Priest Racials being removed!

In an unexpected turn of events, a recent blue post informed us that the current priest racial abilities will not be making the boat ride to Northrend with the rest of us. Say goodbye to Hex of Weakness, Chastise, and other great abilities.

In an upcoming build all Priest racials have been retired, except the following:

- Desperate Prayer - This is now the 11-point talent in Holy, Holy Nova is now a base ability. Cooldown also reduced to 30 seconds.
- Devouring Plague - Now a base ability. Cooldown reduced to 30 seconds, mana cost greatly reduced.
- Symbol of Hope - Now a base ability. Now restores 5% base mana every 2 seconds for 8 seconds to your party. Renamed “Hymn of Hope.”

While this change does reduce the “uniqueness” of different Priests, we feel game balance as a whole will benefit.

Note: These new “racials” are not racials, they are trainable to all Priests.

Warlock Macro Guide

If you play a warlock then you know how difficult it can be to manage all of the abilities required of the class. Between nuking spells, DoTs, curses, debuffs, and multiple pets…well, it’s enough to drive anyone keybinding crazy. However, a few well placed macros can dramatically ease your pain.

Also, if you’re looking for focus macros make sure you check out my warlock focus macros guide.

Trinket + Shadow Bolt
/use Hex Shrunken Head
/cast Shadowbolt

Make sure you change “Hex Shrunken Head” to your current +damage trinket

DoT Rotation Macro
/castsequence reset=10 Immolate, Corruption, Curse of Agony, Siphon Life

Warlock Buff Macros
/target <self>
/castsequence Fel Armor, Soul Link, Detect Invisibility, Unending Breath

/castsequence Detect Invisibility, Unending Breath

First macro is just for your self buffs, and the second is for buffing your party / raid members.

Amplified Curse + Curse Macro
/cast Amplify Curse
/stopcasting
/cast Curse of Agony

You could also create one for CoE, simply change the last cast line, or try this trinketed version below.

Trinket + Amplified Curse + Curse Macro
/use Hex Shrunken Head
/cast Amplify Curse
/stopcasting
/cast Curse of Agony

Devour Magic Macros
/cast [target=mouseover,exists] Devour Magic; Devour Magic

The above macro will devour magic on your mouse over target if you have one, otherwise it will devour magic on you. You might also choose to use this more specific macro.

/cast [modifier:shift, pet:Felhunter] Devour Magic; [pet:Felhunter, target=player] Devour Magic

This macro will devour magic on you when clicked or your target when shift clicked.

Spamable Drain Macros
/cast [nochanneling: Drain Life] Drain Life

/cast [nochanneling: Drain Mana] Drain Mana

Simple, yet effective macro. Allows you to spam your drain abilities without accidentally spamming them on and off.

Life / Mana Drain Macros
/cast [modifier:shift] Drain Mana; Drain Life

Pretty simple, casts drain mana with shift and drain life without shift. Nice way to consolidate action bar keys. Below I’ve listed several iterations you may find helpful.

/cast [modifier:shift] Drain Life(Rank 1); Drain Life

/cast [modifier:shift] Drain Mana(Rank 1); Drain Mana

This next one is a bit more complicated, but you may find it useful.

/cast [modifier:shift] Drain Mana; [mod:alt] Drain Soul; Drain Soul

Of course, as with any of these macros you can change the modifier key to what ever you prefer. You can choose between shift, alt, or control.

Instant Pet Summon
/cast Fel Domination
/stopcasting
/cast Summon [name of pet you want to summon](Summon)

An absolute must macro for all your PvP locks out there. Just insert your pet’s name in there and you’re good to go.

Totem Killing Macro
/petattack [target=Healing Stream Totem]
/petattack [target=Windfury Totem]
/petattack [target=Mana]
/petattack [target=Tremor Totem]
/petattack [target=Grounding Totem]