Problem with Lightning Bolt Macro

[Gudraid]

Hey guys, my lightning bolt macro is not working.

Right now it says:

#showtooltip Lightning Bolt
/use Lifeblood
/use Elemental Mastery
/cast Lightning Bolt


But sometimes when I'm spamming it really fast the Lifeblood or Elemental Mastery are not triggering, anyone know why this might be happening?

Thanks.

[Calamaties]

Elemental Mastery should be /cast - not /use.
And I think it may be the same for Lifeblood too.

[Endus]

Hey guys, my lightning bolt macro is not working.

Right now it says:

#showtooltip Lightning Bolt
/use Lifeblood
/use Elemental Mastery
/cast Lightning Bolt


But sometimes when I'm spamming it really fast the Lifeblood or Elemental Mastery are not triggering, anyone know why this might be happening?

Thanks.

Because there's a spell queue. When you're spamming it really fast, it's going "can I cast lifeblood? No, still on CD. Can I cast EM? No, still on CD. Can I cast LB? Yes! Queue LB."

So when that LB you have queued up starts casting, it starts checking for the NEXT cast to queue.

If you want to be sure you use those right on CD, you need to have them keybound separately and watch the CD appropriately. Macros aren't always ideal.

[Gudraid]

Because there's a spell queue. When you're spamming it really fast, it's going "can I cast lifeblood? No, still on CD. Can I cast EM? No, still on CD. Can I cast LB? Yes! Queue LB."

So when that LB you have queued up starts casting, it starts checking for the NEXT cast to queue.

If you want to be sure you use those right on CD, you need to have them keybound separately and watch the CD appropriately. Macros aren't always ideal.

So even though EM and Lifeblood don't use a GCD, they still take up a spell qeue?

[blackblade]

So even though EM and Lifeblood don't use a GCD, they still take up a spell qeue?

IMHO, if all the cooldowns line up, macro the cooldowns to a seperate button. then #showtooltip on one of those to know when to hit it.

If you have trouble hitting CD as they come up, make a reminder for yourself with WeakAuras/Power Auras

[Lavindar]

Elemental Mastery should be /cast - not /use.
And I think it may be the same for Lifeblood too.

/use and /cast can be used for both items and spells, they are basically the same.

[Endus]

So even though EM and Lifeblood don't use a GCD, they still take up a spell qeue?

It's not so much "take up" a spell queue, it's that they aren't available to be cast a half second before your cooldown is up, so the macro queues what IS available, another Lightning Bolt.

Spell queuing notoriously hits these kinds of spam macros. The best solution, long-term, is to try and teach yourself to NOT spam.

[Alltat]

Elemental Mastery should be /cast - not /use.
And I think it may be the same for Lifeblood too.

Lavindar beat me to it, but it doesn't hurt to repeat and confirm it:

In macros, /use and /cast are the same thing. You can "/use Riptide" if you want, and it will work just fine. Good to know if your macro is a few characters too long.