My 4x Frost DK / Paladin Setup - Based on DK Manifesto

[pinotnoir]

It's:

/cast [@arenatarget1] death grip

This does not work.

[Toned]

Yes

[Ualaa]

Added to the Paladin healing section:

I've added a pair of Clique bindings for setting/clearing focus.
I'm using Scroll Wheel Up (Set Focus) and Scroll Wheel Down (Clear Focus).

Open the spellbook.
Click the bottom icon on the spellbook, to enter Clique binding mode.
Click the second button, "Bind Other".
Select, "Run Custom Macro".
You need to include [target=mouseover] for these to work.

Bind: Scroll Wheel Up
/focus [target=mouseover]

Bind: Scroll Wheel Down
/clearfocus [target=mouseover]



Now I have...
- Left Click = Flash of Light
- Right Click = Cleanse
- Thumb Button = Divine Light
- Scroll Up = Set Focus
- Scroll Down = Clear Focus

So basically, a fast heal, an efficient heal and a cleanse effect.
And a very easy to way to set focus.
Anytime focus is set, the Paladin uses the double big healing macros.

[CheeseCake]

Not sure if i missed it but how exactly do you get the others to outbreak when one Death grips
i have a key that round robins my death grip, may need a delay in it since sometimes two will death grip the same target :/
This and dark sum are the two im trying to find a good way of fitting in and to get outbreak to go off first.

Spent most of the day going through Ualaas and mosqs setup and yesterday i was doing 6-7k dps and now they have shot up to 9-11k dps,

[Ualaa]

Assuming you use IS Boxer, you have two approaches to a Death Grip round-robin.

You could go with Send Keybind to Group: (all of) Death Knights.
And check the box, round-robin within target group.

That approach uses the order the toons appear within the Action Target Group.

I actually have a mapped key for Death & Decay set up this way.
It sends the Keybind for Death & Decay to the DK ATG, with the check to round-robin within target group.
It also Sends Next Click to the DK ATG, also with the check to round-robin within the target group.
Since it is the same ATG, the Death & Decay + Mouse Broadcast to only one toon at a time always syncs up.



The other approach, is the original round-robin method.

If you have four DK's on your team, and want something to be round-robin.
We used to go with four steps.
And each DK does something on each step.
-- Step 1 > Death Grip keybind to DK 1.
-- Step 2 > Death Grip keybind to DK 2.
-- Etc... naturally including FTL Assist Me, prior to the keybind.

Just extend that, so the modified Step 1 reads.
- FTL Assist Me, Target: Current Window
- Send Death Grip keybind to DK 1.
- Send Outbreak keybind to DK 2.

Then do the same with the other steps.



You can check the box, "Do Not Advance to Next Step" and check, "For At Least" and fill something in like 0.2 or 0.3 seconds.

[CheeseCake]

Thanks Ualaa thats made it so much easier.

Is it best to have Strangulate, Hungering cold and Dark sim on there own keys
At the moment i have a round robin stagulate and hungering cold on the mouses Num 2 and Num 3 keys

Spam keys are 1-3, 2 being IWT on its own. setup almost like your rotation
E key is Death Grip/Outbreak

key 1 spam
step 1: Press
FTL assist
Mind freeze
Howling Blast

Step 2: Release
Howling Blast
Frost Strike
Frost Strike
Necrotic Strike
Obliterate

Key 2
Step 1:
FTL assist
IWT

Key 3
Step 1: Press
FTL assist
Mind Freeze
Dark Sim

Step 2: Release
Obliterate
Obliterate
Death Strike
Frost Strike
Frost Strike

Still working alot on the dummies always changing things around in ISboxer

Pali is pretty much what you have, works great so i can focus more on the DPSing
Just loving the focus macros on the scroll wheel then spam heals
My priest is running solo for now to gear up as she has awful Res, gear and gets one shot all the time


EDIT: did some BGs with this setup and it went horrendous on all,, Dks going mental, dps dropped to 2k bad day
When you set it up in isboxer like this step
Spam "2" (Release)
- Sends the keybind for Obliterate to the DK's. - Shift F1 or - Shift F1
- Sends the keybind for Obliterate to the DK's - Shift F2 " " - Shift F1
- Sends the keybind for Blood Strike to the DK's - Shift F3 " " - Shift F2
- Sends the keybind for Blood Strike to the DK's - Shift F4 " " - Shift F2
- Sends the keybind for Frost Strike to the DK's - Shift F5 " " - Shift F3

Are shift keys like any of these

EDIT: seems as though the problem im have with these 3 keys is this
I hit my IWT key and spam, the DKs buzz round the target fine, I then start hitting key 1 or 3 my DPS spams and they all go mental,, IWT takes longer so there no longer buzzing round right up on the target, there more fanned out,,, then a few seconds later some will just continue on running and not come back to the target.
Think that makes sense

Putting the IWT key amonst my dps always makes them want to hit the shift 1-3 to (my IWT is shift+[ )
Made a topic like this before, ended up having to delete everything and start again for it to work

[Ualaa]

I've got three DPS sequences.

I almost never use the third, which is the Death Strike.
But the Howling Blast / Necrotic Strike and the Obliterate sequences are used a lot.

The Paladin receives "1" on step 1, and "2" on step 2, for all three sequences.
I execute a step on press or release, and spam at about 2-2.5 clicks per second.

The DK's use:
Step One
- FTL Assist Me, Target: Current Window
- Do Mapped Key, My IWT Mapped Key, Target: Group (all of) DK's.
- Do Mapped Key, My Mindfreeze Mapped Key.
- Send Keystroke "1" to Paladin.
- Send Keystroke "x" to Group (all of) DK's
x = main ability, Howling Blast or Obliterate or Death Strike

Step Two
- Send Keystroke "2" to Paladin
- Do Mapped Key... Ability One, Target: Group (all of) DK's
- Do Mapped Key... Ability Two, Target: Group (all of) DK's
- Do Mapped Key... Ability Three, Target: Group (all of) DK's



It is easier to go with Do Mapped Key actions for the DK abilities.

Have one for each of the abilities you want them to use.
Mapped Key: Frost Strike
- Sends Keybind for Frost Strike to, Target: Current Window

Mapped Key: Necrotic Strike
- Sends Keybind for Necrotic Strike to, Target: Current Window

The Step One of the mapped key, determines assist already, so we don't need that in the ability mapped keys.
And the Step two tells which toons (The DK's) should be doing the Frost Strike, Necrotic Strikes, etc.



I have FTL Assist, IWT, and Mind Freeze in Step one of all the macros.
These are not repeated in step two.

Given my personal spam speed, that means Assist and IWT are executed roughly twice a second.
Mind Freeze is attempted as frequently, but the round-robin cannot advance faster than one DK every 2.5 seconds.

[CheeseCake]

been messing around with it for few days.. everythings working fine now, thank you
IWT setup is what was causes the problems to, lax sorted that out for me

Got it all working on the 5 cat druids now to

[Mercbeast]

Been fine tuning my macro's and I was wondering if anyone has used /target focus combined with IWT on round robin with strangulate to work?

Idea is that one DK every Xseconds will target the focus IWT it and strang it. Allowing the other DK's to keep dpsing with minimal loss of DPS.

I've got it working fine where all DK's peel towards the focus but haven't been able to get it so they take turns.

Tried two ways so far.
One 4 step keybind which does this for all 4 steps.
target focus
sends strangulate macro
IWT's

Figuring maybe this system was not IWTing or targeting the focus before trying to send the strang I changed to an 8 step keybind.

Step 1
target focus
IWT
Step 2 - do not pass for 4s
strang macro
repeat

First DK works but subsequent DK's do not.

RESOLVED. User error, I was clicking the do not pass, but forgot to click the for x seconds bit!

[Toned]

Been fine tuning my macro's and I was wondering if anyone has used /target focus combined with IWT on round robin with strangulate to work?

Idea is that one DK every Xseconds will target the focus IWT it and strang it. Allowing the other DK's to keep dpsing with minimal loss of DPS.

I've got it working fine where all DK's peel towards the focus but haven't been able to get it so they take turns.

Tried two ways so far.
One 4 step keybind which does this for all 4 steps.
target focus
sends strangulate macro
IWT's

Figuring maybe this system was not IWTing or targeting the focus before trying to send the strang I changed to an 8 step keybind.

Step 1
target focus
IWT
Step 2 - do not pass for 4s
strang macro
repeat

First DK works but subsequent DK's do not.

RESOLVED. User error, I was clicking the do not pass, but forgot to click the for x seconds bit!

I setup a system like this in the past, and found that it actually hurt more than it helped. The few seconds ( I was using 2-2.5sec, I think you 4s is too high) that dk goes off to Strang is a loss of dps. I do use round robin /cast [@focus] strangulate macros though. In most situations the amount of spinnning and mashing IWT I get my strangs off.