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Balance Druid WeakAuras, Macros & Addons - The War Within Pre-Patch
By tettles
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WeakAuras, 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 Balance Druid macros for , explain how to make your own macros, and cover some of the best Balance Druid addons for both hardcore raiders and general players alike. Whether you're looking for specialized Balance Druid 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 Balance Druid community.
WeakAuras2 is an extremely flexible WoW addon, with near limitless creative potential and control, capable of modifying or replacing nearly any part of the user interface.
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WeakAuras
WeakAuras2 is an extremely flexible addon, with near limitless creative potential and control, capable of replicating or replacing nearly any part of the user interface. While designed as a simple way to create alerts to remind you of buffs, debuff, or encounter mechanics, it has become an integral part of World of Warcraft user interface customization, allowing players to replace their traditional action bars, create and share complex raid information, track other players spell casts, and much, much more. In this section, we've highlighted some of the best WeakAuras for Balance Druid, although there are so many different options available that we
highly
recommend visiting
wago.io
to find one that best suits your needs.
Weak Aura Links
Remember that no Weakauras are ever mandatory to play with, but they can help condense a lot of information into a small, easy-to-track package. These are some sample sets that cover the Balance basics which are plug and play, or can be used for some inspiration when setting up your own set:
Name & Link
Example
Description
Dsune's WeakAura Pack
One of the more popular Balance Druid packs. Created by one of the Balance Druid experts, Dsune.
Shrom's Druid Package
One of the longest running Balance Druid weakaura packs. Very popular in the Dreamgrove
Afenar's Druid WeakAuras
A popular package that provides important rotational abilities and cooldowns in a concise block in the center of your screen. Works for all druid specs with consistent themes.
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.
These can be created in the Macros window by simply copy and pasting the coded code into the creator. These will perform specific actions above the regular button presses that can alleviate some targeting issues or ability problems by automating part of the ability:
Innervate Macro
This macro will allow you to Innervate somebody’s raid frame. Really useful for quick Innervates on changing targets!
#showtooltip Innervate
/cast innervate
Stop Casting Macro
Being able to instantly swap into Bear Form or Wild Charge while you are casting is pretty important. There have been times where I need to immediately press the defensive or mobility button mid cast, but I did not cancel the cast quickly enough.
#showtooltip
/stopcasting
/cast Bear Form
#showtooltip
/stopcasting
/cast Wild Charge
@Cursor Macro
When you talent into
Orbital Strike
, you are going to need to have an @Cursor macro for shooting the Orbital Strike beam. Same goes with being talented into Force of Nature.
#showtooltip Celestial Alignment
/cast Celestial Alignment
#showtooltip
/cast Force of Nature
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 Balance Druid 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.
Addons
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.
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.
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.
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.
OmniCD
- A specialized addon to track your group members' cooldowns.
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
Method Raid Tools
- Modular addon containing raid coordination tools for raid leaders and officers.
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 Balance Druid addons for you.
About the Author
Hello, my name is
Tettles
, and I am currently a Balance Expert in the
Dreamgrove
. I am a top Mythic+ player, competed in MDI #2, and am a raider in one of the top NA guilds, Vesper - Area 52- Horde - NA. You can find me in the
Dreamgrove Discord
, on
Youtube
, or on my
Twitch
.
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