Help with Elem Shaman Macro

[Sam DeathWalker]

I dont know the timings as I dont use this "maxdps" stuff myself but you can do this better with IsBoxer by checking the button "do not advance to the next step for X seconds" and just having one step per cast.

So IsBoxer - Keymaps - New Key Map - Mapped Keys - Step One - New WoW Macro - /cast flame shock

"Do not advance to the next step for 4 seoncds (or whatever the flame shock cast time and gcd is well 2.5 I guess)

Then for step 2 you do /cast Lava Burst and make the do not advance for Lave Burst cast time plus gcd (plus about .5 seconds I would guess to account for lag depending on your latency)


Step 3 would be /cast chain lightning with the "do not advance" set to cast time of CL and its gcd

Step 4 would be /cast lightning bolt with the "do not advance" set to cast time of LB and its gcd



What happens is that the first key press causes step one to fire, the 2nd press of that key, if done before the set time will not do anything. ONly keypress after the set time will trigger anything (say you said "do not advance to the next step for 4 seconds" then after you press the key the first time if the 2nd press is before 4 seconds after the first press nothing happens. You then press again and if its after the 4 second "lock out" then the 2nd step fires, if not then again nothing happens. The fact that its not a delay (you must press the key again if you press it before the lock out time) but a "lock out" keeps it legal from what Lax explains and what seems resonable enough to me. You must always press the key for something to occur, this just lets you spam (like all the ,,,,,, above) and stops some key presses from doing anything.


If the gcd on LB makes the whole 4 steps over the cd on /flame shock then yur done! If not add in some LB's untill you are over the Flame shock cool down.


Now you can spam at any rate and assuming you spam at .25 seconds intervals you will be at close to single character dps (actually probabaly better lol). As the faster you spam the more dps you do (well maybe like 4 percent mroe by spamming twice as fast or something). I am sure this is more dps then one person controling a single toon and mouse moving / clicking on icons for each spell cast.

I've never used /click as its clear you have to press at some known rate so you know how many ,,,,, to insert. I just think that you can't always press at .5 second intervals or whatever you are planning on.


I know this explantion is hard to follow maybe our resident IsBoxer experts Lax or Ualaa can rephrase it with additional clarity.