Mists of Pandaria Classic Guide to Monk's Best Macros
Welcome to our Macro Guide for Monk where you will find out what the best
macros are for your Monk in Mists of Pandaria Classic.
Monk Macros in Mists of Pandaria
This section aims to provide examples of fundamental macros and elucidate their functionality. A macro comprises a sequence of commands entered into a text box (type /m in game and press Enter to open it), enabling execution of the commands in the specified order with a single button press.
Macro Writing Tipps
When writing macros, you can use conditions. There are many [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.
Combat Macros
- #showtooltip
- /cast [@mouseover] Detox
This macro casts Detox on your mouseover target. This macro
also works perfectly in raid frames.
Soothing Mist is a Mistweaver
spell that is also very useful to be cast on mouseover.
- #showtooltip
- /use 10
- /cast Tigereye Brew
With this macro you will use Synapse Springs together with
Tigereye Brew, increasing your DPS. Stacking many abilities into one
giant red button can drastically improve your DPS. With /use, you can also
macro items like potions, while /cast is for abilities.
- #showtooltip
- /cast [@mouseover] Storm, Earth, and Fire
Since Storm, Earth, and Fire requires each clone to
target a different enemy, this macro simplifies the process by allowing
you to assign clone targets without switching from your current main
target. By using a mouseover function, you can simply hover over the
enemy you want a clone to attack and activate Storm, Earth, and
Fire, making multi-target situations much more efficient. This ensures
smooth gameplay without interrupting your rotation or needing to
manually switch targets. There are more useful @modifiers 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.
- #showtooltip
- /use [mod:shift]13
- /cast [mod:shift]Tigereye Brew
- /cast Blackout Kick
- /cqs [mod:shift]
This macro uses your trinket in the upper trinket slot (13 is the top
trinket slot, and 14 the bottom trinket slot) and
Tigereye Brew when you press shift, otherwise it just
casts
Blackout Kick. This macro can be arranged as you like it; you
can also replace Blackout Kick or Tigereye Brew with any other Monk ability.
The /cqs makes this macro spamable when pressing shift.
- #showtooltip
- /cast [nomod] Provoke
- /target [mod:shift] Black Ox Statue
- /cast [mod:shift] Provoke
- /cast [mod:ctrl] Leer of the Ox
This macro is very useful for Brewmaster Monks. It casts Provoke
when you press no button, casts
Provoke on your Black Ox Statue if you press
Shift, and casts
Leer of the Ox if you press Ctrl.
- #showtooltip Cancel HoP
- /cancelaura Hand of Protection
This macro will cancel Hand of Protection from a Paladin on you and
can be very useful for tanking purposes. This is due to the fact, that bosses
and enemies cannot attack you while you are under the protection of HoP and might
go into the raid. This tiny but very useful macro saves you the rush of finding
the HoP buff in your buff bar and accidentally clicking off useful buffs.
Monk Addons
There are many addons that can help Monk maximize their DPS or just make your life easier. Below is a list of addons that both increase the quality of your gameplay and the quality of life while playing the game.
This guide has been written by Wrdlbrmpft aka Arcanaenus, playing Mage since 2008. He is usually found in the Mage Discord, where you may also ask him questions his guides do not answer.