How to Use the Single-Button Assistant and Assisted Highlight in World of Warcraft

Starting in Patch 11.1.7, Blizzard added two new UI improvements designed to help players focus more on gameplay and less on memorizing their rotations. Whether you are brand new, returning from a break, or just trying out a new specialization, these tools, Assisted Highlight and the Single-Button Assistant can make combat more intuitive and forgiving.

Assisted Highlight adds a blue highlight to the next recommended damage ability in your rotation, based on your current resources and combat state. Think of it as a subtle nudge in the right direction. Assisted Highlight does not take over, but it helps keep your rotation smooth as you navigate mechanics.

The highlight prioritizes DPS abilities only, so you will still need to manually handle heals, defensive cooldowns, and buffs.

• Press Escape to open the Game Menu
• Go to Options and navigate to Gameplay Enhancements
• Toggle Assisted Highlight on with the checkbox

The Single-Button Assistant combines your key DPS abilities into a single clickable button. Each press of this button casts the next optimal ability based on your current talent choice, with a small built-in global cooldown increase between casts (0.2 seconds), making it ideal for:

• Players needing accessibility support
• Players experimenting with new classes

It can also detect when multiple targets are nearby and switch to AoE abilities when appropriate.

• Press N to open your Spellbook
• Find the Single-Button Assistant ability
• Drag it to your Action Bar as you would with any other spell

That is it. You are good to go!