Subtlety Guide
Interface
This part covers macros, weakauras and addons.
Macros:
Shadowstrike Macro:
Uses [Backstab] or [Shadowstrike] depending on your stance.
#showtooltip Shadowstrike
/cast [bonusbar:1] Shadowstrike;Backstab
Shadowdance Macro:
[stance:0] prevents you from accidentallyactivating
[Shadow Dance] twice.
/cast Shadowstrike prevents you from accidentally using
[Backstab] after activating
[Shadow Dance].
#showtooltip Shadow Dance
/cast [stance:0] Shadow Dance
/cast Shadowstrike
You can add this 2 conditions if you want to,
[Specter of Betrayal] or any other on use trinket is usually lined up with
[Shadow Dance].
[Symbols of Death] gets usually used pre
[Shadow Dance]. This means this condition will never trigger but would allow you to use
[Symbols of Death] together with
[Shadow Dance] during the animation.
it's still recommended to use 2 macros in case you don't want
[Symbols of Death] to line up or if you don't want to use
[Shadowstrike].
/cast Symbols of Death
/use Specter of Betrayal
Marked for Death / Death from Above Macro:
Uses [Marked for Death] or [Death from Above] depending on what Talent is used.
#showtooltip
/cast [talent:7/2] Marked for Death; [talent:7/3] Death from Above
Same but with mouseover for [Marked for Death].
#showtooltip
/cast [@Target,talent:7/3] Death from Above; [@mouseover,exists,harm,talent:7/2][@Target,talent:7/2] Marked for Death
Vanish Macros:
My personal version of the macro, prevents you from accidentally using [Vanish] when out of combat.
#showtooltip Vanish
/cast [nocombat] Stealth
/cast [combat] Vanish
Nightblade Mouseover Macro:
Use
[Nightblade] on mouseover, uses nightblade on the target if no mouseover exist.
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover, exists, harm][@Target] Nightblade
remove @target if you don't want the macro to only work on mouseover.
Shadowstep Mouseover Macro:
It's often quite nice to have the option to [Shadowstep] a target via mouseover during a fight.
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover, exists][@Target] Shadowstep
Item slot Use Macro:
Uses the Item slot, can be used for Trinkets, Rings or Engineering Enchants.
#showtooltip 6
/use 6
Item slots:
1 - Head Slot
6 - Belt Slot
11 - Ring Slot 1
12 - Ring Slot 2
13 - Trinket Slot 1
14 - Trinket Slot 2
15 - Back Slot
Tricks of the Trade Macro:
[Tricks of the Trade] on the Main tank.
#showtooltip Tricks of the Trade
/cast [target=name of tank] Tricks of the Trade
Weakauras:
Those are the Weakauras and Weakaura sets i find useful:
Shadow Techniques Counter
Numeral counter that helps you predict the [Shadow Techniques] procs.
Shurikenstorm targets / Shuriken Combo display
Displays the number of targets and shuriken combo stacks.
Rogue - Color Coded Range Display
Helps you to manage/see ranges.
Shadowdance Charges for the Personal Resource Frame
Shows [Shadow Dance] charges/cooldown as a visual bar.
Fuu's Weakaura HUD
All in one Weakaura set from Fuu.
Mystlers Weakauras HUD
All in one Weakauras set from Mystler
Potato's Weakauras HUD
All in one Weakauras set from Potato
Emarline's Weakauras HUD
All in one Weakauras set from Emarline
Ipse's Weakaura HUD
All in one Weakauras set from Ipse
Addons:
Addons became the highest quality of life changes that we can get. There are thousands of different addons for every thinkable purpose. Here is a list of addons that might be worth taking a look at:
Addon | Description |
---|---|
Rotation helper: | |
Aethys Rotation | Rotation helper that assists you in optimizing your gameplay |
Buff Tracking: | |
Tellmewhen | Alternative to Weakauras that uses a bit less resources. |
Weakauras | Commonly used addon for buff/debuff tracking and more. |
Aura Frames | CPU friendly alternative to tellmewhen and weakauras. |
Damage Meter: | |
Skada | Commonly used Damage Meter. Is a solid choice. |
Details | Feature rich Damage Meter thats relative new but already the best choice. |
Nameplates: | |
Plater Nameplates | Alternative Nameplate addon. |
Kui Nameplates | Go-to choice Nameplate addon. |
EKPlates | Alternative Nameplate addon with an interesting style. |
Raid Tools / Boss Mods: | |
Deadly Boss Mods | defualt choice for Boss timer and alerts. |
Bigwigs Bossmods | CPU friendly alternative to DBM. |
Exorsus Raid Tools | Raid tool from one of the strongest compatitive guilds. |
Raid Assist | Provides a lot of features for raid organisation. |
RCLootCouncil | The best addon to organise the loot in your raid. |
Action Bar: | |
Bartender | default choice for Action bar mods. |
Dominos | Alternative Action bar mod that is more CPU friendly. |
Unit Frame: | |
Shadowed Unit Frames | CPU friendly and feature rich unit frame addon. |
Z-Perl Unit Frames | Popular unit frame addon. |
Grid 2 | Popular and CPU friendly raid frame replacement. |
Cast Bar | |
Quartz | CPU friendly Cast bar replacement. |
Gnosis | Feature rich Cast bar replacement. |
Combat text: | |
MSBT | Default choice for Combat text display. |
All in one: | |
Elv Ui | Popular Ui replacement with a lot of features. |
Others: | |
Doom Cooldown pulse | Flashes an icon when a cooldown comes up. |
TrufiGCD | Provides a time line for your casts. Interesting for streaming. |
Gottagofast | Default choice for Mythic plus timer. |
Advanced Interface options | Provides a easy to use interface to change Game Cvars. |
Garbage protector | Organized the collectgarbage function to improve performance. |