Feral DPS PvE - One-Button Single-Target DPS Macros

mostlynick

Hi, my name is mostlynick and I specialize in one-button macros to help me facilitate my addiction for multiboxing.

Here’s an overview of the setup I have used for feral PvE DPS. This is one of the least “macroable” specializations, yet it works relatively well with “only” some 10-20% performance loss depending on RNG.

Requirements:

Basically, for feral DPS macroing, you have to:
a. say bye-bye to optimized clearcasting, and
b. you need a crit chance of at least 50%, preferably over 60%, to safely average that 3 casts will give you 5+ combo points. As haste will influence the sequence somewhat (considering that it speeds up your auto swings and triggers more clearcasting) you may find that you have to change up the sequence somewhat. I recommened only using these macros for (most) builds at above 5.5k ish GS.
You need to use at least two macros to achieve optimal performance: SDM and GSE, both of which are available from Yggdrasil WoW’s downloads portal (https://yggdrasilwow.com/page/downloads).

Macros: You will need multiple macros and daisy chain them together intelligently to work with all the mechanics. Running one macro is not viable. Hence, I use three.

Initiation sequence in SDM (note that you cannot berserk manually in either form with this as it will make the cat one-button macro stuck on initiation):

/startattack [nostealth]

/castsequence [combat,stance:3] reset=30,target Mangle (Cat),null

/castsequence [combat] reset=170 Berserk,Shred,Shred,Savage Roar,Shred,Tiger's Fury,Shred,Rake,Rip,Shred,Shred,Ferocious Bite,
Shred,Shred,Ferocious Bite,Rake,Shred,Shred,Rip,Shred,Rake,Shred,Savage Roar,Rake,Shred,Shred,Rip,Shred,Rake,Shred,Rip,Mangle (Cat),null

/click [combat] 53981

/use 13
/use 14

The initial line prevents your macro from getting stuck on swapping targets to a target with no cbo pts, if the macro queues a finisher next. /use 13 and /use 14 auto-uses your trinkets on berserk.

Sustained rotation, Clearcast (through FF and NG), Tiger’s Fury, and Berserking loop caller in GSE macro named 53981

/click sdb_CDPS
/cast [combat,stance:3] Faerie Fire (Feral)
/castsequence [combat,stance:3] Tiger's Fury,Tiger's Fury,Tiger's Fury,Tiger's Fury,Tiger's Fury,Tiger's Fury,Berserk
/cast Nature's Grasp

Sustained rotation macro in SDM named CDPS

/castsequence [stance:3] reset=50 Mangle (Cat), Rake,Shred,Savage Roar,Shred, Rake,Shred,Rip,Shred,Rake,Shred,Ferocious Bite,
Shred,Rake,Shred,Savage Roar,Shred,Rake,Shred,Shred,Rip,Rake,Shred,Mangle (Cat),Savage Roar,Rake, Shred,Shred,Rip,Rake,Shred,
Shred,Rip,Rake,Shred,Shred,Savage Roar,Faerie Fire (Feral),Rake,Shred,Shred,Rip,Rake,Shred,Shred,Rip,Rake,Shred,Mangle (Cat),
Savage Roar,Rake,Shred,Shred,Rip,Rake,Shred,Shred,Rip,Rake,Shred,Shred,Savage Roar,Rake,Shred,Shred,Rip,Rake,Shred,Shred,
Rip,Rake,Shred,Mangle (Cat),Savage Roar,Shred,Rake,Shred,Rip

Concluding notes:

Mangle: These macros assume that the cat is mangling. If that’s not the case, replace the mangles with shreds.You can of course improve the berserk part further by shredding 1x, roaring, using tiger’s fury, and shredding once more before berserk to optimize energy usage and use more of the berserk GCDs to shred/bite/rip/rake.
Raid buffs: This macro ensures Faerie Fire (Feral) is used. This works fine on Yggdrasil, but some servers are buggy and will NOT permit a cat to cast Faerie Fire (Feral) if a boomie has already cast an Improved Faerie Fire. If you will use this macro on another server, double check if you should remove Faerie Fire (Feral) from the macro.
Complexity: You may simplify the macro by excluding the berserk part and only retaining the mangle target reset. Then you can freely e.g. go bear form to mangle away trash and not die. Though, cat berserk is one of the most foreseeable parts of the rotation so I find myself using the macro for most of my berserks then I do the continous rotation manually. After all, while berserking is one of the few times cats are virtually GCD capped (as opposed to energy capped) and we consistently do 2-3 shreds per finisher, so we might as well spam one button
RNG/Stat differences: This is merely a guide to be used for your inspiration. Feel free to use macros as is, but note that different stat compositions will change most macros’ efficiency. Always adjust to your preferences.

Hope you find this useful. Good luck in your macroing adventures!