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Affliction Warlock Macros & Addons - Shadowlands 9.2.5
By Xyronic
Last updated
2022/05/31 at 1:28 PM
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Macros and Addons provide many quality-of-life improvements in WoW, allowing players to improve how information is displayed in-game or automate decision-making to optimize performance.
In this guide, we will go over useful Affliction Warlock macros for , explain how to make your own macros, and cover some of the best Affliction Warlock addons for both hardcore raiders and general players alike. Whether you're looking for specialized Affliction Warlock macros to help you gain a competitive edge, or creating a custom user interface to expand your view of the game world, this page will help get you started with some of the most popular choices within the Affliction Warlock community.
Overview
NEW
NEW Patch 9.2 Changes
Best Covenant
NEW Tier Set Bonus
Gear
Talent Builds
Legendaries
Conduits
Kyrian
Necrolord
Night Fae
Venthyr
Pre-Patch
Starter Guide
Rotation, Priority, and Abilities
Advanced Concepts
Stats
Consumables
Macros & Addons
WeakAuras
Common Terms
NEW Castle Nathria Tips
NEW Sepulcher Tips
Mythic+
Common Questions
Mage Tower
Twisting Corridors
NEW Simulations
About the Author
This guide was written by
Xyronic
. You might know of me from my time as a world first raider and founding member of
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, or as an MDI caster. You can check out my
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page where I frequently stream anything to do with WoW. If you have any questions or comments, it's best to PM me on discord @Xyronic#0001.
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Macros
Macros are simple, in-game tools which allow you to sequence spells together, create custom names and icons, cast different abilities depending on whether the target is friendly or hostile, define targeting conditions, and much, much more. While the amount of options can be complex, making them is easy, so in this section we'll go over how to set them up yourself.
To open the in-game Macro interface, type "/macro" or "/m".
Choose between the General and Character-specific macro tabs. Then click the "New" button on the macro window.
Choose a Name and an Icon so you can easily recognize your macro, then click "Okay."
Select your new macro and use the text editor below to tell it what to do. If copying ours below, you can simply copy/paste the text in.
Click the "Save" button, and drag your macro icon onto your bars, which will allow it to be used just like any other spell from your spellbook.
To close the window, click "Exit", or just press Escape.
For more information on creating macros, including full lists of conditionals, modifiers, and other command customizations you can use, check out our full
Macros guide
.
#showtooltip Soulstone
/cast
This macro allows you to cast
Soulstone
on a raid member in your frames by just hovering over his raid frame. If you are not hovering with your mouse over any friendly target you cast
Soulstone
on yourself. Beware - if you are casting Soulstone on a target that dies during the cast, the cast will autofinish on you and not the intended target.
#showtooltip Agony
/cast Agony
Some people like mouseover dotting so they don't have to manually swap targets to multi-dot. This can be used for dots, interrupts, or any targeted spell. Give it a shot!
#showtooltip
/cast Vile Taint
/cast Phantom Singularity
These types of macros are incredibly useful for making one button that swaps between talents when you swap your talents, without having to move spells around on your bars.
How to Make a Macro
To open up the Macro menu, type "/macro" or "/m".
Choose between the "General" and Character-specific macro tabs. Then click on the "New" button on the macro window.
Choose a Name and an Icon so you can easily recognize your macro, then click on "Okay."
Select your macro's icon from the list at the top of the macro window, and then click in the text area below. Type or copy/paste your macro into the text area.
When you are finished, click the "Save" button, and to close the window, click "Exit".
Addons
Addons are powerful tools that can be used to both customize your gameplay experience, ranging from graphical overlays, replacement action bars, and unit/raid frames, to performance enhancements such as rotation helping spell reminders, buff/debuff tracking, popup reminders, and boss warnings. Here are some of the highly recommended and commonly used Affliction Warlock addons, which are certainly not required to play, but can go a long way toward increasing the information available to you in combat or simply make for a more pleasant viewing experience.
Unlike Macros, managing Addons is done outside of the game, but our
How to Install and Maintain Addons Guide
will take you step-by-step through the process.
BossMods
: BossMods are addons that show you a timer of upcoming boss abilities and make noises if you stand in fire. You can choose between
Deadly Boss Mods
and
BigWigs
. I would recommend BigWigs.
WeakAuras 2
: WeakAuras 2 is a highly customizable addon that lets you track buffs, debuffs or dots and a lot of other things. I highly recommend it. You can easily import auras from other players. There are so many varieties of WeakAuras that you can choose from but based on the most popular auras on
wago.io
for Warlocks. You can learn more about some of the most maintained and popular auras on the WeakAuras page.
Damage meter
:
Skada
or
Details
are the perfect addons to let you check the damage you and your raid member do. These addons are also useful to track interrupts, dispels or deaths.
DoT timer
: There are a handful of addons that let you track your dot duration on the enemy target. I use WeakAuras for mine.
Download UI
: If you don't want to make your own UI you can also download UI packages. The most common recommendation is to use
ElvUI
. ElvUI is a replacement for the standard Blizzard UI that is very easy to configure and a lot of high-end raiders are using. Check wago.io for profiles, or check out streamers on Twitch. Many streamers give out their UI profiles for free! Some sellout and only give them to subs though..
I would also recommend the Curse Client to keep your Addons up to date.
More Recommendations
User Interface
ElvUI
- Very popular all-in-one UI overhaul.
Bartender4
- Highly customizable action bars which can be moved and organized however you like.
Chatter
- Replacement chatbox addon, with custom themes, fonts, and functions.
Deja Character Stats
- Adds more stats to the character panel, with customizable filters.
Elkano's Buff Bars
- Replaces the standard buff/debuff icons with ordered lists, including names and bar graph-style durations.
Mapster
- World map enhancement which adds coordinates, icons, and more.
Move Anything
- Allows any part of the default UI to be moved around.
OPie
- A specialized radial menu style actionbar, very useful for condensing less frequently used spells that don't always need to be on your main bars.
Sexy Map
- Makes your minimap sexy!
Shadowed Unit Frames
- Customizable player, target, and raid unit frames.
ThreatPlates
- Customize nameplates styles and add various information including buffs, debuffs and casting indicators
World Quest List
- Attaches a sortable list of active world quest lists, filtered by zone, to the edge of your map.
Combat and informational
BigWigs Bossmods
- A lightweight, open source raid encounter addon.
Deadly Boss Mods
- A more robust encounter addon for dungeons, raids, PvP, and more.
Details
- A highly customizable damage and healing meter
Exorsus Raid Tools
- Modular addon containing raid coordination tools for raid leaders and officers.
Omen
- Threat meter
Pawn
- Helps you find gear upgrades when combined with a string from SimulationCraft
SimulationCraft
- Simplifies simming your character by generating an in-game script to paste into SimCraft or Raidbots
WeakAuras2
- A very powerful addon that can display a massive variety of information including procs, casting indicators and raid boss warnings.
Of course, these recommendations are not the only useful addons out there; there are hundreds to choose from, of every type imaginable. If you're looking for something a little different, search through
Curseforge
or
WoWInterface
to find the right Affliction Warlock addons for you.
Our Affliction Warlock guides are always updated with the latest information from in-game experience, simulations, and logs; make sure to check our changelog to this page, by clicking on
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