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On this page, you will find a number of useful macros and addons to make your life easier when playing your Affliction Warlock in World of Warcraft — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.2.

1. Addons for Affliction Warlock

1.1. Generic Addons for Warlocks

1.2. ElvUI

ElvUI is a complete replacement for the default User Interface. Not onlyis this a popular AddOn among top players, but we here at Icy Veins use itfor all our characters. ElvUI eliminates most of the inefficiencies of theBlizzard interface, which are many and varied. It is extremely user-friendly,and takes very little time to set up and master. It also comes alreadyfurnished with almost everything you need; unit frames, raid frames, minimap,buffs and debuffs, and much more. You can easily unlock and drag all thecomponents around so your UI will look exactly the way you want it to. ElvUIis clean, easy to use, and a great starting point for your UI.

1.3. Weak Auras

Weak Auras is the most important AddOn for players seeking to master theirclass and take their gameplay to new heights. If you aspire to do any Mythicraiding, this is the most powerful tool in your kit. Weak Auras allows you todisplay helpful visuals cues anywhere on your screen, which enable you toplay better. Most players use it to track their trinket procs, highlight onscreen displays of their most important cooldowns, or track the timers ofboss mechanics. It is highly customisable and makes keeping track of yourprocs and cooldowns effortless. The drawback of Weak Auras is that is has abit of a learning curve and isn't the most user-friendly. Weak Auras allowsyou to import other players data directly into their UI, however, and mostplayers choose to simply import other people's Weak Auras rather than maketheir own. Weak Auras can be used to create just about anything you canimagine, as it is a LUA scripting tool (essentially an AddOn that createsother AddOns, in-game). This is by far the most essential AddOn for playerslooking to step into Mythic raiding.

1.4. Boss Mods

Boss Mods are helpful pre-made timers that allow you to keep track of thenoteworthy mechanics in any given encounter. Usually, they come equipped withhelpful prompts, visuals, and sounds to ensure you don't miss anythingimportant.

1.4.1. BigWigs Bossmods

BigWigs is the best boss mod available currently. It is extremelycustomizable, allowing you to change what is displayed on an individual bosslevel and how boldly you want each alert customized. BigWigs is typically themost accurate and periodically updated of the available Boss Mods. It doesn'trequire any setup at all, though there are a dizzying array of options andcustomizations should you wish to personalize your setup.

1.4.2. Deadly Boss Mods

Deadly Boss Mods is an alternative to BigWigs, though it usually isn't asaccurate early in the patch. Most of the alerts are loud and flashy bydefault, making this a potentially good choice for players who have verylittle experience in a raid environment.

1.5. Name Plates

Nameplates are essential for allowing you to easily keep track of basicdebuffs and quickly select new targets in combat. While ElvUI nameplates docome standard with the AddOn, they are a little limited and occasionallybuggy. Listed below are some good alternatives.

1.5.1. KUI Nameplates

KUI Nameplates offer the highest degree of customization and accuracy. Forexample, you can easily configure the nameplates to enlarge and change colorwhen a target reaches a certain percentage of health, which can be veryhelpful for classes with executes. They always correctly display yourdebuffs, and their click box is very accurate. Some setup is required,although it is very simple and straightforward.

1.5.2. TidyPlates

TidyPlates aren't quite as customizable or accurate as KUI, but they arean improvement over the default UI or the ElvUI nameplates. They are alsogreat out of the box, requiring little to no setup at all, which is a plusfor some players.

1.5.3. Plater

Plater is more of an advanced and highly customizable nameplate compared to KUIwith native support for WeakAuras. Its default profile requires quite some editing.Recommended for players who are not afraid of spending some time to tweak it, with agreater return.

1.6. Damage Meters

Damage meters display a variety of helpful data about what is taking placein combat, from your current DPS (or HPS) to the number of interrupts eachplayer successfully used.

1.6.1. Skada

Skada is a lightweight damage meter that is exceptionally accurate. Itdoesn't take up much memory, which could cause you to lag, and displays awide range of helpful data. This is the recommended damage meter if you logyour raid data to WarcraftLogs.

1.6.2. Details!

Details! is a more heavyweight damage meter, taking up quite a bit ofmemory. It offers extensive in-game analysis tools compared to Skada,however, allowing you to break down your data in depth without leaving thegame. This is the recommended damage meter if you don't log your raid data.

1.7. Extra AddOns

These AddOns are just small trimmings that might make your life a littleeasier.

1.7.1. Mik's Scrolling Battle Text

If you're not satisfied with the default combat text, this AddOn is analternative that allows you to heavily customize your scrolling combat text.Quite a bit of setup is required.

1.7.2. xCT+ Combat Text

Another combat text AddOn with a minimalistic look.

1.7.3. DeathNote

DeathNote displays the last several deaths for each of your party or raidmembers. For 30 seconds prior to their death, a complete timestamp of theircombat log is displayed, showing their current health, what heals theyreceived, what buffs and debuffs they had, whether they used their personalcooldowns, etc. This Addon is helpful for breaking down your own death aswell as finding out whether that guy really did use his Healthstone.

1.7.4. Doom CooldownPulse

Whenever one of your abilities comes off cooldown, this Addon flashes alarge transparent version of the ability in the center of your screen,alerting you that it is off cooldown. You can easily configure what isdisplayed, or use it by default.

1.7.5. Angry Assignments

This Addon allows you to set up text assignments that are displayed toeveryone else in the raid group that has the Addon. Extremely beneficial forraiding guilds, particularly when assigning jobs like interrupt orders, orwhat players are soaking in what quadrants of the room, etc.

1.7.6. Exorsus Raid Tools

A collection of useful tools bundled in a single AddOn, offering statisticsand various modules like raid cooldowns, fight logs, Battle Res status, Notes,Raid Check and Inspect, Invite Tools and Boss mods among others.If you raid, it is an extremely useful Addon to have.

2. Macros for Affliction Warlock

Below are examples of useful macros; you can adapt them for whatever spell you deem fit

2.1. Pet Macros

These macros allow you to manage your demon, as playing with your pet onpassive is the optimal way to play.

• /petattack

This orders your demon to attack your target.

• /petfollow

This orders your demon to follow you.

• /petmoveto

This orders your demon to move to a location specified by you. This macrois especially useful for Demonology, as the Felguard tends to stand atmaximum melee range of its targets. To maximize the Felstormability, however, you want to move your Felguard right into the center oflarge AoE packs so it hits as many targets as possible. This macro can beuseful for all 3 Warlock specializations, however.

2.1.1. Dot Mouseover

• #showtooltip Corruption
• /use [@mouseover,exists,harm] [] Corruption

Casts Corruption on current mouseover target if hostile and alive,else cast it on your current target.

2.1.2. Banish Focus

• #showtooltip Banish
• /use [mod:shift,@focus] [] Banish

Cast Banish on focus target by holding also shift, else castit on your current target.

2.1.3. Soulstone Mouseover

• #showtooltip Soulstone
• /cast [@mouseover,exists] [] Soulstone

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This macro allows you to cast Soulstone on a raid or partymember by simply hovering the mouse over their unit or raid frame. If you arenot hovering over any friendly unit's unit frame, it will cast Soulstoneon your current target.

2.1.4. Demonic Circle

• #showtooltip
• /stopcasting
• /cast Demonic Circle

This macro will cancel your current spell cast and make you use yourDemonic Circle. Thissaves you the trouble (and the time!) of interrupting your spell castmanually.

2.1.5. Tier 5 talents

• #showtooltip
• /use [talent:5/3, mod:shift] Demonic Circle; [talent:5/3] Demonic Circle: Teleport; [talent:5/2] Mortal Coil;

Depending on the talent selected it will place Demonic Circle by holding Shift+whatever keybind you assign, else use eitherTeleport or Mortal Coil if you talented into it.

2.2. Macros for Tier 4 Talents

• #showtooltip
• /use [talent:4/2] Phantom Singularity: [talent:4/3,@cursor] Vile Taint

This macro will cast Phantom Singularity on the current target orVile Taint at your mouse cursor, depending on your talent choices.

3. Changelog

• 25 Jun. 2019: This page has been reviewed for the release of Patch 8.2 and no changes are necessary.
• 19 Dec. 2018: Updated page with additional macros.
• 10 Dec. 2018: This page has been reviewed for Patch 8.1 and no changes are necessary.
• 30 Oct. 2018: Expanded the list of Addons.
• 13 Aug. 2018: Updated for Battle for Azeroth launch.

This guide has been written by Motoko,Warlock main since The Burning Crusade, co-admin in the Warlock Discord, and theorycrafterand contributor for LockOneStopShop.

On this page, you will find a number of useful macros and addons to make your life easier when playing your Blood Death Knight in World of Warcraft — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.2.

1. Macros

1.1. Generic Macros for Death Knights

1.1.1. Raise Ally

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• #showtooltip Raise Ally
• /cast [@mouseover,help][@target]Raise Ally

This macro casts Raise Ally on your mouseover target, if they are afriendly player. Otherwise, it casts Raise Ally on your current target.

1.1.2. Mind Freeze

• #showtooltip Mind Freeze
• /cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] Mind Freeze

This macro allows you to interrupt your focus target, if you have one, andif not to simply interrupt your current target.

1.2. Specific Macros for Blood Death Knights

1.2.1. Gorefiend's Grasp

• #showtooltip Gorefiend's Grasp
• /cast [target=focus] Gorefiend's Grasp

This macro allows you to use Gorefiend's Grasp to grip adds on top ofyour focus target.

• #showtooltip Gorefiend's Grasp
• /cast [@mouseover,exists,nodead][@player] Gorefiend's Grasp

If you have your cursor over a valid target to centerGorefiend's Grasp on, this macro will cast Gorefiend's Grasp at yourcursor. Otherwise, it will center your Gorefiend's Grasp on yourself.

1.2.2. Death and Decay

• #showtooltip Death and Decay
• #show Death and Decay
• /cast [mod:ctrl, @cursor] Death and Decay; [@player] Death and Decay

This will drop Death and Decay at your feet without using the groundtargeting reticle; while holding down CTRL, it will instead cast Death andDecay wherever your cursor is pointing (again, without using the groundtargeting reticle). Since the vast majority of bosses have a large enoughhitbox to be affected by a Death and Decay dropped at your feet, this speeds upcasting and maximizes your ability to shift around and still remain standing inDeath and Decay.

1.2.3. Blessing of Protection Cancelaura Macro

• /cancelaura Blessing of Protection

This macro is very useful to have. It allows you to cancel aBlessing of Protection that may have been cast on you, allowing youto resume your attacks. It is also important because while you are under theeffect of Blessing of Protection, mobs will not attack you and instead will justattack the next person on the aggro list (often a DPS player), though tauntinga mob will still force it to attack you for 3 seconds.

1.2.4. Re-Control Pet

• /target pet
• /run PetDismiss()
• /use Control Undead
• /petassist

In some dungeons (King's Rest, Atal'Dazar), you are able to Control Undead some mobs for additional DPS.

2. Addons

2.1. Generic Addons for Death Knights

2.1.1. ElvUI

Here, at Icy Veins, we useElvUIfor all our characters. This addon is a complete replacement of the defaultUser Interface. It comes with almost everything you need to perform properly:action bars, cooldown timers, proc display, etc.

We strongly recommend that you get this addon and our forum moderator Pandacho has writtena quick configuration guide for it.

2.1.2. Boss Mods: Deadly Boss Mods or Bigwigs

Boss mods are addons that warn you about boss abilities and give youlive advice on how to handle some mechanics. We strongly recommend you toget one such addon. At Icy Veins, we mostly useDeadly Boss Mods,the most popular boss mod. A good alternative isBig Wigs.

2.1.3. GTFO

GTFO is a lightweightaddon that notifies you when you are standing in harmful effects or when youare making other such mistakes. It is very useful, even if your boss mod isalready alerting you of such things.

2.1.4. Parrot or Mik's Scrolling Battle Text

Parrot andMik's Scrolling Battle Text are highlycustomisable addons for displaying floating battle text while in combat (incomingheals, damage of your spells, etc.). They both work very well by default.

2.1.5. Weak Auras

WeakAuras is anextremely useful addon that allows you to have visual effects on your screen,helping you track your buffs, debuffs and cooldowns. It is highly customisableand it can make it much, much easier to keep track of your procs and play yourspec more proficiently. It can also be used for a variety of otherfunctions.

2.1.6. Recount / Skada / Details!

Recount is awell known addon that most people use for displaying current DPS or HPS(Healing Per Second). This add-on is not really lightweight, and provides avery high amount of information (and it can sometimes cause issues withperformance). It is generally a good option to use Recount for checking what youtake damage from and if the share of damage/healing you do with each of yourabilities is similar to that of other players of your class.

An alternative to Recount (similar in function, so the choice is personalpreference) is Details!.

A lightweight alternative to Recount and Details! is Skada Damage Meter.

2.1.7. mRunes

mRunes is a usefulRunic System UI replacement addon that will allow you to keep better track ofyour resources.

2.1.8. Omen Threat Meter

Omen Threat Meteris the most popular addon for displaying the current threat levels on yourtarget. We recommend you to use it to check on your current threat levels andensure that you are not being overtaken in aggro.

2.1.9. Clique

Clique allows you tobind specific spells to be cast as mouseover casts on unit frames. This can bevery useful for casting Raise Ally without changing your target.

2.1.10. Compact Runes

Compact Runesis a great addon for tracking Rune cooldowns, and it also has a number of otherDeath Knight-specific modules to track your buffs, debuffs, and cooldowns.

2.2. Specific Addons for Blood Death Knights

Currently, we do not believe that you need any additional addons to play yourspecialisation to its full potential.

3. Changelog

• 25 Jun. 2019: Macro added for Re-controling pet.
• 22 Jan. 2019: This page has been reviewed for Season 2 and no changes are necessary.
• 10 Dec. 2018: This page has been reviewed for Patch 8.1 and no changes are necessary.
• 26 Aug. 2018: Fixed Death and Decay macro to cast at cursor.

Panthea raids in Catalystand is the author of TankNotes. He plays alltanks and is a 'Useful Minion' for the Acherus Death Knight Discord.You can follow him on Twitter.