WoW Forever Mage Macros

30 Mage macros, 3 of them for spells that are new in Forever. Filter by talent path and level, then copy one into the game.

Essential Mage macros

Picked from the macros players search these pages for, then one for each basic job of a talent path: opener, main attack, interrupt, survival or healing. Every other macro is in the full list below.

Every Mage

Counterspell at mouseover
- Any talent path
- Level 24+
Stops your own cast first, then counters the caster under your cursor: an interrupt can’t wait for a Frostbolt to finish.

Clear the way first
```
#showtooltip Counterspell
/stopcasting
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Counterspell
```
84/255
Polymorph at mouseover
- Any talent path
- Level 8+
Sheeps the add under your cursor and keeps your target on the kill.

Mouseover
```
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Polymorph
```
55/255
Remove Lesser Curse at mouseover
- Any talent path
- Level 18+
Casts Remove Lesser Curse on the unit under your cursor; with nothing there, on your target.

Mouseover
```
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Remove Lesser Curse
```
85/255

Arcane

Arcane Power with both trinkets
- Arcane
- Level 40+
Uses both trinket slots, then casts Arcane Power.

Trinkets with a cooldown
```
#showtooltip Arcane Power
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Arcane Power
```
60/255
Arcane Blast, Shift for Arcane Missiles
- Arcane
- Level 20+
- New in Forever
Arcane Blast is the new Arcane filler; when Missile Barrage procs, Shift fires the free Arcane Missiles and can’t clip them.

Shift for the second spell
```
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift,nochanneling] Arcane Missiles; [nomod] Arcane Blast
```
81/255
Arcane Missiles without clipping
- Any talent path
- Level 8+
Mash it: the macro does nothing while you’re channeling, so a second press can’t cut Arcane Missiles short.

The game picks
```
#showtooltip
/cast [nochanneling] Arcane Missiles
```
49/255
Presence of Mind Pyroblast
- Arcane
- Fire
- Level 30+
Makes Pyroblast instant with Presence of Mind in one press (both talents).

A free cooldown first
```
#showtooltip Pyroblast
/cast Presence of Mind
/cast Pyroblast
```
61/255

Fire

Combustion with both trinkets
- Fire
- Level 40+
Uses both trinket slots, then casts Combustion.

Trinkets with a cooldown
```
#showtooltip Combustion
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Combustion
```
56/255
Blast Wave, Shift for Flamestrike
- Fire
- Level 30+
A press casts Blast Wave; with Shift held, Flamestrike.

Shift for the second spell
```
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Flamestrike; Blast Wave
```
54/255
Fire Blast at mouseover
- Fire
- Level 6+
Casts Fire Blast on the unit under your cursor; with nothing there, on your target.

Mouseover
```
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Fire Blast
```
56/255
Presence of Mind Pyroblast
- Arcane
- Fire
- Level 30+
Makes Pyroblast instant with Presence of Mind in one press (both talents).

A free cooldown first
```
#showtooltip Pyroblast
/cast Presence of Mind
/cast Pyroblast
```
61/255

Frost

Ice Block on and off
- Frost
- Level 25+
Casts Ice Block, and a second press ends it early.

On and off
```
#showtooltip Ice Block
/cancelaura Ice Block
/cast Ice Block
```
60/255
Frostbolt, Shift for Ice Lance
- Frost
- Level 20+
- New in Forever
Ice Lance (new Frost talent) is instant and hits a frozen target for 300% more: Frostbolt on a press, Ice Lance with Shift when something is frozen or you have to move.

Shift for the second spell
```
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Ice Lance; Frostbolt
```
51/255
Frost Nova, then Ice Lance
- Frost
- Level 20+
- New in Forever
Each press casts the next spell: Frost Nova, then Ice Lance. It starts over when its reset comes.

Fixed order
```
#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=8 Frost Nova, Ice Lance
```
56/255
Clean Frost Nova
- Any talent path
- Level 10+
Stops what would get in the way first, then casts Frost Nova.

Clear the way first
```
#showtooltip Frost Nova
/stopcasting
/cast Frost Nova
```
53/255

All Mage macros

Macros for every Mage 8

Every spell, rank by rank: Mage abilities in WoW Forever

Polymorph at mouseover
- Any talent path
- Level 8+
Sheeps the add under your cursor and keeps your target on the kill.

Mouseover
```
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Polymorph
```
55/255
Counterspell at mouseover
- Any talent path
- Level 24+
Stops your own cast first, then counters the caster under your cursor: an interrupt can’t wait for a Frostbolt to finish.

Clear the way first
```
#showtooltip Counterspell
/stopcasting
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Counterspell
```
84/255
Remove Lesser Curse at mouseover
- Any talent path
- Level 18+
Casts Remove Lesser Curse on the unit under your cursor; with nothing there, on your target.

Mouseover
```
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Remove Lesser Curse
```
85/255
Fire Ward, Shift for Frost Ward
- Any talent path
- Level 22+
A press casts Fire Ward; with Shift held, Frost Ward.

Shift for the second spell
```
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Frost Ward; Fire Ward
```
52/255
Arcane Explosion, Shift for Cone of Cold
- Any talent path
- Level 26+
A press casts Arcane Explosion; with Shift held, Cone of Cold.

Shift for the second spell
```
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Cone of Cold; Arcane Explosion
```
61/255
Arcane Missiles without clipping
- Any talent path
- Level 8+
Mash it: the macro does nothing while you’re channeling, so a second press can’t cut Arcane Missiles short.

The game picks
```
#showtooltip
/cast [nochanneling] Arcane Missiles
```
49/255
Clean Frost Nova
- Any talent path
- Level 10+
Stops what would get in the way first, then casts Frost Nova.

Clear the way first
```
#showtooltip Frost Nova
/stopcasting
/cast Frost Nova
```
53/255
Blood Fury or Berserking with both trinkets
- Any talent path
- Level 1+
- Orc / Troll only
Uses both trinket slots, then your racial: Blood Fury on an Orc, Berserking on a Troll.

Racial with your trinkets
```
#showtooltip
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Blood Fury
/cast Berserking
```
62/255

Arcane Mage macros 3

Arcane Mage guide → Every spell, rank by rank: Mage abilities in WoW Forever

Arcane Power with both trinkets
- Arcane
- Level 40+
Uses both trinket slots, then casts Arcane Power.

Trinkets with a cooldown
```
#showtooltip Arcane Power
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Arcane Power
```
60/255
Presence of Mind Pyroblast
- Arcane
- Fire
- Level 30+
Makes Pyroblast instant with Presence of Mind in one press (both talents).

A free cooldown first
```
#showtooltip Pyroblast
/cast Presence of Mind
/cast Pyroblast
```
61/255
Arcane Blast, Shift for Arcane Missiles
- Arcane
- Level 20+
- New in Forever
Arcane Blast is the new Arcane filler; when Missile Barrage procs, Shift fires the free Arcane Missiles and can’t clip them.

Shift for the second spell
```
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift,nochanneling] Arcane Missiles; [nomod] Arcane Blast
```
81/255

Fire Mage macros 3

Fire Mage guide → Every spell, rank by rank: Mage abilities in WoW Forever

Fire Blast at mouseover
- Fire
- Level 6+
Casts Fire Blast on the unit under your cursor; with nothing there, on your target.

Mouseover
```
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Fire Blast
```
56/255
Combustion with both trinkets
- Fire
- Level 40+
Uses both trinket slots, then casts Combustion.

Trinkets with a cooldown
```
#showtooltip Combustion
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Combustion
```
56/255
Blast Wave, Shift for Flamestrike
- Fire
- Level 30+
A press casts Blast Wave; with Shift held, Flamestrike.

Shift for the second spell
```
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Flamestrike; Blast Wave
```
54/255

Frost Mage macros 3

Frost Mage guide → Every spell, rank by rank: Mage abilities in WoW Forever

Ice Block on and off
- Frost
- Level 25+
Casts Ice Block, and a second press ends it early.

On and off
```
#showtooltip Ice Block
/cancelaura Ice Block
/cast Ice Block
```
60/255
Frost Nova, then Ice Lance
- Frost
- Level 20+
- New in Forever
Each press casts the next spell: Frost Nova, then Ice Lance. It starts over when its reset comes.

Fixed order
```
#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=8 Frost Nova, Ice Lance
```
56/255
Frostbolt, Shift for Ice Lance
- Frost
- Level 20+
- New in Forever
Ice Lance (new Frost talent) is instant and hits a frozen target for 300% more: Frostbolt on a press, Ice Lance with Shift when something is frozen or you have to move.

Shift for the second spell
```
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Ice Lance; Frostbolt
```
51/255

Mage utility macros 9

Arcane Intellect at mouseover
- Any talent path
- Level 1+
Casts Arcane Intellect on the unit under your cursor; with nothing there, on your target.

Mouseover
```
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Arcane Intellect
```
82/255
Food, Shift for water
- Any talent path
- Level 6+
Conjures food, or water with Shift held.

Shift for the second spell
```
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Conjure Water; Conjure Food
```
58/255
Ice Armor, Shift for Mage Armor
- Any talent path
- Level 34+
A press casts Ice Armor; with Shift held, Mage Armor.

Shift for the second spell
```
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Mage Armor; Ice Armor
```
52/255
Dampen Magic, Shift for Amplify Magic
- Any talent path
- Level 18+
A press casts Dampen Magic; with Shift held, Amplify Magic.

Shift for the second spell
```
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift,@mouseover,help,nodead][mod:shift] Amplify Magic; [@mouseover,help,nodead][] Dampen Magic
```
119/255
Slow Fall on yourself
- Any talent path
- Level 12+
Casts Slow Fall on you, whatever you have targeted.

On yourself, whatever you target
```
#showtooltip
/cast [@player] Slow Fall
```
38/255
Mana gem, Shift for Evocation
- Any talent path
- Level 20+
- Put your item names in
A press uses your mana gem; with Shift, Evocation.

Your own items
```
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Evocation
/use [nomod] Mana Gem Name
```
67/255
Eat and drink
- Any talent path
- Level 1+
- Put your item names in
Starts your food and your water with one press.

Your own items
```
/use Food Name
/use Water Name
```
30/255
Teleport: Orgrimmar, Shift for Portal: Orgrimmar
- Any talent path
- Level 40+
- Horde only
A press casts Teleport: Orgrimmar; with Shift held, Portal: Orgrimmar.

Shift for the second spell
```
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Portal: Orgrimmar; Teleport: Orgrimmar
```
69/255
Teleport: Stormwind, Shift for Portal: Stormwind
- Any talent path
- Level 40+
- Alliance only
A press casts Teleport: Stormwind; with Shift held, Portal: Stormwind.

Shift for the second spell
```
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Portal: Stormwind; Teleport: Stormwind
```
69/255

Mage PvP macros 4

Clean Blink
- Any talent path
- Level 20+
- PvP
Stops what would get in the way first, then casts Blink.

Clear the way first
```
#showtooltip Blink
/stopcasting
/cast Blink
```
43/255
Instant Polymorph at mouseover
- Arcane
- Level 30+
- PvP
Stops your cast, fires Presence of Mind and sheeps the enemy under your cursor at once.

A free cooldown first
```
#showtooltip Polymorph
/stopcasting
/cast Presence of Mind
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Polymorph
```
101/255
Ice Barrier, Shift for Cold Snap
- Frost
- Level 40+
- PvP
A press casts Ice Barrier; with Shift held, Cold Snap.

Shift for the second spell
```
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Cold Snap; Ice Barrier
```
53/255
Stop casting
- Any talent path
- Level 1+
- PvP
Cancels your cast on the spot. Start a Polymorph, cancel it when the enemy spends their interrupt, then cast for real.

Clear the way first
```
/stopcasting
```
12/255

Why the macros are written this way

A macro here does one thing: it takes a step off your hands (a target change, a stance swap, a second key). It never decides for you, and one press is still one global cooldown. Every macro is built on one of these rules, named on its card.

Mouseover: A spell you cast on someone other than your target (a heal, a dispel, an interrupt, crowd control) shouldn’t cost you your target. The macro casts on the unit under your cursor and falls back to your target, so it still works as the plain spell.
Shift for the second spell: Two spells you never want on the same press (a single-target and an area attack, two traps, two wards) share one key: a press gives the one you use most, Shift the other. It saves bar space without hiding a choice from you.
On yourself, whatever you target: Some spells you want on yourself right now, without dropping the enemy or the tank you have targeted. [@player] sends the spell to you and leaves your target alone.
The game picks: Where the right spell depends on something the game already knows (your stance, whether you’re in combat or stealthed, whether your pet is alive), the macro reads it and picks, so one key is right in both cases.
A free cooldown first: One press can only start one global cooldown. Two spells go on one press only when the first doesn’t use it (Presence of Mind, Nature’s Swiftness, Bloodrage). We never chain two spells that both do: the second would just fail.
Clear the way first: Escapes and interrupts fail for small reasons: a swing that lands a moment late, a cast still running, a pet that keeps fighting. The macro stops those first, so the spell does what you pressed it for.
On and off: An immunity is often worth ending early. The macro cancels the effect when it’s up and casts it when it isn’t, so the same key does both.
Fixed order: Used sparingly: only for two spells that always go in the same order. /castsequence casts the next one on each press and starts over when you change target or after a pause. We don’t build rotations with it, because a sequence can’t react to a miss or a cooldown.
Trinkets with a cooldown: On-use trinkets don’t use the global cooldown, so they fire with your damage cooldown on one press. /use 13 and /use 14 are the two trinket slots, so the macro keeps working when you change trinkets.
Racial with your trinkets: A racial cooldown belongs on the same press as your on-use trinkets. The macro names both Horde damage racials: the game skips the line for the race you aren’t, so one macro serves an Orc and a Troll.
Your own items: Weapon swaps and consumables go by item name, and only you know yours. The macro has a placeholder (Shield Name, Pet Food Name): replace it with the exact name of your item, as its tooltip spells it. /equip takes a weapon or shield in combat; /equipslot 16 is the main hand, 17 the off hand. Since Blizzard’s October 8 development notes, one press can again swap several weapons within the same global cooldown, a two-hander for a sword and shield for example. Forever has not announced a reversal; this has not been rechecked against client build 1.60.1.70862.

How to add a macro

Type /macro in chat, or open the Game Menu and choose Macros.
Press New, pick an icon (the question mark lets #showtooltip pick the spell’s own) and give it a name.
Paste the macro into the box and drag its icon to your action bar.

The spell names are the English client’s. Playing in Chinese? The Chinese pages give the same macros with the Chinese client’s names. Macros cast your highest rank, and that is deliberate: since Blizzard’s October 1 development notes, the character sheet says spells far below your level get less from your spell power and trigger class abilities and talents less often (Blizzard’s example: a Rank 1 Frostbolt at level 60 has a 0% chance to trigger Frostbite), so the Classic habit of downranking pays less in Forever. Forever has not announced a reversal; this has not been rechecked against client build 1.60.1.70862 spell tooltips. Spell and ability names come from the game client’s data, so they match that client. We have not run every macro in the live game; launch reports confirm plain /cast lines run and that a stance change plus an ability needs two presses. Player-name targeting and invites remain unverified.

Not confirmed yet

Mouseover and modifier conditions, pet commands, cast sequences, weapon swaps, and anything that targets or invites a player by name have not all been verified in the live game
Spells that change in later client builds; the pages are rebuilt when the client changes

Sources

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Essential Mage macros

Every Mage

Counterspell at mouseover

Polymorph at mouseover

Remove Lesser Curse at mouseover

Arcane

Arcane Power with both trinkets

Arcane Blast, Shift for Arcane Missiles

Arcane Missiles without clipping

Presence of Mind Pyroblast

Fire

Combustion with both trinkets

Blast Wave, Shift for Flamestrike

Fire Blast at mouseover

Presence of Mind Pyroblast

Frost

Ice Block on and off

Frostbolt, Shift for Ice Lance

Frost Nova, then Ice Lance

Clean Frost Nova

All Mage macros

Macros for every Mage 8

Polymorph at mouseover

Counterspell at mouseover

Remove Lesser Curse at mouseover

Fire Ward, Shift for Frost Ward

Arcane Explosion, Shift for Cone of Cold

Arcane Missiles without clipping

Clean Frost Nova

Blood Fury or Berserking with both trinkets

Arcane Mage macros 3

Arcane Power with both trinkets

Presence of Mind Pyroblast

Arcane Blast, Shift for Arcane Missiles

Fire Mage macros 3

Fire Blast at mouseover

Combustion with both trinkets

Blast Wave, Shift for Flamestrike

Frost Mage macros 3

Ice Block on and off

Frost Nova, then Ice Lance

Frostbolt, Shift for Ice Lance

Mage utility macros 9

Arcane Intellect at mouseover

Food, Shift for water

Ice Armor, Shift for Mage Armor

Dampen Magic, Shift for Amplify Magic

Slow Fall on yourself

Mana gem, Shift for Evocation

Eat and drink

Teleport: Orgrimmar, Shift for Portal: Orgrimmar

Teleport: Stormwind, Shift for Portal: Stormwind

Mage PvP macros 4

Clean Blink

Instant Polymorph at mouseover

Ice Barrier, Shift for Cold Snap

Stop casting

Why the macros are written this way

Not confirmed yet

Sources