WotLK Classic Guide to Mage's Best Macros

The potential of macros in World of Warcraft is practically endless. To save you from reading 20 pages of macros, we have compiled the most useful macros for you while keeping them simple, so they are easy to understand and that you can build your own macros off them.

• #showtooltip
• /dismount
• /cast [flyable] Swift Red Wind Rider; Swift Pink Hawkstrider

This macro makes you use your flying mount where you can fly, and your ground mount where you cannot fly. Replace "Swift Red Wind Rider" with your flying mount name and "Swift Pink Hawkstrider" with your ground mount.

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• /cast [mod:shift] Conjure Mana Gem; [mod:ctrl] Ritual of Refreshment; Conjure Refreshment

This is a 3-in-1 macro, as it combines three spells (and buttons) into one. On Left Click, the macro conjures your highest rank Water. If you press Shift and left-click, it will conjure the highest rank Mana Gem. When pressing Ctrl while left clicking, you will start casting Ritual of Refreshment.

There are several [mod: x] conditions, this list shows you the most important ones:

• [mod:shift] — This condition requires you to press SHIFT to make that part of the macro work.
• [mod:ctrl] — This condition requires you to press CTRL to make that part of the macro work.
• [mod:alt] — This condition requires you to press ALT to make that part of the macro work.
• [btn:2] — This condition requires you to RIGHT-CLICK to make that part of the macro work.

Generally you can build your macros in this way: /cast [condition] ability1; [condition] ability2; [condition] ability3; ...; abilityn while the conditions are optional and no condition at all means the macro will just work with left-click or a normal key press, if it is keybound. All those macros can also be applied to usable items, simply type /use instead of /cast in the macro.

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• /cast [@cursor] !Freeze

This macro casts the Water Elemental's ability Freeze at the position of your cursor to save you half a second reaction time.

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• /cast [@cursor] Flamestrike

This macro casts your Flamestrike at the position of your cursor to save you half a second reaction time. These macros with @cursor can also be used for spells like Blizzard or Saronite Bombs. Some useful modifiers are explained here:

• [@cursor] — Casts the spell at your cursor's position.
• [@player] — Casts the spell at your position**.
• [@target] — Casts the spell at your target's position/on your target, only works for spells .
• [@focus] — Casts the spell at your focus target's position/on your focus target**.
• [@mouseover] — Casts the spell at the target's position or at the target that is under your cursor's position. Contrary to [@cursor], this also works for single-target spells if you have nothing targeted.

**Please note that [@target] or any similar targeting conditions (like @focus) do not work with with non-targeted abilities. Thanks to Dirichlet for gathering this information .

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• /use [mod:shift]13
• /cast [mod:shift]Icy Veins
• /cast Arcane Blast
• /cqs [mod:shift]

This macro uses your trinket in the upper trinket slot and Icy Veins when you press shift, otherwise it just casts Arcane Blast. This macro can be arranged as you like it; you can also replace Arcane Blast with Fireball or other Mage spells. Always have your passive trinket in the bottom trinket slot and your active trinket in the upper slot. The /cqs makes this macro spamable when pressing shift.

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• /cast Presence of Mind
• /cast [mod:shift]Blizzard; [mod:ctrl] Conjure Mana Gem; Arcane Blast
• /cqs

This macro utilizes Presence of Mind (PoM) in three different ways to save reaction time. If you press Shift, it casts PoM and Blizzard, PoM and Conjure Mana Gem when pressing CTRL, and finally PoM and Arcane Blast if you press no other button.

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• /use Mana Sapphire
• /cast [mod:shift]Arcane Missiles; [nochanneling: Arcane Missiles] Arcane Blast
• /cqs

Uses a Mana Sapphire if you have one and casts Arcane Missiles (if you press shift) or Arcane Blast (if you press nothing). It also checks if you are still casting Arcane missiles before casting Arcane Blast. Saves reaction time between using your gem and casting again.

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• /use Runic Mana Potion
• /cast [mod:shift]Arcane Missiles; [nochanneling: Arcane Missiles] Arcane Blast
• /cqs

This does the same as the macro above, just with Runic Mana Potion.

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• /stopcasting
• /cast [mod:shift] Spellsteal; Counterspell
• /cqs

Stops casting for a quick Counterspell or, if you press Shift, Spellsteal.

• #showtooltip Polymorph
• /clearfocus
• /focus
• /cast Polymorph
• /cqs

Sets the current target as your focus target and clears your previous focus target. After that, your focus target gets Polymorphed. If you have no target, you can clear your focus by pressing the macro. This macro does not automatically Polymorph your focus target, you always need to click it before focusing. Some might argue this is impractical, however you want to keep track of the focus frame anyways, in order to notice when your CC is breaking. If you just want to cast Polymorph at your focus target, the following macro will suit you best:

• #showtooltip Polymorph
• /cast [@focus] Polymorph
• /cqs

If you are in Ice Block, this macro cancels it. If not, you will cast Ice Block. The same macro is very handy for Invisibility.

• #showtooltip
• /cancelaura Ice Block
• /cast Ice Block
• /cqs

To make your Mage life easier and more enjoyable, we also recommend you to read our Mage Addons page. Using these addons will further enhance your ability to focus on game mechanics and your surrounding, rather than taking all your focus away from DPSing.