Plz do not ask why i want this macro just give assistance in creating it if you can.

I am trying to create a macro to cast deathcoil when it is ready and cast shadowbolt when deathcoil is on cooldown.

i have tried these and they havent worked. And yes having () causes the macro to cast highest rank of the spell that has already been confirmed.

/cast Death Coil()
/cast Shadow Bolt()

/cast Death Coil()
/stopcast
/cast Shadow Bolt()

/castsequence Death Coil(), Shadow Bolt()

/castsequence Death Coil(), !Shadow Bolt()

/castsequence Death Coil(),
/stopcast
/cast Shadow Bolt()


The closest to getting what i want i have gotten is being able to cast Death Coil, then cast shadow bolt. After that it says that spell isnt ready and i cannot get anymore casts until death coil is ready. Or the more common result, death coil casts and it will not go to shadow bolt at all.

You can not do more than one cast at a time, the API does not allow it.

Am i wording this wrong? I want to be able to cast Death Coil when it is currently available to be cast. If Death Coil is currently unavailable to be cast because its cooldown has yet to finish then i want the macro to cast Shadow Bolt.


If Death Coil ready cast Death Coil
If Death Coil not ready cast Shadow Bolt

Ah knee jerk response from me, it is too common that people try to make a macro cast more than one thing at a time so they can sit back and do a bunch of actions with just one key, it appeared that was what you were asking.

Only an instant spell that does not trigger global cooldown can be followed by another cast.

you could use this:
#showtooltip Death coil
/cast [nomodifier] shadow bolt
/stopmacro [nomodifier:shift]
/cast [modifier=shift] Death coil

use the red "?" icon and on your action bar it'll show up with the deathcoil icon, including the cooldown.
just click to cast shadowbolt, and hold down shift to cast deathcoil. You can change the shifts in the macro to ctrl, alt, and i'm pretty sure something for right and middle click. I don't know them, but you could find them somewhere. Hope this helps!

I believe this also may suffice.


#showtooltip Death coil
/castsequence reset=10 shadow bolt, Death coil, Death Coil, Death Coil

something along those lines... idk the cool down on death coil...
but replace the 10 with however many that is an dit HSOULD work. idk i only use macros with my hunter. I use hunter's mark and pet attack on first key, then arcane shot followed by auto shot on second key, and then I use the serpent sting, auto shot, serpent sting, auto shot sequence...but I'm pretty sure you can set it to do the same cast over and over again.

/castsequence reset=X Death coil, shadow bolt, shadow bolt


replace x with whatever the cooldown is on death coil (make sure it is in seconds) and put in more shadow bolts if you need them

thats the only way i can think to do that

but that would be alot of shadow bolts

i think this would be a bit better

#showtooltip

/cast [btn:1] Death Coil, [btn:2] Shadow Bolt

you would have to right click to use the shadow bolts or you could switch the numbers to make left click for shadow bolts and right for death coil, but it would show the cooldown of death coil so you could use it when the cooldown is over