warlock petattack

How are destruction warlocks macroing their imp petattacks?

I see some people have this in their dps grind macro with just a line added under /assist focus for /petattack. And then other macros have it ignored, like the db wiki for example or the compilation.

Obviously you cannot spam /petattack with the imp since he basically does this ever time you /petattack with him. Unlike other pets where your telling them to do attack a mob as they see fit without a stopcasting.

Code:

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/assist player
/stopcasting
/cast fireball

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Originally Posted by HPAVC

How are destruction warlocks macroing their imp petattacks?

I see some people have this in their dps grind macro with just a line added under /assist focus for /petattack. And then other macros have it ignored, like the db wiki for example or the compilation.

Obviously you cannot spam /petattack with the imp since he basically does this ever time you /petattack with him. Unlike other pets where your telling them to do attack a mob as they see fit without a stopcasting.

Code:

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/assist player
/stopcasting
/cast fireball

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I just have my imp set to defensive all the time, and he attacks wtih my lock. I'm probably not doing it right. Sometimes (on movement fights) the imp will end up on really odd spots but he always runs back in range.

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Originally Posted by Svpernova09

I just have my imp set to defensive all the time, and he attacks wtih my lock. I'm probably not doing it right. Sometimes (on movement fights) the imp will end up on really odd spots but he always runs back in range.

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So only if they warlock is harmed he attacks then if you just leave him on defensive. Did you spec out of Empowered Imp and Demonic Power?

To be clear, if you put /petattack in your macro, the imp casts very rarely it seems. If I break down my damage in a fight I can see the imp getting a shot off or two. Likely during movement and fears, etc.

I could see people that manually assist always doing a:

/assist focus
/stopmacro [nocombat]
/petattack

/cast [pet:imp, combat] firebolt

The combat flag is there so that he doesn't go off attacking anything until after the warlock has engaged something.

By default the imp will start attacking after my lock finishes his first cast, his first cast is usually CoA, or CoE, so the imp starts casting fairly soon.

This is my lock spec: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-t...rgaude&group=1

It's a cookie cutter best raid DPS for destro.

So if your infront of a target dummy and you button mash (just for testing) and obviously have all the imp spells on autocast ..

Code:

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/cast Incinerate
/petattack

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... you see the imp casting fireballs every 2 seconds?

I see no combat log damage from him, except rarely he sneaks a fireball in. I see his casting bar moving but it doesn't complete (I widened the pet unit frame in obnoxious wide just to make sure) I set him on defensive since Svpernova09 has this, shouldn't matter.

Once I stop pressing that button, the little starts actually completing casts.

I'll mess with the actual pet spell i guess, thanks for suggesting that.

Thats /cast did it, thanks^10

HPVAC:

I know that you feel your question was answered but it looks like you may have missed something.

With this macro:
/cast Curse of Elements

And my Imp set to "Defensive"

I can spam the macro and my Imp will autoattack whichever target I am attacking. This could be a target dummy, or anything else. It does NOT require my warlock to be hit/attacked in any way - the moment COE hits the target the Imp will cast.

Note: The Imp will not switch targets until A) I commant it to attack a new target or B) The first target dies.

This actually broke some things for me when they made this change because my voidwalkers of my lowbies would suddenly run into an attack at the worst possible time...
level 20 Lock at 30yds, casts wand on level 35 mob my level 80 pally is fighting (because I want to level my wand skill on the alt and what else is the alt doing anyway). VW set to def decides to attack level 20... runs in and gets 20 guys to aggro him. He goes down fast ... and now the whole group goes straight for the lowbie. Pally now has to try to run to the rescue...


Only way around this is to set the pet on passive.

/stopmacro [@pettarget,exists]
/petattack

This will also work and then you don't need to know what spells your pet has (so same macro will work for succy, VW, etc). Your pet will not "hold" a target that it is not attacking.

I'm using:
/use [pet:imp] Firebolt

Melee pets.. /petattack is fine.
Caster pets, will reset to the start of the spell on each click.
Unless you name which spell they should be casting.

Remember with /click it actually clicks on all of the Action Buttons at the same time.

Under my last button I have:
#show Incincerate (so i dont have to find the damn icon)
/use 13
/use 14
/cast [pet:imp] fireball
/cast Incinerate

My Imp will always cast at my target even if I change targets - having him cast all the time has increased my DPS dramatically. I've been doing 4-6k DPS quite easily and my Warlock is in pretty shitty gear compared to my Shaman. They seem to cap out at about 5.5k tops with the occasional string of luckky crits getting me to 6k.

4k is pretty average though and what I'm used to seeing unless its a boss fight. 2k if the mobs have very little health.