Useful macros for hunters

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This is an article on useful macros for hunters.

DISCLAIMER

You can never perfectly macro a shot rotation to give you optimal output in every situation. Use with all macros with caution.

Macro Spamming 101

The easiest way to spam a macro, most people find, is to bind some keys to your "mouse wheel up" and "mouse wheel down" actions. This way, instead of repeatedly pounding on the 1 and 2 keys, you can elegantly just flick your finger on the scroll wheel. If you use keys that you wouldn't normally push by hand, say the "-" and "=" positions, for your mouse wheel bindings that leaves your 1-5 keys for other abilities.

Since Wrath of the Lich King and patch 3.0.8, macro spamming in any spec is not recommended. Macros are useful to make your life easier, however, you will achieve better DPS manually weaving shots.

Beast Mastery Hunter Macros

• Recommended PVE Spec: http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=ctbMzgxRfu0est0eVf
• Recommended Pet PVE Spec: http://www.wowhead.com/?petcalc=cud0Mfs0zhoo

Spamable Beast Mastery Hunter Macro

#showtooltip
/console Sound_EnableSFX 0
/cast !auto shot
/cast Kill Shot
/castrandom Steady Shot, Arcane Shot, Multi-Shot
/console Sound_EnableSFX 1
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

Mark & Attack

#showtooltip Hunter's Mark
/castsequence reset=5 [button:2] Hunter's Mark; Serpent Sting, Hunter's Mark
/stopmacro [button:2]
/petattack
/petdefensive

Bestial Wrath

#showtooltip Bestial Wrath
/cast Kill Command
/cast Bestial Wrath
/use 13
/use 14

Marksmanship Hunter Macros

• Reccomended PVE "Macro-Spammer" Spec: http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=ctbMzZceAsMhzMxog0Aox00b
• Reccomended Pet PVE Spec: http://www.wowhead.com/?petcalc=zMd00fc0zho

Spamable Marksman Hunter Macro

#showtooltip
/console Sound_EnableSFX 0
/cast !auto shot
/cast Kill Shot
/castrandom Steady Shot, Arcane Shot, Multi-Shot, Chimera Shot
/use 13
/use 14
/console Sound_EnableSFX 1
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

Mark & Attack

#showtooltip Hunter's Mark
/castsequence reset=5 [button:2] Hunter's Mark; Serpent Sting, Hunter's Mark
/stopmacro [button:2]
/cast [combat] Kill Command
/petattack
/petdefensive

Survival Hunter Macros

• Reccomended PVE "Macro-Spammer" Spec: http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cxoZ0eVoZe00i0cIhxdAhck
• Reccomended Pet PVE Spec: http://www.wowhead.com/?petcalc=zMd00fc0zho

Spamable Survival Hunter Macro

#showtooltip
/console Sound_EnableSFX 0
/cast !auto shot
/cast Kill Shot
/castrandom Steady Shot, Explosive Shot, Multi-Shot
/use 13
/use 14
/console Sound_EnableSFX 1
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

Mark & Attack

#showtooltip Hunter's Mark
/castsequence reset=5 [button:2] Hunter's Mark; Serpent Sting, Hunter's Mark
/stopmacro [button:2]
/cast [combat] Kill Command
/petattack
/petdefensive

All Hunter Macros

One-Button Misdirection

#showtooltip
/cast [target=focus,exists,nodead] Misdirection; [target=pet,exists,nodead] Misdirection

All-in-One Melee

#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=target/3 Wing Clip, Raptor Strike, Wing Clip
/castrandom [target=target, exists] Mongoose Bite

All-in-One Pet Care

#showtooltip
/cast [nopet, modifier:ctrl] Tame Beast
/cast [combat] Heart of the Phoenix
/cast [nopet] Call Pet; [target=pet, dead] Revive Pet
/castsequence [pet, nomodifier, button:1] reset=15 Mend Pet, null
/cast [button:2] Dismiss Pet

Miscellaneous, Old, and Situational Macros

Blood Elf Hunter Aspect of the Hawk/Viper

#showtooltip
/console Sound_EnableSFX 0
/cast [combat] Arcane Torrent
/cast !Aspect of the Dragonhawk
/petpassive [nocombat]
/console Sound_EnableSFX 1
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

Notes: As soon as you're down 6% of your mana, start using this and every chance you get. They say Blood Elfs are a bad race for hunters, but you can get 18-24% more mana on long boss fights and that's really nice for those times when you don't have a ret pally in the group.

#showtooltip
/console Sound_EnableSFX 0
/cast [combat] Arcane Torrent
/cast !Aspect of the Viper
/petpassive [nocombat]
/console Sound_EnableSFX 1
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

Growl/Cower Pet Button Saver

#showtooltip
/petautocasttoggle [btn:2,group,mod]Growl;[btn:2,nogroup,mod]Cower;[btn:2,group]Cower;[btn:2]Growl
/petautocastoff [btn:3]Growl
/petautocastoff [btn:3]Cower
/stopmacro [nobtn:1]
/cast [group,mod]Growl;[nogroup,mod]Cower;[group]Cower;Growl

When grouped, Cower is up and Growl is on Shift/Ctrl/Alt (no room to specify without branching into a second macro); when solo, it's reversed. Right click on either of them to toggle auto-cast. If you forget which is toggled on/off, mouse-wheel-click to turn them both off and go from there. Growl will auto-cast even when not on the pet's bar: I'm not sure about Cower or any other ability, but I'm sure better hunters than I would know, so ask them.

Simple auto Growl/Cower

#showtooltip
/cast Hunter's Mark
/petautocaston [group] Cower; [nogroup] Growl
/petautocastoff [nogroup] Cower; [group] Growl

When grouped, growl is off, cower set on, and when solo the other way around. This is linked to a frequently used spell, but could be put with anything on the 2nd line.

I WIN!

/cast Bestial Wrath
/cast Rapid Fire
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Blood Fury

This one casts Bestial Wrath, Rapid Fire, uses both Trinkets and Blood Fury (Orc Racial) for a DPS Burst. Change around the Blood Fury to another ability (Troll Berserker for example). You can also name the Trinkets if you want to (e.g. /use Bloodlust Brooch). NOTE: This macro is awful. NOTE: You can use this for PVP... It's not really all that useful any more though because Bestial Wrath and Rapid Fire both have different cool down times.

Pet Attack/Follow Toggle

/petattack
/petfollow [target=pettarget,exists] 

This will on first click send your pet in to attack your target, and on the second click it stop attacking and return to you.

Oh crap!

#showtooltip Battlemaster's Determination
/script UIErrorsFrame:Hide()
/use Horde Battle Standard
/use Battlemaster's Determination
/use Super Healing Potion
/use Healthstone
/cast Deterrence

Sort of the opposite to "I WIN". Will give a significant HP boost. (You will have to change the Battlemaster's trinket if you're using the +crit one.)

Vipersting / focus setter

#showtooltip Viper Sting
/clearfocus [modifier:shift]
/focus [target=focus,noexists]; [target=focus,dead]
/cast [target=focus,exists,harm]Viper Sting

If pressed with shift this macro will ONLY reset the focustarget. If your last focus is dead or none is set it'll set your target as your focustarget and vipersting it.

Intervene / Roar of Sacrifice

/castsequence [mod:shift target=mouseover,help] Intervene, Roar of Sacrifice
/castsequence [nomod,target=Tokdåre] Intervene, Roar of Sacrifice

Change the target on 2nd line to your name and this macro will Intervene and RoS yourself but if you activate it with the shift mod it'll intervene and RoS the mouseover target if it's friendly.

Master's Call

#showtooltip Master's Call
/cast [modifier:alt, target=focus] Master's Call
/cast [modifier:shift] Master's Call
/cast [target={hunter's name}] Master's Call

This macro will do three things: when clicked without any modifier, it will cast Master's Call on the Hunter; with Alt, it will cast it on the Focus target (eg. your healer in an Arena setup); with shift, it will behave as the normal skill, so point and click to the target.

Tranquilizing Shot

/cast [target=mouseover] Tranquilizing Shot

For fights like Sartharion where you might be called on to tranq Sartharion's fire elemental adds, I find this macro bound to a readily accessible key can make the job much easier. Just point at them and pop; no target switching, no risk of pulling them.