Veins - Fire Mage DPS Macros and Addons (WoW 4.3.4) (2024)

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Macros and addons are an integral part of a raider's arsenal as they canmake it easier to perform a variety of tasks, improving your overall gameexperience. Below, we present macros and addons that can be useful toa Fire Mage (WoW 4.3). On the left side, you will find links to theother parts of the guide.

1.1. Generic Macros for Mages

1.1.1. Counterspell

• #showtooltip
• /stopcasting
• /cast [@focus,exists][@target] Counterspell

This macro casts Counterspell at your focus, if you have one.Otherwise, Counterspell is cast at your current target.

1.1.2. Spellsteal

• #showtooltip
• /stopcasting
• /cast [@focus,exists][@target] Spellsteal

This macro for Spellsteal works in the same way as the above macro for Counterspell.

1.1.3. Blink

• #showtooltip
• /stopcasting
• /cast Blink

This macro will cancel your current spell cast and make you blink away. Thissaves you the trouble (and the time!) of interrupting your spell cast manually.

1.1.4. Ice Block

• #showtooltip
• /stopcasting
• /cancelaura Ice Block
• /cast Ice Block

This macro will cast Ice Block. Using the macro again will cancelthe spell.

1.1.5. Slow Fall

• #showtooltip
• /cast [@mouseover,nodead,help][nodead,help][@player] Slow Fall

This macro for Slow Fall is very useful. If you are hoveringover a party member (be it on the raid frames or on their actual character)it will cast Slow Fall on them. Otherwise, it casts it on your target,if it is friendly. If your focus and your target are not friendly partymembers, then the macro casts Slow Fall on you.

1.1.6. Polymorph

• #showtooltip Polymorph
• /clearfocus [modifier:alt]
• /focus [@focus,noexists]
• /clearfocus [@focus,help][@focus,noharm]
• /stopcasting
• /stopmacro [@target,noharm]
• /cast [@focus,exists,harm][@target] Polymorph
• /y Casting Polymorph on %F

This macro casts Polymorph on your focus or your current target.The first time you use this macro, the focus is set on your current target(if it is an enemy). Subsequent uses of the macro will keep castingPolymorph on your focus, unless you press alt(or whatever modifier you specify in the second line of the macro), in whichcase, the macro will set the focus on your current target before castingPolymorph on it.

To sum it up, use the macro to keep your assignment sheeped and pressalt while using the macro to sheep a newenemy.

Note that this macro will slightly interfere with the Counterspell and Spellsteal macros given earlier. If you try to use one of these two macros,it will result in the spell being cast on your sheeped target (which is your currentfocus). In such cases, use a simpler macro for Counterspell and Spellstealthat casts the spells at your current target.

1.2. Specific Macros for Fire Mages

1.2.1. Casting Combustion

• #showtooltip Combustion
• /stopcasting
• /cast Combustion

Using this macro to cast Combustion is advised. When you criticallyhit your target and the subsequent Ignite is high enough for Combustion,you want to cast Combustion right away and not wait for your current cast tofinish. If you wait, you run the risk that Ignite tick or berefreshed and do less damage, thus reducing the subsequent damage ofCombustion.

2.1. Generic Addons for Mages

2.1.1. ElvUI

Here, at Icy Veins, we useElvUIfor all our characters. This addon is a complete replacement of the defaultUser Interface. It comes with almost everything you need to perform properly:action bars, cooldown timers, proc display, etc.

We strongly recommend you to get this addon.

2.1.2. Boss Mods: Deadly Boss Mods or Bigwigs

Boss mods are addons that warn you about boss abilities and give youlive advice on how to handle some mechanics. We strongly recommend you toget one such addon. At Icy Veins, we mostly useDeadly Boss Mods,the most popular boss mod. A good alternative isBig Wigs.

2.1.3. Omen Threat Meter

Omen Threat Meteris the most popular addon for displaying the current threat levels on yourtarget. We recommend you to use it to avoid taking aggro when the tank is still buildingup threat on an enemy.

2.1.4. Parrot or Mik's Scrolling Battle Text

Parrot andMik's Scrolling Battle Text are highlycustomisable addons for displaying floating battle text while in combat (incomingheals, damage of your spells, etc.). They both work very well by default.

2.1.5. Recount

Recount is awell known addon that most people use for displaying current DPS or HPS(Healing Per Second). We advise you to also use it for checking what youtake damage from and if the share of damage/healing you do with each of your abilitiesis similar to that of other players of your class.

2.1.6. Grid and GridClickSets (Optional)

ElvUI comes with decent raid frames. The only real reason for usingGrid andGridClickSetsis if you want to be able to decurse raid or party members by rightclicking their frame in the raid of party frame. If you choose to go withGrid, then you might want to also useGridStatusRaidDebuff.

2.1.7. Extra Addons

While the aforementioned addons are enough to play decently, you mightwant to check out two other addons:

• Coolline Cooldownsis an addon that displays the remaining time on your cooldown in a very intuitivemanner;
• Mage Nuggetsprovides various utilities that mages will find useful during combat.

2.2. Specific Addons for Fire Mages

2.2.1. Combustion Helper

Many players use Combustion Helperto keep track of their DoTs and find the appropriate time to cast Combustion.

Bear in mindthat addons cannot access the values for which the DoTs are going to tick sothe information Combustion Helper displays is an estimation based on yourcombat logs (previous recent critical strikes).