performance as a player: addons & macros. It cannot be understated how much of an impact they can have on your gameplay — increasing your DPS or healing by a large percentage, preventing you from dying, etc. You will need the best addons & macros to be the best Frost Death Knight!
Addons
Addons are direct quality-of-life improvements to the existing game features. They can range from User Interface modifications to simple tools such as a Damage Meter or Threat Meter. Addons can also be used to generate text notifications or even in-game vocal notifications to keep better track of your buffs and procs. They can also be used to display boss tactics and notify you of impending threats.
- DeadlyBossMods – Allows you to track boss abilities. A must-have for raiding.
- Details – Shows you how much damage, healing, etc everyone in your raid is doing. Flex on your friends!
- WeakAuras – Extremely versatile addon that can be used to track buffs, debuffs, or create audio notifications.
- Auctionator – A great tool for any interaction with the Auction House
Macros
Frost Death Knights only have a few macros that they can use to optimize their overall gameplay, with them being general essential macros such as macros for cooldowns or for maintaining their auto-attacks.
Startattack Macro
It is optimal to have the /startattack command on all of your abilities as a melee character. Doing so allows your character to begin auto-attacking your target right away, even if you aren’t currently in range to attack them, that ability is on cooldown, etc.
#showtooltip
/startattack
/cast Frost StrikeMouseover Macro
This macro can be used to cast an ability on any target by simply hovering your mouse over it. You can either hover your mouse over the target itself or over the UI raid or party frame in the case of a friendly target. For any beneficial spell, you will want to have “Help” in your macro, and for any damaging spell you will want to have “Harm”
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover, help, nodead] Raise Ally#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover, harm, nodead] Howling BlastDefensive Macro
This macro can be used to activate multiple defensive cooldowns at the simple press of one button. You can consider this your “panic button”.
#showtooltip
/cast Anti-Magic Shell
/cast Icebound FortitudeCooldown Macro
This macro uses all of your cooldowns at once, so you don’t have to use them individually. Includes trinkets, potions, and engineering enchants. It is worth knowing that 10 is the number for the Gloves slot and 13, respectively 14, are the numbers for the Trinket slots.
#showtooltip
/cast Pillar of Frost
/use 10
/use 14
/use Golemblood PotionSelf-healing Lichborne Macro
This macro will be extremely useful for self-sustain if you choose the Lichborne talent! It allows you to use Lichborne and cast Death Coil on yourself without having to target yourself by simply spamming the button.
#showtooltip Lichborne
/cast !Lichborne;
/cast [target=PLAYERNAME] Death Coil
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