Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Macros for Survival Hunters in The War Within 11.0
All sections for Survival Hunter PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal hero talents, class talents, spec talents, race, stats, gear, enchants, gems, macros, and pets. This will help you have a good understanding of Survival Hunters 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 Survival Hunter Macros in The War Within.
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Table of Contents
Pet Management
One of the most important things for you to get used to is managing your pet. Some people bind the pet action bar, while some still prefer to make specific macros for that. First is the /petmoveto macro that allows you to have a much better control over your pet. This gives you the ability to position your pet behind targets, avoid Crowd Control, chase targets more efficiently, or to simply move your pet out of harm’s way.
/petmoveto
You should also get your hands on petattack and petfollow macros. We suggest that you avoid putting the attack macro into active abilities since you don’t always want your pet attacking the same target as you. In certain situations, you might need to move your pet to the healer to disrupt a drink, or to keep a player in combat. If your pet becomes the target, you may need to set it to passive and have it return back to you. These macros will give you complete control over your pet.
/petattack
/petpassive /petfollow
This next macro will allow you to summon a pet and use Growl with one button. If you don’t have a pet out, it will summon the first pet in your stable. You can change it to whatever your main pet is. If you do have a pet out, pressing this will taunt enemy team’s pet, which can be very annoying for classes like Warlocks, Hunters or even Windwalker Monks.
#showtooltip /cast [pet] Dismiss pet /cast [nopet] Call Pet 1 /cast [@arenapet1,exists] Growl; [@arenapet2,exists] Growl; [@arenapet3,exists] Growl
Focus 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. Comparative to Arena macros, these are way easier to get used to and are typically sufficient in most cases. You could start off by using our focus macros listed here, and then expand to any of our Arena macros down below. As a Hunter, you should have such macros for important spells like Concussive Shot, Harpoon, Muzzle, Intimidation, Tranquilizing Shot and Scatter Shot.
Concussive Shot
#showtooltip /cast [@focus] Concussive Shot
Harpoon
#showtooltip /cast [@focus] Harpoon
Muzzle
#showtooltip
/cast [@focus] Muzzle
Intimidation
#showtooltip /cast [@focus] Intimidation
Tranquilizing Shot
#showtooltip /cast [@focus] Tranquilizing Shot
Scatter Shot
#showtooltip /cast [@focus] Scatter Shot
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Arena Macros
If you feel comfortable enough with Focus macros, you may find yourself picking up some of our Arena macros. These 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 getting used to. We highly suggest using these macros for important Crowd Control, interrupts, and potentially utility spells to fully optimize your gameplay.
Harpoon
#showtooltip
/cast [@arena1] Harpoon
#showtooltip
/cast [@arena2] Harpoon
#showtooltip
/cast [@arena3] Harpoon
Muzzle
#showtooltip
/cast [@arena1] Muzzle
#showtooltip
/cast [@arena2] Muzzle
#showtooltip
/cast [@arena3] Muzzle
Intimidation
#showtooltip
/cast [@arena1] Intimidation
#showtooltip
/cast [@arena2] Intimidation
#showtooltip
/cast [@arena3] Intimidation
Scatter Shot
#showtooltip
/cast [@arena1] Scatter Shot
#showtooltip
/cast [@arena2] Scatter Shot
#showtooltip
/cast [@arena3] Scatter Shot
Tranquilizing Shot
#showtooltip
/cast [@arena1] Tranquilizing Shot
#showtooltip
/cast [@arena2] Tranquilizing Shot
#showtooltip
/cast [@arena3] Tranquilizing Shot
Cursor Macros
There are a few abilities that require you to manually select the location you want to case them at. In case of Freezing Trap, you may want to eliminate this extra step to make your globals feel much smoother. If you add “@cursor” condition, the ability will automatically be cast at your cursor’s location, making your rotation feel a bit more streamlined.
Freezing Trap
#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Freezing Trap
Tar Trap
#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Tar Trap
Flare
#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Flare
Binding Shot
#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Binding Shot
High Explosive Trap
#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] High Explosive Trap
Volley
#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Volley
Party and Mouseover Macros
Another type of macro that is essential to your success are party1 and party2 macros. You have some important utility you may need to use on your teammates at the right time. Namely, Roar of Sacrifice, Master’s Call, and occasionally Mending Bandage, which are crucial for your team, so you should definitely make these macros for those.
And in cases where binds may be a concerning issue, one way to make this requirement slightly easier is with mouseover macros. Abilities are used based on which target you hover over, making it more convenient in cases where party 1 and 2 macros may seem overwhelming.
Master’s Call
#showtooltip
/cast [@party1] Master's Call
#showtooltip
/cast [@party2] Master's Call
#showtooltip Command pet
/stopcasting
/cast [@mouseover,exists,noharm][@player] Master's call; Master's call
/cast Command Pet
Roar of Sacrifice
#showtooltip /cast [@party1] Roar of Sacrifice
#showtooltip /cast [@party2] Roar of Sacrifice
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,exists,noharm][@player] Roar Of Sacrifice; Roar Of Sacrifice
Mending Bandage
#showtooltip
/cast [@party1] Mending Bandage
#showtooltip
/cast [@party2] Mending Bandage
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,exists,noharm][@player] Mending Bandage; Mending Bandage
Additional Tips
To make sure you can activate Aspect of the Turtle without any problems, we strongly suggest using the first macro listed here. Our second macro is also based on Aspect of the Turtle, but it’s designed for situations where you want to come out early to maintain your uptime or to execute your target with Kill Shot.
#showtooltip
/stopcasting
/cast !Aspect of the Turtle
#showtooltip Kill Shot /cast Kill Shot /cancelaura Aspect of the Turtle
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