mode on – Rune Strike SPAM please!?!?!!
#showtooltip Icy Touch
/cast Rune Strike
/cast Icy Touch

• Basically swap out any attack with “Icy Touch” and that button will fire off that ability and dump RP in a Rune Strike.  RS is *not* on GCD.

 

Cool as Ice!!
#showtooltip chains of ice
/cast [target=focus, exists] chains of ice; chains of ice

• This will cast CoI on your Focus target, or your regular target if you do not have a Focus target.

 

Oh no you don’t!!
#showtooltip death grip
/cast [target=focus, exists] death grip; death grip

• This will cast DG on your Focus target, or your regular target if you do not have a Focus target.

 

STFU!!
#showtooltip strangulate
/cast [target=focus, exists] strangulate; strangulate

• This will cast Strangulate on your Focus target, or your regular target if you do not have a Focus target.

 

HEALZ MY PET ZOMG!!!!
/cast [target=pet] Death Coil

• Keep your current target, but still throw a DC heal at your ghoul.

 

GET OVER HERE AND PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!!  /needy
#showtooltip Dark Command
/cast Death Grip
/cast Dark Command

• DG the target to you and then Taunt him.  Pretty straight forward.  There should be no real need to use this except for people who are too lazy to have 2 buttons for these abilities.

 

/lazy mode IT/PS + Blood Runes
#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=target/dead Icy Touch, Plague Strike, Blood Strike, Blood Strike
frost lazy mode

• Useful for any spec to place up diseases and then fire off two Blood Strikes to get your Death Runes coming.

 

Rogues?!?!  Who needs Rogues, lolololol!!
#showtooltip Death Grip
/cast Death Grip
/cast Gnaw

• After your target is pulled to you (dealing at least 1-2 seconds of CC already), you command your Ghoul to stun the target for 3 seconds more.  Make sure you do not have Leap turned on or a part of this macro.  That can cause the ghoul to leap to where the target was when it was death griped, leaving it out of range.

 

Ghouls grow up eating brains, not spinach silly…
#showtooltip Ghoul Frenzy
/cast Blood Tap
/stopcasting
/cast Ghoul Frenzy

• Typically used immediately after you use your Death Runes on a SS, this will basically cast Ghoul Frenzy for free once a minute without making you loose any SS’s from your rotation.

 

Super Healzorz ZOMG!!!
#showtooltip
/cast Vampiric Blood
/cast Rune Tap

• Pop off VB for extra healing, followed by a suped-up RT heal!!

 

When RT just won’t cut it because that brown stuff hit the proverbial fan…
#showtooltip Lichborne
/cast Icebound Fortitude
/cast Vampiric Blood
/cast Rune Tap
/cast Lichborne
/cast [target=player] Death Coil

• Requires Blood spec, sub-Frost.  This is basically a sure fire way to keep yourself alive no matter what is focused on you.  You just won’t have much left over once this is done.  Something to be saved for when your healer is CC’ed and you’re on your own.

 

Frost Lazy Mode, zomg!!
#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=target/dead Icy Touch, Plague Strike, Obliterate, Blood Strike, Blood Strike, Frost Strike, Frost Strike

• Opening sequence for a Frost spec.

 

I got your target right here.
/raid Kill in descending order:
/raid {skull}=Kill first whenever it appears.
/raid {star}
/raid {circle}
/raid {diamond}
/raid {triangle}
/raid {moon}=Sheep
/raid {square}=Sap

• Lists the kill order and CC required for each target.  Symbols can be moved, and assignments can be altered.  Also names of players can be added in to assign tanks or CC’ers to their symbol for easy repetition if people ask or forget.

 

I marked you.
#showtooltip Mark of Blood
/cast [target=mouseover, exists] Mark of Blood; Mark of Blood

• Throws Mark of Blood on your mouse over target, or your current target if no mouse over exists.

 

Blood Lazy Mode, zomg!!
#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=target Icy Touch, Plague Strike, Heart Strike, Heart Strike, Death Strike, Death Coil

• Opening sequence for a Blood spec.

 

One button heaven.
#showtooltip
/cast Scourge Strike
/startattack
/petattack
/cast Rune Strike

• You can replace SS with DS or OB depending on your spec.  This will basically always start your auto-attack (even if runes are not up), send your pet after your target, cast Rune Strike for you if it procs, and also fire off your heaviest attack for your spec.

 

You got agro…again…
#showtooltip Dark Command
/w [target=target's target] WATCH YOUR ****ING AGGRO!!!
/cast Dark Command

 

HYSTERIA I TELL YOU!!!  It’s hysteria!!!
#showtooltip
/cast [target=focus, help, nodead] Hysteria

• Makes your target your focus and also casts Hysteria on your focus.

 

Unholy Lazy Mode, zomgx2!!!
#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=target/dead Icy Touch, Plague Strike, Blood Strike, Blood Strike, Scourge Strike, Unholy Blight

• Opening sequence for an Unholy spec.

 

I can’t see…  /cry
/script SetCVar(”cameraDistanceMax”,30)

• So far away now everyone looks like an ant…  Cool!!

 

Macro to heal yourself with Death Coils:
#showtooltip Lichborne
/cast !Lichborne;
/cast [target=player] Death Coil
/run UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

• Requires Frost sub-spec.  This allows you to heal yourself with DC’s every 3minutes when the Lichbnorne CD becomes available.

 

Death Grip Sparks!!  Please?
#showtooltip Death Grip
/targetexact Power Spark
/cast Death Grip

• This will Death Grip any target that you are on currently unless there is a Power Spark nearby (Malygos).  This will never “accidentally” DG Maly possibly causing a wipe.  It will only DG the Power Spark.  The target name can be replaced with any name.

    

• This will mark any Power Spark in range (so long as you are promoted) with a Skull.  The number can be altered from 1-8.  1 is the Star, 8 is the Skull, and you can figure the rest out from there.  By swapping the target name you can mark any target with a symbol, such as the NPC’s in the ice cubes at Hodir.  Or by removing the “/target Power Spark” line, it will simply mark your current target with a Skull.  This macro will then retarget your last target.

   

Best mount macro EVAR!!!!!!!!

/run if IsMounted()then return end local t if((GetRealZoneText()==”Dalaran”) and (GetSubZoneText() ~=”Krasus’ Landing”) or (GetZoneText()==”Wintergrasp”) or not IsFlyableArea()) then t={1} else t={2} end CallCompanion(”MOUNT”,t[random(#t)])
/dismount

• Basically this will allow you to use one button to mount up where ever you are.  If you can use an aerial mount, then it will mount you on that.  If you can only use a ground mount, then it will mount you on that.  No more multiple buttons, this does both ground and air in one.  Please not the 1 and the 2 in the macro need to be adjusted depending on how many mounts you have.  Check your mount window in game.  1 would be the first mount, 2 would be the second mount, and so on.  So if you’re favorite ground mount was the 7th mount, and your favorite aerial mount was the 34th mount, you’d need to change 1 and 2 to 7 and 34.

  

Ghouls are people too!!
/bg GHOULS ARE PEOPLE TOO!!  They like buffs!!  <3 you much!!  My pet counts as a Rogue for buffs and is named %t!!  TY 

• Target your ghoul at the beginning of your BG and press this.  This actually will get people to stop and buff your ghoul sometimes.

 

Random Mounts.
/castrandom [flyable] FlyingMount1, Flyingmount2, FlyingMount3
/castrandom GroundMount1, GroundMount2, GroundMount3
/dismount

•  Makes your mount up randomly.  Changing the numbers (or adding more) may be necessary for players with tons of mounts.

 

Mice always find the cheese.
/focus [target=mouseover]

• Makes whomever you are currently “mousing” your Focus target.

 

Mice find the cheese, but so do humans!!
/focus [target=mouseover,exists][exists]
/stopmacro [target=mouseover,exists][exists]
/clearfocus

• Makes whomever you are currently “mousing” your Focus target.  If not doing so, then your current target becomes the Focus.  If no target exists and you are not mousing over anything, then it will clear your Focus.

Totem Stomper!!
/petattack [target=Healing]
/petattack [target=Mana]
/petattack [target=Earthbind]
/petattack [target=Tremor]
/petattack [target=Grounding]
/petattack [target=Cleansing]

• This is supposed to go kill totems (with your ghoul) in a priority of bottom to top.  I’ve had issues with it though.  If you know an improved one, shout.

There’s a few more macros I’d like to include, but we can get back to them.  Might organize these a little better to by category.  Not sure yet.  Let me know if you have other macros that are really solid.  I don’t really like the “easy mode” macros as a heads up that cast rotations for you.  More along the lines of ones that do tricky things for you. 

REMEMBER!!!  Any quotes (” ‘) will come up f’ed up due to HTML issues.  Please retype these in game.  Everything else should copy/paste just fine.

I will also be making a permanent macro page in the future when I have a few more ready, and time to organize these into categories.

-Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters.

Heya guys!!  Plenty to talk about today, so lets just jump right in eh?

 

5200 DPS

So, am I slacking because I’m 500 DPS lower?  Nah, not really.  First off when I pulled 5700 DPS we had Crypt Fever and Epon Plaguebringer.  Due to specs in the raid, we only had EP this time.  So instead of a x4 disease multiplier I only had a x3.  And then there could have been RNG factors as well. /shrug  But the point here is that this is an idea of what you can expect when 3.0.8 releases.  You will see your self do less dps than you are used to.  Whether you lost some Gargoyle DPS, you lost that 4th disease, etc.  So just be prepared.

As a side note Ruthlessness finally dropped!!  Yay!!  /WIN  It hasn’t dropped for our guild, bad luck and all.  And then BAMM!!!  It drops 3x in the same evening total, lol.  Needless to say my fellow DPS’ers were ecstatic!!

 

Battle Rez Bug?!

So this SS should amuse you some…

Now for those wondering how this is even possible, I use a not well known mod called Two Box Toolkit.  Now last I checked it hasn’t been updated in forever, but it is a surprisingly useful mod.  It’s designed for a second account where you can make that account auto accept things like group invites and commands to auto follow another character for two boxing.  While I used to Two Box all of the time, I rarely do so now.

But I kept this mod for lazy reasons.  If I have someone on my friends list I will automatically accept group invites and ressurections from those people.  Which is really handy in situations where you’re AFK/windowed out when you get a rez or invite.  So I’m sitting there in the fight and I get a B Rez and then the window pops up…after I’m already alive…  *blink* *blink* *blink*  You have no idea how tempted I was to click one of those buttons…

But I had no idea what would happen.  Probably nothing, I know…but what if?!  Ya know?  Also if I died again somehow, would it work?  Who knows?  I know server lag in PvP has allowed me to see a “Would you like to ressurrect” message at my corpse where I died before the “Rlease” window comes up.  I even managed to click on it once and then kill the two people who killed me before I was magically teleported to the nearest GY.  It was weird as hell.  But as I killed my attackers, and then got magically teleported away to the nearest GY as the five other Horde nearby started looking at me funny…I count that as pure /WIN. 

So I left it up, hoping it’d come in handy.  But alas, it went away before the fight ended.  /sadface

 

Howling Blast

Yeah, Blizz decided to weenie out on this one…sigh.  No CD was a good move, but because they cannot figure out how to nerf DW, they are nerfing Frost as a whole.  /sigh

“I believe the cooldown is 5 seconds now, so at least it should mesh a little better with 10 second rune cooldown.

We knew there was a risk in taking the Howling Blast cooldown off. Unfortunately, we saw dual-wield DK numbers as high as ever even with the Killing Machine and Gargoyle nerfs. It typically only happened when the DK was fighting multiple targets, which suggests Howling Blast is the right thing to change.

We still agree that a cooldown makes rotations more awkward, and we will continue to look for an implementation that lets Howling Blast be off a cooldown without all death knights feel like they need to DW Frost or go home.

(And no, we can’t buff other DK specs and other classes to 7000 dps or whatever to compensate.) (Source)”

Of course we understand.  Nerfing the Frost tree as a whole because you can’t figure out how to properly balance the DW specs is the right answer.  /grumble  I’ve always been a huge fan of the Frost tree, even if you guys never saw me say it.  On Beta for LK I was a Frost Knight, and it appealed to me greatly.  However when I saw the changes going through and we began to raid Naxx10 in Beta, I quickly swapped to Unholy as it was the far cry winner.

I really would like to see Frost get some loving, and Howling Blast is one the things that needs a fix.  The removal of the CD was the right move, and it’s a shame they didn’t keep that change in.  This will likely go live as they recanted on it now, and they are still failing badly at addressing DW issues.  The biggest saving grace for Frost atm appears to still be the Glyph of Obliterate change, where it is a straight up +20% damage bonus.

Frost will likely scale very well in the end due to the fact that it pulls more damage from weapon scaling than any other spec atm, but we will see.  I’ve actually been seriously considering swapping to Frost and doing some testing when 3.0.8 goes live.  Shocking, I know!!   Whether this will scale enough now before T8 is released in Uludar is the question though.

 

PvP Builds

I’ve got two little sneak peeks of ideas I’ve been playing around with.  Some readers asked questions about variant specs for PvP, and after dropping some of their ideas and tweaking things a bit I’ve got something here for you to play around with.

But before that, lets talk about the 2 big Blood nerfs for PvP viability.

“Will of the Necropolis will now reduce the damage of any attack that takes the DK below 35% health by 5 /10/15% instead of boosting armor when wounded. It no longer affects the cooldown of Anti-Magic Shell and retains the current damage reduction bonus.

Vampiric Blood (DK) changed from 20% health / 50% healing to 15 % health / 35% healing.”

Now, the VB change was probably needed.  But the WotN change?  Really?  That was one of the biggest draws to a Blood build for Arena in my book.  The ability to use AMS far more often was a big deal.  It meant that you could go immune to Sheeps, Immobs, etc…when you knew you had to.  And more importantly when you needed to.  Far more often.  Move in with the VB nerf which made survivability a joking matter for Blood in Arena matches, and Blood loses a lot of it’s new and shiny draw.

 

22/14/35

Now this little spec is a bit bonkers.  It’s so odd in fact, let me explain it to you.  Sometimes you may find that survivability is an issue.  Or you may find yourself frequently in the situation where your ally has died, and if you could have just gotten a few heals you would have won the match.  Well that is where this spec shines like no one’s business.

The basic concept in the Blood tree is straight forward.  You want to get to melee buffs while including Rune Tap for healing and filling out your Blood Strike.  Even with losing one point in the Blood Strikes talent should still be pure when when combined with the Glyph of Blood Strike.  Between Chains of Ice and Desecration, keeping your opponents snared for the damage bonus on BS should be a piece of cake.

This is where we deviate from the basic concept.  You dip into Frost now instead of giving Unholy the normal loving you are used to.  Toughness is brought online to ensure that you are not kited anywhere near as often (and that you’re harder to kill) while you directly move to get Lichborne for extra self healing.

Macro to heal yourself with Death Coils:
#showtooltip Lichborne
/cast !Lichborne;
/cast [target=player] Death Coil
/run UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

Considering that you have at this point given up on Scourge Strike, you now need to ensure you can use Obliterate without destroying your diseases with Annihilation.  Now while you have done all of this you pick up 5/5 Desecration, your Ghoul from Master of Ghouls and your Gargoyle.

What you basically lose is:

• Magic Suppression
• Anti-Magic Zone
• Unholy Aura
• Bone Shield

Overall, I am beginning to slide towards this being an overall advantage.  Especially with the Oblit buff going in 3.0.8 and the AMZ/Bone Shield nerfs as well.

 

0/34/37

This is an odd twist on the Unholy Spec, and honestly I’m not 100% satisfied with it.  For example I think this spec has room to possibly attempt to be a “Pure Ranged” spec by specing into Outbreak and using the Glyph of Plague Strike or the Glyph of Blood Boil for bonus damage and/or utility on one of those two attacks.

However with some minor tweaking this spec is very outstanding.  Howling Blast, Icy Touch, Chains of Ice, and Blood Boil will allow you to be able to use all of your Runes against any target at range, meaning you’re only losing some of your damage instead of the majority of it when you are being kited.

Overall this is a very strange builds with amazing potential in the hands of a skilled player.  Ever get frustrated as hell while a Frost Mage kites you?  *YOU* can now be that Frost Mage.  This is a kiting spec like you wouldn’t believe.  It brings to bear self heals, very solid Plague Strikes, solid snaring, and top end burst damage.  Overall it has some potential depending upon your team makeup.

Please note that both of these specs are not finalized “polished” versions in my book, with some room to move points and glyphs.

-Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters.

Weird post right?  Helping my guildies quick on a Malygos run.  Upside, these are great macros for you guys!! heh

Marking a Spark Macro

/target Power Spark
/run SetRaidTarget(”target”, 8);
/targetlasttarget

Death Grip Macro

#showtooltip Death Grip
/targetexact Power Spark
/cast Death Grip

The title really says it all this time doesn’t it?  So…here they are.  The largest compiled list of various DK macros I’ve seen so far on the net in one post.  Translation:  If you know of more on a site, tell me so I can go peek!!!  Please?

Moron flying to you in slow-mo
#showtooltip Chains of Ice
/cast Chains of Ice
/cast Death Grip

• Double cast this macro to Chain your target, and then follow with a Death Grip.  The slow effect will be applied, and works against the Death Grip.  So you’re target, or pvp opponent, is now basically CC’d.  He’s slowly moving towards you midair unable to cast spells or stick in melee range on a target.  Meanwhile ally casters can be lobbing flaming death at him, Icy Touch him, etc…
• They nerfed this finally.

 

Oh? Think you’re gonna run away? Not on my shift buddy!
#showtooltip Death Grip
/cast Death Grip
/cast Chains of Ice

• Kind of the reverse of the last macro.  This is basically your anti-runner macro.
• They nerfed this finally.

 

Double Dipping Death Coil <3’s for Ghoul healing lovins’!!
#showtooltip Death Coil
/cast [nomodifier] Death Coil; [modifier:alt,target=pet] Death Coil

• Click this and it fires DC off on your target.  Press ALT and then fire it off, and it hits your Ghoul with DC for a heal without losing your current target.

 

Strangulate my mouse?  What?!
/cast [target=mouseover] Strangulate

• Cast Strangulate on whatever target you are hovering your mouse over.

 

Casters?  HAH!!!  I got their number…
#showtooltip Mind Freeze
/cast Mind Freeze
/cast Strangulate

• Interrupt a caster’s spell, with Strangulate on backup duty if you need to do 2 back to back.  Or MF is on CD and you *have* to stop that spell from being cast.  All in one button!!
• This doesn’t work.

 

/Lazy mode on – Rune Strike SPAM please!?!?!!
#showtooltip Icy Touch
/cast Rune Strike
/cast Icy Touch

• Basically swap out any attack with “Icy Touch” and that button will fire off that ability and dump RP in a Rune Strike.  RS is *not* on GCD.

 

HEALZ MY PET ZOMG!!!!
/cast [target=pet] Death Coil

• Keep your current target, but still throw a DC heal at your ghoul.

 

GET OVER HERE AND PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!!  /needy
#showtooltip Dark Command
/cast Death Grip
/cast Dark Command

• DG the target to you and then Taunt him.  Pretty straight forward.

 

/lazy mode on for non-Blood specs
#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=target/dead Icy Touch, Plague Strike, Blood Strike, Blood Strike
frost lazy mode

• Useful for any spec other than Blood.  Lights up your two diseases and then burns off your 2 blood runes right away.

 

Rogues?!?!  Who needs Rogues, lolololol!!
#showtooltip Death Grip
/cast Death Grip
/cast Gnaw

• Unholy Spec only: After your target is pulled to you (dealing at least 1-3 seconds of CC already), you command your Ghoul to stun the target for 3 seconds more.

 

Expendable Minion!!  I need you!!
#showtooltip Death Pact
/cast [target=pet,exists] Death Pact

• Sac off your Ghoul for a heal without having to target him or anything.

 

Super Healzorz ZOMG!!!
#showtooltip
/cast Vampiric Blood
/cast Rune Tap

• Pop off VB for extra healing, followed by a suped-up RT heal!!

 

Frost Lazy Mode, zomg!!
#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=target/dead Icy Touch, Plague Strike, Obliterate, Blood Strike, Blood Strike, Frost Strike

• Opening sequence for a Frost spec.

 

You got agro…again…
#showtooltip Dark Command
/cast Dark Command
/w [target=target's target] WATCH YOUR ****ING AGGRO!!!

 

HYSTERIA I TELL YOU!!!  It’s hysteria!!!
#showtooltip
/cast [target=focus, help, nodead] Hysteria

• Makes your target your focus and also casts Hysteria on your focus.

 

Unholy Lazy Mode, zomgx2!!!
#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=target/dead Icy Touch, Plague Strike, Blood Strike, Blood Strike, Scourge Strike, Unholy Blight

• Opening sequence for an Unholy spec.