Weak Auras for Shadow Part 1 – Replicating (and Improving) Blizzard Auras

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Starting in Cataclysm, Blizzard began introducing auras to show when certain procs or abilities are available for your character to use. These are just one addition in a line of default/standard UI enhancements Blizzard has made but suffer from the same problem the rest of the default UI does: you cannot move or change where these Blizzard Auras are displayed or enhance them in any way without using 3rd party mods. This is where WeakAuras come in very handy. Simply copy the code for whichever grouping of WeakAuras you’d like to use and import it in your game.

I use WeakAuras for everything, creating a custom HUD that shows how much time is left on DoTs, what procs are available, spell cooldowns, and more. One drawback to WeakAuras, however, is that it doesn’t have access to all of the textures used to recreate procs by default. To solve this, I dove in to the MPQs for WoW and located all of the textures used for Shadow related Blizzard Auras (yes, even Shadow Word: Insanity) with a few improvements to let the user know how many stacks exist or if the proc is about to fall off (AKA: use it or lose it).

From Darkness, Comes Light / Surge of Darkness
Left and right notifiers show up separately, left = 1 stack, right = 2 stacks. The right notifier will begin to flash red at less than 6 seconds left (4-5 GCDs) while the left notifier will begin to flash red at less than 4.5 seconds left (3-4 GCDs) to better alert you to how much time you have left so you can plan accordingly.

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Divine Insight
Shows up like normal but begins to flash red when there are 4 seconds left.

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Shadow Word: Insanity
For those who insist on using this talent (or maybe if the reported rework in 5.2 is any good), this shows the notifications on either side. No extra effects.

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