Enhancement Shaman DPS Macros and Addons — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0.1)

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.

Pre-Patch Disclaimer

Midnight comes with a significant reduction in addon functionality, and as such many tools we've previously recommended no longer work. Many things are still in development, so we'll be adding to these as popular addons start to settle.

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, especially when using raid/party frames.

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.

Pre-Patch Disclaimer

Midnight comes with a significant reduction in addon functionality, and as such many tools we've previously recommended no longer work. Many things are still in development, so we'll be adding to these as popular addons start to settle.

Below are a few suggestions of addons that are currently functional in Midnight. This list is quite brief currently, as things are in ongoing development following the restrictions.

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.

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.