Discipline Priest Healing 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 Discipline Priest in World of Warcraft — Shadowlands 9.0.2.
If you were looking for WoW Classic content, please refer to our Classic Priest addons and macros.
Macros
Specific Macros for Discipline Priests
We do highly suggest that all of your heals, as well as other spells that
can be cast on raid members (such as Levitate, for preventing fall
damage) be incorporated into mouseover macros. This will allow you to much more
easily cast them on raid members. As an alternative to creating mouseover
macros, you can use Clique.
Here is an example of a mouseover macro. Simply replace
Power Word: Shield with the name of the spell you want to use:
- #showtooltip Power Word: Shield
- /cast [target=mouseover,help,nodead][]Power Word: Shield
This will cast Power Word: Shield on your mouseover target, if it is a
friendly target and it is not dead. Otherwise, it will cast on your current
target.
Penance Macros
It is strongly recommended to keep the Offensive and Defensive
Penance components separated. You can either use a macro with modifiers or
use two separate keybinds with harm/help modifiers.
Harm Only:
- #showtooltip Penance
- /cast [harm] Penance
- #showtooltip Penance
- /cast [@mouseover,help] Penance
Smite Macro
Due to the way Penance works, when you try to queue another
spell during its cast, you can accidentally interrupt the last bolt. To avoid
this, apply the following conditional to specific spells, very often being
Smite, that cause it the most for you. There is a "nochanneling:Penance"
example below.
- #showtooltip Smite
- /cast [nochanneling:Penance] Smite
Angelic Feather Macro
This is a really handy macro that casts Angelic Feather under the
player using the @player shorthand.
- #showtooltip Angelic Feather
- /cast [@player] Angelic Feather
- /stopspelltarget
Addons
Common Essential Addons
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.
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.
Details!
"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.
Exorsus Raid Tools
Exorsus Raid Tools is a useful addon that allows you to track the cooldowns of other raid members, as well as providing you with a wealth of other useful raid information.
Alternative Raid Frames
For healers, raid frames are a very important, but personal choice. Great options for an alternative to the ElvUI raid frames include Grid2 and Vuhdo.
Changelog
- 23 Nov. 2020: Removed reference to Azerite addon.
- 12 Oct. 2020: Page updated for the Shadowlands pre-patch.
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This guide is written and maintained by Clandon, Healer in Incarnate as well as staff and theorycrafter at Warcraft Priests (join them on Discord or on their website) and is reviewed by the other staff at Warcraft Priests and notable members of the healing community.
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