Wednesday

PvP Swap and Use Item Macro: Spider Belt

I'm having a great time at the Battlegrounds and in World PvP, but one thing always gets me: movement impairing effects (like stuns, fear, sleep, and charm). Sure, I have a few tools under my belt (like Fear Ward and a Discipline talent that helps lower stun time), but other than popping the PvP trinket, what else can I do?

I'm a tailor, and I found this lovely recipe in the AH: Pattern: Spider Belt. What this does is create a Spider Belt which allows you to break out of immobilizing effects and makes you immune to them for 5 seconds. They have nerfed it a bit with a 30min cooldown, but in a sticky situation, every little bit counts. Problem is, if you don't need it, better to use a better belt instead. Certainly, you could take up valuable space and time with an addon or by dragging the two belts into your action bar... or... /gasp... manually doing it.

My solution was to create a macro that not only lets me equip my belt, but also lets me use it! The tooltip also lets me know which belt I have equipped, and the cooldown for the Spider Belt.

#showtooltip 0, 1
/script UseContainerItem(0, 1);
/use [mod:Alt] Spider Belt
/stopmacro [mod:Alt]

A little note on what the 0, 1 means: 0 is my backpack, 1 is the slot number (in this case, the upper left corner). You can use the same macro for your pvp trinket, but change the names and the numbers. Pressing Alt while pushing the macro will let me use it. Pretty nifty, huh?

As a priest, you are the first to get taken out. Whether it is sheeping, sleeping, stunned, or feared. Every item in your arsenal is useful. So don't forget to keep your Fear Ward up (there's a glyph now that lowers the duration and time of the Ward), ready your trinkets, and tighten those belts... keep healing!

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