WHM Macros

I'm just curious to see what macros people use for their WHM. Can anyone share their macros and give me some ideas for macros? :)

As you shouldn't use macros for healing or DPS (because macros prevent you from queueing abilities), there aren't many useful macros for WHM. The only macro I personally use on WHM/SCH is "/ac Virus <f>" to use Virus on focus target while I keep the tank as my healing target.

I agree with Taika, macros are generally not the way to go. I do, however, use party text macros so that I can communicate with other healers. Using such things for Raise, Eye for an Eye and Virus etc can help with preventing the other healer losing a chunk of MP by double ressing, using a long CD that won't work etc etc.

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Originally Posted by Taika

As you shouldn't use macros for healing or DPS (because macros prevent you from queueing abilities), there aren't many useful macros for WHM. The only macro I personally use on WHM/SCH is "/ac Virus <f>" to use Virus on focus target while I keep the tank as my healing target.

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Originally Posted by Kabzy

I agree with Taika, macros are generally not the way to go. I do, however, use party text macros so that I can communicate with other healers. Using such things for Raise, Eye for an Eye and Virus etc can help with preventing the other healer losing a chunk of MP by double ressing, using a long CD that won't work etc etc.

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To ask, you don't even use <mo> macros? Becuase I find those useful in keeping the party topped.

Some macros I use:

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/micon Virus
/ac "Virus" <t>
/ac "Virus" <tt>

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/micon Aero
/ac "Aero" <mo>

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This one is bound to my middle mouse button--it just makes it easy to claim mobs out in the overworld and similar.

Other macros I have are announced res, "Do the mechanic!", and "Hey bard I'm out of MP."

Lastly, you can use <tt> macros for DPS... but it's not really suitable for high end endgame.

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Originally Posted by Morningstar1337

To ask, you don't even use <mo> macros? Becuase I find those useful in keeping the party topped.

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I tried a mouseover macro a while back. When it worked I didn't really feel like it was helping me that much, but a lot of the times it didn't work for me because I usually hit keys before the GCD is done. And with that it would sometimes miss the first attempt at the macro and then heal the wrong person and so on. There are probably better macros out there, but I didn't feel as if it was helping me in any way and I just don't like how clunky macros can feel.

Also as a SCH in end game raiding, I'm constantly hitting buttons. If I'm not healing I'm back into Cleric DPSing, so that's one more reason I don't use macros. There's never usually a moment when I'm idle and waiting for a GCD to finish for me to carefully press the next button. ;p

I only sport WHM for the lols and I use simple macros I set up for the moments I DPS (have them mostly set up for my SCH)

/micon "Virus"
/ac "Virus" <t>
/ac "Virus" <tt>
/ac "Virus" <f>

Same for E4E... be aware you might need to click 2-3 times until it goes off (hence no text attached).
I don't have a raise macro... because it doesnt prevent the other healer from raising same guy <tunnel vision OP> and the bard I usually run with knows when to play ballad or when not and if he misses it or another bard/machinist is around a simple "MP" in chat does the job in 99% cases :3

I wouldn't recommend to macro DPS skills: you lose queueing effects and that would make me not bother with DPSing at all and as stated above its not viable in raid end game:o

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Originally Posted by Werhusky

be aware you might need to click 2-3 times until it goes off (hence no text attached).

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A workaround for this is to attach a "/wait 1" or "<wait.1>". This way you can spam the button without spamming your party with text.

That said my virus macros is silent (And E4E unmacro'd) because I don't think most people care one way or another.

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Originally Posted by Morningstar1337

To ask, you don't even use <mo> macros? Becuase I find those useful in keeping the party topped.

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I used to heal with mouseover macros in 2.0 (through first Coil). I gave them up after that because they felt unresponsive compared to healing without macros. Not being able to queue your heals applies to them as well.

The only macros I use are all situationnal. As a healer, I am obviously not too keen on spending my mana for raises or damages that should be avoided. The first time I started using them was at the time CT3 was released, and I got fed up with raising people who couldn't even avoid mortal gaze. I was called an idiot or was asked "Do you think we're stupid ?". Stupid ? no. Blind ? certainly. They can call me whatever they like, my job is to heal, not overcompensate for their mistakes. Everybody benefits from the macros, be it me, saving my mana (It's just as much "mana management" as anything else) or them, doing more DPS than when they bite the dust.

From that standpoint, I use :

/p Plateform !
/p Adds !
/p Petrification !
/p Manasong please (autotranslated)


I try to say it short for obvious reasons. Not everybody speaks my language. And I try to use words that are the same in every language. There's only the /p hide which I have yet to figure a generic word.
/p Hide !

I rarely bother using a macro for raises, as Line of Sight can easily break my swiftcast, and most of times I use TS to chat with my FC mates, so we call it orally.

The only macro I use is to let people know I am rezzing.

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Originally Posted by VanilleFang

The only macro I use is to let people know I am rezzing.

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I feel like a healer quick on the buttons will have already cast the rez while your macro is going off. At least, this has happened to me numerous times while doing things like Void Ark. It always slightly annoys me because then it looks like the healer with the macro is the only one "doing anything" while silent ol' me is just as, if not more so, efficient. The "I'm raising this guy" macro warning usually always comes after I've already used at least my Swiftcast, if not actually fired the rez itself, so I don't think it prevents double-rezing as per it's intentions.

In regards to the effectiveness of mo macros, I use them myself on SCH, but only for the fairy Embrace ability because it's awesome being able to heal two targets at once with minimal fuss.

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Originally Posted by loreleidiangelo

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There's only reason I use it is to let people know I'm raising so they don't have to worry about it. And.. my macro isn't long or anything. I use Swiftcast and the hit raise, which just casts the spell and pops a message. I've never been out-raised by another person if I'm paying attention. Though it's not a race regardless.

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Originally Posted by VanilleFang

There's only reason I use it is to let people know I'm raising so they don't have to worry about it. And.. my macro isn't long or anything. I use Swiftcast and the hit raise, which just casts the spell and pops a message. I've never been out-raised by another person if I'm paying attention. Though it's not a race regardless.

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There's so much about this post I wish people understood...

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Originally Posted by Risvertasashi

There's so much about this post I wish people understood...

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I understood it perfectly well. I'm simply pointing out that I've never had anyone with a raise macro provide me with adequate warning so that I don't waste at least Swiftcast. The concept behind it (preventing double-raises) just doesn't seem to work because of the delay on queuing skills in a macro. Perhaps it works well for when your co-healers have slower reaction times; I don't know.

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Originally Posted by loreleidiangelo

I understood it perfectly well. I'm simply pointing out that I've never had anyone with a raise macro provide me with adequate warning so that I don't waste at least Swiftcast. The concept behind it (preventing double-raises) just doesn't seem to work because of the delay on queuing skills in a macro. Perhaps it works well for when your co-healers have slower reaction times; I don't know.

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It wasn't aimed at you specifically. But to answer your post, cohealers that work together often, will often work out a soft raise order. And if one healer doesn't raise within a few seconds (perhaps busy healing, low on MP, whatever), then the other healer or SMN will then proceed.

If 2+ people pop SC the very second someone dies--not even voice comms have that little latency.

It has nothing to do with any "delay" on a macro. Macro or not, you have to wait for the swiftcast animation to finish. If both healers have the same "reflexes", the resses will go off at the same time and it wouldn't have been prevented if neither healer had an announce macro.

And to reiterate what Vanille said: It's not a race.

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Originally Posted by loreleidiangelo

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To be fair though, there isn't really much of a warning that could be provided. Someone dies and you want to get them up pretty instantly. And Raise macros aren't really queued, as far as I know people aren't using a Swiftcast x Raise macro, just Raise with text, in which case the text is pretty much instant. That's the best your co-healer can possibly do in informing you that they are raising. In the same way, you should be doing the same for them.

It's all about situational awareness, sometimes I see the Swiftcast icon on a healer and know that I should probably just halt for a moment. The same way in which, assuming you're an AST main, you shouldn't be quick to Raise anyone if you have a SCH or possibly SMN in your party.

I've never used a raise macro. If someone dies in DF content, I check if the other healer uses their swiftcast. If not, I'll use mine or slow-raise the person. The party chat macros I see are usually too late for their purpose.

I used to have macros for virus and e4e and even a res one but in the end just to clunky for my taste so running macroless as far as any skills goes.

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Originally Posted by VanilleFang

There's only reason I use it is to let people know I'm raising so they don't have to worry about it. And.. my macro isn't long or anything. I use Swiftcast and the hit raise, which just casts the spell and pops a message. I've never been out-raised by another person if I'm paying attention. Though it's not a race regardless.

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I'm farming Samarian title while watching people do boss fates and S ranks... for me it is a race :p
But yea agreed outside of that its only important the person gets revived at all theres no point to "race" for it.

I heal with <mo> macro. I find it very useful. Although it is true that macros don't queue, actions queue virtually by copying lines. When you execute a macro, it takes 1 frame (16.7 ms in 60 fps or 33.3 ms in 30 fps) per line. So when I hit the following macro before the GCD is done, it works well.

/merror off
/ac "Cure" <mo>
/ac "Cure" <mo>
/ac "Cure" <mo>
/ac "Cure" <mo>
/ac "Cure" <mo>
/ac "Cure" <mo>
/ac "Cure" <mo>
/ac "Cure" <mo>
/ac "Cure" <mo>
/ac "Cure" <mo>
/ac "Cure" <mo>
/ac "Cure" <mo>
/ac "Cure" <mo>
/micon "Cure"

Note that /micon should be on the last line since it also takes time.

I use 3 on whm. E4E+Virus and fluid aura + repose and an swift raise announcement. Repeating lines are there to make sure it goes off, in case you press too early and get clipped by previous animation.

While targeting a party member it will eye for an Eye. Then targeting/target of target/focus target virus.

/ac "Eye for an Eye <t>
/ac "virus <t>
/ac Virus <tt>
/ac virus <focus>
/ac "Eye for an Eye <t>
/recast Virus
/macroicon "Eye for an Eye

If in range, it will fluid aura. If not repose!

/ac "Fluid Aura
/ac "Fluid Aura
/ac "Fluid Aura
/ac "Fluid Aura
/ac Repose
/macroicon "Fluid Aura

Another I wish I had used leveling was a macro that placed the most appropriate stone on a given slot, while casting protect at the start of a dungeon.

/ac Protect
/chotbar set Stone 1 1
/chotbar set "Stone II" 1 1
/chotbar set "Stone III" 1 1
/macroicon protect

Replace 1 1 with your bar, slot numbers. If on pc, use /hotbar instead of /chotbar.

I have 0 whm macros, sometimes they dont work, even worse when you get a bit of lagg.

Here is my WHM macro for FATEs.

/merror off
/lsync <wait.1>
/ac "Cleric Stance"
/ac "Shroud of Saints"
/micon "Shroud of Saints"

If lsync is off and Cleric Stance is available, set lsync on and set Cleric Stance on (and don't use Shroud of Saints).
Else if lsync is on and Cleric Stance is on and Shroud of Saints is available, set lsync off and set Cleric Stance off and use Shroud of Saints.