In my quest to avoid DPS related abuse during Mythic +
I have downloaded a DPS rotation addon. Maxdps i think it is. It hightlights which spells to use next?
This is slightky better. But it only makes use of like 4 spells and no buffs. Nor is there any aoe spells?
Is there more to it? Am i missing something or is it only good for single target w no buffs
It’s the base rotation it’s showing.
Utility isn’t part of the rotation, snares slows stuns buffs and such are utility and subjective based on what is required at the time.
Aoe won’t be included either, as that is situation dependent also.
Ok so i dk my own thing for Aoe and buffs.
Is the addon worth using.
Of course not. Your own judgement should be more important, especially in M+
DPS addons aren’t very good in dungeons because dungeons constantly fluctuate between ST, Cleave, AoE and Utility.
It won’t come quickly but just spend time learning the class, maybe get some weakauras to assist you (extremely good addon, plus you can just download packages for it instead of making your own) and gradually get better and better.
Try to learn the spells and what they do. Addons can only help you so much.
Although by 120 that should’ve been done by repetition alone.
If you are truely trying to improve than practice is the only thing that will really help you. Addons that show your rotation, whether it is a preset one or one you make yourself like Weakauras only help you learn, weakauras still has a lot of other applications though and is a very useful addon that you probably will only really learn to treasure once you do more with it than just your rotation.
Essentially you want to reach a point where you do not need to look at anything to do your rotation but you do it from muscle memory, sure you might want to make indicators for certain procs but essentially each time you look anywhere to check which button to press next you are taking a risk, it is the first thing you will want to learn to not do. Checking for cooldown timers quickly is fine but the more you get distracted from a fight and have to focus to keep your rotation going the more attention is naturally taken away from anything else.
The best tip I can give is use any rotation addon only for practice on a target dummy until you can do the basics blindly. Learning your class and it’s spells is the most important thing. View the addon as training wheels not as something to rely on forever.
No, it’s not a good away. It’s not even useful as training wheels, because you’ll become dependent on it, and mythics especially are too “fly by your pants” that you could relay fully on a rotation addon.
Watch some videos/guides for your spec, read up on icy veins, spend a lot of time at the dummy, and so forth. “Learn your class/spec” feels like very generic advice, but you’ll really enjoy the game more if you do. It pays off.
https://wow.curseforge.com/projects/hekili very good addon for the basic's
and also
https://wow.curseforge.com/projects/ovale
You wount do world first dps but they can help 
Icy-veins website has good written guides for rotation.
But practice is best. I’ve started playing Ret Paladin as Prot is getting nerfed for PvP and I’m really enjoying the WPvP Faction Assaults. I’m dying many times, but learning the new rotation and the utility stuff really quickly because in WPvP you have to use everything at your disposal to stay alive. There are other parts of the game where you can get away without doing some utility stuff (DPS not using interrupts, for example 
), so you never have to learn those parts of the game. The good thing about WPvP is you’re not annoying anyone else by being temporarily rubbish, and your gear damage is much less when you die.
Hey man.
Have been looking at this. Looks good.
Does it offer aoe rotations. To help with nultiple targets?
both addons do yes very easy to set up and light weight and serve as a good guide whilst learning before you know it you will be doing it all off by heart
I made use of Hekili Add-on for rotation assistance. I was able to tailor it for AoE, Single target, cooldowns, defensives, potions and interrupts.
Really helps when learning the rotations of new classes or if major changes to a Main come in. Once confident enough, it can be switched off (Or moved out of the way but kept on for handy reference).
Try using Ovale with SpellFlashCore for a more appropriate display. I think that combination should still work.
I used that on Legion on a couple of classes I levelled just for the class mounts, but never actually played.
However, these addons can only ever be training wheels, not something you can use to support your performance forever. Once you are confident in your class, you will do better than the addon. When I was playing on my mage, I was like “No, no, NO, you stupid addon, not Ebonbolt yet!” and when I was on my Shaman, I was like “Ohhhh… so THAT’s what that button does.”
If the addon is doing better than you, it’s because you haven’t got your rotation down yet, but it should boost you to 80% or so of your real capacity.
See thats why i love you so much you put in the points i forget <3
I use MAXDPS out in open world but for dungeons and pvp I use my own macros with rotations.
Get hekili - better addon
Hekill it is guys
Any help or guides on how to set up correctly. I need my training wheels lol
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