Arcane Mage Midnight Interface and Macros Guide

As of Midnight prepatch, you won’t require as many addons as before. The most famous addon Weakauras is no longer working, BigWigs and Details are no longer mandatory addons since Blizzard developed their own, built into the game replacements. You can still download numerous addons to skin textures and make certain elements of the UI look better, but like I mentioned earlier, they are not mandatory.

BigWigs - If you prefer boss alerts in the form of bars instead of a timeline, you can download BigWigs to reskin them.

Details! - If you prefer a cleaner look of the damage meters, you can download this addon to reskin it.

Elvui - another UI replacement that overhauls the default Blizzard UI, from unit frames, damage meters to the Cooldown Manager.

Targeted Spells - In my opinion a must have for high M+. Having the ability to see whether you are being targeted by a spell or ability in a big pack which can one shot you is very important.

Shimmertracker - addon that puts a simple text countdown in the center of your screen when you do not have any Shimmer/Blink charges.

BetterCooldownManager - As the name suggests, BCDM gives your cooldown manager many more functionalities and also has the ability to create a class power bar (in the case of Arcane Mages, Arcane Charge) as well as a mana bar.

UnhaltedUnitFrames - One of the best unit-frame addons out there. With this addon, you can make your unit frames, including party, raid, boss, personal, and target super clean.

Missing Class Buff - Hate missing a buff and not noticing? Dislike forgetting to press Arcane Intellect every time you die? Forget to drink a flask? Then get this addon which will remind you every time that you are missing any consumable or buff.

Macro for Stop Casting and Use Ice Block

Pressing this Macro Twice will cancel Ice Block to get out of Block Quickly.

#showtooltip
/stopcasting
/cast Ice Block
/cancelaura Ice Block

Be careful to not Press it twice too fast otherwise you will end up wasting Ice Block.

Macro for Interrupting Your Focus Target

This Macro is essential for Mythic+. It lets you Counter Spell your Focus Target.

#showtooltip

/cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] Counterspell

Mouseover Focus Target Macro

Another Useful Macro to have is a Mouseover Focus Target.

/focus [@mouseover,nodead]

It is extremely Important in Mythic+ Since it’s a fast paced gameplay and you don’t want to lose time right clicking on the mob frame to create a focus, with that macro you will mouse over the Target you wish to focus so you will know when you need to kick an important cast!

Macro for Mouseover Decurse

If you are tired of having to click separate players in your group to dispel them, then just get this mouseover decurse macro.

#showtooltip

/cast [target=mouseover,help,nodead][] Remove Curse