Macro for Spriest

[DrChaos]

In about 2 hours ill be going into naxx 25 and im looking for a few macros that can help me out. I have 2100 spell power and im in crafted / ah gear thats gemmed. One macro Im using I got from here im sure and its

castsequence [nochanneling] reset=target vampiric touch, mind blast, mind flay, mind flay, mind blast, mind flay, mind flay
/cast devouring plague
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

anyone have any others that might help with dps rotation? Or point me to the thread that has them cause a search came up with stuff but nothing tht was revelant or that great.

[aboron]

I use two separate macro buttons for my dps priests, The first one is my big boss init pull macro, and i spam it until one key after i see the swain up on the boss:

/cast [nostance] shadowform
/use 13
/use 14
/castsequence [nochanneling] reset=14/combat/target ,,, vampiric embrace, vampiric touch, mind blast, mind flay, shadow word: pain, devouring plauge

The extra commas are not needed for solo play, they just allow my tank time to get some threat moves out there

The second macro I use after the first one has been run through, or just by itself for regular trash and stuff:

/cast [nochanneling,nostance] shadowform
/use 13
/use 14
/castsequence [nochanneling] reset=29/combat mind blast, mind flay, mind flay, mind blast, mind flay, mind flay, mind blast, mind flay, , vampiric touch, mind flay
/castrandom[nochanneling] devouring plague, devouring plague, berserking, inner focus, mind flay

it's rather hack-ish on that castrandom with the single drop-through extra open commas, but is more reliable than some things i've tried, considering my gear haste is nothing like the guy at shadowpriest.com who has a more optimized version of these macros for raiding.

I manage anything from 1800-2400 dps in heroics depending on movement and backup healing requirements with about +1600 sp.

Sorry if i didn't make the 2 hour deadline

[Niley]

because sp have priority rotation, macros are good for boxing, for solo learn to play the class, you will gain at least 30% damage.

[DrChaos]

Thanks for the tips. ill add them today and see how it goes. On another note. I know how to play my class. Ive played every clase since release. I was doing a guild naxx run and boxing it for the first time. I chose to go the "ez" route just because i was boxing during the run.

[ElectronDF]

In about 2 hours ill be going into naxx 25 and im looking for a few macros that can help me out. I have 2100 spell power and im in crafted / ah gear thats gemmed. One macro Im using I got from here im sure and its

castsequence [nochanneling] reset=target vampiric touch, mind blast, mind flay, mind flay, mind blast, mind flay, mind flay
/cast devouring plague
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

anyone have any others that might help with dps rotation? Or point me to the thread that has them cause a search came up with stuff but nothing tht was revelant or that great.

Can I ask a stupid question? How does devouring plague ever get cast? I thought
/cast Spell1
/cast Spell2
Would cause spell2 to never cast? What makes it work in your instance? And I thought vampiric embrace doesn't cost mana and has no cooldown, so why not put it in and get healing for free?

[DrChaos]

Well im not sure it matters or or not but its only using the actual "/cast spell" for devouring plague
And although vampiric embrace dont cost anything, it does start a timer on other stuff. So its not added in the macro. At the start of the boss pull ill cast shadow word: pain and vampiric embrace to give the tank time for aggro. then ill use the macro. I was boxing 3 spriests in naxx last night and was very impressed. Others in the raid could not believe I was boxing 3 spriest.

[aboron]

One thing to note about SW: P is that it uses you current +dmg buffs when you start it, and if you are set so that your mind flay refreshes the duration, then it always uses those +'s forever. So it's usually good to get a few stacks of shadow weaving (best is to get all 5 stacks first) to boost the periodic damage for it's lifetime.

[Zaelar]

Can I ask a stupid question? How does devouring plague ever get cast? I thought
/cast Spell1
/cast Spell2
Would cause spell2 to never cast?

It's due to lag in castsequence(and only castsequence, castrandom and cast don't have the hole). For functionality, if a macro gets to a cast sequence, you're off the gcd, and the lag is in effect, it will go to the next cast/castrandom/castsequence, but it won't cast the next spell in the original cast sequence no matter what. At least that's the functionality I get out of it. The lag is in effect after any non-instant cast, although theoretically might not leave a gap for casts that are faster than the gcd if your latency is good.

[ElectronDF]

Thank you so much, /bow. I didn't want to be telling people the wrong thing and didn't want to miss out on some hidden "feature".