Healbot - Guide for setup in a PvP enviroment! (archiviert)

Von tangneyp Letztes Update: 23.05.2017 Patch: 5.3.0

Healbot Setup (PvP Enviroment)

Note: I don't PvE, but this guide can be used to be setup for a PvE environment as well

HealBot and where to download, I have included a copy of my saved variables, located in the Cure section of the guide

HealBot allows for 60 key mouse combinations to cast any beneficial spell

On Use items can be added

Custom Macro can be used

Set your own custom debuff alerts

HealBot can be used as a decursive

HealBot can be used to monitor missing buffs

HealBot will sync with incoming heals with other healers

Can be used my non-healers, i.e melee can use bandages, battle res and lots more!

Shared Media

Additional Fonts

Healbot

Curse

/hb h - display help

/hb o - toggles options

/hb d - Reset options to default

/hb ui - Reload UI

/hb ri - Reset HealBot

/hb t - Toggle Healbot between disabled and enabled

/hb skin <skinName> - Switch Skins

/hb tr <Role> - Allows setting which role has highest priority for SubSorts 'TANK', 'HEALER' or 'DPS'

1. Getting Started

Options > Skins > General

Type "accountwide" or whatever you wish into New Skin Press Save

Options > Skins > General

Make sure the profile is selected

2. Language

Options > General

Select your Language in the dropdown menu and click set

3. Customizing your Bars

If you have not downloaded the Shared Media the default textures are just as good, so lets begin by changing your texture to whichever suits you, change No. groups per column: 1, change your Height and Width, I would go with a height and width that is easy to see 25 Raid Frames, you can test this by going to the Options > Test.

I have changed the Health Bar color to R 1.00 G 1.00 B 1.00 and Background Bar to R 0.25 G 0.25 B 0.25, this can be done by selecting the option Custom in the drop down menu

Note the Enabled Opacity, this can be changed to 100% if you wish, what it does is basically when you are in range to heal someone, if someone who is not taking damage there unit frame will not light up, upon taking direct damage this will change to the colour you have set

Note the Out of Range Opacity (20%), depending on which texture you choose to go with, you may have to play around with this setting until you find which is comfortable for you

Options > Skins > Bars

Play around with it!

4. Customizing your Bar Text

Firstly, change your Font to whichever suits you, along with the Font Size option.

Because the background is set to white, I have selected Colour text by class"

Note - the option Show health on bar if you wish to use this, I would suggest using the as percentage option, located in the drop down menu. If you wish to use the Include incoming heals the addon will show a percentage estimate or health number on the next incoming heal

If you wish to use a different colour on your unit frame, deselect the Colour text by class option, located under the Font Outline is 3 Bars, Enabled | Disabled | Debuff, you can custom choose your own colours by clicking on the corresponding square

Options > Skins > Bar Text

5. Icons

Change your icon size on the slider Icon Scale.

Select your Icon Position - Left Side means Buffs on Left, Debuffs are on Right, Right Side is the opposite, Buffs are on the Right, while Debuffs are Left

Under Opacity: Always use enabled, You will see your Class Options I would suggest going through all these and disable anything that is unnecessary. You can filter all personal CD's for each class. Example I have disabled all Paladin's Eternal Flame as I do not wish to see these buffs, however I play a disc priest, so if you're in a group with another Priest and wish to see who has Power Word: Shield active, From the Filter drop down menu select Priest, All spells drop down menu select Power Word: Shield, Finally in the Show Icon menu select My Class. Note this is important, If you select Self Cast's only you will only see your own Shield's that have been cast on the group, this will cause some frustration if you try to cast a shield on someone that already has a shield active

Best thing to do is keep it clean and to a minimum, for example tracking Pain Suppression used by all Priests in the group, Life Cocoon used by Monks etc so that you do not overlap your CD's with another healer, by doing this you will effectively be able to manage your personal cooldowns

Options > Skins > Icons

6a. HeadersHeader Options

Change your Bar Colour and Text Colour by clicking on each of the bars to whichever colour you wish.

Next choose your Texture, Height, Width, Font and Font Size. If you wish to have a Font Outline, press the option in the drop-down menu.

Note if you disable Show Headers using the Frame options you will need to provide a name for your custom unit frame shown in pic 6c, this will only apply if you wish to setup your own healing groups

Options > Skins > Headers

Play around with the options to suit your unique look!

6b Frames

Show Headers

This is just a example on how to create the a Healer group as shown above, you can play around with the extra frames and create your own unique healing settings. I prefer everything In one neat square, but the option to create focus frames etc is a great addition to the options available in this addon. For example you are doing a RBG and someone is defending a base, you could add them to your list of targets with custom debuffs enabled explained in the next part, you can instantly tell he that defender is in trouble - i.e Sap or getting nuked (default keybind for this is alt+scroll wheel down). I suggest playing around with the different options you can create, this example shows Group and Healer

I am using Frame 1 + 2 for this example, with Frame 1 selected, change your Frame Scale, Font Size etc

Next do the same for Frame 2 (accessed via the drop-down menu) make sure to assign the Frame anchors the same, otherwise they will pop up in different places on your screen

Next Click on Assign Heal Groups or alternatively you can access this at Options > Skins > Healing

Using the up/down arrows, move your groups as you please, using the drop-down menu, assign Frame 1 to 1:Group and Frame 2 to 2:Healers. Note you will have to be in a group with some peeps to test this that have selected a healer role, or just go into a BG if you don't want to bother anyone.

You will notice that both these frames have taken to your settings you provided in Options > Skins > Frames, its a extremely nice feature to have, just play around with it to suit your needs, if you're a Raid Healer in a Guild, you always have those 1 or 2 people that never move from fire, Create a Group, Call it "Nubs that stand in fire", Fraps it, and shame them!.

Options > Skins > Frames

Add your own name at Frame Title

Options > Skins > Healing

Organise your group by using the Sort feature

7 Cure

This section totally depends on your playstyle, I use the in-game unit frames combined with healbot to check for debuffs, however I have set it up that it lights up like a christmas tree to react to certain abilities used

You will need a layout in mind and a color display of what you would prioritize to dispel and or other abilities like stuns, aoe silences etc, for example giving a player Hand of Freedom as he/she is caught in some roots, but only to have wasted it as you didn't realise that player was also Feared at the same time, meaning instead of wasting your Hand of Freedom, you could of used your Dispel and then gave the player Hand of Freedom to counter the Mages roots who is still trying to kill your team-mate while you go off and CC that Priest/Warlock or for example your up against a Frost Mage/Affliction Lock, your team mate has has the following debuffs on him Frost Nova and Unstable Affliction, I dispel only to get a Silence from the UA, my team-mate is straight into a Deep Freeze so setting up a Deep Freeze priority list and dispelling all 3 at the same time will result in better dispel management

My way of dealing with this was too

Set up a Priority 1 "I must dispel this straight away, or when I can" ie - Deep Freeze, Fears, Shadowfury, Polymorphs, since these are dispel-able abilities, I want the unit frame bar to turn a certain color - blue for Priority 1 magic dispels, however I also would like to know if my team-mate that is defending a base is ok, i.e - I would like to be alerted if that player has been Sapped or Blinded, I would still put these into Priority 1 but changing the bar color to Red for a instant alert on my frame so that I can react and or tell a team-mate to rush to his/her aid before we loose that base, I also have Silence debuffs set to Priority 1 such as I can tell instantly when people are standing and rooted in a Solar Beam
For my Priority 2 setup I choose to go with alerts for that caused AOE debuffs such as Earthgrab Totem, Shadowfury, I also wanted to be able to see for example if a player might be stuck in Asphyxiate and or Necrotic Strike
For Priority 3 I went with just the usual magic dispels
Priority 4 tells me when someone is suffering from a Disease effect, DK's dots etc. I did however put Devouring Plague on my Priority 1 list, if the Priest is spec'd into Insanity you're better off to immediately dispel this to stop that burst
Priority 5 are Poison's
Priority 6 are Curse's
Priority 7 is set to other - i.e Dark Simulacrum

This is just my way of thinking when I PvP, you do not necessarily have to go about it this way, but having a plan in mind in what you would like to show up will help you in the long run, as the addon will only display 1 debuff at a time. Having lists will help

I will include a copy of my saved variables if you wish to just use my list instead. Check the tabs for the list of debuffs that I use to track

If you wish to use my saved variables this will over-ride any of your settings you have just done copy and paste the list into - World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\AccountName\SavedVariables\Healbot.lua- ignore the Healbot.BAK file.

List of Spells I have added to my debuff list

Improved Counterspell

Curse of Enfeeblement

Curse of the Elements

I removed the link so that I can fix a error with the new update, will post when done

Options > Cure > Debuff

Make sure your Dispel ability is selected and check members option is set

Adding your Debuff

All I can say is keep them organised, with so many debuffs to keep track off you will end up accidentally putting in the same debuffs twice, use the drop down menu - i.e M-N for me represents Mage/Monk

To input a debuff, find out the exact name and spelling and type it into New debuff - press save, choose the Priority, Color, and if you wish to have the bar change color when that ability activates, click the Bar Colour option

Keep them organised
	7b

If you are using Debuffs that colour your unit bar, stick to a color scheme, this will familiarise youself with what is going on and help you in the long run, write down the RBG values and use the color picker to help you stay organised

Keep to a color scheme

Your unit bars will change color if these options are enabled, you can also have the option to display your debuffs as message warnings

Options > Cure > Warning

Almost Done!

Apologies if that section gave you a headache, but if you've set it up good job! All that's left is for you to choose your Spells

8. Spells

This is straightforward to use, on the drop-down menu Button is your mouse layout. Apply spells to a click as you see fit

The Auto Target functions as a /target "name" command, this is helpful if you like me watch the blizzard player frames, you can have this selected for whichever spell you choose. If it is un-selected you will be keep the same friendly | enemy target selected but you will still be able heal your target that you are mousing over on Healbot

Auto Trinket will function when you cast a certain ability, works great with on-use trinkets, i.e you could make assign Divine Hymn with your on use trinket, or make your own macro and combine it with a potion and assign it to your spell list

Options > Spells

Customise your mouse

If you made it this far reading this, thanks! :D

The other options available that I have not mentioned, ie "Aggro" it is extremely easy to customize if you wish to add it in, I choose not to include it as I don't PvE, but thanks for reading, I hope I've helped in someway and encouraged you to tryout healing, feedback is welcome and criticism, this is my first guide I have written on wowhead, hopefully it won't be my last! I will try to get together a guide for Grid next, another favorite addon of mine :) please excuse the spelling mistakes, I have been writing this guide in the late morning where I should be alseep which I am about to do!

Yoshi

Kommentare

Kommentar von tangneyp

If you found this guide helpful, please rate or if improvements need to be made or suggestions please comment! :)

Kommentar von 1131494

Just a quick note to say the newer version of healbot is confusing and what you did and how you explained the setup, was awesome... tyvm for your time....
A52 FTW

Kommentar von 1215030

Ty so much for the guide, really awesome!

Can you share your new cure settings with a little bit of guidance on what your colors mean? That could be a guide on its own, because frankly I do not know what dispels to prioritize (still a newbie).

The health bar and background color you suggested (Health Bar color to R 1.00 G 1.00 B 1.00 and Background Bar to R 0.25 G 0.25 B 0.25), not sure if that is an option any longer. I used 255 255 255 for white and 0 0 0 for black.

Kommentar von Overhaul

Great guide, even for someone who has been using the addon for over 5 years.

I needed a better way to track my debuffs and this guide gave me exactly what I needed. The default UI is great on healbot, but customizing it is just sooooooo much better.

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