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Restoration Shaman WeakAuras, Macros & Addons - The War Within Pre-Patch
By Theun
Last Updated:
2024/07/24
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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 Restoration Shaman macros for , explain how to make your own macros, and cover some of the best Restoration Shaman addons for both hardcore raiders and general players alike. Whether you're looking for specialized Restoration Shaman 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 Restoration Shaman 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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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 Restoration Shaman, although there are so many different options available that we
highly
recommend visiting
wago.io
to find one that best suits your needs.
WeakAuras 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 Restoration basics which are plug and play, or can be used for some inspiration when setting up your own set:
Name & Link
Example
Description
Luxthos’ Shaman Package
A dynamic package that will cover all of the main things you need to track for Shaman abilities and rotation in a lightweight group. Luxthos also creates similar packages for all other classes, so this is recommended for beginners and experienced players who play many different characters.
Afenar's Shaman Package
Another dynamic package that will cover all of the main things you need to track for Shaman abilities and rotation in a lightweight group.
High Tide
Mana Tracker, lets you know how long until your next
High Tide
proc.
Tidebringer
Tracks the internal cooldown of
Tidebringer
so you can optimize your casts.
Undulation Tracker
Undulation
tracker. Correctly counts Undulation stacks and lets you know when to use things like
Primordial Wave
. Will correct itself after casts of
Primordial Wave
as well.
Primordial Wave
Primordial Wave
tracker. Shows cooldown, notifies you if the ability resets through
Tumbling Waves
and shows the buff uptime.
Mana Tide Totem CD and Range Indicator
Tracks Cooldown of
Mana Tide Totem
.Shows Icon with Red Border if a
Mana Tide Totem
is up and you're not in range. Shows Icon with Blue Border if you're in range of an active
Mana Tide Totem
.
Cloudburst Totem
This WeakAura tracks how much healing your
Cloudburst Totem
gathered, and how much it has left before the explosion. This is popular but not needed, as it won't really change how you play.
Earth Shield
Tracks your
Earth Shield
s and shows how many charges it has left.
Water Shield
Simple
Water Shield
reminder.
Earthliving Weapon
Simple
Earthliving Weapon
reminder.
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:
Focus Cast Macros
Restoration has a number of spells you may want to target using the /Focus targetting option. You can replace the
sample text
in the macro below with spells such as
Cleanse Spirit
,
Hex
,
Purge
, or
Wind Shear
depending on your preference:
#showtooltip
/cast Sample Text
Mouseover Macros
In some cases being able to apply DoTs or cast spells/heals on targets without having to switch targets is extremely useful. You can use the following macro to make the desired spell cast on the target you are currently mousing over instead of your active target. Replace the
sample text
with the desired spell name:
#showtooltip
/cast Sample Text
Advanced Mouseover Macros (Help/Harm)
Just like a normal mouseover macro, except this allows you to macro a damaging ability with a healing ability that's on mousover. This can greatly reduce the number of total keybinds you need, which is important on a spec like Restoration Shaman. You can replace
Riptide
and
Flame Shock
with other spells:
#showtooltip
/cast Riptide; Flame Shock
Totem Placement
The following two macros will place named Totem (also works with
Totemic Projection
) without having to use a targeting circle to do so, just replace the
sample totem
with the name of the Totem you wish to place. The first will place if at your feet when pressed immediately:
#showtooltip
/cast Sample Totem
And this will place it where your cursor is currently targetting:
#showtooltip
/cast Sample Totem
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 Restoration Shaman 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.
Raid Frames
Standard frames are very limited in customizability, but they're fine for basic usage. If you're looking for something more - these are the raid frames i would recommend.
Grid2
ElvUI
Cell
VuhDo
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 Restoration Shaman addons for you.
About the Author
This page is maintained by Theun, Restoration Shaman for Fun Detected on Area52 (US). I've been playing the spec since Nighthold and managed to achieve up to world 4th playing for
BDG
in Shadowlands! I am also an MVP/theorycrafter in the Restoration Shaman specific
Discord Server
and Moderator in the
Shaman Class Discord
and am very active in both communities. For questions you can find me in the aforementioned discord servers or during my very rare streams on
Twitch
or babbling mindlessly on
Twitter
.
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