How to Use Raidbots and Run Character Simulations

By Bolas Updated: 2025/12/22

RaidbotsSeriallosWhat are SimulationCraft and Raidbots?SimulationCraftRaidbotsImporting Your Character in RaidbotsSimulationCraft AddonSimulationCraft addon/simcImporting via the ArmorySimulation Types in RaidbotsFind Your Best Gear with Top Gear in RaidbotsMagnificent Jeweler's SettingNerubian GemweaverFinding Your Best Next Upgrade with the Raidbots DroptimizerQuick SimComparing Best Sets of Gear with RaidbotsBest Stat Weights with RaidbotsAdvancedSimulationCraft wikiRaidbots Tips & TricksFinding your Best Great Vault Loot Option with Raidbots/simcGVSimulating Power Infusion in RaidbotsPower InfusionPower InfusionPower InfusionPower InfusionPower InfusionPower Infusionfull list hereAdding Extra Items to your Sim in Raidbots/simcAra-Kara Sacbrood/simcAdvanced OptionsFight Style

Patchwerk: Is a single target, no adds, no movement, nothing special boss encounter. In spite of being the simplest option, it is the standard for single target simulations, precisely because its lack of mechanics eliminates variables that would otherwise greatly weight one class, specialization, or set of talents, over another. Based on its namesake from Naxxramas.

Dungeon Slice: Designed to model a "slice" of a dungeon. Fixed at a length of 6 minutes, it involves a short "boss" fight followed by packs of enemies of varying sizes and health amounts. This is the go to fight style if you're trying to sim for Mythic+.

Target Dummy: Simulates damage when fighting a target dummy; all raid buffs, debuffs, and consumables are disabled and its health is fixed at 100%.

Execute Patchwerk: A Patchwerk encounter that starts at 20% health. Useful for optimizing execute damage.

Hectic Add Cleave: Consists of a single boss target, waves of 5 adds for 15 seconds every 22 seconds, and constant moderate movement, HAC is useful for approximating heavy multi-target encounters. Loosely based on Horridon from Throne of Thunder.

Light/Heavy Movement: As it sounds, a single target Patchwerk-like encounter, with light or heavy movement throughout.

Casting Patchwerk: Identical to Patchwerk, except the boss target continually chain casts spells, to model continual interrupts and incoming spell damage.

Cleave Add: A Patchwerk encounter with an extra add that spawns frequently and is active about 60% of the time.

Number of BossesFight LengthSimC VersionIterationsRaid Buffs & Consumables

Raid Buff Presets: This toggle controls all buffs and debuffs, including Arcane Intellect, Battle Shout, Chaos Brand, Mystic Touch, Power Word: Fortitude, Bloodlust, Skyfury, Mark of the Wild, Hunter's Mark, whether the target is bleeding, Potions, Food, Flasks, and Augmentation Runes.

Consumables: By default, each class/specialization module has its own default Potion, Food, Flask, Weapon Rune, and Augment Rune, which is used according to its own stipulations. This option overrides or disables those selections.

Raid Buffs: Similar to the Presets above, these options allow group buffs and debuffs to be toggled individually, rather than all or nothing. As a general rule all buffs should be enabled if you're simming for a raid environment. There's also an option to sim with Power Infusion if you expect to have that buff available.

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Comments

Comment by serhatald

This is a great and comprehensive guide for anyone that is new to simming their character, thank you Sholdice.

As a side note, for those people that want to have more control over the simulations, you can try Simulation Craft software.

Comment by remoter

Slight correction/note. You can use /simc and get the gear in your bank included as long as you have the bank open. If you are doing this just make sure you don't also have your character screen open or it won't work.

Comment by Ciupanezu

Was used with AskMrRobot then redirected to Raidbots by couple guild members that told me this is more accurate. Well, accepting the chance that I may be called a total ignorant I must say that I was totally lost in translation. All those settings literally blocked my brain to the point where I wonder if there's a paid service that helps players making their perfect setup. Considering this AskMrRobot even if innacurate as some are saying looks like that "better than nothing" thing to return to. No offence Raidbots.

Comment by Bogz

"The easy way is to simply link the item in chat after you type /simc and before you press enter, and it'll be added to your profile as an item in your bags" Maybe i am dumb but i cant get this to work.

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