Multi-Boxing Macro's 101

There are two hurdles to get past when you decide to take up Multi-Boxing. The first being the Software or Hardware that you use to control all your accounts. This is fairly straight forward and there is plenty of information here. The second hurdle is the Macro's. This is what I will cover today.

Following.

This is an easy one. You will need two keybinds for this. For simplicity I will use F1 and F2.

F1 : Follow.
You will only need this Macro on the Slaves.
Create a Macro and call it "follow"

/target Master
/follow
/cleartarget

F2 : Break Follow (Formation)
For this one you just go into your Keybindings and Bind the F2 key to a Direction. If you want to make a formation, You can use the following example.
Master : Bind F2 to Move Back.
Slave 1: Bind F2 to Strafe Left.
Slave 2: Bind F2 to Strafe Right.

This way if you press the F2 key, you characters will separate and form a triangle.

Assist or Focus.

The two popular methods of controlling your characters are by using either Assists or Focus's.

/Assist

Assists are a bit more straight forward and allow you to keep the Focus functions aside for Crowd Control. There is however a flaw. It generally relies on one character(Master). If, for example, you PVP and your Master dies, it severely hampers your control of your slaves. There is a way around this issue but it gets a little complex. Let's start with the basics. For the below examples I will use Druids. I will assume Tri-Boxing and the characters will be referred to as "Master", "Slave1" and "Slave2".

Wrath

Firstly we want to be able to cast a Wrath spell at the Target of the Master. We will use F3 for this. For the Master this is simple. Simply bind an Action Bar Button as F3 and drag the "Wrath" spell onto it. For the Slaves, there are two methods as follows.
Method 1.
Create a Macro called Wrath. Give it the ? Icon.

#showtooltip
/assist Master
/cast wrath

Method 2.
Create a Macro called Wrath. Give it the ? Icon.

#showtooltip
/cast [target=mastertarget] Wrath

There is no real difference between these two Macro's. I personally prefer Method 2 simply because it is similar to the /focus method which tends to be the progression most people make.

/Focus.

Lets continue to use the Wrath Spell for this example. When using /focus, you use it on All your characters, Master and Slaves. Firstly lets create a focus macro for everyone.

/target Master
/focus
/clear Target

Lets now place this Macro on an action bar and bind it to F10. This Macro will be the same for the Master and the two Slaves.

You can now optionally create back up focus Macro's for if your Main Dies. Simply duplicate the focus Macro and insert Slave1 and Slave2 in place of master. Place the Slave1 Focus Macro on an action Bar and bind it to F11. Do the same for Slave2 with F12.

You only ever have to use F10-F12 when you need to Change which character your Focus is or when you first Party up.

Wrath with Focus.

Now that you have your Focus set up, lets get to the Spell Casting. This Macro will be identical on the Master and Slaves.

#showtooltip
/cast [target=focustarget] wrath

In English Please?

All this Macro does is casts the Wrath Spell at the target of the Focus Character. So lets have an example. We form out party of three, and hit F10. This sets the focus as Master. Press F1 to start the slaves on follow. You engage in combat. With the Master, target the poor sod you are about to decimate. Start pressing the F3 button. Your Slaves may experience a delay here as it takes twice your latency for your Slaves to get the target of the Master.

Oh No! The Master is Dead! No Problem. Press F11 and Slave1 is now the Focus. His target is now the kill target. Keep pressing F3 and finish em off. Once you are done, resurrect the Master and Press F10 to go back to having the Master as the Focus.

/focus and Follow.

When using /focus, you can alter your follow macro so that it follows who ever is the focus. Just change it as follows.

/target focus
/follow
/cleartarget

I hope I have made this little guide easy to understand. I am always happy to help out budding Multi-Boxers so if you have any questions, please shoot me an email.

Razorbax