Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Macros for Elemental Shamans in The War Within 11.0
All sections for Elemental Shaman PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal hero talents, class talents, spec talents, race, stats, gear, enchants, gems, and macros. This will help you have a good understanding of Elemental Shamans in PvP for The War Within, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will guide you on the best Elemental Shaman Macros in The War Within.
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Table of Contents
Focus and Arena Macros
These macros follow the same idea as party macros and eliminate the need to manually change targets every time. They are very useful for CC and interrupts. While focus macros are easier to get used to and could be sufficient in most cases, arena macros are a lot more versatile as they allow you to interact with literally any opponent in the game at any point. The downside of making arena macros is the number of binds you will have to allocate. Not to mention, they are a lot more difficult to get used to. You could start by using focus macros for most of your abilities and arena macros for some of the most important CC, and expand the more you get used to it. As a Shaman, the spells that benefit the most from such macros are Wind Shear, Hex, Frost Shock, Pulverize, and Purge.
Wind Shear
#showtooltip
/cast [@focus] Wind Shear#showtooltip
/cast [@arena1] Wind Shear#showtooltip
/cast [@arena2] Wind Shear#showtooltip
/cast [@arena3] Wind ShearHex
#showtooltip
/cast [@focus] Hex#showtooltip
/cast [@arena1] Hex#showtooltip
/cast [@arena2] Hex#showtooltip
/cast [@arena3] HexPurge
#showtooltip
/cast [@focus] Purge#showtooltip
/cast [@arena1] Purge#showtooltip
/cast [@arena2] Purge#showtooltip
/cast [@arena3] PurgeFrost Shock
#showtooltip
/cast [@focus] Frost Shock#showtooltip
/cast [@arena1] Frost Shock#showtooltip
/cast [@arena2] Frost Shock#showtooltip
/cast [@arena3] Frost ShockPulverize
#showtooltip
/cast [@focus] Pulverize#showtooltip
/cast [@arena1] Pulverize#showtooltip
/cast [@arena2] Pulverize#showtooltip
/cast [@arena3] Pulverize
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Damage Macros
If you want to deliver the most upfront burst possible with our Farseer tree, we advise picking up this macro and putting it into use. With this macro, you’ll be using both Primordial Wave and Ancestral Swiftness at the same time, as their cooldowns align perfectly together, to make the most out of your 30 second burst window. Additionally, we receive at least 2 Ancestors after pressing this macro, and if we select Routine Communication, we can RNG up to 4 or even 5 Ancestors all at once. Try to cap your Maelstrom as high as possible before pressing this macro to optimize your burst and your Ancestor damage.
#showtooltip Primordial wave
/cast Primordial wave
/cast Ancestral Swiftness
/cast Blood Fury(Racial)
Party Macros
As a utility based specialization, there are times where you need to apply correct spell on your allies at the right time to keep your team stabilized. To streamline this process, you can make party1 and party2 macros, or use the names of your teammates. This way, you won’t need to change a target every time you want to cast a spell on an ally. If you go with player names, make sure you change the names in the macro if you get different teammates. As a Shaman, these are best paired with Earth Shield, Cleanse Spirit, and Heroism.
Cleanse Spirit
#showtooltip
/cast [@party1] Cleanse Spirit
#showtooltip
/cast [@party2] Cleanse Spirit
#showtooltip
/cast [@PLAYERNAME] Cleanse Spirit
Earth Shield
#showtooltip
/cast [@party1] Earth Shield
#showtooltip
/cast [@party2] Earth Shield
#showtooltip
/cast [@PLAYERNAME] Earth Shield
Heroism
#showtooltip
/cast [@party1] Heroism
#showtooltip
/cast [@party2] Heroism
#showtooltip
/cast [@PLAYERNAME] Heroism
Mouseover Macros
If party macros seem too overwhelming, you can substitute any of those with our mouseover macros. These work similar to cursor macros, but instead of it removing the reticle off the ground, this will apply any direct spell to any target you hover over your mouse with. You can do this to either allies or enemies, as long as the spell you are trying to use is applicable on those targets.
For Thunderstorm specifically, you will only make use of this macro if choose Traveling Storms in our class tree.
Cleanse Spirit
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Purify Spirit
Earth Shield
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Earth Shield
Heroism
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead] Heroism
Thunderstorm
#showtooltip Thunderstorm
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player]Thunderstorm
Flame Shock
/use [@mouseover, exists] Flame Shock ; Flame Shock
Primordial Wave
/use [@mouseover, exists] Primordial Wave ; Primordial Wave
Cursor Macros
These macros allow you to cast the ability at the location of your cursor. This works with any totem and saves you a mouse click from needing to manually place the totem on the ground. You’ll want this type of macro ideally for Liquid Magma Totem, Static Field Totem, and Totemic Projection.
Keep in mind that cursor macros can be a detriment to your performance, as it can be important to see the reticle before placing a totem or repositioning it with Totemic Projection.
Liquid Magma Totem
#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Liquid Magma TotemStatic Field Totem
#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Static Field TotemTotemic Projection
#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Totemic ProjectionCancelaura
When playing with a Retribution Paladin and against Mages, you definitely want to get your hands on cancelaura macros. These are super beneficial at times where the enemy Mage is trying to steal some core defensives or utility your Ret Paladin has applied to your character. This is especially valuable for Blessing of Protection and Blessing of Freedom. Instead of creating a separate bind for it, you could add it to an already existing bind, for example – your mount.
/cancelaura Blessing of Freedom /cancelaura Blessing of Protection
Additional Tips
These three macros featured here allow you to guarantee land your cooldowns without any delay, as it will cancel any active cast and immediately use any ability inside that macro.
Astral Shift
#showtooltip
/stopcasting
/csq
/cast Astral Shift
Grounding Totem
#showtooltip
/stopcasting
/csq
/cast Grounding Totem
Tremor Totem
#showtooltip
/stopcasting
/csq
/cast Tremor Totem
For our last macro, this is tied to your Earth Elemental and Fire Elemental pet abilities. Not only does this allow you to use your Pulverize stun on your selected target, but you can change your Fire Elemental‘s target to the target you are hitting .
#showtooltip pulverize
/cast immolate
/petassist
/cast pulverize
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