Combat, enemies, tactics, grouping, raiding

How do I know my threat?

There are different ways.

1. The default WoW aggro screen flash will tell you when you have aggro.
   • But this is too late already. You want to not get threat in the first place.
2. Name Plates will tell you when you have aggro.
   • But this is too late already. You want to not get threat in the first place.
3. [4] TidyPlates and perhaps other name plates addons can display aoe threat by picking up threat on mouseover targets. This is the only decent way to know aoe threat.
4. [5] TipTac can display threat, but this isn't convenient.
5. You can use a dedicated addon that does single-target threat display.

• [6] Simple Threat Meter
  • [SimpleThreatMeter]
  • libs/[AceAddon-3.0, AceBucket-3.0, AceComm-3.0, AceConfig-3.0, AceConsole-3.0, AceDB-3.0, AceDBOptions-3.0, AceEvent-3.0, AceGUI-3.0, AceHook-3.0, AceLocale-3.0, AceSerializer-3.0, AceTab-3.0, AceTimer-3.0, CallbackHandler-1.0, libdatabroker-1-1, LibSharedMedia-3.0, LibStub]

• [7] Threat Indicator

How do I learn the range to my target?

• [8] Simple Range Indicator
  • [SimpleRangeIndicator]
  • Libs/[AceAddon-3.0, AceConfig-3.0, AceConsole-3.0, AceDB-3.0, AceDBOptions-3.0, AceEvent-3.0, AceGUI-3.0, AceLocale-3.0, CallbackHandler-1.0, LibRangeCheck-2.0, LibSharedMedia-3.0, LibStub]
  • hidden functionality!: /sri profile choose Mine

Alternatives and misc:

• [9] RangeDisplay
• [10] tullaRange
  • Red dots on your bars to indicate out-of-range.
• [11] RangeX
  • Detect distances, buffs, spell cooldowns and their combinations.
  • Visualize your character abilities in real time to help you use the best actions you can.

How do I easily manage my assist?

Assisting is vital for making sure you're attacking the correct thing. For example, the tank's target, or your raid's main assist's target.

• [12] LiteAssist
  • [LiteAssist, LiteAssistBroker]
  • I don't need, and disable, the broker.

Boss Mods

Stop wasting your raid's time by standing in damage.

• [13] [14] Deadly Boss Mods
  • [DBM-BaradinHold, DBM-BastionTwilight, DBM-BlackwingDescent, DBM-Core, DBM-Firelands, DBM-GUI, DBM-Party-Cataclysm, DBM-PvP, DBM-ThroneFourWinds, DBM-WorldEvents]
  • [15] Deadly Boss Mods - WotLK, BC and Vanilla mods
    • [DBM-AQ20, DBM-AQ40, DBM-BlackTemple, DBM-BWL, DBM-ChamberOfAspects, DBM-Coliseum, DBM-EyeOfEternity, DBM-Hyjal, DBM-Icecrown, DBM-Karazhan, DBM-MC, DBM-Naxx, DBM-Onyxia, DBM-Outlands, DBM-Party-BC, DBM-Party-WotLK, DBM-Serpentshrine, DBM-Sunwell, DBM-TheEye, DBM-Ulduar, DBM-VoA]
  • [16] Deadly Boss Mods - LibDataBroker
    • [DBM-LDB]
    • /[CallbackHandler-1.0.lua, LibDataBroker-1.1.lua, LibStub.lua]
    • This may be optional.

• [17] Deus Vox Encounters (DXE)
• [18] Big Wigs
  • See also [19] Little Wigs, [20] WotLK, [21] BC

• [22] Raid Watch 2

How do I know when I've entered combat?

There are standard game features which can give you a notification. However, that functionality conflicts with tracking-swapping code done for combo miner-herbalists and needs to be turned off.

How do I automatically `/dnd` when entering combat?

(CombatDnd)

How do I know who started a combat?

(I can't remember the addon name.)

This will give a hint:

• [23] Who Taunted?
  • [WhoTaunted]
  • Libs/Ace3/[AceAddon-3.0, AceBucket-3.0, AceComm-3.0, AceConfig-3.0, AceConsole-3.0, AceDB-3.0, AceDBOptions-3.0, AceEvent-3.0, AceGUI-3.0, AceHook-3.0, AceLocale-3.0, AceSerializer-3.0, AceTab-3.0, AceTimer-3.0, CallbackHandler-1.0, LibStub]

Automatically turn on name plates when in combat. Then turn them off when out of combat.

• [24] tekautonameplates

How do I know when I've pulled aggro? (single-target)

How do I know when I've pulled aggro? (AoE)

(Tank) How do I know when a mob has switched targets off of me?

There is a setting within the standard WoW interface which will show(?) combat text when a mob changes targets. (what's that kind of text called? in the play field)

(Tank) How do I avoid taunting off of a tank instead of a dps/healer?

(Tank) /How do I know when a mob isn't targetting me?

[25] TankMastery

(currently removed, I'm not tanking so much)

Displays a simple icon indicating what kind of target your current target is on: You, another tank, or other.

How do I learn when a tank taunts?

(Tank) How do I know if my taunt tarket is immune?

FYI, taunts no longer miss.

• [26] Who Taunted?
  • [WhoTaunted]

(Tank) How do I know when a mob isn't targetting me? (AoE-tanking)

[27] tekautonameplates

[28] TidyPlates

Name plates replacement (the bars over top of everyone's head).

Normally if you have threat the name plate for that mob is highlit. Configure TidyPlates so that anything not attacking you is highlit.

(TODO - threat plates)