GS/ GSE2.0 7.30 Blood

Death Knight Archive Patch 7.0+
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[quote quote=41327]Hey John Was wondering why you have Death and Decay twice in the macro. For some reason it’s not casting for me and I’m having to cast it manually which is fine but just wondering
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I put it in twice to increase the reliability of it fireing off, as one thin with blood using this particular talent setup is for best results and fluid rotation you need to have dnd up as much as possible even on single targets. A common issue I see from blood dks that struggle is it is not used enough.

Touching on mike’s point I also have it on a separate keybind for pulls, I often don’t start the macroa until I’m in range. As I close the gap I’m potting or wraith walking etc

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[quote quote=41722]

Hey John Was wondering why you have Death and Decay twice in the macro. For some reason it’s not casting for me and I’m having to cast it manually which is fine but just wondering

I put it in twice to increase the reliability of it fireing off, as one thin with blood using this particular talent setup is for best results and fluid rotation you need to have dnd up as much as possible even on single targets. A common issue I see from blood dks that struggle is it is not used enough. Touching on mike’s point I also have it on a separate keybind for pulls, I often don’t start the macroa until I’m in range. As I close the gap I’m potting or wraith walking etc [/quote]

Exactly how I use it. I Wraith toward the target(s) and put the initial DnD down myself, and then let the macro take it from there. Very effective.

I do have an adjustment, though.
I add:

      KeyPress={
        "/targetenemy [noharm][dead]",
        "/castsequence  reset=combat  Death's Caress, null",

above the other KeyPress lines.

This allows me to tag a target if Death Grip and DnD are on CD and I still want to pull.

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Is the “PreMacro={” and the “PostMacro={” required?

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I am prolly in that premature age as i often click it too early :slight_smile:

Thing is - i feel i have more control when i put it on seperate, but than - that is only me.
I usually use all kind of CDs outside the macro as well, regardless the spec, as i think nothing is worse than having a 2 min cd not available when i need it.

But yeah - that is only a personal choice - didn’t mean to blacken anything

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So what is the highest mythic + has anyone got using this macro and what was was the debuffs

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I was told by a user that they have no issue doing a +13.
I have only gotten up to a +9 but I DPS my mythic usually and my group I run with are slack

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That’s good to hear but what is their ilvl as my is only 873 i know it sucks. I have mostly been doing dps but I see lots of blood Dks tanking Mythics so I figured i would give it a go.

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This is a great Macro I’m was not sure about tanking high lvl Mythics yet, tanked couple low levels +0 to 4 but I just tanked a +11 BRH and the healer was telling me unless I needed heals he was not having to heal me. I was put out as much HPS as he was for the whole thing. Great Job on the Macro John Mets!!! FYI I’m only 873 ilvl healer was almost 900

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Is anyone else having trouble to build Bone Shield stacks with this macro? I often see my stacks to be low (under 5) and Marrowrend is not being used in rotation.

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Cant say that I have, though due to some rare moments due to uncontrollable timing I have found myself low on BS stacks when the boss is winding up for a big hit and has me mashing the marrowrend but these are rare

but also what I have noticed since the changes in 7.1.5 is the pulling massive melee groups can drop stacks insanely quick now.

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So with lower haste should the delay in Synapse be greater?

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[quote quote=44342]So with lower haste should the delay in Synapse be greater?
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yeah it should though the exact ratios take trial and error to work out.

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Is there a way to fit blooddrinker in the macro?

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[quote quote=44814]Is there a way to fit blooddrinker in the macro?
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Yeah of the top of my head you coould ad in the kepress section
/cast [mod:alt] Blooddrinker.

then everywhere else on non-defensives you add after the /cast or /castsequence
[nochanneling:blooddrinker]
eg /cast [nochanneling:Blooddrinker] Heart Strike

meaning the macro should skip Heart Strikes while Blooddrinker is being channeled

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Hello John and thank you for all the great job you’ve done so far.

1/ I was wondering if It would be possible to use the talent Bonestorm with your macro (as many blood dk seem to use it in mythic +) and how could it interact with the process of your macro(which seems to be very optimized) ? 2/ It seems that you’ve chosen the “bloodmiror” talent, how do you usually use it with your macro?

Thank you for your help.

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[quote quote=45386]Hello John and thank you for all the great job you’ve done so far.
1/ I was wondering if It would be possible to use the talent Bonestorm with your macro (as many blood dk seem to use it in mythic +) and how could it interact with the process of your macro(which seems to be very optimized) ? 2/ It seems that you’ve chosen the “bloodmiror” talent, how do you usually use it with your macro?
Thank you for your help.
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1/ yes you can use if you like, as it is a defensive cooldown I don’t put it in the macro so you can just use when you need.

2/ same principle is applied for Blood Mirror, can can even add to that list, IBF, Runetap (I sometimes spec into it some raid fights) and AMS. I keep these out of the macro and use separately as needed.

fore example, say im tanking Spellblade Aluriel, you get ample warning for when the next annihilate is coming. Just before it lands ill hit AMS + runetap through it, and blood mirror + Rune tap on the second one. as blood mirror reflects the damage usually surrounded by adds and some ofthat is transfered to them. but this is just an example and its one thing you cant macro effective cooldown management.

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hi may ask you something you are from greece? and in what server you play my battletag is sogeto25#2137

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[quote quote=46103]hi may ask you something you are from greece? and in what server you play my battletag is sogeto25#2137
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Hah ha close, I am Greek but I am Australian born and raised, i play on the Muradin US server Mortis#6120 is my tag

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Wow! an update to my blood macro, well not really. below is the same old tried and tested blood macro.
what is added is the second tab, this is a slight variation for those that want to use Blooddrinker talent
instead of heart seeker.

let me know how it goes as I don’t use it personally but received many requests for it,

Sequences['DKBLOOD'] = {
  Author="John Metz",
  SpecID=250,
  Talents = "2112132",
  Default=2,
  MacroVersions = {
    [1] = {
      Trinket2=true,
      StepFunction = [[Sequential]],
      KeyPress={
        "/cast [combat] Vampiric Blood",
        "/cast [combat] Dancing Rune Weapon",
      },
      PreMacro={
      },
        "/cast Death Strike",
        "/cast Marrowrend",
        "/cast Blood Boil",
        "/cast Heart Strike",
        "/cast Consumption",
        "/cast [@player] Death and Decay",
        "/cast [@player] Death and Decay",
        "/castsequence Marrowrend, Marrowrend, Death Strike",
        "/castsequence Blood Boil, Heart Strike, Heart Strike",
        "/castsequence Marrowrend, Heart Strike, Blood Boil, Heart Strike",
      PostMacro={
      },
      KeyRelease={
        "/targetenemy [noharm][dead]",
      },
    },
    [2] = {
      Trinket2=true,
      StepFunction = [[Sequential]],
      KeyPress={
        "/cast [combat] Vampiric Blood",
        "/cast [combat][no channeling: blooddrinker] Dancing Rune Weapon",
      },
      PreMacro={
      },
        "/cast [no channeling: blooddrinker] Death Strike",
        "/cast [no channeling: blooddrinker] Marrowrend",
        "/cast [no channeling: blooddrinker] Blood Boil",
        "/cast [no channeling: blooddrinker] Heart Strike",
        "/cast [no channeling: blooddrinker] Consumption",
        "/cast [no channeling] Blooddrinker",
        "/cast [no channeling: blooddrinker][@player] Death and Decay",
        "/cast [no channeling: blooddrinker][@player] Death and Decay",
        "/castsequence [no channeling: blooddrinker] Marrowrend, Marrowrend, Death Strike",
        "/castsequence [no channeling: blooddrinker] Blood Boil, Heart Strike, Heart Strike",
        "/castsequence [no channeling: blooddrinker] Marrowrend, Heart Strike, Blood Boil, Heart Strike",
      PostMacro={
      },
      KeyRelease={
        "/targetenemy [noharm][dead]",
      },
    },
  },
}
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