Mists of Pandaria Classic Guide to Monk's Best Macros

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.

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.

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• /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.

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• /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.

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• /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.

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• /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.

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• /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.

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