Recommended Raiding AddOns

Raiding presents not only a challenge in gameplay, but also introduces vast opportunities for some very creative and helpful AddOns. Here are just a few of the many that will help you on your path to conquering the deadliest adversaries in Azeroth and beyond.

Boss Mods

• Deadly Boss Mods -- Figuring out boss strategies is very exciting, but with how dynamic World of Warcraft's content is, that's only half the battle. Deadly Boss Mods makes the other half of that a walk in the park, thanks to a wide array of data hand-entered by the authors, that will display boss ability cooldowns, warnings for specific abilities, and a lot more. Check it out.

Threat Meters

• Omen Threat Meter -- Who's closing in on the tank's threat?! Does the tank have enough of a lead to start DPS? Omen will tell you that, and a lot more. If you're a stickler for threat management, you'll love this AddOn. Oh, and it's incredibly memory efficient, to boot, so you won't have to worry about it bogging down your computer's performance.

Raid Frames

• Grid -- Modifying your interface is all about making every facet of the game simplistic, and Grid does this perfectly. This holds especially true for healers, or players who need to cure dangerous debuffs. If you want to spice up your raiding experience, we highly suggest you check this one out.

Unit Frames

• PitBull -- This is by far the best unitframes out there right now. It is highly customizable and it's lightweight as well. It's surpassed ag_Unitframes in many ways.

Action Bars

• Bongos2 -- While the default action bars are decent, Bongos 2 bring customizing to a whole new level. If you are serious about World of Warcraft and need more then what the default action bars offer -- this is the #1 choice. By the way, even if you're unsure if you need more, check out Bongos2 to be certain you do not miss out.

Cooldown Timers

• OmniCC -- Keeping track of 8 different cooldown timers can get tedious and also distracting. Not to mention certain cooldowns are easy to forget. OmniCC keep track of them all for you and makes it simple. Result is that you can focus on other things while OmniCC does the work for you. OmniCC can also alert you when certain abilities are ready, not to mention it's a highly customizable addon.

Cast and Timer Bars

• Natur EnemyCastBar -- Everything you ever need in regards to cast and timer bars. It show you so much useful information. Even include addons for bosses and their abilities.

Combat Log

• HitsMode -- The default combat log in WoW lacks... everything. HitsMode is the remedy to this. Customize the combatlog to display information you actually WANT to see. Clean and neat.

Scrolling Combat Text

• ScrollingCombatText -- This addon have been around forever. Blizzard even released their own SCT - SCT answer? A further improved version that blow all other SCT addons away. SCT can be depended on - it has all you ever want and need when it comes to scrolling combat text - and a little bit more.

Damage Parsers

• Recount (Preservation) -- Knowing your performance (and others!) in terms of damage, healing, damage taken, healing taken etc is nice. Recount helps you with this. Locate the slackers and note the people that bring their A-game. Great for many things.

Miscellaneous AddOns

• Elkano's BuffBars -- If you're tired of the look or location of your buff bars, this AddOn is perfect for you. It turns your buff list into a vertical display, with neat, easily discernable textures and colors, giving buffs and debuffs a distinct look.
• RatingBuster -- Converts different ratings into more meaningful information (percentage) - very nice addon to have. Certainly makes your life easier.
• PallyPower (Highly recommended for Paladins) -- Must have addon as a paladin. Helps you out so much when buffing. Barely needs an explanation. Assign each paladin in the raid on what buffs to cast. Get a neat overview on who has what assigned. It shows you the timers of each buff you cast on each class and more.

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