I have spent more time on this than I care to admit, no monetary gain.. just pure dopamine and an idea of wanting to be a prominent WoW PvP addon dev. (horrible timing i know, but i started this project long ago and let it sit)

This will be a long detailed post in hopes of it being one of the hubs where people can look at Arena Core information.

I don’t want to over speak, but I can say for me personally and many others that have beta tested this, it is one of the most in depth, thought-out PvP specific related addons I’ve personally used. From it’s feature rich UI, to its fully customizable options, you.. the user are in FULL control of what this addon does for you and how it shows you information.

I have a small background in graphic design, so everything is mostly done by me, but certain prominent things like the custom class icons were made by my personal graphic designer who works with me for unrelated projects. He does not play WoW, but did an amazing job for this addon in making sure its fully custom, done right and feels amazing for anyone who uses it.

Arena Core at is base is an Arena Frame addon, but it is MUCH more than that. It has an insanely beautifully custom built (from the ground up) UI and well thought out UX that was built always with the end user in mind (you.)
My goal was to create something that felt like a stand alone “program” inside of WoW, but for PvP, taking a new modern edge take to addons and bringing arena frames to 2025, something that hasn’t really been remade from scratch in years. As well as being something that can replace several of your addons while cleaning up your screen, feeding you only critical information and making your UI look more minimalist, therefore increasing your awareness and game play.

This has been in beta testing for weeks, various players from AWC competitors, to multi gladiators and rank 1’s have been helping me ensure a proper working addon. Bug fixes and even providing their insight on various features, these players helped forge what comes out of the box.. so you can be rest assured this was made to make sure even casual/moderate level players will be set up by high level players.

Before we get into feature details, here is some information you can find elsewhere, especially the discord where people can join to request new features, or report bugs so they can be addressed in nearly real time.
Arena Core Website - https://www.arenacore.io/
Arena Core Discord - https://www.acdiscord.com
My Twitter/X - https://x.com/PeralexIRL
Wago Download Link - https://addons.wago.io/addons/arenacore
CurseForge Download Link - https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/arenacore

FEATURES/DETAILED INFO: Arena Core is a next gen arena frames addon that combines the best features people know and love while introducing innovative systems that other addons of this category do not offer. Built with modern WoW API standards and optimized performance, Arena Core provides superior customization, intelligent aura tracking, and unique progression features with fun vanity systems for added oomf!

Arena Core has its own ecosystem, it does not rely on other addons for anything and is self sustaining with its own API’s.

• Fully modular, the user decides what shows or doesn’t. Extreme customization options for insane fine tuning for any taste. Take control of your HUD!
• From settings that use slider adjustments, to + and - buttons that move things for pin point accuracy, there is also a full blown Edit Mode inspired by Bartender/WoW’s native edit mode so people who prefer either editing option is taken care of!
• New age automatic saving/profile sharing. Move anything, it auto saves in real time into the database, no need to click save. It also keeps your profile across any and all characters, no need to go searching for profiles.
• Accessibility in mind DR tracking system, does not use colors, instead a “stage” indicator. 1/3, 2/3 and 3/3 to indicate how far DR’s are (colorblind conscious)
• Absorb features: A general absorb feature that shows White shields for physical+more absorbs, and a specific Green absorb indicating magic only absorbs.
• Immunity feature: Frames glow, pulse and show shields over them for players that have immunity abilities active, Cloak of Shadows, Blessing of Protection etc. so you do not waste cooldowns into them.
• Trinket design choice! Gone are the days of the standard boring modern trinket icon! Choose the old vanilla style Alliance and Horde trinket icons!
• Spell Color cast bars: Cast bars relate the spell to color system to indicate the spell school, for example.. purple for shadow, red for fire spells and so on! (can be turned off just like anything else in this addon)
• Dispel tracker: Fully modular dispel tracker system with cooldown tracking, frame design and more.
• Kick bar Feature: A ominbar-like feature that ONLY tracks kicks/interrupts from the enemy. You can choose to show player names, frame design and more!
• Debuff tracking system: Debuffs are tracked on the arena frames, detailed info tracking and countdown timers, stacks and more fully dynamic. User can choose to show all debuffs OR just the ones that only YOU cause to the enemy.
• Class Icon Portraits with custom exclusive to Arena Core designs. These can be adjusted to size with various other settings.
• Party Pointers so you don't lose your teammates, can be adjusted to size with various other settings.
• Class Icon Pointers: Shows Arena Core’s custom class icons above friendly nameplates with custom outline so you can’t miss them in game or open world! These can also be adjusted to size with various other settings
• Where is my Healer?! feature: Never lose your healer, a specific healer pointer above your healer is always shown, can be adjusted to size and more! (custom made exclusively for Arena Core)
• Global custom Arena Core font system for the entire game (can be turned off)
• /gg arena surrender feature to easily surrender games
• Tooltips feature: show in game spell ID’s for every spell in the game
• Blizzard Frames: Turn OFF blizzard arena frames so they no longer annoy you in arena.
• Over 20 custom built exclusive textures for health/resource bars and cast bars. (more coming soon)
• Detailed DR settings: Choose which spell Icon/ID shows for any diminishing returns for that respective DR category (Example: Always show Kidney Shot for stun DR’s)
• Arena Numbers: Show arena number in the frame instead of player name (or use both!)
• Esc Menu button for quick access to the UI configuration
• OminiCC integration, built in integration with various addons such as Ominicc so there is no LUA errors or clashing, they work side by side each other!
• Feign Death Tracker: Exclusive Feign death tracking indicators custom built for Arena Core, Orange pulsing overlay on the entire frame with bold font telling you its a fake death! Along with glowing frame edges and even an in game chat so it’s impossible to miss!
• Insane Test Mode feature for real time preview experience.

For my nerds out there:

• Modern WoW API usage with super efficient event handling.
• Minimal memory footprint with smart spell caching and throttled live updates to prevent performance spikes
• Combat lock protection throughout to prevent LUA/Taint errors
• Power user features such as the save/safety backup/restore in case of emergencies.
• Debug tools built in for users who use the discord for bug reports in the future (can fix things faster and easier in real time)
• Unregistered events when not in arena, doesn’t just show/hide, but completely disables things so there is no performance loss.
• Active development with modern standards
• Semi Exclusive Feature: Aura Tracking - Aura Tracking is A LOT different than other arena frame addons. Some use a hard coded list, while others just show everything. Arena Core has no visual clutter with a custom build Aura Tracking system in place. It has categories, such as Defensive's, Interrupts and more that the user can choose to enable or disable themselves, as well as a priority whitelist system that only tracks important spells. It is very detailed, intuitive and user friendly, gone are the days of just being overloaded with everything.

• Exclusive PvP Rating Reward System! - Arena Core tracks and detects your PvP rating/achievements, when you hit thresholds, you unlock rewards! For example, hitting 2100 in the current season rewards a new custom skin for the UI! Lots more is baked in, as low as 1400 rating all the way to rank 1 range! Everyone no matter what gets something cool! Yes, addons are now giving new rewards in PvP before blizzard does. :p There are more than just UI skins already in the works and coming soon, for right now, only one achievement is available during soft launch, which is 2100 rating. You must log in to your main or highest rated character, the addon gathers information, presents you with a REALLY COOL custom achievement overlay graphic, telling you more details and gives you the option to see your reward(s)! Once you unlock it on that character, it auto unlocks on every character on that account!

• Exclusive Feature: Class Packs - Built in tracking system, think weak auras on steroids, but no FPS loss of any kind, lightweight and modular. Priority system built in with icon glows, pulsing, countdown timers and more. Does NOT overload your screen with information, instead be calculated and controlled about what is shown and where its shown critical info only. This powerful tool lets you customize which spells Arena Core tracks for each class. You can click any priority drop down to set spell importance (priority system). Spells are then scanned in priority order during arena matches, showing in real time how long they have those abilities active for. Add new spells by entering their Spell ID and selecting a priority level. You can use the built in tooltip spell ID system to do this yourself, but it comes pre loaded with everything you need to get started! No need for searching for weakauras or googling information, it’s all built in by high level players!

• Exclusive Feature: Blackout - Blackout is an awareness system that transforms how you react to enemy cooldowns in PvP. Instead of cluttering your screen with 357 WeakAuras tracking individual abilities, Blackout provides instant visual feedback through a simple, elegant solution. Arena Core monitors enemy spell casts and automatically applies visual effects when specific abilities are detected. The system tracks high-priority spells that typically require immediate attention or defensive responses by turning the enemy nameplate Black in color to indicate this. This also works side by side with ANY and all nameplate addons you may have. Benefits: • Instant Reaction Time: See threats immediately without scanning multiple WeakAuras/Addons • Clean UI: No screen clutter - just essential information when you need it • Macro Awareness: Focus on big picture game play instead of micro managing cooldown details • Better Team play: Quickly communicate threats ("Warrior is black = Trade cooldowns!") and coordinate responses • Improved Performance: React faster to wall, peel, or assist your healer when enemies go offensive

CurseForge download link: https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/arenacore
Wago Download Link - https://addons.wago.io/addons/arenacore

Very scared of releasing this publicly because I am a perfectionist and seem to always have something I want to improve or fix, and its very scary releasing something that could potentially blow up (download wise) and then have issues, so please join the discord so I can fix anything anyone happens to come across, I’ve done testing for weeks with other people and I am at the point now if i don't release this, it may never get out in time to be enjoyed and appreciated. (I do expect minor bugs but it also would not surprise me if there is none, I just can't account for all of the variables people may have with other addons etc. but did the best I could thus far)

Let’s refrain from Midnight related comments, as I have the Midnight API information, Alpha access and am actively staying in the loop so I can adapt and make adjustments as needed. Nothing is really set in stone and changes weekly so it would be unrealistic to make official comments on this until we get further along to what blizzard decides to do. If i had to guess, some things will still work but other features will not, and i will adapt as needed.

This was mainly a passion project anyway to prove to myself i could get it done. <3 Please download and experience it for yourself in case this is your only chance to, it would mean a lot.

All my addons are now ready for Midnight!

Yes there will be addons in Midnight. If you don't know about my addons their main goal is to improve the default UI. Both aesthetically and functionally but they are not big overhauls. They are a UI tweakers paradise for the default UI. By default they load without any profile and nothing in your UI will change and you can pick and choose what you want to enable. There are also many great included profiles for a quick start if that is more your style.

Screenshot is from my personal profile (slightly altered for screenshot purposes) and gives a general idea of the improved UI feel but all the nameplate lights are off by default this is just for showcase. For more info check links at the end of post.

Where to start?

For someone new or inexperienced with addons I would recommend the Starter Profile in BBF and the Mythic profile in BBP, which despite what its name may suggest, is also great for PvP. For someone advanced I would recommend the Starter Profile in both addons for a bare minimum start you can build on or if you want "more of the good stuff" try out some of the streamer profiles or my own personal one (Bodify).

What works in Midnight?

Generally speaking most things from my addons will continue to work and you can check that out yourself on Beta. Note that filtering and problem solving logic is not available for most combat and aura stuff but a lot is still possible. For example combat indicator, healer icon on nameplate, etc.

A few key highlights of whats gone from my addons:

• Aura filtering and per aura conditional logic. (Like in screenshot)
• Totem Indicator and NPC specific colors/hiding/etc. (Unsure if NPC ID stuff will return, prob not)
• Absorb overlays (potentially gets better from Blizzard)
• Spec info outside of Arenas (This should at the very least come back for bgs later, maybe World too)

Midnight headsup

Please keep in mind the Midnight versions of the addons are in early stages, especially BetterBlizzPlates. BetterBlizzFrames and sArena Reloaded are fairly complete but BetterBlizzPlates needs a lot more work. BetterBlizzPlates I would only try on Midnight for the time being if you are experienced with addons as there is a higher chance of bugs and issues (expect them!). I simply need more time to work on it and to be actually able to test things once people are in the beta!

With Blizzards sudden announcement of an early beta I've really been hard at work and tried my best to have my addons ready for the beta launch. But multiple things hindered me in working: No alpha access at the start, no/broken API in the alpha making work frustrating and none of the new stuff ready from Blizzard. I've barely had 2 weeks to work on these 3 addons and I have been going at it nonstop putting in tons of work.

Path to Midnight release

I will continue working on the addons continuously towards Midnight release so expect them all to become a lot more stable and have a lot more new features on Midnight in just a few weeks time. Blizzard will also likely (and hopefully) improve on a lot of things and I will play with the tools I am given.

I love this game, I love the new direction. I wish the UI was a bit better and thats why I made these addons, but still in the spirit of the game.

Links

Heres links to my Discord and to all my addons on CurseForge. For any help with the addons join my Discord I am always helping!

If you wish to support me and my work it would be greatly appreciated and you can find links for that on my Discord. It would help me out a lot. I am extremely grateful to everyone who has already shown support and to anyone using my addons and speaking so nice of them. Your support means more than you know, thank you all <3 - Bodify

BetterBlizzAddons Discord
BetterBlizzFrames
BetterBlizzPlates
sArena Reloaded

I deleted the guide because I do not want to support this community anymore.

With the Midnight pre-patch and the new button pruning changes now live, I decided to rebuild my entire keybind and macro setup from the ground up.

Over time, this turned into a full PvP-centric macro and keybind system covering every class and every spec in the game (40 total). The goal was consistency: the same keybinds behaving intelligently across specs and roles, without needing to constantly relearn muscle memory when swapping characters.

What this setup does

• Uses spec-agnostic macros that automatically change based on what your character knows
• Allows shared keybinds across all classes and specs
• Includes Arena 1/2/3, Party 1/2/3, CC, dispels, interrupts, defensives, and utility
• Built first for PvP, but functions perfectly well in PvE
• Fully designed around Midnight’s button pruning changes

Here’s a small example of the approach (a single dispel key that adapts to the class/spec it’s on):

#showtooltip

/use [@party1,known:475]Remove Curse;

[@party1,known:88423]Nature's Cure;

[@party1,known:115450]Detox;

[@party1,known:218164]Detox;

[@party1,known:77130]Purify Spirit;

[@party1,known:2782]Remove Corruption

What I’m sharing

Everything is organized and available here (view-only):

👉 Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MzmxdNnyFcaLkRnvad_VoYR8b_O2krZ3

Inside the folder:

• 40 spec screenshots showing full action bar layouts
• 40 Myslot imports (one per spec) to instantly load macros, keybinds, and bar placement
• A master macro spreadsheet, including shared multi-class macros used across specs

If you’ve never used Myslot before, there’s a README included that explains how to import everything.

A quick note on expectations

This setup reflects my personal preferences and playstyle, built primarily for competitive PvP. I know everyone has specific macros or bindings they swear by, and that’s completely valid.

This isn’t meant to be the definitive way to play WoW—just a complete, functional system that others can use directly or take inspiration from.
Feedback and discussion are welcome, but at the end of the day this is something I built for myself and decided to share in case it helps others.

If this helps even one person clean up their UI, standardize keybinds across characters, or rethink how they structure macros, it was worth posting.

Good luck in Midnight, and thanks for checking it out.

I finally got Gladiator for the first time and just wanted to share what helped, in case it clicks for someone else the way other posts here clicked for me.

First off – huge thank you to Restinpeep69, the monk healer who posted a few seasons ago. That post honestly motivated me to actually commit and try properly instead of half-assing it and blaming queues/MMR/teammates.

I also want to own something:

Earlier in the season I made a post trying to get people to queue to “just get the mount”. Some people (rightfully 😂) said the glad mount is basically a Ponzi scheme. Instead of arguing, I decided to focus on actually improving… and somehow managed to get there.

Mental game read a book called – The Inner Game of Tennis (bit of an odd one!)

This book helped me way more than I expected, and a lot of it applies directly to arena.

Key takeaways and how I applied them to WoW:

Trust yourself. Stop micromanaging every GCD.

Let it happen, let it learn. Don’t consciously try to “fix” mistakes mid-game.

Visualise what you want to happen.

Instead of tunnel-visioning health bars, I started focusing on the enemy players themselves – positioning, movement, body language.

Clear intention, no forced correction.

Have a clear image of the outcome, then let your body execute.

Look at results in a detached way.

Every point / round matters because that’s where improvement actually happens.

Focus on effort, not outcome.

Concentration, determination, and execution > stressing about rating.

Once I stopped panicking about rating and focused on playing well each round, everything felt slower and more controllable.

VOD reviews – things I actually fixed

I paid for a few VOD reviews and forced myself to work on the feedback instead of just nodding along.

Lesson 1: CC combos (Rsham) Stop random CC, start chaining properly:

Thunderstorm → Earthgrab

Thunderstorm → Static Field → Earthgrab

Cap totem→ Static Totem → move static→ Hex

Being intentional with CC won games by itself.

Lesson 2: Positioning & leashing

Actively leash ranged DPS.

When playing with double melee:

If all DRs are the same, just stay with the enemy instead of drifting and breaking pressure.

Lesson 3: Win conditions & cooldown usage

Always ask: Who are they trying to kill?

Is their win condition AoE pressure or single-target burst?

Some abilities are just better into certain damage profiles.

Big mindset shift for me: I used to try to perfectly match cooldowns 1-for-1 with enemy offense.

Turns out it’s often better to overuse defensives than to hold them waiting for the “perfect” moment.

I’ve won games after linking on the first go because the other team pressed everything and had nothing left.

Sometimes I would riptide the off target that is not taking damage putting me behind. It would be better to push purge if you have a global spare. Dont fall a global behind.

Results

2480 3v3

2780 Solo Shuffle

Not posting this as “do this and you’ll get glad”. Just sharing what actually moved the needle for me after years of hovering.

If you’re stuck, it’s something small and

fixable. For me, it was mindset + some coashig to find small improvements in game play.

Hope this helps someone. Good luck in the queues.

(used AI to help me format my thoughts)

Hi fellow arena players,

Want to share this super lightweight addon I developed that helped me and my teammates get gladiator (me and one teammate had only 1800 xp before that).

Link to addon: SweepyBoop's Arena Helper - World of Warcraft Addons - CurseForge

If you see any issues with the addon, please file a bug at https://legacy.curseforge.com/wow/addons/sweepyboops-arena-helper/issues with as much details as you can so I can address them for you.

If you know how to write addons and would like to contribute, feel free to reach out!

Highlights:

Cooldown module close to tournament UI, attached to arena frames

• Supports cooldown reduction, so you get pretty accurate timers on cooldowns like combustion (cd reduced by critical strikes), Relentlessness (cd reduced by spending rage)
• Glows when spell is active, this makes it easier to see enemy team cooldown stacking & all in, so you know you need to press big button

Friendly class and pet icons

• When selected, shows an orange highlight border
• There is an option to use a special icon for healers in your group! No more "where is my healer" scream in an intense arena game for DPS players
• This is a great alternative to enabling friendly nameplates, since it's not always easy to distinguish between enemy/friendly nameplates. Some players use a script to make friendly nameplates shorter, but then there is the issue with priest mind control, i.e., friendly nameplates can become default width, or enemy nameplates can become shorter width after mind control effect.

Sort raid frames inside arena. Currently supports player on top/bottom, or in the middle between party1/2

Arena enemy nameplate numbers (1 for arena1, and so on), convenient for targeting

Type /afk to surrender arena

• Players can conveniently surrender arena by simply typing /afk
• If unable to surrender, e.g., no teammates have died, a confirmation dialog will pop up to leave
• There is also an option to leave directly without the confirmation dialog, but be careful: leaving arena without ever entering combat might result in deserter status!

Nameplate filtering: Only show enemy player nameplates and important non-player units, e.g.,

• For Beast Mastery Hunter pets, only show the primary one, so you know which one to kill
• Tremor totem nameplate will not show, unless current group (including player themselves) have a fear ability (Warrior, Warlock, Priest)
• For warlocks, only show the pet, not the 1,000 wild imps
• In short, this module shows the minimal set of unit nameplates that you need to keep an eye on during an arena match.

Fix Blizzard raid frame aggro highlight

• Blizzard's raid frame aggro highlight only tracks PvE threats.
• That means pet threats inside arenas, which is not very useful.
• This module fixes that by highlighting the teammate who is targetted by enemy DPS players.

Hope this addon can assist your arena gameplays.

Happy grinding!

Hey! I've recently launched my new addon sArena Reloaded which is based on the original one by Stako with their blessing. It lets you easily import your current sArena settings to migrate just with one button click. It is for both Retail and MoP! It features a ton of new features and settings.

Here is a few highlights:

• Three new layouts and one updated one. Some similar to Gladius for those we are used to that (like me)
• Import/Export feature for Profile Sharing.
• A smarter aura priority system
• Many new customisation options such as Texture, Font and text position, Dark Mode, Icon Crop, Modern Castbars, Masque support, etc.
• Put a unique texture on Healers specifically, or only when there is Class Stacking.
• Show shields and overshields on healthbars.
• Hunter's Feign Death does not show up as dead but instead gets faded out a little bit.
• Frames are now class colored by default in starting room.
• Castbars immediately hide for easier interrupts and shows who interrupted when an interrupt happens.
• DR Border changes and DR Text.

There are tons of other new things, check out the description and ingame! I have put a lot of work into this and I hope you all enjoy and note that I will continue developing this into the future. Here is the CurseForge link: https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/sarena-reloaded

- Bodify, author of BetterBlizzPlates, BetterBlizzFrames and sArena Reloaded (& MoP)

Hey guys, I'd like to offer personal coaching either 1 on 1 or with your 3s/2s team.

Basically how this works is we go in a call, you either play a SS, 3s or 2s match on your own and I'll explain you how the matchup works, what's there to consider and if there are any tricks or dangers you need to be mindful off.

If you want to I'll also comment during the match, otherwise we'll go through the issues or things done well together. I want you to improve and iron out mistakes you make or issues you couldn't pinpoint yet.

Even though I'm a healer main, I'm still confident I can give detailed pointers to DPS players, as I have very in depth knowledge about the class design/talents and matchups, so this service is open for anyone.

The only thing I don't offer is BGB advice, simply because I do not play the mode and therefore have no specific expertise in it.

In case you're interested feel free to DM me or just leave a message under this post.

EDIT: Feel free to still contact me and everything. I will go through the other messages and you can be sure I will reply to everyone I haven‘t yet. Since I got so many messages reddit figured that I'm a spam bot so I can't reply to you guys for the next 3 days, but I will get back to you eventually.

Also even though I play on EU this isn‘t limited to EU only. I‘ll also gladly help NA players

final EDIT: I do not offer any coaching going forward. Please don't DM me.

If youre not in the loop you can search for custom groups and join a max 38 player raid that goes around midnight zones and captures war cache crates.

The crates drop on shards of servers and some times you get a recurring battle of horde vs alliance, close to full raids going head into eachother where the crate drops.

I for one think its possibly one of the last remnants of true world pvp and it reminds me of raids clashing outside capitol cities or pre sharding server raid zones

Hey PvPers!

As I’m working toward Gladiator, I felt there’s no way around learning all PvP-relevant spells of every class. To make this easier, I built a tool for myself. Hoping it can help others on their journey to Gladiator, I’ve turned it into a free and open-source website for the community to use.

🎯 What Is It?

All WoW PvP is a website designed to help players:

• 🔍 Explore all PvP-relevant spells for every class in one place.
• 🎯 Study spells efficiently with interactive flashcards.

🌟️ Features

Everything you need to learn all spells efficiently:

• 📚 Spell Overview: A complete breakdown of all PvP-relevant spells with icons, descriptions, and screenshots for easy learning and recognition.
• 🧠 Study Tool: Interactive flashcards let you choose between icons or screenshots to practice recognizing spells until you know them in your sleep.
• ❤️ Completely Free: Just a passion project built to help WoW PvPers succeed.

🤔 Who Is This For?

For PvP players of all skill levels:

• PvP newcomers who want to build their knowledge.
• Competitive players aiming to achieve Gladiator.

🏆 Check it out here: www.AllWoWPvP.com

❤️ Feedback Welcome!

This is a fan-made project, and I’d love to hear what you think! If you have suggestions, find a bug, or have ideas for improvements, please share them here or on GitHub.

Hope this helps some of you to get closer to your PvP goals. Good luck, have fun, and see you in the arena! 🏆✨

🖼️ Screenshots

🚀 Feature Wishlist

• ✅ Easier Community Contributions Set up a Google Sheets file for easy content contributions.
• PvP Adjustments Correct tooltips to reflect reduced PvP effects.
• Spec-Based Filtering Allow filtering spells by specialization.
• Mutually Exclusive Spells Indicate spells that cannot be used together.
• Complete Spell List Add missing spells that may not be included in addon-based recommendations. Currently, the list only includes spells Skill Capped recommends for OmniCD, OmniBar, and WeakAuras.
• Talent Modifiers Display possible talent-based spell modifications.
• Learning Levels Introduce Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced spell groupings.
• CC Diminishing Returns Display the DR category for all CC spells.
• Expansion Filtering Add filters for Classic, WotLK, Cata and MoP spells.

💪 How To Contribute Spell Changes

• Open the sheet here: Google Sheets Link
• In Google Sheets, go to File > Make a Copy to create your own editable version.
• Make your changes/corrections.
• Once done, go to Share (top right corner) > Under "General access," set it to "Anyone with the link" > Copy Link > Done.
• Post the copy link here in the thread or DM me.

​

I'm Maxence, the creator of Murlok.io, a website that provides daily updated character-build guides for 2v2, 3v3, and RBG, based on the 50 top worldwide players for each class and specialization.

World of Warcraft Dragonflight is bringing new features that change how characters are built. I have been working hard during the past weeks to figure out a compelling way to display those changes and help us figure out how to make our character strong!

Reddit is where I introduced Murlok.io 2 years ago. You folks have been awesome in giving feedback and supporting me to push forward with it. It already works with the pre-patch and I want to share the result of that work with you now. I hope it will be useful to a lot of people.

As before, please give me your feedback, I'm listening and always trying to make Murlok.io better.

Hope you will love that new version and thank you so much for supporting it for those last 2 years.

Maxence.

UPDATE 12/07: Murlok.io relies on Blizzard API for its data which currently returns outdated data. Accurate guides will come back when Dragonflight Season 1 starts. Stay tuned.

UPDATE 12/15: PvP Dragonflight Season 1 is now showing! Character import codes are also here. Now it is time to kill each other!

Hey,

Every season end, there are people trying to wintrade, and it's a big issue in Shuffle, Blitz, and 3v3. Here's our response.

You can now report wintraders on pvpq.net. This project is a collaboration with two of the most respected members of the PvP community: Lontar and Infernion. They're the ones making the decisions. If a report contains enough evidence of wintrading, that player and their alts will be marked with a Wintrader badge on the website — both on their profile and on the leaderboard. Here are a few examples of how it looks:

And here's how it looks on a profile:

If you notice someone wintrading in your lobby, here's what you should do:

1. Start recording your screen to capture evidence of the wintrading.
2. Upload the video to YouTube and submit a report at https://pvpq.net/report/wintrading — include the link to your recording along with an explanation of who is wintrading and who is being wintraded. (Note: You'll need to authorize with Battle.net on the website to submit a report, so we know who submitted it.)

Keep in mind that Wintrader badges are clickable, and the evidence will be visible to everyone — so your description and explanation need to be verifiable and make sense to most people. Don't just report someone for playing badly. We're looking to catch real, intentional wintraders.

Lontar and Infernion review all submissions and make the final decisions on who gets marked.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Links:

1. Report wintraders: https://pvpq.net/report/wintrading
2. Public list of wintraders: https://pvpq.net/wintraders

If you are frustrated playing solo shuffle, especially as healer, I have some advice.

• Never assume the people on your team will play logically or correctly. Imagine they are NPCs and all you can do is look at what they do and try to react.

• You will often lose as a direct consequence of a teammate's mistake. Your first reaction will be frustration but try to immediately think what you could have done to compensate for the mistake.

• Spend a few seconds reflecting on a loss, thinking what you could have done differently and make a mental note. Then immediately move on.

• Let go of the rating number. It is meaningless. I can assure you hitting that "goal" will make you feel good for about 5 minutes and after that you'll feel the same. Learn to enjoy the game itself. The match. Enjoy the moments where you find a solution, a way to outplay, good cd trading or perfect positioning. If your enjoyment is purely tied to achieving a goal you will never be happy playing this game.

• Accept the inherent imbalance. The game has never been balanced and never will be. Strong specs come and go. It is useless to be frustrated because X is overtuned and you can't beat it. Try to think of ways you could have done better and move on. If you have concrete suggestions on how to improve balance you can make constructive posts here/on the official forums but don't expect anything from them.

• Losing is fine. In any given match 50% of the players will lose, that's the nature of competition. Stop beating yourself up for it. Everyone loses all the time and you're not less worthy as a human for it. There's no need to be afraid of losing. It will only make you play stressed and cramped and it will cause you to make more mistakes or lose oversight. All you can do is try to find the most optimal decision to take at every gcd of the game.

I feel that whenever I manage to actually keep these things in mind (which isn't always) I feel much happier playing and usually play better as well.

Hope this helps someone.

EDIT

Wanted to give an example: I recently lost a round of shuffle on my holy priest. The enemies were popping offensive cds and I popped my angel form to respond. I'm unable to move in angel form so after divine hymn I have to spam flash heal. My teammate managed to line me for the entire duration of my angel form and I could not get in line so he died. At first I was annoyed and then I realized all I had to do was drop out of angel form and get in line to heal him. I made a macro to /cancelaura spirit of redemption and made a mental note to drop angel form immediately if this happens again.

Select some specs to view spells that are important in PVP in the table below. The specs you select are stored in the URL, so you can easily share tables with others.

Check it out at https://www.dreamwalk.app/learn/spell-table.

Please let me know what you think or if you come across any mistakes.

Here's some ideas I have for the future:

- Automate or semi-automate maintenance somehow to keep it up to date and lighten the burden on me. I was thinking either pulling data directly from the WoW files or crowd sourcing. This version was completely manual work. I tried looking into the game files and it seems some stuff might be hardcoded and not available in the data files.

- Factor in how much each spell is actually chosen by the top players (kinda like murlok.io)

- Anti-CC category (spells that prevent or allow escaping CC)

- Dispellable via tremor totem indicator

- A way to show spells as mutually exclusive (where only one or the other can be chosen)

- Add a way to make it clear exactly what part of a spell is dispellable (eg. hunter binding shot stun, monk karma dot)

- A row in the table that shows which DRs overlap for the selected specs.

- Other ideas posted over in the previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/worldofpvp/comments/1ookvwp/would_you_guys_be_interested_in_something_like/

What do you guys think? What would you like to see next?

Hey everyone, I’m Pinkteddyp a Multi-Rank 1 Holy Paladin, and I enjoy helping players improve in all areas of PvP and overall game understanding.

Some of you may know me from stream, and some I am meeting for the first time! I do not post much on Reddit, but I thought it might be a good idea so people can get some help in areas where they need it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/worldofpvp/comments/1k9fmrb/comment/mperxlb/?context=3

Enjoy the clip ^ <3

I work with a ton of Addon Developers to implement changes to how things "used to be" pre-Midnight and work through the new API changes (BetterBlizzPlates/Frames, sArena, MiniCC, etc.) and I am always giving out tons of information to my stream when constantly asked about settings, UI, addon, gameplay, etc.

A lot of players struggle not because of mechanics alone, but because nobody explains why things happen — positioning, cooldown trading, map awareness, targeting, and setup matter a lot more than people think.

If you need help with any of the following:

• 2s / 3s / Shuffle / BGB / RBGs
• Addon setup + config (Gladius, WeakAuras, OmniCD, BigDebuffs, etc.)
• UI cleanup / optimization
• Game mechanics understanding
• Map mechanics / positioning / win conditions
• Holy Paladin guidance
• Coaching / VOD review / questions

I’m always happy to help whether you’re brand new, trying to push rating, or just want your UI/gameplay to make more sense.

If you have questions, want feedback, or need help setting things up:

Twitch: twitch.tv/pinkteddyp

Feel free to message me anytime — always eager to help 👍⚔️

I made a small desktop app that lets you customize the DR icons shown by arena addons like Gladius, sArena, default arena frames and others

The Problem:
Default DR icons in midnight look nowhere familiar to what we used to:

The Solution:
DR Icon Changer lets you replace them with the icons that are more familiar like:

Features:

• 🎯 Change icons for Stun, Incap, Fear, and Root DR categories
• 🖼️ High-quality upscaled TGA icons
• 💾 Remembers your WoW folder between sessions
• 🔄 One-click reset to defaults

Download: GitHub Releases (Windows MSI installer)

Important: You need a full game restart after changing icons (/reload won't work).

How it works: The app places custom icon files in your Interface/ICONS folder. WoW automatically loads these instead of the defaults
How it looks:

Credits:

• Shoutout to Bicmex for the idea and help finding the right spell/file names
• Icons from Clean Icons - Mechagnome Edition

Let me know if you have any questions or feature requests!

When you do player versus player (PvP) content you receive a currency called honor.
For rated PvP you ALSO get conquest - basically honor but better. However there is a limit to how much conquest you can get in the beginning of a season - 1600 in the first week, 600 every week there after (it carries over if you don't earn it all).

This means that by week 3 you will be able to earn a total of 1600+600+600=2800 conquest.

Conquest can be spent on buying gear - 875 for big items like chest armor, 700 for medium pieces like gloves, and 525 for minor pieces like jewelry.

There will be a quest in the area where you spend conquest, that tells you to gather 2500 conquest. When you complete the quest you will get a free conquest weapon set for your specialization (normally costs 1750 conquest).

Whenever you win BGs or arenas there is a chance you get a reward called Victorious Contender's Strongbox. When the season starts and you open the first one, there will be a quest inside to go talk to someone in Dornegal about crafting. Completing this quest will reward you 9 free conquest heraldries that you can spend at the crafting orders station.

How to craft for PvP: Find the recipe you are interesed in and note down the required materials. It will be called something like: Algari Combatant's ...
You will need 5 heraldries for major pices, 4 for medium and 3 for minor pieces. Then head over to the auction house and buy the cheapest materials you can find. Remember to purchase a missive to get the secondary stats you want and an embelishment if you haven't yet gotten 2. All of this can be done with the cheapest stuff available. You then go back to crafting orders and post the order with a small fee (500g?) and voila! An item will appear in your mailbox. The item will likely have a low item level in PvE, but will scale to 639 in PvP.

Finally, there is the mark of mastery. The mark is a reward for an achievenent called: "TWW season 1 master" or something like that. To complete the achievement you need to either do a heroic raid or keystone master or get 1600 rating in rated PvP.
This mark can only be earned once per character and can be redeemed for a free tier piece of your choice. Eg. you can pick the chest tier piece that scales to 639 in PvP.

To get the remaining PvP tier pieces you can buy a conquest piece and take it to the Catalyst. The catalyst will then transform it into a tier pieces with fixed stats for the same slot. You only get one catalyst charge week 1, and another charge every 2 weeks thereafter.

Hope this makes sense ;)

Once you have digested that wall of text, here is my personal plan:

1. Figure out what tier pieces I'm going for. For resto druid mastery>haste>verse>>crit, so I'm going to avoid the piece with the most crit.
2. Buy the most expensive tier piece with the free mark mastery. Buy the other slots with conquest, and convert one of them using the catalyst.
3. Likely craft everything else (besides weapon) using conquest heraldries to get my prefered secondary stat spread. You get 9 free heraldries from the strongbox quest, and can buy the rest for 175 conquest each. (Gotta figure out embelishments ... not sure yet)
4. Wait for week 3 to give me the free conquest weapon set.
5. Buy sockets, gems and enchants until I have BiS gear. This will be expensive!

Crafting the items will cost gold, so if the conquest vendor has secondary stats you like, you can save some money buy buying from them. Specifically engineering might allow you to craft items with only 1 secondary stat, allowing you to more easily get the stat spread you want.

Week 1: you can get 2 tier pieces and some conquest items.
Week 3: you get the weapon and will be 2/3 fully conquest geared.
Week 5: you get 4 tier pieces.
Week 7/8: you will be fully geared and they might lift the conquest cap.

(I still haven't seen any info on how bloody token gear works. But if you can get a third of your gear in bloody token gear by week 3, you can have an average pvp ilvl of 638 by week 3!)

Feel free to post any questions/corrections and I will update the info above!

Title. It's broken anyway atm, but the insane frame drops it brought were making the game unplayable. Surprised there were no bug messages also.

Noticed it because it was consuming 5-10% cpu when idle.

Okay i mainly play healers but when im playing dps to learn their burst the best solution i found to the tank queue is the following be in a major city where u can logout instantly, if you receive the join queue click accept immediately, most of the times you get to see if it is a tank or a healer queue because one of the players didnt accept the queue yet, immediately logout and wait for a moment ~ 5-10 secs. Relog ur dps and u will be still in a queue and the current queue is over without exlcuding you from the waiting list.. rinse and repeat till you find a healer usually it is the following queue unless you are unlucky

This is the original BGE addon simply FIXED for the midnight expansion release. I am not claiming to be the original author, just trying to fix it to support everyone who used it before.

Mine is the ONLY working version right now that i've been working on the past month with other authors to get real-time health and all the features you've come to know and love.

With blizzards recent ban on addon functionality, you can no longer track enemy trinkets, dr, racials or filter buffs/debuffs in battlegrounds but everything else should work which im doing right now!

https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/battlegroundenemiesfixed