GRIP - Enhanced Macro Sequencer

The free macro sequencer for World of Warcraft. Press one key, cast your whole rotation.

Retail / Midnight (12.0.x) - 11 languages - no paywalls, every feature included

GRIP-EMS turns a multi-step spell rotation into a single keybind. Drop your spells into the visual editor, choose how they fire, bind a key, and the addon casts one spell per press while it cycles through the rotation for you. It switches between your raid, dungeon, Mythic+, PvP, and solo builds on its own, sends sequences to other players in-game, and ships every feature for free.

Part of the GRIP addon family by Sataana.

Free means free

No paywalls. No Patreon tier. Nothing held back for a "pro" build. Open up to four sequences at once, keep a separate keybind per spec and per talent loadout, and run every tool below from the moment you install. If a macro sequencer charges you for multi-window editing or extra keybinds, this is the one that does not.

What it does

Sequencing engine

One spell per keypress, cycling your rotation automatically
Four step orders: Sequential, Priority, Reverse Priority, Random
Five reset conditions you can combine: combat end, target change, gear swap, spec change, idle timer (for example target/combat/5)
Interleave a spell every N steps without rebuilding the sequence
Skyriding dismount-to-cast: one press on an attackable target dismounts and casts, druid flight forms included

Visual sequence editor

Six tabs: Steps, Keybind, Macros, Variables, Context, Raw
Open up to four sequences at once, each in its own window
Spell autocomplete on Tab, plus a spell picker with a condition builder
Drag to reorder steps, per-window undo and redo, syntax highlighting in six colors
If/Else branching with full WoW conditional support and live validation
Loop, If, and Embed nesting in a visual node editor
Validation badges flag renamed or unknown spells before they cost you a cast
Native in-game tooltips on every step row
Side-by-side comparison with a color-coded diff
Rotation preview as an icon strip or a text list you can copy

Multi-version and context switching

Keep single-target, AoE, cleave, and more as versions of one sequence
53 content types: raid difficulties, Mythic+ tiers, Delve tiers, rated PvP (Arena, Solo Shuffle, Blitz, Rated BG), per-map detection, Timewalking, and Solo
Automatic switching with fallback chains you can see and edit
Detection thresholds you set yourself

Variables

Account-wide ~varname~ substitution inside your macrotext
Lua-function variables that re-evaluate on the events you choose
Full WoW macro conditional syntax

Keybinds

A separate keybind per spec, swapped automatically on spec change
A separate keybind per talent loadout, swapped with the loadout
Temporary override binds that never touch your saved WoW keys
Vehicle, skyriding, and pet-battle bars covered, with auto-suspend
Action-bar icon integration for the default bars, ElvUI, and Bartender4
Gamepad and controller support with ConsolePort detection
Mouse buttons and the mouse wheel are bindable in the keybind UI

Sharing, import, and export

Send a sequence to another player over whisper, party, or raid as a clickable chat link
Browse a group member's sequences with the remote macro browser
Import a whole collection, sequences and variables together, from one string
Paste raw /cast lines and EMS parses them into steps
Import from other macro sequencer addons: sequences, variables, step orders, metadata, multi-version data, and overrides all come across
Locale-safe storage by spell ID, so a sequence shared across language clients still casts
Macro recorder captures spells straight from play
Color-coded conflict resolution with skip, replace, and rename per item

Tracker HUD

Movable icon overlay for your active sequences
Four visibility modes: Always, In Combat, Has Target, Never
A step counter per icon and a highlight on the last sequence you pressed
Scale slider with a position lock

Quality of life

Repair module: 13 diagnostic checks with one-click fixes and a health score on every sequence
CVar Dashboard: 212 game settings across 13 sections, four auto-switching profiles (Raid, M+, Solo, PvP), per-setting auto-fix, and a "what changed" report at login
SQW Optimizer: tunes your SpellQueueWindow to your live latency and restores it on logout
Tempo Advisor: tracks your click rate per sequence with a Faster/Slower overlay
A plugin API for other addons, an execution tracer, a spell cache viewer, and an in-game test suite
Profiles, a dark theme, a minimap button, a What's New popup, and an interactive guide

Accessibility

EMS is built to stay usable if you rely on a screen reader, play one-handed, play with tremor or low vision, are Deaf or hard of hearing, or need to keep motion out of the UI. The settings sit in one place under Accessibility, grouped by who they help, with vocabulary from AbleGamers' Accessible Player Experiences.

Spoken step announcements through Blizzard text-to-speech, plus a chat-frame emitter for external screen-reader bridges
Keyboard-first navigation with a high-contrast focus ring on every widget
Three palette presets and an 8-type colorblind matrix with a 0-100% strength slider, seeded from your colorblind setting on first login
Font switch through LibSharedMedia with Atkinson Hyperlegible bundled; editor scale from 0.8x to 2.0x
A reduce-motion toggle and four semantic sound cues, each paired with a visual flash so Deaf players get the same signal
Simplified Mode for switch input, eye trackers, sip-and-puff, and head tracking
One Accessibility Mode preset that turns the whole set on together, and puts your old settings back when you turn it off

The two places EMS animates are reduce-motion-guarded and checked against the WCAG three-flash threshold, so the addon stays safe for photosensitive players. The full list, the compatibility notes, and the limits the WoW API cannot get past are in ACCESSIBILITY.md inside the download.

Quick start

Type /gems to open the editor
Click New to start a sequence
Add your rotation spells, one per step (press Tab for autocomplete)
Click Save, open the Keybind tab, and press the key you want
Find a target and start pressing: your rotation fires on its own

For a full walkthrough, type /gems guide in-game or read the Interactive Guide.

Coming from another sequencer?

EMS imports sequences from other macro sequencer addons, and everything transfers: sequences, variables, step orders, metadata, multi-version data, and context overrides.

In-game. If your old sequencer is still installed, open EMS and click Migrate in the sequence list. It brings everything over and prints a report in chat.
From a string. Export from your old addon, run /gems import, paste, and pick what to bring in. Conflicts show up color-coded with skip, replace, and rename on each one.

Slash commands

Command	What it does
`/gems`	Open or close the editor
`/gems help`	List every command
`/gems create`	Start a new sequence
`/gems import`	Open the import window
`/gems export <name>`	Export a sequence to your clipboard
`/gems exportall`	Multi-select export
`/gems migrate`	Bring sequences in from a compatible sequencer
`/gems bind <name> <key>`	Bind a key to a sequence
`/gems binds`	Show this spec's keybinds
`/gems browse`	Open the remote macro browser
`/gems send <name> <player>`	Send a sequence to a player
`/gems tracker`	Cycle the tracker's visibility
`/gems repair <name>`	Diagnose and fix a sequence
`/gems cvar`	Open the CVar Dashboard
`/gems sqw`	Open the SQW Optimizer
`/gems fs`	Tempo Advisor (status, on, off, reset)
`/gems validate`	Check every sequence for stale spells
`/gems guide`	Open the interactive tutorial
`/gems resetui`	Reset the window position and size

Type /gems help in-game for the full list.

Installation

Addon manager. Search GRIP - Enhanced Macro Sequencer or GRIP-EMS in CurseForge and install.

Manual. Download the latest release, unzip the GRIP-EMS folder into World of Warcraft/_retail_/Interface/AddOns/, then restart WoW or type /reload.

Requirements. Retail (Midnight 12.0.x). No other addons required.

Links and support

Interactive Guide
Discord (Tempting Us) for help, bug reports, and feature requests Translation help is welcome too, in the Discord.

Support development

EMS is free and stays free. If you want to put something toward the time behind it, you can tip on PayPal. It is optional and it unlocks nothing, because nothing is locked.

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