PvE Affliction Warlock Addons & Macros

Beyond setting up your character, using tools such as addons and macros can greatly improve your performance as an Affliction Warlock. Below are some recommended addons and examples of useful macros that you can customize for your own purposes.

Addons

Addons are third-party extensions of the game’s interface which provide functionality that doesn’t otherwise exist in the game. These tools can greatly enhance your performance as a damage dealer. Some are even considered mandatory by many raiding guilds.

Be sure that you download the appropriate version of each addon for Mists of Pandaria Classic. Most of these addons have multiple versions.

Performance Addons

These addons can significantly improve your performance in dungeons and raids and are highly recommended if not mandatory.

• DeadlyBossMods
  This addon is perhaps the most mandatory for raiding. It provides extensive tracking and alerts for boss abilities and is a game changer in terms of raid awareness.
• GTFO
  Provides audio notifications whenever you are standing in dangerous effects. A great addition to DBM.
• Details
  Shows you how much damage, healing, etc, everyone in your raid is doing. There are similar addons such as Recount, but this is the most robust option by far.
• WeakAuras
  An extremely versatile addon that can track buffs and debuffs, modify the User Interface, or even create audio notifications. Many raiding guilds will require this so they can share specific WeakAuras with the entire group.
• OmniCC
  Displays a timer on the action bar for the remaining time until a cooldown is available.

Quality of Life Addons

These addons can provide useful features to make your general gameplay experience smoother, but they don’t do anything that will affect your performance in endgame group content.

• MinimapButtonButton
  If you get annoyed with all of the little addon icons cluttering up your minimap, this is a must-have. It can really clean things up if you’re using a lot of addons.
• Leatrix Plus
  Provides many features such as auto-accepting quests, summons, and resurrections, blocking party or duel requests, and modifying the interface.
• Leatrix Maps
  Enhances the world map by adding coordinates, increasing zoom level, and more. The default game offers no way of seeing your map coordinates, and coordinates are commonly used to give directions in guides and walkthroughs.
• TomTom
  You can use this in place of or alongside Leatrix Maps. It lets you see your current map coordinates, mark coordinates as waypoints on the map, and see an arrow pointing to the currently selected waypoint.
• Auctionator
  A great tool for any interaction with the Auction House. Streamlines the process in many helpful ways.
• Questie
  Tracks and showcases quests & quest objectives on the map. Not as vital as it was in vanilla Classic, but still extremely useful, especially if you’re going after quest achievements such as Loremaster.
• Rarescanner
  Tracks and showcases rare mobs when in proximity to them. It is very helpful for acquiring early loot or completing achievements, especially in Pandaria.
• Bagnon
  Completely revamps the bag interface and combines all bags into one big window.
• Plater Nameplates
  This addon, similar to Weakauras, allows you to customize all nameplates in the game entirely. It is great for players who struggle to track debuffs on targets or simply want to overhaul the default interface.
• ElvUI
  This is an all-in-one interface overhaul that essentially combines many of the addons listed above. It’s extremely customizable and offers a lot of features. Some players don’t like the look of it or find it is way more than they need.

Macros

Macros can allow you to combine multiple actions into one keybind, saving space on your action bars and helping you to use your abilities more efficiently. They can also be used to change the way that an ability is used, such as by allowing you to heal or deal damage to someone other than your current target.

Cooldown Macros

The following abilities are off the global cooldown and can be used in combination with other spells via macros:

• Dark Bargain (Talent)
• Dark Regeneration (Talent)
• Dark Soul: Misery
• Grimoire of Sacrifice (Talent)
• Mannoroth’s Fury (Talent)
• Sacrificial Pact (Talent)
• Unbound Will (Talent)
• Unending Resolve
• Synapse Springs (Engineering)
• Potions
• Healthstones
• Trinkets

This can save you precious fractions of a second by triggering multiple abilities with one button press. You can use any number of non-GCD abilities followed by any ability that does trigger the GCD. Here is an example.

Items and potions can be added to a macro with the /use command. Here’s an example of combining a Master Healing Potion and Healthstone into a powerful healing button.

#showtooltip Healthstone
/use Master Healing Potion
/use Healthstone

Malefic Grasp Macro

This macro allows you to spam your Malefic Grasp button and re-cast the spell immediately when it ends, without fear of clipping your current channel.

#showtooltip Malefic Grasp
/cast [nochanneling:Malefic Grasp]Malefic Grasp

Drain Soul Macro

You can do the same thing with Drain Soul as well to re-cast it without clipping.

#showtooltip Drain Soul
/cast [nochanneling:Drain Soul]Drain Soul