Addons
‘Must-have’ raiding addons
- Deadly Boss Mods (DBM) is a ‘must-have’ addon for raiding – it gives alerts and timers for boss abilities to give you the best change to react.
- Omen is a threat meter, allowing you to see how close you are to pulling aggro from the tank.
Other useful addons
- Grid is a great help for healers – showing all party members health bars in a small grid, it makes it easy to see who needs healing. Setting the centre icon to be curses / poision / magic / disease makes it easy to see who needs a dispel too.
- Also see the post about my UI for discussion about addons and their benefits
Addon install steps
- Download the addon
- Extract the zip file to the WoW addons folder (typically C:Program Files/WorldOfWarcraft/Interface/AddOns).
- When you login to WoW, when you are on the character selection screen you should be able to click the AddOn button to check the status of your addons.







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