Beast Mastery Hunter PvP Useful Macros (The War Within Pre-Patch)

You will see that many of the macros below will cast at a mouseover if they exist. This will enable you to quickly cast on targets that are not your target without having to focus them or keybind three separate @arena1 to @arena3 macros. This is useful for utility spells such as Tranquilizing Shot, Concussive Shot, Scare Beast, but as Beast Mastery, it is also useful for keeping the Barbed Shot bleed on several players.

Having the [@mouseover,exists] clause in your spells like Barbed Shot, Cobra Shot and Kill Shot will also be extremely useful for killing Psyfiends, totems and pets.

This macro clause is very useful because of how the talent system works. You can use the phrase [Known: ] with a spell ID (you can find these on Wowhead) so that a macro will cast a different spell or show a different tooltip based on your selected talents. It's a nice way to avoid having to redo your action bars when changing talents.

You can use the spell ID or type the spell name. There is a limit of 255 characters to a macro, so if it is a longer macro, you will want to use the spell IDs rather than typing the name of the spell.

You will see that some of the macros below for targetted reticle spells (eg Freezing Trap, Tar Trap, High Explosive Trap/ Implosive Trap) are cast [@cursor]. This casts the spell immediately at the location of your mouse. This cuts down on the delay when casting a spell because you only press the button once (instead of pressing the button, aiming, then left-clicking to confirm).

As hunter is one of the very few classes that require precise aiming (and timing) with launching traps, you will find that using @cursor will make it much easier to land those important crowd control abilities on time.

Aspect of the Turtle is a great defensive, but you aren't able to attack during it. Most of the time, you will want to cancel Aspect of the Turtle before it ends so you can start using your next attack or crowd control. You will see that some of the macros below will also cancel Aspect of the Turtle when pressed.

This is a little bit more obscure, but in World of Warcraft, there is a built-in latency adjustment known as the "spell queue window." This will allow you to queue up a spell before your character can cast it (e.g., during the global cooldown).

Without going into too much detail (you can google spell queue window if you want to find out more), without the line /cancelqueuedspell in your Macro, it is possible that you will already have a spell queued up that would be used instead of the spell you decided to cast at the last moment.

Including /cqs or /cancelqueuedspell in your Macro will clear any queued spell and ensure that the spell in your Macro will be cast instantly.

The game has an "auto-cast" system where your pet is supposed to use its basic attack as soon as that attack is available. There is a delay to this, though. Adding the following three lines to the end of your offensive macros is recommended to ensure that your pet will use their basic attack as soon as it is available.

• /cast [@pettarget]Claw
• /cast [@pettarget]Bite
• /cast [@pettarget]Smack

• #showtooltip Barbed shot
• /cancelaura aspect of the turtle
• /use [@mouseover,exists][] Barbed Shot; Barbed shot
• /cast [@pettarget]Claw
• /cast [@pettarget]Bite
• /cast [@pettarget]Smack

This Barbed Shot macro does a couple of things:

1. Removes Aspect of the Turtle (so you don't have to bind cancelaura Aspect of the Turtle separately).
2. Casts Barbed Shot at your mouseover if they exist (this allows you to snipe totems and Psyfiends quickly).
3. Casts Barbed Shot at your target if you are not mousing over an enemy nameplate or frame.
4. Commands your pet to use their basic attack on their current target.

It is useful to have Barbed Shot cast on mouseover because it allows you to multidot (maintain the damage over time effect on multiple targets) more efficiently.

I recommend that you make a similar macro substituting Barbed Shot for Cobra Shot and Kill Shot as well.

• #showtooltip Kill Command
• /cancelaura aspect of the turtle
• /petattack
• /use Kill Command
• /cast [@pettarget]Claw
• /cast [@pettarget]Bite
• /cast [@pettarget]Smack

This Kill Command Macro also commands your pet to attack your target and use their basic ability if it is available. This ensures that your pet attacks your target with their auto and basic attack as soon as they charge to the target following your Kill Command.

• #showtooltip Bloodshed
• /use Draconic Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity
• /use Draconic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity
• /cast Blood Fury(Racial)
• /cast Bloodshed

This is a simple macro that uses off-global cooldown temporary damage buffs (trinkets and racial ability if orc) when you begin bursting with Bloodshed.

Even if Bloodshed is not available, you can press this Macro whenever you are bursting to use any of your off-global cooldown stat buffs that are available.

• /run SetCVar("SoftTargetInteract", 0)
• /run SetCVar("SoftTargetEnemyRange", 0)
• /run SetCVar("SoftTargetFriendRange", 0)
• /cast !camouflage

This macro will cast Camouflage (and will not cancel Camouflage if you accidentally press the Macro twice!)

The Macro will also change some "CVar" values. Without going into detail, this solves a bug introduced in Dragonflight that would make your Macro'd spells cast at your target instead of the target that your Macro specifies.

By having the corrections on a macro with Camouflage, you know they will be fixed at the start of every game.

• #showtooltip aspect of the turtle
• /cqs
• /cast !aspect of the turtle

This Macro will stop casting any spell and cast Aspect of the Turtle.

This macro will not cancel Aspect of the Turtle if you press it multiple times.

• #showtooltip exhilaration
• /cqs
• /cast Exhilaration
• /cast [@player] Spirit Mend

This Macro will cancel any queued spells and cast Exhilaration.

This Macro will also heal yourself with Spirit Mend if it is off cooldown and you are using a Spirit Beast pet, even if Exhilaration is on cooldown.

• #showtooltip
• /cqs
• /cancelaura feign death
• /cast !feign death
• /stopattack
• /run local t="Pet" if 1~=GetRaidTargetIndex(t) then SetRaidTarget(t, 1) end

This macro will cast Feign Death and stop your character from attacking.

The Macro will also mark a star raid icon on your pet. It is useful to have a raid marker on your pet to make it easier to track the pet's position. Having the Macro on a spell that you use often means the raid mark will be applied even if you only summon the pet midway through a game.

Note that this Macro will only mark your pet while inside arena if you are the party leader, but you can press it outside of the arena if you aren't the party leader, and unless you swap pets, the mark will stay.

• /cqs
• /cast [@player] Roar of Sacrifice
• /cast [@player] Spirit Mend

This Macro will stop any queued spells, and use Roar of Sacrifice on yourself.

This Macro will also heal yourself with Spirit Mend if it is off cooldown and you are using a Spirit Beast pet, even if Roar of Sacrifice is on cooldown.

You will also want to make versions of this Macro substituting "[@player]" with [@party1] and [@party2], which will allow you to easily cast Roar of Sacrifice on your teammates.

• /cancelqueuedspell
• /cast [mod:alt,@player][@cursor] Freezing trap

This macro will cast Freezing Trap on your cursor if pressed without any modifier.

If you press alt while pressing the Macro, the trap will be dropped immediately (and activated immediately with no travel time) at your feet.

I highly recommend that you have a Freezing Trap [@player] macro like this. It is significantly easier and more reliable to land traps by standing on a healer and using the [@player] Freezing Trap.

• #showtooltip [known:scatter shot]scatter shot;[known:bursting shot]bursting shot
• /cancelqueuedspell
• /cqs
• /cancelaura aspect of the turtle
• /Cast [@mouseover, exists, harm] scatter shot; scatter shot
• /cast [known:bursting shot]bursting shot

This macro will cast Scatter Shot at your mouseover if they exist which is useful in BGs or world PvP to CC off-targets or to crowd-control a pet (e.g., to stop a Warlock's Succubus Seduction cast without targetting it).

The Macro will cast Scatter Shot at your target if you aren't mousing over an enemy.

If you have Bursting Shot talented instead of Scatter Shot, it will cast Bursting Shot.

• #showtooltip [known:Implosive Trap] Implosive Trap; [known:High Explosive Trap] High Explosive Trap
• /cancelqueuedspell
• /cast [known:Implosive Trap] Implosive Trap
• /cast [known:High Explosive Trap] High Explosive Trap

This macro toggles between High Explosive Trap and Implosive Trap, depending on which one you have talented.

Note that sometimes (e.g., when knocking an enemy into a Freezing Trap using a High Explosive Trap) you need to be very precise with the High Explosive Trap placement, which is why I do not recommend using @cursor for this trap.

• #showtooltip Chimaeral Sting(PvP Talent)
• /cast [mod:alt,@focus,harm,nodead] [@mouseover,harm,nodead] [] Chimaeral Sting(PvP Talent)

This Macro will cast Chimaeral Sting on your mouseover if selected, your target if you don't have a mouseover, or your focus target if you press alt at the same time as the Macro.

I recommend also having a macro like this for utility spells such as Concussive Shot and Tranquilizing Shot.

• #showtooltip Counter Shot
• /cqs
• /cast [@arena1] Counter Shot

This Macro will Counter Shot the first member of the enemy arena team (highest unit frame on your UI).

You want three of these macros, one for each of the three members of the enemy team, [@arena1], [@arena2], and [@arena3], respectively.

You will also want those three macros with Counter Shot replaced by Intimidation, and another of these three macros for Scatter Shot (it's nice to have with Concussive Shot too if you have the keybind space).

• #showtooltip command pet
• /cast [@target, help] [@player] command pet

This will cast your pet's active ability.

If you have a friendly target and a cunning pet, it will cast Master's Call on your target (useful in BGs/world content)

• #showtooltip command pet
• /cast [@party1] command pet

This will cast Master's Call on your party member. You need this Macro for both party1 and party2 to remove important roots and snares (for example, Mass Entanglement and Solar Beam from a Balance Druid).

• #showtooltip Freezing Trap
• /petattack [@target]
• /cast dash
• /petattack [@target]
• /startattack [@target]
• /petautocaston savage rend

This Macro will command your pet to attack your target and use their sprint ability if available.

You can change the #showtooltip to whatever spell you want to track the cooldown of (this is a way to show the cooldown of a spell on your action bar when the Macro doesn't have a specific ability to show the icon or cooldown of).

• #showtooltip Freezing Trap
• /petfollow

This Macro will command your pet to follow you.

You can change the #showtooltip to whatever spell you want to track the cooldown of.

• #showtooltip Freezing Trap
• /petmoveto
• /stay

This Macro will command your pet to move to a specific location.

You can change the #showtooltip to whatever spell you want to track the cooldown of.

• #showtooltip Camouflage
• /cqs
• /petpassive
• /petfollow
• /stopattack
• /use [pet]Play Dead;[pet]Wake Up
• /cast !Feign Death
• /cast !Camouflage

This Macro will make it easier to cast Camouflage during combat. If you do not have a pet out, and Feign Death is on cooldown, it will work every time (although damage over time effects will break Camouflage!)

If you have a pet out, it will put them on passive and cast Play Dead (the pet equivalent of Feign Death) so your pet will not keep you in combat. If you have put your pet on passive and it has not been attacked for two seconds before pressing this Macro, you will go into Camouflage when you press it.

If you use this Macro and you're still in combat (but you aren't getting hit), you can run around a pillar and keep pressing it to enter Camouflage.

• #showtooltip dismiss pet
• /cast dismiss pet
• /cast [@arenapet1, exists] growl; [@arenapet2, exists] growl; [@arenapet3, exists] growl

This Macro will command your pet to taunt enemy pets. You can put it on your action bars where Dismiss Pet is, which means you can use your existing Dismiss Pet keybind to taunt enemy pets.