Death Knight · Phase 5 PvE

Death Knight Macros

Blood, Frost and Unholy raid macros for WotLK 3.3.5a end-game raiding, with every command ready to copy.

New to modifier & focus macros?Read what [mod:shift], [@focus] and [@mouseover] actually do before you start swapping these in.Read the guide

9 macros

Death Knight macro library

General

1 macro

Death Knight General macros support the parts of the class that every specialization shares. This group focuses on fast targeting, clean target swaps and utility without losing your main boss target. They are shortcuts for decisions you already understand; they do not automate a rotation, check resources or decide which raid member deserves a cooldown.

They are most valuable during add waves, interrupt assignments, emergency raid utility and moments when changing target would cost casts or auto-attacks. Build the keybind around the assignment you actually receive in your raid, and keep a normal version of any critical ability available until the macro has been tested on your server.

Keep only the targeting layers you can read instantly. If your raid frames, click-casting addon or nameplates already perform the same job, the shorter normal keybind is often safer.

Mouseover Death Grip

Grips a hostile mouseover, then focus, then current target. Useful for Deathwhisper adds, Valithria enemies and loose trash.

#showtooltip Death Grip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][@focus,harm,nodead][] Death Grip

Blood

3 macros

Death Knight Blood macros support tank threat, assigned physical buffs and emergency self-healing. This group focuses on using reactive resources and cooldowns while keeping the boss stable. They are shortcuts for decisions you already understand; they do not automate a rotation, check resources or decide which raid member deserves a cooldown.

They are most valuable during tank swaps, heavy physical hits, Lich King adds and moments requiring an immediate health recovery. Build the keybind around the assignment you actually receive in your raid, and keep a normal version of any critical ability available until the macro has been tested on your server.

Queued attacks can drain Runic Power needed defensively. Do not attach the queue blindly when survival resources are tight.

Blood tank Rune Strike queue

Casts Heart Strike and queues Rune Strike when available. The ! prevents repeated presses from cancelling the queued Rune Strike. Use the same pattern with Icy Touch, Death Strike and other rotational abilities. Be careful during low-rage-style resource situations: excessive Rune Strike usage can consume Runic Power needed for defensive tools.

#showtooltip Heart Strike
/startattack
/cast Heart Strike
/cast !Rune Strike

Hysteria assignment

Casts Hysteria on a friendly mouseover, your friendly focus, or yourself. Usually assigned to a high-value physical DPS.

#showtooltip Hysteria
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][@focus,help,nodead][@player] Hysteria

Raise Dead and Death Pact

First press summons a ghoul if needed; press again after the ghoul appears to sacrifice it for healing.

#showtooltip Death Pact
/cast Raise Dead
/cast Death Pact

Frost

2 macros

Death Knight Frost macros support fast melee uptime and focus interrupts. This group focuses on maintaining the selected boss while handling a separate cast or target swap. They are shortcuts for decisions you already understand; they do not automate a rotation, check resources or decide which raid member deserves a cooldown.

They are most valuable during Deathwhisper, Valithria, Lich King transitions and mobile Halion phases. Build the keybind around the assignment you actually receive in your raid, and keep a normal version of any critical ability available until the macro has been tested on your server.

A focus interrupt is useful only when focus is maintained. Keep a current-target fallback for pulls where the assignment changes.

Focus Mind Freeze

Interrupts your hostile focus without changing target. Falls back to your current target.

#showtooltip Mind Freeze
/stopcasting
/cast [@focus,harm,nodead,exists][] Mind Freeze

Start attacking with a strike

Starts auto-attacking even when you lack the runes to cast the strike. Replace Scourge Strike with Obliterate, Heart Strike or another melee attack.

#showtooltip Scourge Strike
/startattack
/cast Scourge Strike

Unholy

3 macros

Death Knight Unholy macros support pet control and snapshot-based cooldown preparation. This group focuses on summoning with the intended temporary stats and preventing pet attacks on unsafe targets. They are shortcuts for decisions you already understand; they do not automate a rotation, check resources or decide which raid member deserves a cooldown.

They are most valuable during planned burn phases, add transitions and mechanics that force the ghoul away. Build the keybind around the assignment you actually receive in your raid, and keep a normal version of any critical ability available until the macro has been tested on your server.

Snapshot macros must match your real trinkets and racial. Remove unavailable lines instead of assuming the macro will skip every bad setup cleanly.

Unholy Gargoyle snapshot

Activates available haste/AP effects before summoning the Gargoyle, which snapshots relevant stats. Remove Blood Fury when not Orc and change or remove slot 13 when your trinket should be activated separately. Do not include both trinket slots unless both can activate together; most on-use trinkets trigger a shared cooldown.

#showtooltip Summon Gargoyle
/use 10
/use 13
/use Potion of Speed
/cast Blood Fury
/cast Summon Gargoyle
/petattack

Ghoul control

Recall:

/petattack

Ghoul control

Provides direct ghoul control during target swaps, dangerous mechanics or transitions.

/petpassive
/petfollow

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