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Combat & targeting FFXIV macros

Practical combat & targeting macros with usage notes and verified commands.

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Start a countdown

Starts the game's standard pull countdown. With no number in this example, the default duration is used and the shared countdown display appears for the party.

/countdown
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Target and focus the nearest enemy

Selects a nearby targetable enemy, stores it as focus target, and prints a private confirmation. It is a quick setup aid for an enemy you want to monitor before combat.

/targetenemy
/focustarget <t>
/echo Set a nearby enemy as focus target.
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Share your current position with the party

Expands `<pos>` into your current area and coordinates and sends it to party chat. It helps share a meeting point, FATE, hunt, or screenshot location with the same party.

/p Current location: <pos>
/echo Shared current location with the party.
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Target previous target

Returns your selection from the current target to the previously selected target. It can assist workflows that briefly switch between an enemy and an ally.

/targetlasttarget
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Assist the focus target

Changes your target to the focus target's current target and confirms the switch with a private echo. It can help align with a main tank or coordinator's selection.

/assist <f>
/echo Switched to the focus target's target.
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Target the nearest enemy attacking you

Selects a nearby on-screen enemy that is engaged with you. It helps recover a relevant target in a crowded fight without combining targeting and an attack.

/battletarget
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Set and confirm a focus target

Sets the selected target as focus and prints its name in a private echo message. This gives both a HUD and text confirmation that the intended boss or ally was stored before a pull.

/focustarget <t>
/echo Set <t> as focus target.
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Set focus target

Stores the currently selected target as your focus target. Use it to keep watching a boss cast or status while targeting something else, or to monitor a specific party member.

/focustarget
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Sort the party list and start a ready check

Sorts your party list according to your configured role order and then starts a ready check. It is useful after party-member changes when preparing for the next pull.

/partysort
/readycheck
/echo Sorted the party list.
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Start a ready check

Starts a ready check for the current party, providing a quick hotbar shortcut before a difficult pull, after a break, or when regrouping.

/readycheck
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Guide a ready-check and countdown flow

Starts a ready check and tells the party to begin a countdown only after reviewing the result. It deliberately keeps readiness confirmation and the pull countdown as separate decisions.

/readycheck
/p Please start the countdown once everyone is ready.
/echo Ready check started.
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Target nearest enemy

Selects a nearby targetable enemy as a targeting aid for mouse or controller play. It does not attack; use normal hotbar actions after confirming the selected enemy.

/targetenemy
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