Enhancement Shaman DPS Macros and Addons — The War Within (11.2)

Welcome to our Addons and Macros page. Here we will be covering helpful addons you can use to elevate your gameplay through a more informative UI, alongside provide some commonly used Enhancement Shaman macros.

Macros are accessible through the /macro command in-game, and allow you to create small scripts that will be executed when you press a keybind. These are very useful for combining multiple actions into one, so a common example is combining off-GCD trinkets with cooldowns within one press.

Below are some Enhancement specific options that help to make executing some important mechanics smoother.

We have several spells that can benefit from using a focus target, allowing you to still focus on your primary target with damaging attacks. Replace the Wind Shear in the macro below with any desired spell name:

• #showtooltip
• /cast [@focus,exists] Wind Shear

Good spells to use this with are Cleanse Spirit, Hex, Purge and Wind Shear.

Similarly, mousing over a target and casting a spell without moving from your main target can be beneficial, especially with specific talent builds. Replace the Cleanse Spirit in the macro below with the spell name:

• #showtooltip
• /cast [target=mouseover] Cleanse Spirit

This has other uses if targets are more dynamic, removing an input needed to target someone. Cleanse Spirit benefits from this, and the ability to quickly apply Flame Shock can be helpful.

This will always prioritize yourself when casting Healing Surge for reliable self-healing:

• #showtooltip
• /cast [@player] Healing Surge

For any totem with a targeting circle, two macro options are available to drop it quicker. The first drops it immediately at your feet (replace the Surging Totem in the following macros with your desired totem name). This is especially useful when playing Totemic:

• #showtooltip
• /cast [@player] Surging Totem

Or at your current cursor location:

• #showtooltip
• /cast [@cursor] Surging Totem

This can be used for Wind Rush Totem, Earthgrab Totem or even Totemic Projection.

To efficiently move our totems around with us, you can macro Totemic Projection into a rotational ability thanks to it being off the Global Cooldown. A common ability to tie it to is Stormstrike, but any button can be used with the following macro:

• #showtooltip Stormstrike
• /cast Totemic Projection
• /cast Stormstrike

This does have some downsides for utility totems, and gives you less direct control over where you place things as Totemic Projection will always be on cooldown. This is more of a niche option for those who simply don't want to bother dealing with dragging Surging Totem around.

Alternatively, you can use the following macro when playing Totemic, which repeatedly use the relocate feature built into Surging Totem, without needing to waste the cooldown of Totemic Projection:

• #showtooltip Lava Lash
• /cast Lava Lash
• /cast Surging Totem

You can replace Lava Lash with Stormstrike, or macro it to both to make sure it stays nearby.

This macro requires you to grab this weakaura from wago.io, and you can shrink this down or reduce its alpha to hide it. The macro can then be used to cancel all active totems instantly.

• /click MyTotemFrame1
• /click MyTotemFrame2
• /click MyTotemFrame3
• /click MyTotemFrame4

This can be used to apply all of your imbues and Lightning Shield with a single button if pressed 3 times in a row, saving some bindings:

• #showtooltip
• /castsequence reset=10 Flametongue Weapon, Windfury Weapon, Lightning Shield

While there are a lot of Weakaura packs available on Wago, ones linked here are recommended for specific purposes to add functionality to the spec that otherwise cannot be found with the base UI.

• Tempest Tracker - This Weakaura Link will provide you with a tracker for Maelstrom Weapon spent and Awakening Storms stacks present to plan around your Tempest procs.
• Thorim's Invocation Tracker - This Weakaura Link will show your current "priming" for the Thorim's Invocation talent between either Chain Lightning or Lightning Bolt.
• Elemental Spirits Tracker - While not strictly necessary, The War Within has added in a lot of reasons to be aware of the current state of Feral Spirit wolves. Either this link or this link provide ways of tracking this.
• Suring Totem Pulse Tracker - Having a way to track ticks of Surging Totem when playing as Totemic makes it easier to avoid misses during combat. Either this link or this link provide two options to track these.
• Totemic Recall Tracker - Not extremely necessary, but having a way to track which totem will be reset by Totemic Recall can be useful if you don't use it to reset a Cooldown immediately. This aura provides a number of options to track which totem is banked.

Below are a few suggestions of key addons that can augment the base Blizzard UI with additional features, making it easier to track key effects. These are especially helpful for Enhancement, that often has a lot of things going on while also needing to keep track of mechanics.

WeakAuras is an extremely useful addon that allows you to have visual effects on your screen, helping you track your buffs, debuffs and cooldowns. It is highly customisable and it can make it much, much easier to keep track of your procs and play your spec more proficiently. It can also be used for a variety of other functions.

It is also extremely important when playing with Stormbringer to have a Weakaura to track Tempest, due to the lack of in-game UI support. This weakaura link can track your current Maelstrom Weapon stacks spent and how close you are to your next proc.

Boss mods are addons that warn you about boss abilities and give you live advice on how to handle some mechanics. We strongly recommend you to get one such addon. At Icy Veins, we mostly use Deadly Boss Mods, the most popular boss mod. A good alternative is Big Wigs.

"Details!" Damage Meter is a real-time DPS/HPS meter with a lot of additional functionality such as being able to see cooldowns, buffs, debuffs, damage done to specific targets, and statistical analysis. In our opinion, it is superior to Skada in terms of functionality, although it is slightly more complicated to configure. We recommend Details! as your default damage meter, but if you prefer something easier, then Skada is still a good option.

GTFO is a lightweight addon that notifies you when you are standing in harmful effects or when you are making other such mistakes. It is very useful, even if your boss mod is already alerting you of such things.

Hekili is a visual rotation aid that gives a visual cue to help players better grasp the moment-to-moment gameplay that can sometimes be overwhelming. It is regularly updated to align with new simulation profiles as and when they are created, and we highly recommend it as a tool both to learn with and as a helping hand to steer you along the right path, even for experienced players.

ElvUI is a complete replacement of the default User Interface. It comes with almost everything you need to perform properly: action bars, unit frames, cooldown timers, proc displays, etc.