[0:00] If you've logged into Midnight and your
[0:01] UI looks like a disaster, you're not
[0:03] alone. Blizzard completely overhauled
[0:06] how add-ons work in this expansion and
[0:08] it broke everything. OmniBar, gone. Big
[0:10] debuffs, gone. The WeakAuras packs you
[0:13] relied on, gone. Gladius, no longer
[0:15] maintained. OmniCD, dead. The entire PvP
[0:18] add-on stack that players have been
[0:19] using for years just stopped working.
[0:23] And if you've been searching online
[0:24] trying to figure out what to use now,
[0:26] good luck. Half the guides are outdated,
[0:28] the Reddit threads are full of
[0:29] conflicting advice, and every other post
[0:31] is just someone asking, "Is there an
[0:33] OmniBar replacement yet?" Well, we've
[0:35] spent the last few months rebuilding
[0:36] everything from the ground up, testing,
[0:38] configuring, and fine-tuning until every
[0:40] add-on works together perfectly for
[0:42] Midnight. And we didn't just replace
[0:43] what broke, we made it better. What used
[0:46] to take four separate add-ons to pull
[0:47] off now takes one. And with just the
[0:50] click of a button, you can go from this
[0:51] Midnight mess to this, a completely
[0:54] optimized PvP UI. Every add-on
[0:56] installed, configured, and ready to go.
[0:59] Don't worry though, if you prefer to do
[1:00] it all manually, this guide has you
[1:02] covered. We'll be walking you through
[1:03] every add-on and every setting from the
[1:05] ground up. But, if you don't want to
[1:07] lock in like Zaryu and spend hours
[1:10] setting everything up, all you have to
[1:12] do is head over to skill-capped.com,
[1:14] grab our add-on package, and follow the
[1:16] instructions. After logging in, you'll
[1:17] be met by this window letting you pick
[1:19] exactly what you want us to configure.
[1:21] And with everything installed, this is
[1:22] what your UI will look like, clean,
[1:24] balanced, and optimized for PvP with
[1:27] every add-on automatically configured
[1:29] for you. And if you're a Skill-Capped
[1:30] member, well, you'll get access to even
[1:32] more, including our cooldown manager
[1:34] profiles that configure your buffs and
[1:36] procs automatically for every class and
[1:38] spec, ready to go the moment you log on
[1:40] to any character. Alongside our Arc UI
[1:43] profile that completely overhauls the
[1:45] Blizzard cooldown manager, splitting
[1:46] your offensives and defensives into
[1:48] separate groups. You also get premium
[1:50] talent import strings for every spec and
[1:52] even an in-game bis list, both of which
[1:54] are constantly kept up to date as the
[1:55] season progresses. Oh, and we've also
[1:58] built something that might change the
[1:59] way you improve at PvP entirely, but
[2:02] more on that in a moment. So, whether
[2:03] you're coming back for midnight and have
[2:05] no idea what add-ons to use, or you just
[2:07] want to skip hours of setup and get
[2:08] straight into arena, this guide has you
[2:10] covered. Let's get into it. First
[2:12] though, it's about time we unveil
[2:13] something we've been quietly working on
[2:15] in the background since the end of 2024.
[2:18] For years, the only way to figure out
[2:19] what went wrong in an arena game was to
[2:21] either record your gameplay and manually
[2:23] review it, or just hope you remembered
[2:24] what happened. And let's be honest, most
[2:26] of us just queue the next game and make
[2:28] the same mistakes over and over again.
[2:30] Well, we built Arena Coach to fix that.
[2:32] Arena Coach automatically records your
[2:34] arena games and then analyzes everything
[2:36] that happened, every mistake, every
[2:37] missed opportunity, all of it. Did you
[2:40] die with major defensives still
[2:41] available? It'll show you. Did your
[2:43] teammate waste their CC? You'll see it.
[2:45] Missed an interrupt on a crucial cast?
[2:47] It's right there. Used offensive
[2:49] cooldowns that didn't land your damage?
[2:51] That, too. It's basically an automatic
[2:53] coaching tool that watches every game
[2:54] you play and tells you exactly what you
[2:56] need to work on. You can even find
[2:58] insights on arenacoach.gg that you can't
[3:00] find anywhere else. Your hardest
[3:02] match-ups, your most common mistakes,
[3:04] and your DPS and HPS score for your
[3:06] spec. And if you're a Skill-capped
[3:07] member, the same premium code you use
[3:09] for our add-on package unlocks unlimited
[3:11] Arena Coach shuffle and 3v3 analysis.
[3:14] We'll have a lot more to show you on
[3:15] Arena Coach soon, but for now, let's
[3:17] build your UI from the ground up. Before
[3:20] we get into add-ons, let's quickly run
[3:21] through some important gameplay
[3:22] settings. Now, if you're using our
[3:24] add-on package, this is all handled for
[3:26] you, but it's worth knowing what's going
[3:27] on under the hood so you understand why
[3:29] these settings matter. Start by pressing
[3:31] escape and opening up options. Under
[3:33] controls, make sure you've got sticky
[3:35] targeting enabled. Without this, if you
[3:37] accidentally left click the ground,
[3:38] you'll lose your target. And this
[3:39] happens more often than you think,
[3:41] especially when you're trying to click
[3:42] on things like totems or pets in the
[3:44] middle of a match. Then, make sure your
[3:45] camera is set to never adjust camera.
[3:48] Without this, you can't move in one
[3:49] direction while looking in another,
[3:50] which massively limits your awareness.
[3:52] You want to be able to look around
[3:53] freely while your character is moving.
[3:55] Moving into interface, we suggest
[3:57] setting status text to both. You'll get
[3:59] the percentage, which is great for
[4:01] knowing when execute abilities are
[4:02] usable, and the actual health number
[4:04] helps you spot under geared players
[4:06] early in the season. We then suggest
[4:07] enabling replace player frame portraits
[4:10] and replace my frame portrait. This
[4:12] swaps the character portraits on your
[4:13] unit frames for class icons, making it
[4:15] faster to see exactly what class you're
[4:17] targeting or have on focus. You'll then
[4:19] want to scroll down to your raid frames
[4:21] settings and configure them just like
[4:22] this. The standout settings here are
[4:24] display power bar, so you can see how
[4:26] much mana your healer has, class colors,
[4:28] which is mandatory to know which class
[4:30] is which, display pets, so healers can
[4:32] heal their teammates pets, and show
[4:34] debuffs. We also highly recommend
[4:36] disabling bigger role debuffs and the
[4:38] dispellable debuff indicator as this
[4:40] adds unnecessary icons and an annoying
[4:42] glow, which makes the raid frames less
[4:44] readable at the worst possible time. You
[4:46] should also disable center big
[4:48] defensives as this will be taken care of
[4:50] by an add-on that we'll talk about a
[4:51] little later on. Next, in action bars,
[4:54] make sure you've got show numbers for
[4:56] cooldowns enabled. With Omni CC gone in
[4:58] Midnight, this is how you'll see
[4:59] cooldown timers on your abilities.
[5:01] Moving into combat, you'll want to make
[5:02] sure that personal resource display is
[5:04] enabled. Now, our UI doesn't actually
[5:06] use the personal resource health bar
[5:08] under the character. However, this
[5:09] setting needs to be enabled in order to
[5:11] have resources enabled on name plates,
[5:13] which we'll get to later. You'll also
[5:15] want to make sure target of target is
[5:16] enabled. This lets you see who the enemy
[5:18] team is targeting, which is super useful
[5:20] for knowing which player on your team is
[5:22] going to be taking damage. For example,
[5:23] as a DPS, if both you and your DPS
[5:25] teammate are under pressure, you can
[5:27] decide whether or not to trade a
[5:28] defensive based on who the enemy team is
[5:30] currently targeting. And as a healer, if
[5:32] both you and your DPS are dropping low,
[5:34] you can prioritize healing the player
[5:35] that the enemy team is targeting. You
[5:37] should then make sure that loss of
[5:38] control alerts are enabled as playing
[5:40] without this is questionable at best.
[5:42] And finally, we also recommend having
[5:44] self cast set to auto for convenience as
[5:47] without this you need macros that
[5:48] specifically target yourself whenever
[5:50] attempting to cast buffs such as
[5:52] Blessing of Freedom or Power Word:
[5:54] Shield. Next, we have a new section in
[5:55] Midnight, which is the gameplay
[5:57] enhancements. Here, you'll want to make
[5:58] sure you enable the cooldown manager, as
[6:00] well as enabling external defensives. We
[6:02] won't be configuring these just yet, but
[6:04] make sure it's enabled for now. You
[6:06] should also enable diminishing returns
[6:08] tracking, but make sure you don't enable
[6:10] only castable by me, as you want to see
[6:13] DRs from all players, not just your own.
[6:15] Keep in mind, you won't need to enable
[6:17] the damage meter, as we'll be using
[6:19] Details. Next, head into nameplates,
[6:21] where we suggest configuring everything
[6:23] just like this. The key decisions are
[6:25] enabling always show nameplates and
[6:27] enemy unit nameplate, while disabling
[6:29] everything else here, as we'll be using
[6:30] Better Bliss Plates later in this guide
[6:32] to take care of nameplate visibility.
[6:34] You'll also want to ensure stack
[6:35] nameplates is enabled for enemy units,
[6:37] as it's much easier to click on specific
[6:39] targets when they're not overlapping.
[6:41] Something that's vital for accurate
[6:42] target selection in arena, especially if
[6:44] you're trying to quickly kill a totem or
[6:46] target someone without relying on
[6:47] targeting keybinds. We also prefer the
[6:50] modern style, but honestly, this is just
[6:52] down to personal taste. However, the
[6:53] critical setting you'll absolutely need
[6:55] to do here is setting both enemy NPC and
[6:57] enemy player buffs and debuffs to both
[7:00] only show personal debuffs. This is
[7:02] important because we'll be using an
[7:03] add-on called Mini CC to handle the rest
[7:05] of your buff and debuff tracking on
[7:07] nameplates, letting us perfectly size
[7:09] and position everything, rather than
[7:11] relying on Blizzard's default. We also
[7:13] recommend setting friendly player buffs
[7:14] and debuffs to none, and ensuring that
[7:16] none of the nameplates are simplified,
[7:18] as this will be handled by Better Bliss
[7:19] Plates. Okay, so that covers all the
[7:21] critical settings in the gameplay
[7:22] section. The only thing you'll also want
[7:24] to do is make sure that in graphics, you
[7:26] have projected textures set to enabled
[7:28] with your spell density at a reasonable
[7:30] amount, just to make it easier to see
[7:32] effects like Ring of Frost and Smoke
[7:33] Bomb. And one quick tip on audio, make
[7:35] sure you've lowered music and dialogue
[7:37] while turning up effects and ambiance.
[7:40] Effects can help you hear things like
[7:41] when you faked an interrupt and ambience
[7:43] lets you hear rogues nearby in stealth.
[7:45] Trust us, your ears are one of your best
[7:47] add-ons. With your settings sorted, the
[7:50] next step is positioning the core
[7:51] elements of your UI using edit mode. By
[7:53] default, everything is spread across the
[7:55] screen. Your unit frames are up in the
[7:57] top left, your party frames are off to
[7:59] the side, and all the important
[8:00] information you need during a fight is
[8:01] scattered in every direction. The
[8:03] problem is that in arena, most of the
[8:05] action happens directly in front of you.
[8:07] If you're constantly looking at the top
[8:09] left corner to check your health or the
[8:10] far left to see your party frames,
[8:12] you're not watching the game. You need
[8:14] all that information within your
[8:15] peripheral vision, not buried in the
[8:17] corners of your screen. This is why our
[8:19] pre-configured edit mode layout pulls
[8:21] everything in. We've moved your unit and
[8:23] target frames closer to the center,
[8:24] converted your party frames to raid
[8:26] style, and positioned them below, and
[8:28] placed your focus frame right alongside
[8:30] them. The goal is simple, all essential
[8:32] information within your peripheral view,
[8:34] and the center of your screen
[8:36] uncluttered so that you can actually see
[8:37] what's happening. To import our layout,
[8:39] just install the SE add-on package,
[8:42] check the edit mode box during setup,
[8:44] and it's done for you automatically. If
[8:46] you're going the manual route though, we
[8:47] suggest organizing your UI exactly as
[8:49] you see on screen before tweaking a few
[8:51] important settings to make sure
[8:52] everything is configured properly. Start
[8:54] by changing your party frames to be the
[8:56] raid style party frames you see here,
[8:58] while making sure the width and height
[9:00] are maxed out. You'll also want to
[9:01] ensure you've got sort by group enabled
[9:03] so that the frame sort add-on works
[9:05] properly, another add-on we'll discuss
[9:07] later. We also suggest sticking with the
[9:09] legacy template and getting the icon
[9:11] size maxed out too for the best
[9:12] visibility of everything that's going
[9:14] on. For your action bars, we stack bars
[9:16] two and three on top of action bar one
[9:18] while ensuring they remain pinned
[9:20] together, which means your UI will
[9:22] dynamically adjust when things like the
[9:23] talking head or vehicle bars appear.
[9:26] This way you won't run into situations
[9:27] where your cast bar suddenly overlaps
[9:29] with something. The only other critical
[9:31] change that we highly suggest you do is
[9:33] setting both utility cooldowns and
[9:34] essential cooldowns to hidden while
[9:36] configuring your tracked buffs just like
[9:38] this with a vertical orientation. Set it
[9:40] to always visible while enabling hide
[9:42] when inactive. Doing so will give you
[9:44] the cleanest UI ensuring that your procs
[9:46] are only visible when they're up. This
[9:48] is exactly how we recommend using the
[9:49] cooldown manager to avoid clutter while
[9:51] still maximizing awareness of important
[9:53] procs when they're active. We also
[9:55] suggest positioning external defensives
[9:57] near your character to make it instantly
[9:58] obvious the moment a defensive has been
[10:00] used on you. And lastly, don't worry
[10:02] about your arena frames as we'll be
[10:04] using an add-on for them in just a
[10:06] second. So, just to show you the
[10:07] difference, this is the default layout
[10:09] we started with and this is where we're
[10:11] at now. Everything you need right where
[10:13] you need it. Now, if you've been playing
[10:15] PvP for any length of time, you'll know
[10:17] that arena frame add-ons are
[10:18] non-negotiable. For years, the standard
[10:20] was Gladius and then Big Meks's custom
[10:22] version became the go-to. Well, Gladius
[10:24] is no longer maintained in Midnight and
[10:26] this is one of those add-on apocalypse
[10:28] casualties that had a lot of people
[10:30] worried, but don't panic because we've
[10:32] moved to S Arena Reloaded and we've
[10:35] customized it to look and feel almost
[10:37] identical to the Gladius setup many of
[10:38] you are already used to. Enlarged cast
[10:40] bars so you can actually see and react
[10:42] to casts, pixel as close as we could get
[10:44] it perfect icons, the whole thing. S
[10:46] Arena is included and pre-configured in
[10:48] our free add-on package. Install it and
[10:50] it's ready to go. Position to sit
[10:52] parallel with your party frames so you
[10:53] can see everything without darting your
[10:55] eyes around your screen. If you're doing
[10:56] this manually, you can just go with one
[10:58] of the preset layouts that suit your
[11:00] taste or you can mess around with the
[11:01] individual settings in each section to
[11:03] get something that works for you.
[11:04] However, the settings we definitely
[11:06] suggest you go with are enabling
[11:08] mirrored frames, replacing the class
[11:10] icon, making sure class stacking only is
[11:12] enabled, hiding the shield on
[11:14] uninterruptible cast to clean things up,
[11:16] and making sure class colored health
[11:18] bars is enabled.
[11:20] Our next add-on of choice is quite an
[11:21] ambitious one. See, in previous
[11:23] expansions, if you wanted proper buff
[11:25] and debuff tracking on your frames,
[11:27] enemy cooldown awareness, a healer and
[11:29] CC alert, and interrupt monitoring, you
[11:31] needed to install and configure at least
[11:33] four separate add-ons. OmniBar, OmniCD,
[11:35] OmniAuras, WeakAuras packs, each with
[11:38] their own settings, each needing hours
[11:40] of setup and configuration. Well, with
[11:42] the add-on apocalypse, those are
[11:44] completely dead in Midnight. But, where
[11:46] there is darkness, light, or in this
[11:48] case, MiniCC. Vers, a good friend of
[11:50] Skill Capped, worked tirelessly
[11:52] throughout the Midnight beta to create
[11:53] what has become one of the most widely
[11:55] adopted add-ons in the PvP community,
[11:57] built specifically for the new API
[11:59] restrictions. And it does pretty much
[12:01] everything those add-ons used to do in
[12:02] one package. Let's walk through what it
[12:04] gives you. First, raid frame debuffs.
[12:06] MiniCC displays important crowd control
[12:09] directly on your party frames, making it
[12:10] instantly obvious when your team is
[12:12] CC'd. We suggest configuring it like
[12:14] this, where it's positioned to the left
[12:15] of your raid frames, so as not to
[12:17] overlap with any of the native Blizzard
[12:19] buff and debuff tracking. We also
[12:20] suggest enabling reverse swipe as the
[12:22] swipe is a little more intuitive with
[12:24] this on. Now, remember when we told you
[12:26] to leave center big defensives disabled
[12:28] in your raid frame settings? This is
[12:30] why. MiniCC handles those defensives in
[12:33] the center of your raid frames instead.
[12:35] But, unlike Blizzard's version, we can
[12:36] actually resize them so they don't cover
[12:38] up your teammates health bars. MiniCC
[12:40] also displays important buffs and
[12:41] debuffs on your unit frame portraits,
[12:43] just like the old big debuffs and
[12:45] OmniAuras used to. You also get a clear
[12:47] visual notification whenever your healer
[12:49] gets crowd controlled. A big healer in
[12:51] CC alert along with icon showing exactly
[12:53] what CC they're stuck in. For this one,
[12:55] all we've done is resize it and position
[12:57] it exactly where the old healer in CC
[12:59] WeakAura used to be. Then just above
[13:01] that, where our old enemy offensives
[13:03] WeakAura used to lie, we've positioned
[13:05] and resized MiniCC's enemy offensive
[13:08] cooldown tracker. Combustion, Shadow
[13:10] Blades, Ascendance. When these icons
[13:12] light up, you'll know someone on your
[13:13] team is about to int you. Ah, if only
[13:16] they were using MiniCC. Anyway, MiniCC
[13:19] also handles buff and debuff styling on
[13:21] nameplates. Now, this is exactly why we
[13:23] told you earlier to only enable personal
[13:25] debuffs on enemy nameplates as mini CC
[13:27] allows us to perfectly resize and
[13:29] position these buffs and debuffs around
[13:31] our name plates creating a nice clean
[13:33] cohesive look and feel. For the name
[13:35] plate module, we've got crowd control
[13:36] displaying on the right side and
[13:38] important spells on the left again with
[13:40] reverse swipe enabled. We don't enable
[13:42] the friendly name plate tracking here
[13:44] though as we can already see debuffs on
[13:46] raid frames and having offensives
[13:48] tracked on your teammates name plates
[13:49] would add unnecessary clutter to your
[13:51] UI.
[13:52] Mini CC even comes with a pre-cognition
[13:54] indicator. When you successfully duke a
[13:56] kick, mini CC displays a glowing icon
[13:59] above your character letting you know
[14:00] that you can now free cast without
[14:02] getting interrupted. By default, this
[14:03] one is sized pretty large so what we've
[14:05] done is resize it to perfectly match our
[14:07] external buffs and positioned it right
[14:09] on top of it. Mini CC also includes an
[14:11] experimental interrupt tracker that
[14:13] shows enemy kicks at the bottom of your
[14:15] screen. Now to be clear, this feature is
[14:17] still experimental and isn't 100%
[14:19] reliable yet but it's one of the only
[14:21] add-ons currently offering anything like
[14:23] this for midnight and even in its
[14:24] current state having some interrupt
[14:26] awareness is better than flying
[14:28] completely blind. There's also one more
[14:30] experimental feature. Omni CD makes a
[14:32] return in spirit with a trinket tracker
[14:34] which we recommend placing on the left
[14:36] of your raid frames above the large CC
[14:38] auras showing you when your teammates
[14:40] have used their PvP trinket. Again, this
[14:42] one is also experimental and not fully
[14:45] reliable but it's there, it helps, and
[14:47] it can only improve. With mini CC
[14:49] handling most of the buff and debuff
[14:51] tracking, Better Blitz Plates in
[14:52] Midnight has shifted to being more about
[14:54] optimizing the look and feel of your
[14:56] name plates. See, Blizzard's default
[14:58] name plate configuration is not exactly
[14:59] optimized for PvP. First, we use Better
[15:02] Blitz Plates to style, resize, and
[15:04] position debuffs properly to make sure
[15:05] everything is clean and readable.
[15:07] Combined with mini CC handling the buffs
[15:09] and debuffs on the left and right of
[15:10] name plates, everything works together
[15:12] to make your UI feel good to use. We've
[15:14] also kept party pointers enabled which
[15:16] puts big icons above your teammates so
[15:18] you always know exactly where everyone
[15:20] is including a special healer indicator
[15:22] for your healer. And by hiding friendly
[15:24] nameplates and allowing Better Bliss
[15:25] Plates to automatically toggle them on
[15:27] when you enter PvP, you'll only see
[15:29] these pointers when you're actually in a
[15:31] PvP match. Another great feature is
[15:33] replacing enemy names with their arena
[15:35] ID, making it way easier to quickly
[15:37] target or focus specific arena targets
[15:39] using the information your nameplates
[15:40] are giving you. We've also enabled class
[15:42] color health bars. So, just like your
[15:44] unit frames, you can instantly tell what
[15:46] class each nameplate belongs to from
[15:47] color alone. In the cast bar settings,
[15:50] we've got quick hide enabled, so cast
[15:52] bars disappear as soon as a cast ends or
[15:54] gets interrupted. Without this, there's
[15:55] a noticeable delay where the cast bar
[15:57] lingers even after it's done. We've also
[15:59] enabled the who interrupted feature, so
[16:02] when you do kick a cast, you'll see your
[16:03] name pop up on the interrupt, which can
[16:05] be extremely useful when making
[16:06] decisions based on whether or not your
[16:08] interrupt actually landed. Now, remember
[16:10] how we enabled personal resource display
[16:12] earlier? This is where it pays off. In
[16:14] the Better Bliss Plates CVar control,
[16:16] we've enabled show resource on target
[16:18] nameplate. So, resources like combo
[16:20] points for rogues and holy power for
[16:22] paladins are shown on your target's
[16:24] nameplate. We anchor it underneath and
[16:26] set the scale to 0.9 while also hiding
[16:28] it on friendly nameplates where you
[16:30] don't need it. Better Bliss Plates also
[16:31] handles which nameplates actually show
[16:33] up. We've enabled enemy guardians, pets,
[16:35] and totems, but disabled minions and
[16:38] minus enemies, so you'll see important
[16:40] things like Syphons and grounding
[16:41] totems, but you won't have your screen
[16:43] flooded with hundreds of demo lock imps.
[16:46] For stacking, we've set the horizontal
[16:47] overlap to 0.5 and vertical to 1.1,
[16:50] which gives you enough separation to
[16:51] click individual nameplates without them
[16:53] spreading too far apart. We've also
[16:55] switched to the pre-midnight nameplate
[16:57] style, just a personal preference, so
[16:59] this one's really up to you. And to show
[17:01] you the difference, here's what
[17:02] nameplates look like by default, and
[17:04] here's what they look like with Better
[17:05] Bliss Plates and Mini CC configured,
[17:07] night and day.
[17:09] Next up, we've got what might be the
[17:10] single biggest loss from the add-on
[17:12] apocalypse, but don't fret because
[17:14] WeakAuras ran so that the cooldown
[17:16] manager could crawl. Now, let's be real.
[17:19] The cooldown manager doesn't do
[17:21] everything WeakAuras did. You're not
[17:23] going to get custom sound alerts, enemy
[17:25] cooldown tracking, or half the crazy
[17:26] stuff people built with WeakAuras. But,
[17:28] for tracking your stuff, your procs,
[17:30] your buffs, your cooldowns, it gets the
[17:32] job done. This is where our Skill-Capped
[17:34] profiles come in. For premium members,
[17:37] we built cooldown manager configurations
[17:39] for every class and spec. So, no matter
[17:41] what character you log on to, whether
[17:42] it's your main or your fifth alt, you'll
[17:45] have a fully configured manager ready to
[17:47] go. If you want to set this up yourself,
[17:49] you'll need to open the advanced
[17:50] cooldown settings. There, we actually
[17:52] recommend not using the essential
[17:53] cooldowns or utility cooldowns, as these
[17:56] are basically just mapping the abilities
[17:57] on your action bars onto extra bars.
[17:59] Instead, head into the buff section and
[18:01] assign any buffs and procs you want to
[18:03] see when they are active. Now, if you
[18:05] remember back in edit mode, we set
[18:07] utility and essential cooldowns to
[18:09] hidden and configured tracked buffs to
[18:11] only show when active. That's all part
[18:13] of this setup, and now you'll only see
[18:15] the tracked buffs you assigned when they
[18:16] are active. And then, for premium
[18:18] members, we've also included our R Q I
[18:21] profile. This takes the Blizzard
[18:22] cooldown manager and completely
[18:23] overhauls how it looks and feels.
[18:25] Instead of the default Blizzard layout,
[18:27] R Q I allows you to create custom groups
[18:29] to separate your buffs and procs instead
[18:31] of having them all together. We've split
[18:33] it into two groups, defensives
[18:34] positioned just underneath your
[18:36] character and offensives off to the
[18:38] right. If you want to set this up
[18:39] yourself, you'll need to create custom
[18:41] groups in R Q I, and then drag your
[18:43] tracked buffs into the relevant group.
[18:45] This is something you'll need to do on
[18:46] every spec you play. You'll also want to
[18:48] resize everything and position it
[18:50] properly and enable account sharing so
[18:52] it carries over between characters. Fair
[18:54] warning though, the interface for this
[18:55] is a bit awkward to work with. It's
[18:57] doable, but it's one of those things
[18:59] where the Skill-Capped profile genuinely
[19:00] saves you hours. All right, let's
[19:02] quickly run through a few more features
[19:04] and add-ons that are included in the
[19:05] package. Each of these adds a small but
[19:07] meaningful improvement to your overall
[19:08] experience. First, we have a feature
[19:10] built into the Skill-Capped add-on that
[19:12] you might not know about, smart tab
[19:14] targeting. With this enabled, when
[19:15] you're in arena, pressing tab will
[19:17] always target the nearest enemy player.
[19:19] Outside of arena, it goes back to
[19:20] targeting mobs. An awesome quality of
[19:22] life feature that you won't be able to
[19:24] live without once you start using it.
[19:26] We've also set up the add on to hide
[19:28] error spam, so you won't get bombarded
[19:30] with out of range or not enough mana
[19:32] messages across the top of your screen
[19:33] every time you press an ability that
[19:34] can't be used yet. Oh, and there's a
[19:36] queue pop notification sound, so you can
[19:39] alt tab while waiting without missing
[19:41] the queue. For your character panel, we
[19:43] use a combination of better character
[19:45] panel, Deja character stats, and true
[19:47] stat values. Together, these make your
[19:49] character pane actually useful. You can
[19:51] see the item level on every piece of
[19:53] gear, spot missing enchants and gem
[19:55] slots at a glance, and compare your
[19:56] equipped item level versus what's
[19:58] sitting in your bags. And for premium
[20:00] players, our in-game bis list plugs
[20:02] right in, showing which items you should
[20:04] be purchasing, your stat priority, best
[20:06] embellishments, and which gems and
[20:08] enchants to use, all kept up to date
[20:10] throughout the season. Next, talent
[20:12] loadout EX makes it easier to organize
[20:14] and store builds, and premium members
[20:16] get automatic imports of talents for
[20:18] every class and spec that you can swap
[20:20] to with a click, updated every week. We
[20:22] also highly recommend using better blizz
[20:24] frames, which cleans up your UI in a
[20:26] bunch of small but important ways. For
[20:28] example, it hides the default arena
[20:29] frames you don't need with S Arena
[20:31] installed. It removes the red lines on
[20:33] loss of control effects just to make
[20:35] everything look a little nicer. It adds
[20:37] a combat indicator to know if your
[20:38] target's in combat. It filters out
[20:40] useless chat messages. It even hides a
[20:42] ton of unnecessary elements, realm
[20:44] names, the raid frame manager,
[20:46] reputation colors, target of target
[20:48] debuffs, all stuff that just adds noise
[20:50] for no functional gain. There's a whole
[20:52] bunch of useful settings in here, so
[20:53] feel free to look around the add on to
[20:55] tune it to your needs. Mini overshields
[20:57] adds a small absorb indicator on health
[20:59] bars, so you can quickly tell how much
[21:01] of a shield someone has left. This one's
[21:02] really useful for judging whether a
[21:04] target is actually able to be pressured
[21:06] or sitting behind a massive absorb.
[21:08] Next, Frame Sort automatically sorts
[21:09] your party frames so you're always in
[21:11] the same position with player on bottom
[21:13] recommended. If you use party one and
[21:15] party two macros, this one is mandatory.
[21:17] Health Bar Color changes the color of
[21:19] your unit frames to match class colors,
[21:21] making it instantly obvious what class
[21:22] you're targeting or have on focus. Frame
[21:25] Color then gives your entire UI a
[21:26] cleaner, darker look. It's literally
[21:28] just dark mode for your UI. And of
[21:31] course, Details is included for tracking
[21:33] your damage. While most of its features
[21:35] have been gutted as it's just a reskin
[21:37] of the Blizzard combat log meter, it
[21:39] definitely looks a lot nicer. We
[21:41] positioned it on the bottom left, sized
[21:43] to match your chat window so it sits
[21:45] neatly without taking up extra space.
[21:47] And finally, we've also included a few
[21:48] more plug-and-play add-ons that just
[21:50] work out of the box. Talent Tree Tweaks
[21:52] makes your talent pane nicer to work
[21:53] with. Better Bags categorizes your bags
[21:56] so you can actually find things.
[21:57] Teleport Menu puts all your portals
[21:59] right in your escape menu. World Quest
[22:01] Tracker for quickly seeing what world
[22:02] quests are up. Handy Notes for Midnight
[22:05] Treasures and rares on your maps. And
[22:07] Bug Grabber and Bug Stack for catching
[22:09] add-on errors if anything breaks.
[22:11] For those BG enjoyers out there, we've
[22:13] also included Battleground Enemies,
[22:15] which lets you see all opposing team
[22:17] members and click to target any of them
[22:19] from anywhere on the map. We positioned
[22:20] it right here where your arena frames
[22:22] normally sit and set it to only load in
[22:24] six to 15 player battlegrounds. And it's
[22:27] disabled in arena so it doesn't
[22:28] interfere with S Arena. We've also added
[22:30] Battleground Win Conditions, which gives
[22:32] you an overview based on the current
[22:34] objective state and capping BG timers so
[22:37] you always know exactly how long is left
[22:38] on every objective. And just like
[22:40] everything else in the package, these
[22:42] are pre-configured to optimize their
[22:44] position, look, and feel. So, that's
[22:46] everything you need to set up the most
[22:47] powerful PvP UI available for Midnight.
[22:50] As a quick recap, our free add-on
[22:51] package on CurseForge instantly
[22:53] configures S Arena Reloaded, Mini CC,
[22:56] Better Blizzard Plates, Better Blizzard
[22:57] Frames, Frame Sort, Health Bar Color,
[22:59] Frame Color, Details, Battleground
[23:01] Enemies, and everything else covered in
[23:03] this guide all with a click of a button.
[23:05] And as a Skill-capped member, you'll
[23:06] unlock premium talent import strings for
[23:08] every spec, in-game best lists, and
[23:11] optimized cooldown manager profiles,
[23:12] plus our pre-configured Arc UI profile
[23:15] that takes your setup even further.
[23:16] Plus, your premium code unlocks
[23:18] unlimited arena coach analysis. Every
[23:20] game recorded, every mistake identified,
[23:22] and automatic coaching tool that tells
[23:24] you exactly what to work on. Everything
[23:26] we offer is backed by our rank up
[23:27] guarantee. If you don't gain at least
[23:29] 400 rating while using our service,
[23:30] you'll get a full refund, no questions
[23:32] asked. So, head on over to
[23:33] skill-capped.com using the link in the
[23:35] description, download the add-on, and
[23:37] start climbing today. Thanks for
[23:38] watching, and we'll see you in the next
[23:40] one.