Priest Macro'sFollow

Here's a macro I just put together.

#showtooltip Prayer of Healing
/cast [target=player] Power Infusion
/cast Inner Focus
/cast Prayer of Healing

Because the spells don't share a common cooldown, they all fire with one keypress. Since one spell being on cooldown doesn't stop the other from activating, you can press the key repeatedly to do your multiple PoH.

Why would I want to tie these together?
As disc, if I'm casting PoH, the group is probably taking some significant group wide damage. By utilizing PI, IF, and PoH on the single keypress, I get:

- Reduced casting time on multiple PoH by .5 sec each for 15 seconds.
- Reduced mana cost of multiple PoH by 20% for 15 seconds.
- The first PoH mana free with a crit rate increased by 25% (putting the chance to crit and proc bubbles above 50%).
- Even if PI or IF is on cooldown, PoH still activates normally, meaning this is "keybind it and forget it".


What about you? Have you found a priest macro that you like?


Edit (my evolving ui):
I like to try different things and ended up giving Vuhdo a try (link in sig) instead of grid with the macro above. It actually has configuration options to cast spells or activate trinkets as they cool down, in addition to the heal you are throwing.

I'm liking it as a grid replacement so far. I'm trying to get used to click casting with it, as I believe ultimately it will decrease my reaction time. It's fun to experiment. Vuhdo seems to be very full featured. I'm going to try switching to it exclusively and see how it goes.

Edited, Sep 3rd 2009 5:06pm by dadanox

Edit #2, I gave healbot a try and have started using it. Bottom line is that Grid, Vuhdo, and Healbot all work. How they are configured and display some things varies a bit.

Edited, Sep 23rd 2009 10:32pm by dadanox

The idea is good, but I tend to save my Inner Focus for worse situations - I save Power Infusion for the mages. Inner Focus on Divine Hymn is still obscenely sick. Funnily enough, it single-handedly prevented a wipe in a Hodir fight 10 minutes ago (I was typing this up during trash, yes *whistles innocently*). I failed at a Flash Freeze and used the soulstone to come back with about 1K mana and 20% of my hit points... Inner Focus+Divine Hymn was literaly the last trick I had up my sleeve, and it worked!

To get back to the macros though;

#showtooltip [noharm] Hymn of Hope;[harm,exists]Shadowfiend 
/cast [noharm] Hymn of Hope;[harm,exists] Shadowfiend 

This one is one of my own creations and I love it - what it does is basically use Hymn of Hope when no target is selected or the target is friendly, and use Shadowfiend when an enemy is selected - that's 2 mana restoration cooldowns in one button. On a similar note, I use macros like these;

#showtooltip [noharm] Flash Heal;[harm,exists]Smite 
/cast [noharm] Flash Heal;[harm,exists] Smite

They basically do the same thing and make my life a bit easier by allowing me to keybind SW:P to the same key as Penance, Smite to the same key as Flash Heal, Devouring Plague to the same key as Holy Nova, etc.

If you just use #showtooltip with no arguments, it'll automatically put the appropriate tooltip based on your target. In case that saves you typing anywhere.

I used to do these double duty macros all the time before my macros got too long, and agree it's awesome for saving keyboard/toolbar space. With the priest I may end up needing to go back to it somehow; we just have way too many buttons to press. Which is a good thing!

You'd be amazed, and not a little bit disgusted, by how many unnecessary arguments I've got floating around. It's a mess, but if it works, I don't bother with it. :)




You people who can do this amaze me. Maybe I need some more ginseng or whatever it is. I never click my buttons, but I have to have them there. Cheat sheet. And even with that, when I switch too frequently between priest and paladin (one must kill the gankers, after all), I'm forever trying to cast spells I don't have.

Just wait until you jump off a cliff with your hunter and try to hit Levitate. Your pet will look longingly at you from the top while you plummet down, thinking, "Silly Master, thought he could fly."

Most of my action keys are set to be hidden in combat. Thirty-six keys take up way too much real estate on the screen.

My favorite macros involve a script that also adds a message to the raid or the target when I use Guardian Spirit/Pain Suppresion or Power Infusion, respectively.

/script local u,ps,c="mouseover","Pain Suppression",GetNumRaidMembers()>0 and "RAID" or "PARTY";if IsSpellInRange(ps,u)==1 and GetSpellCooldown(ps)==0 then SendChatMessage(ps.." on "..UnitName(u),c) end
/cast [target=mouseover] Pain Suppression

/script local u,gs,c="mouseover","Guardian Spirit",GetNumRaidMembers()>0 and "RAID" or "PARTY";if IsSpellInRange(gs,u)==1 and GetSpellCooldown(gs)==0 then SendChatMessage(gs.." on "..UnitName(u),c) end
/cast [target=mouseover] Guardian Spirit

These two send a raid message when you blow your cd on someone. It checks the target for range and the spell for cooldown before it announces, so you don't send false messages when you try to cast and fail due to this. It doesn't check LOS, though, so it can send the message and fail to cast if the target is out of sight, but in range.

/script local u,pi="mouseover","Power Infusion";if IsSpellInRange(pi,u)==1 and GetSpellCooldown(pi)==0 then SendChatMessage("You just got "..GetSpellLink(pi).."!","WHISPER",nil,UnitName(u)) end
/cast [target=mouseover,exists][] Power Infusion
/use 14

This one whispers the target (and gives a link!) when you cast PI on them. It uses the same variable checking as the GS/PS ones and suffers from the same error if you cast it out of LOS.

*edit Must attribute the origin of these macros. They were stolen without shame from Paolo.

Edited, Aug 31st 2009 11:17am by Trylofer

Oh, but I won't deny I've cast the ocassional Levitate while trying to dispel an important effect on the tank =P. It just takes some getting used to, but by now my hotkeys are simply second nature. I simply know what fingermovement will result in what amount of healing over what amount of time.

That said, it is a huge pain if you're eating bossche bollen (a picture for the non-Dutchies) and try to grind with one hand. On the brighter side, I leave the grinding to other characters than my priest.

As for switching characters - Horn of Winter pre-pull is a pretty good idea. Hymn of Hope, I can tell you, is not.

You folks make me giggle, thank you for making my cube a little less dull! ^_^



I use Vuhdo as well and love it. Easier for my simple mind to handle.

I've actually created dps macros for vuhdo's mouse casts for my shadow spec and DK. I had a theory that the less time you spent tabbing through mobs to change and find a target the better your dps would be soooo...
When I click someone on my grid (tank, another dps) I will cast on the mob/boss they are targeting (ex: Left click mind flay).

Makes dotting up multiple targets, switching targets, moving around, and changing my camera angles much easier... As for my dps, well if they ever allow me to go sexy purple in a raid I'll let you know... But I'm not holding my breath.

I believe the macros go along the lines of /assist vuhdo /cast mind flay. But I'm at work and cannot double check.