Macros

Last night during our Kara run one of the priests asked about a macro to "not have to retarget to reshackle". Unfortunately in the middle of the raid is not a great time to explain the inner workings of a macro, and focus, and have someone write and edit their own. I did, however, promise that I would brain dump my macros to the forum. Well here is what I dumped to the Darkfall forum, just cleaned up, organized a bit better, and explained more.

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The page that I pulled most of these from is here:
Mage Macros
Also the official WoW page has a Macro Guide.

• Sheep (or shackle or sleep or fear or banish)
  /clearfocus [modifier:shift]
  /clearfocus [target=focus,dead]
  /clearfocus [target=focus,noexists]
  /focus [target=focus,noexists]
  /cast [target=focus] Polymorph
  
  This sets focus automatically and on recast it casts on the focus target no matter who you have targeted. If you want to change targets in the middle of the combat you can shift-click it and it will change your focus target to the current one. It also clears your focus if your current focus is dead.
  
  This macro can be cast before combat so that you can sheep and then immediately start dps. You just must make sure that you are out of range, sitting, or moving so that the cast doesn't go off and initiate combat ahead of time.
  
  However I've found shift clicking to be really difficult to remember to do in combat, especially since button press plus shift doesn't do the right thing, so i have a second macro, that I click.
  
  /clearfocus
  /focus [target=focus]
  /cast Polymorph
  
  This sets the my focus to whatever I have targeted right that instant, and sheeps them. It's good for adds or emergency retargeting of the sheep.
  
  
• Cast Interrupt
  I've found the below macro to be the best Ever. No need to try to move or jump before counterspelling now, just hit one button and their casting stops. :)
  
  /stopcasting
  /cast Counterspell
  
  Counterspell can be replaces with whatever your character's cast interrupt is, e.g. Earthshock or Silence.
  
  
• Conjure Food or Water
  In this macro, right-clicks summon water, and left-clicks use it. The same logic can be used for food or mana gems, just substitute the names as appropriate.
  
  #showtooltip Conjure Water
  #show Conjured Crystal Water
  /cast [button:2] Conjure Water
  /use [button:1] Conjured Crystal Water
  
  
• Explode
  This will cast your Rank 1 Arcane Explosion while you are not in combat and your highest rank Arcane Explosion while you are in combat. This is useful when looking for stealth enemies to conserve mana. It is nice when protecting points of interest in PvP.
  
  /cast [nocombat] Arcane Explosion(Rank 1); Arcane Explosion
  
  
• Frost Nova/Cone of Cold
  This will cast Frost Nova with your first press, then Cone of Cold on your second. This macro will then reset itself after 24 seconds.
  
  /castsequence reset=24 Frost Nova, Cone of Cold
  
  I don't personally use this macro, but I see how it could be useful.
  
  
• Slowfall/Dismount
  This makes you slowfall but it dismounts you first. If you lack the manual dexterity to dismount and then slowfall when you accidentally drop down a cliff, this macro will help you lots. Also, this thing shows the number of light feathers you have left on the macro icon.
  Note: you will need to press this button twice to dismount and slowfall! Failure to do so in combination with un'goro or flying mounts can have bad consequences.
  
  #show Light Feather
  /dismount
  /cast Slow Fall
  
  
• Teleportation
  Left-click teleports you, right-click summons a portal. The macro
  shows the amount of teleport stones you have left. Select a custom icon
  for this one. All the city icons are in the default list. Of course, you must
  adjust the city name to suit your needs.
  
  #show Rune of Portals
  /cast [button:2] Portal: Shattrath; Teleport: Shattrath
  
  I don't use this one because it would be far too easy to left-click and teleport myself when I meant to make a portal.