Elemental Shaman DPS Theory - Post 3.3

[Mokoi]

Most people put EM + LvB together, for the instant cast.
Not so much for the after effect of the EM.

But should they? LvB has a shorter cast time than LB, so it should not be insta'd. in PvP or PvE anymore imo. imo the LB should always be the one to be shot instantly, as it has the longest cast time, not chain lightning.

[Aenar]

the haste duration is used only to boost LB (more LB casts before Phase 1)

/castsequence Flame Shock,,,,,,,,,,,
/castsequence Lava Bolt,,,,,,,,,,,
/castsequence Chain Lightning,Elemental Mastery,,,,,,,,
/cast Lightning Bolt
/use 13
/use 14

Concerning Elemental Mastery, this macro structue should work. EM isn't on GCD, so it won't jam a castsequence if its on cooldown. If its up, it pops after chain lightning which means the next button press you'll be casting LBolt spam until FShock/LBolt are up (unless your rotation is fubar?). The Chain Lightning on cooldown keeps EM safe & saved for starting LB spam instead of poping at the beginning or mid-rotation.

This is theory, cause I'm at work. Like a dork, I'm browsing the interwebs while on the clock.

[Aenar]

/castsequence Flame Shock,,,,,,,,,,,
/castsequence Lava Bolt,Elemental Mastery,,,,,,,,,,
/castsequence Chain Lightning,13,,,,,,,,
/cast Lightning Bolt
/use 14

Also thought up this version, to have EM ready for ChainL, then pop trinket after ChainL for LBolts. I just don't recall if trinkets can be placed in a castsequence like that.

[puppychow]

Its tangential to this topic but fwiw you may want to try out BindPad, it lets you use /click with names in macros and not have to place your macros on any visible (or hidden bars). Simply name your macros in bindpad (which allows > 255 macros) and in the WoW macro editor simple use:

#showtooltip
/click BindPadMacro nameyougavemacroinbindpad

so for example I have in Bindpad 5 macros named dps1 (assist, focus, pop trinkets, etc), dps2 (FS), dps3 (LvB), etc and my dps macro simply is:

#showtooltip Lava Burst
/click BindPadMacro dps1
/click BindPadMacro dps2
/click BindPadMacro dps3
/click BindPadMacro dps4
/click BindPadMacro dps5

[Zub]

Click functions the same as one huge macro.
/castsequence Flame Shock,,,,,,,,,,,
/castsequence Lava Bolt,,,,,,,,,,,
/castsequence Chain Lightning,,,,,,,,,
/cast Lightning Bolt
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Elemental Mastery

excuse my lack of macro knowledge, but does this mean that it will cast Flame Shock on cooldown (i.e. every 4-6 seconds) even though the dot still lasts a while?
is that the wanted behavior?
or is there a way to only cast it, say, after 12-15 seconds (with a [reset=x] maybe?)

cheers
-Zub

[Zub]

/castsequence Flame Shock,,,,,,,,,,,
/castsequence Lava Bolt,,,,,,,,,,,
/castsequence Chain Lightning,Elemental Mastery,,,,,,,,
/cast Lightning Bolt
/use 13
/use 14

Concerning Elemental Mastery, this macro structue should work. EM isn't on GCD, so it won't jam a castsequence if its on cooldown. If its up, it pops after chain lightning which means the next button press you'll be casting LBolt spam until FShock/LBolt are up (unless your rotation is fubar?). The Chain Lightning on cooldown keeps EM safe & saved for starting LB spam instead of poping at the beginning or mid-rotation.

This is theory, cause I'm at work. Like a dork, I'm browsing the interwebs while on the clock.

I think this doesn't work because it gets stuck on EM when it's on cooldown, the sequence is broken and no CL is fired

[Maxion]

/castsequence Flame Shock,,,,,,,,,,,
/castsequence Lava Bolt,Elemental Mastery,,,,,,,,,,
/castsequence Chain Lightning,13,,,,,,,,
/cast Lightning Bolt
/use 14

Also thought up this version, to have EM ready for ChainL, then pop trinket after ChainL for LBolts. I just don't recall if trinkets can be placed in a castsequence like that.

And this won't work cause trinkets are a use, not a cast, and if it did work it would lock up the castsequence like the one above.

Also, it is Lava Burst, not Lava Bolt

[Aenar]

trinkets are a use, not a cast

/use & /cast do the same thing and both can be used for spells, items, and trinkets (confirmed ingame to verify). /use is more common because of the character difference. But the overall feedback is correct: /castsequence will lock up on a cooldown no matter if its a spell or trinket.

So the normal macro...
/use 13
/use Spell1()
...works fine. As we all know, a non-ready trinket won't stop the rest of the macro.

But, after testing...
/castsequence Spell1(),13, Spell2()
...won't work as I hoped. The trinket will cast in a /castsequence... if its ready. It won't go to the next sequence if its on cooldown The same would happen with EM which was my whole post above, I was hoping to get to work. Stupid cooldowns.

Burst/Bolt... I blame Ualaa cause I quoted his macro (without proof-reading). But typos happen, I typo whole words with another words at work. To quote a random person in Trade Channel... "I now believe that the 'G' key and 'T' key are to close together on keyboards. I also believe that's the last time I'll end a letter with 'Regards'.

[Zub]

"I now believe that the 'G' key and 'T' key are to close together on keyboards. I also believe that's the last time I'll end a letter with 'Regards'.

lol!
treag sgory

[Niley]

holy cow you guys are over complicating things :P
Why try to fix something that isn't broken(ie normal click macros)

edit:
I seem to do fine with just basic stuff, or am i doing it wrong?