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Overview

A dead-simple Primalist melee DPS spec (21 Dervish / 18 Primal Lord) built around one clean loop: build Cunning with your spam macro, cap it with Seismic Smash to gain the buff, then unload Thresher's Maw for big damage. Almost no decision-making, just sustained pressure you can pilot in your sleep. The exact tree is on the Magelo link below.

Rotation

Incredibly simple spec:

1. Use the Spam macro twice to generate 80 Cunning.
2. Cast Seismic Smash to finish topping Cunning off to 100 and gain the buff.
3. Fire Thresher's Maw for big damage.
4. Repeat ad infinitum.

That's the whole loop, build to 80, Seismic Smash to 100 for the buff, Thresher's Maw to cash out, then go again.

Macros

Spam #show Morbid Slash 
suppressmacrofailures
cast [notactive] Zephyr
cast Primal Avatar: Wind Serpent
cast @self spiritualism
cast Morbid Slash
cast Rockslide
cast Tectonic Spike
cast Aftershock
cast Break Free
cast Fading Light
cast Squall
Seismic Smash #show Seismic Smash 
suppressmacrofailures
cast [notactive] Zephyr
cast Primal Avatar: Wind Serpent
cast @self spiritualism
cast Panther Claw
cast Seismic Smash
cast Rockslide
cast Tectonic Spike
cast Aftershock
cast Break Free
cast Fading Light
cast Squall
Thresher #show Thresher's Maw 
suppressmacrofailures
cast Primal Avatar: Wind Serpent
cast Thresher's Maw
cast Squall
cast Break Free
cast Fading Light

Key Abilities

  • Seismic Smash Caps your Cunning from 80 to 100 and grants the damage buff. Cast this after two Spam macros, right before Thresher's Maw.
  • Thresher's Maw Your big-damage payoff. Fire it once you've hit 100 Cunning with the buff up, then restart the loop.
  • Relentless Pursuit Primal Avatar ability, a charge that stuns and then roots. Your gap-closer and lockdown.
  • Resilient Hide Heals you for a portion of the damage you take over the next 8 seconds. Your survivability cooldown.
  • Jungle Rush Short-range blink. 8s cooldown and off the global cooldown. Use it freely to reposition.
  • Cornered Prey Roots your target and delivers a strong AoE knockback to nearby enemies. Great for peeling or breaking up a push.

Tips & Notes

  • The core loop is just: Spam x2 (build to 80 Cunning) → Seismic Smash (cap to 100 + buff) → Thresher's Maw (big hit) → repeat.
  • Both build macros keep Primal Avatar: Wind Serpent, Zephyr, and Spiritualism rolling automatically. You don't need separate buttons for them.
  • Off-loop utility: Relentless Pursuit (charge → stun → root), Cornered Prey (root + AoE knockback), Jungle Rush (off-GCD blink, 8s cd), Resilient Hide (damage-taken heal for 8s).
  • Keep Legendary Font of Bloodlust and Font of Savagery up as your standing buffs.