Bind Elemental Hex Macro

[Kalyse]

Is there a way I can smart select which spell to use?

I thought that this might work but it doesn't


/stopcasting
/cast [@focus] Hex
/cast [@focus] Bind Elemental


How would you do that?

[Negativ1337]

I just use the plain skill without a macro or anything and manually click the mobs on each toon so i can hex/bind elemental 4 at a time. You could consider marking the mobs and have your toons have like:

#showtooltip
/cast [target=skull] Hex

That might work too.

[HPAVC]

/stopcasting
/cast [@focus] Hex
/cast [@focus] Bind Elemental


Just for working through the problem you having here, obviously you cannot cast the two spells with the same key press. Just as you cannot /cast fireball /cast frostbolt on the same macro and hope both will land some how.

The best you can do if you refuse to press different keys is cast sequence or random this and double pump the macro. This method will only work if the spell casts and actually lands on the mob, even if an immune response is made. So if the response is failed, like a priest casting shackle on a critter. Your not going to get this to work.

So you focus on a Living Tornado, cast hex on it, and the response is immune, you cast cast again and the elemental bind works. The problem here is that you might want to recast hex and that would be sort of silly. The below assumes that the immune response works and not a failed response. And that you want to recast hex after 10seconds in the same combat.


/castsequence [@focus, harm, nodead] reset=combat/10 Hex, Bind Elemental

[Kalros]

This is how I've set mine up. I have a Mage and 2 Elemental Shamen.

I have 3 different keybinds, one to set the focus on each DPS:

Tank targets the mob to be CC'd

Mage (ctrl+1):

/assist party1
/focus target

Shaman 1 (ctrl+2), Shaman 2 (ctrl+3) same macro as above.

Then I have ctrl+4 as the actual cast macro.

Mage:

/castsequence [target=focus] polymorph

Shaman 1:

/castsequence [target=focus] hex

Shaman 2:

/castsequence [target=focus] bind elemental

BAM!

[howster]

This is how I've set mine up. I have a Mage and 2 Elemental Shamen.

I have 3 different keybinds, one to set the focus on each DPS:

Tank targets the mob to be CC'd

Mage (ctrl+1):

/assist party1
/focus target

Shaman 1 (ctrl+2), Shaman 2 (ctrl+3) same macro as above.

Then I have ctrl+4 as the actual cast macro.

Mage:

/castsequence [target=focus] polymorph

Shaman 1:

/castsequence [target=focus] hex

Shaman 2:

/castsequence [target=focus] bind elemental

BAM!

Using this myself (Just Alt instead of Ctrl) and works like a charm. Only sad thing is that the spells dont have better range :)

[crowdx]

So how are you sure that your CC toon is in range? Are you basing it on whether the tank is in range and so assuming the CC spell should be in range too?

[Kalros]

So how are you sure that your CC toon is in range? Are you basing it on whether the tank is in range and so assuming the CC spell should be in range too?

For me, its just guestimating more than anything. You start to get a feel for how close they need to be once you've done it for a while. However, if its still around, the addon "Range Display" might be helpful

[Reprisal]

I use:

/cast [target=focus,mod:shift] hex
/cast [target=focus] bind elemental

I bind that macro to key, Z for example, then through isboxer i set up a key map that sends both Z and shift+Z each time I press the Z key ingame. That way it casts the appropriate spell and you only need one key press.

[HPAVC]

I use:

/cast [target=focus,mod:shift] hex
/cast [target=focus] bind elemental

I bind that macro to key, Z for example, then through isboxer i set up a key map that sends both Z and shift+Z each time I press the Z key ingame. That way it casts the appropriate spell and you only need one key press.

How many keys do you usually string together in isboxer on a single key press?

[howster]

So how are you sure that your CC toon is in range? Are you basing it on whether the tank is in range and so assuming the CC spell should be in range too?

Yup. Pretty much it.

[Maxion]

The RangeDisplay addon is still around and works very nicely.

Also, you cannot macro target=skull or such targeting by marks.