One Click Wonders: Part 1

I've got a couple of friends that have leveled Frost Mages, and they were going over some of the more useful things for Mages.

They asked if I knew of any good macros.

Which made me think I should probably put a few of the more handy ones up here. And maybe add some macro links to the blog as well.

I don't use a ton of in combat macros, although there are a few that EVERY Mage needs to be very familiar with. I'll start with those.

One of the most important ones, both PvP and PvE is this:

#showtooltip Counterspell
/stopcasting
/cast Counterspell

This is the "Quick Counterspell" macro. Lets break it down.
The first line will show your tooltip, very optional.
The second line will interrupt any cast you are in the middle of, so you don't have to jump, or move, or hit esc.
The third line casts Counterspell, to interrupt a cast.

A good thing to note about the macro above, is that it can be used for anything else you might need, be it Ice Block, Ice Barrier, Mana Shield, Fire/Frost Ward, etc. All you have to do is change the tooltip, and spell name.

Another good macro for Mages...

#showtooltip Polymorph
/cast Polymorph
/stopmacro [noexists] [dead] [help]
/p Sheeping %t. Back off it.

The sheep and announce macro, basic, but still works well.
The first line, again shows the Poly tooltip, optional as always.
The second line will cast your Polymorph (if you want Pig or Turtle you'll need to specify).
The third line determines what you will announce. If the spell succeeds, you will say in party chat, "Sheeping . Back off it." If it fails, or your target is dead, it will not announce anything in party.
The last line is what will be announced. The "%t" is a command that will substitute in your target's name.

The next macro works wonders, and performs the same function as above, while adding in some more little tricks.

#showtooltip
/clearfocus [target=focus,dead]
/focus [target=focus,noexists]
/script SetRaidTarget("focus", 1)
/cast [target=focus]Polymorph
/stopmacro [nogroup]
/s --== Sheeping and Marking "%f" ==--

This one is a monster. But the only thing is does differently is that it deals with the "focus" ability.

Lets break this down...

First line will clear your focus if your old focus target is dead, or doesn't exist anymore.
Second line will set your focus on what you have targeted if you don't have a focus already.
Third line will place a Star marker over the head of the focus target (if you are group/raid leader/assistant)
Fourth line will polymorph the Focus target
Fifth line will stop the announce if not partied.
Sixth line will announce the sheeping.

We like this one better, usually.

This allows us to have another target frame, specifically, the focus frame. This frame will not change until you change it. So you can target your tank and type /focus, making another, completely independent frame show up. Or in the case of this macro, it will provide a frame with which to keep an eye on the mob you need to CC.

This one is to make conjuring and using those items easier.

/castsequence [modifier:alt] reset=120 Conjure Water, Conjure Food, Conjure Mana Emerald, Conjure Water, Conjure Food
/stop macro [modifier:alt]
/use Conjured Manna Biscuit
/use Conjured Glacier Water
/stopmacro [button:2]
/use Conjured croissant

This will conjure water, then food, then a gem, then water, then food, as long as you are holding the "alt" button.
If you simply click the button with your left mouse button, then it will make you eat Mana Biscuits (if you have any) or the conjured Food and Water. (the conjured food and water will both be used at the same time.)
You will need to update the macro as you level, and change the fourth and sixth lines to include the highest ranking foods/waters that you can make, so that they will be used properly.

This one is for Porting. As a Mage, you'll be using these spells very often, and this will make it easier.

#show Rune of Portals
/cast [modifier:alt] Portal: Shattrath; Teleport: Shattrath

This will allow the alt button + left click to cast Teleport, and the regular left click to summon a Portal. City names can change as needed, and if five macro's are made, it will allow you to have all your Teleports and Portals only take up five spots. The first line will show the number of Runes you have with you, and if you use the "?" icon for the macros, the picture will change depending on which spell you are casting.

The last one I'm going to include in this post is a mouse over macro, which is pretty handy if you don't use decursive.

/cast [target=mouseover,exists] Remove Lesser Curse

This should be bound to a key (I think mine is F1) and will allow you to mouse over another player, or his/her pet, and it will cast Remove Lesser Curse on whoever you are moused over.
One thing to note, is that you can make a Counterspell macro the same way, just replace the spell names, and possibly include a /stopcasting before the rest of the script.

I might go a little more in depth into Frost/Fire macros later, but for now, I'll stick to the more "essential" ones.