Mage macros

[Jeesk]

Just thought I'd post up some of the macros I use (mostly for arena) and might be useful for you. I'm not going to post every single one, since some are very similar (just space savers on the actionbar, etc.) but I'll try to post one of each "type" to give you ideas on how to make your own.



Frost Nova / Pet Nova

Replaces my normal frost nova spell button. Basically, if my water elemental is not out, it just casts a regular frost nova (rank 1, to save mana) on left or right click. If the water elemental is out, though, a left click will do a regular frost nova, while a right click will use freeze (my pet's frost nova) instead.

#showtooltip Frost Nova(Rank 1)
/cast [nopet]Frost Nova(Rank 1);
/cast [pet,button:2]Freeze
/cast [pet,button:1]Frost Nova(Rank 1)

Summon Pet & Assist

Replaces my normal summon elemental spell button. First click summons my water elemental, second click makes him attack my target.

#showtooltip Summon Water Elemental
/cast [nopet] Summon Water Elemental
/petAttack

Space Saver - Amplify/Dampen Magic

Combines two spells into one button to save space on my action bar - left click will cast Dampen Magic, right click will cast Amplify Magic.

#showtooltip Dampen Magic
/cast [button:2] Amplify Magic; Dampen Magic

Icy Veins & Trinket

Uses my trinket when I cast Icy Veins. If the trinket it on cooldown, it hides the error messages and just uses Icy Veins anyway. Also casts a frostbolt immediately when clicking it.

#showtooltip Icy Veins
/cast Icy Veins
/script UIErrorsFrame:Hide()
/cast Icon of the Silver Crescent
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
/script UIErrorsFrame:Show()
/cast Frostbolt

Activate/Deactivate Ice Block

Replaces my regular Ice Block spell button - this one activates Ice Block when I click it, or if I click it when Ice Block is already activated, it will remove the Ice Block (so I don't have to go up to my buffs and right-click it). Stopcasting also means I'll stop whatever I'm casting and immediately hit Ice Block when I click it - a lifesaver!

/stopcasting
#showtooltip Ice Block
/cast Ice Block
/cancelaura Ice Block

Target/Focus Counterspell

Stops whatever I'm casting and immediately counterspells - very handy for quickly interrupting a heal, fear, etc. Left click counterspells my current target, right click counterspells my focus target.

/stopcasting
#showtooltip Counterspell
/cast [target=focus,button:2] Counterspell; Counterspell

Cycle Remove Curses

Repeatedly hitting this button will cycle through party/raid members, removing curses.

/targetraid
#showtooltip Remove Lesser Curse
/cast Remove Lesser Curse

Out Of Combat AOE

Casts arcane explosion rank 1, which is less mana-consuming, if I'm not in combat (to try and get stealthed players at the beginning of a fight). Once in combat, clicking the button will cast the rull rank arcane explosion.

/stopcasting
#showtooltip Arcane Explosion
/cast [nocombat] Arcane Explosion(Rank 1); Arcane Explosion

Dismiss Pet & Cold Snap

Dismisses my pet before I hit cold snap, so that I can resummon it immediately after.

#showtooltip Cold Snap
/script PetAbandon()
/cast Cold Snap

If you need any help writing a macro, feel free to ask me (any class) and I'll see if I can help you out with it.

[dragospt]

Very nice macros, i'll take most of them.
Activate/Deactivate Ice Block will help alot, always waste too much time finding the iceblock buff and remove it

[Jeesk]

Yeah, you're telling me! Not to mention if you have other buffs being applied to you at the time, or your own buffs are being purged, it's very easy to click and remove something else instead of Ice Block. The macro is very handy. Just remember if you're used to spamming the Ice Block button in a panic when you're getting wailed on, hitting it more than once will bring up the block and then instantly remove it, wasting it.

[r3v]

Very nice list ill be using that for sure

[Jeesk]

Glad someone else will get some use out of em

[Almo]

very nice, i dont arena with my mage but still + rep for the effort and the share, i guess i could use some of these in PvE. Good job mate.

Almo

[ohwned]

Wow, nice. Never thought I could use some macros on my mage.

[Jeesk]

very nice, i dont arena with my mage but still + rep for the effort and the share, i guess i could use some of these in PvE. Good job mate.

Almo

Don't really care, but if you say +rep you should really follow through with it

[FearMeDear]

Thanks alot, and good job, this will come in very handy with my mage.

Think you can make a macro which uses my trinket and then cast Mindflay? Highest ranks ofc.

[Jeesk]

Sure, which trinket is it?

[Wazabara]

I quit wow 2 years ago.... mages can have pets now? WTF?

[Jeesk]

Yeah, if you go deep frost you can get a water elemental pet to summon which helps you out for a minute or so. Shammies can summon elementals too, and priests can summon a shadowfiend thing, and druids can summon treants... part of Blizz's eventual plan to make all classes the exact same

[FearMeDear]

Vengeance of the Illidari

[naima]

good job mate! Ill use the ice-block macro right away

[Jeesk]

Thanks alot, and good job, this will come in very handy with my mage.

Think you can make a macro which uses my trinket and then cast Mindflay? Highest ranks ofc.

#showtooltip Vengeance of the Illidari
/cast Vengeance of the Illidari
/cast Mind Flay

That's it. When you put the macro on your action bar, it'll just look like the normal Vengeance of the Illidari trinket, except that a single click will activate the trinket and then cast Mind Flay (if you have a target in range). The cooldown and tooltip will work for the trinket too