Arms Warrior DPS Macros and Addons — Shadowlands 9.0.2
On this page, you will find a number of useful macros and addons to make your life easier when playing your Arms Warrior in World of Warcraft — Shadowlands 9.0.2.
If you were looking for WoW Classic content, please refer to our Classic Warrior addons and macros.
Macros for Arms Warriors
Generic Macros for Warriors
Fervor/Slam Switch
- #showtooltip
- /cast [talent:3/2] Whirlwind; Slam
This will display the appropriate tooltip and cast either
Whirlwind with
Fervor of Battle talented, or cast
Slam if it is not, allowing you to use the same button for either
filler ability.
Avatar/Deadly Calm Switch
- #showtooltip
- /cast [talent:6/2] Avatar; [talent:6/3] Deadly Calm;
This will display the appropriate tooltip and cast either
Avatar or
Deadly Calm depending on which is
talented, allowing you to use the same button for either ability. If neither
ability is talented, it will display an unused icon.
Cancel Bladestorm Macro
- #showtooltip Bladestorm
- /cancelaura Bladestorm
- /cast Bladestorm
This macro allows you to cancel your Bladestorm early.
You cannot cast other abilities while Bladestorming, so this can be useful
if targets die during the channel.
Pummel Macro
- #showtooltip Pummel
- /cast [@focus, harm, exists][@target] Pummel
This macro uses Pummel against your focus target, if you have
one, or against your current target if you have no focus target.
Automatic Heroic Leap
- #showtooltip Heroic Leap
- /cast [@cursor] Heroic Leap
This will cast Heroic Leap where ever your cursor is located,
without waiting for the targeting circle.
Heroic Leap Spam
- #showtooltip Heroic Leap
- /cast !Heroic Leap
This allows you to spam the Heroic Leap button, but still retain
the ground-targeting circle.
Charge and Victory Rush
- #showtooltip
- /cast Charge
- /cast Victory Rush
Because Charge is off the Global Cooldown, Victory Rush or any other melee ability can be used on the same keybind. When outside of melee range, Charge will be cast instead.
Specific Macros for Arms Warriors
Charge Macro
- #showtooltip Charge
- /cast Charge
- /cancelaura Bladestorm
This macro allows you to use the same key to cancel
Bladestorm and
Charge. Although cancelling
Bladestorm can be macroed to any anything, it is often paired with Charge to
make it easier to engage a new target after your current ones die.
Offensive Cooldown Macro
- #showtooltip Colossus Smash
- /use Colossus Smash
- /use Blood Fury
- /use Berserking
- /use 13
- /use 14
This macro uses any off global cooldown racial abilities and any equipped
trinkets alongside Colossus Smash.
Addons recommended for Arms Warriors
Generic Addons for Warriors
ElvUI
Here, at Icy Veins, we use ElvUI for all our characters. This addon is a complete replacement of the default User Interface. It comes with almost everything you need to perform properly: action bars, cooldown timers, proc display, etc.
We strongly recommend that you get this addon and our forum moderator Pandacho has written a quick configuration guide for it.
Boss Mods: Deadly Boss Mods or Bigwigs
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.
GTFO
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.
Parrot or Mik's Scrolling Battle Text
Parrot and Mik's Scrolling Battle Text are highly customisable addons for displaying floating battle text while in combat (incoming heals, damage of your spells, etc.). They both work very well by default.
Weak Auras
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.
TellMeWhen
TellMeWhen is an extremely useful addon with a user-friendly interface that allows you to track a multitude of things, from internal cooldowns, to buffs, debuffs, and procs.
Raeli's Spell Announcer
Raeli's Spell Announcer is an extremely useful addon that allows you to send announcements whenever you use certain spells. It is of particular use to announce when you use raid cooldowns or other important abilities.
Recount / Skada / Details!
Recount is a well known addon that most people use for displaying current DPS or HPS (Healing Per Second). This add-on is not really lightweight, and provides a very high amount of information (and it can sometimes cause issues with performance). It is generally a good option to use Recount for checking what you take damage from and if the share of damage/healing you do with each of your abilities is similar to that of other players of your class.
An alternative to Recount (similar in function, so the choice is personal preference) is Details!.
A lightweight alternative to Recount and Details! is Skada Damage Meter.
Omen Threat Meter
Omen Threat Meter is the most popular addon for displaying the current threat levels on your target. We recommend you to use it to avoid taking aggro when the tank is still building up threat on an enemy.
Specific Addons for Arms Warriors
Currently, we feel that there is no need for additional addons to play an Arms Warrior to its full potential.
Changelog
- 23 Nov. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands.
- 12 Oct. 2020: Page updated for the Shadowlands pre-patch.
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