The BEST PRO SETTINGS & ADDONS for Midnight PvP

[00:00] If you've logged into Midnight and your

[00:01] UI looks like a disaster, you're not

[00:03] alone. Blizzard completely overhauled

[00:06] how add-ons work in this expansion and

[00:08] it broke everything. OmniBar, gone. Big

[00:10] debuffs, gone. The WeakAuras packs you

[00:13] relied on, gone. Gladius, no longer

[00:15] maintained. OmniCD, dead. The entire PvP

[00:18] add-on stack that players have been

[00:19] using for years just stopped working.

[00:23] And if you've been searching online

[00:24] trying to figure out what to use now,

[00:26] good luck. Half the guides are outdated,

[00:28] the Reddit threads are full of

[00:29] conflicting advice, and every other post

[00:31] is just someone asking, "Is there an

[00:33] OmniBar replacement yet?" Well, we've

[00:35] spent the last few months rebuilding

[00:36] everything from the ground up, testing,

[00:38] configuring, and fine-tuning until every

[00:40] add-on works together perfectly for

[00:42] Midnight. And we didn't just replace

[00:43] what broke, we made it better. What used

[00:46] to take four separate add-ons to pull

[00:47] off now takes one. And with just the

[00:50] click of a button, you can go from this

[00:51] Midnight mess to this, a completely

[00:54] optimized PvP UI. Every add-on

[00:56] installed, configured, and ready to go.

[00:59] Don't worry though, if you prefer to do

[01:00] it all manually, this guide has you

[01:02] covered. We'll be walking you through

[01:03] every add-on and every setting from the

[01:05] ground up. But, if you don't want to

[01:07] lock in like Zaryu and spend hours

[01:10] setting everything up, all you have to

[01:12] do is head over to skill-capped.com,

[01:14] grab our add-on package, and follow the

[01:16] instructions. After logging in, you'll

[01:17] be met by this window letting you pick

[01:19] exactly what you want us to configure.

[01:21] And with everything installed, this is

[01:22] what your UI will look like, clean,

[01:24] balanced, and optimized for PvP with

[01:27] every add-on automatically configured

[01:29] for you. And if you're a Skill-Capped

[01:30] member, well, you'll get access to even

[01:32] more, including our cooldown manager

[01:34] profiles that configure your buffs and

[01:36] procs automatically for every class and

[01:38] spec, ready to go the moment you log on

[01:40] to any character. Alongside our Arc UI

[01:43] profile that completely overhauls the

[01:45] Blizzard cooldown manager, splitting

[01:46] your offensives and defensives into

[01:48] separate groups. You also get premium

[01:50] talent import strings for every spec and

[01:52] even an in-game bis list, both of which

[01:54] are constantly kept up to date as the

[01:55] season progresses. Oh, and we've also

[01:58] built something that might change the

[01:59] way you improve at PvP entirely, but

[02:02] more on that in a moment. So, whether

[02:03] you're coming back for midnight and have

[02:05] no idea what add-ons to use, or you just

[02:07] want to skip hours of setup and get

[02:08] straight into arena, this guide has you

[02:10] covered. Let's get into it. First

[02:12] though, it's about time we unveil

[02:13] something we've been quietly working on

[02:15] in the background since the end of 2024.

[02:18] For years, the only way to figure out

[02:19] what went wrong in an arena game was to

[02:21] either record your gameplay and manually

[02:23] review it, or just hope you remembered

[02:24] what happened. And let's be honest, most

[02:26] of us just queue the next game and make

[02:28] the same mistakes over and over again.

[02:30] Well, we built Arena Coach to fix that.

[02:32] Arena Coach automatically records your

[02:34] arena games and then analyzes everything

[02:36] that happened, every mistake, every

[02:37] missed opportunity, all of it. Did you

[02:40] die with major defensives still

[02:41] available? It'll show you. Did your

[02:43] teammate waste their CC? You'll see it.

[02:45] Missed an interrupt on a crucial cast?

[02:47] It's right there. Used offensive

[02:49] cooldowns that didn't land your damage?

[02:51] That, too. It's basically an automatic

[02:53] coaching tool that watches every game

[02:54] you play and tells you exactly what you

[02:56] need to work on. You can even find

[02:58] insights on arenacoach.gg that you can't

[03:00] find anywhere else. Your hardest

[03:02] match-ups, your most common mistakes,

[03:04] and your DPS and HPS score for your

[03:06] spec. And if you're a Skill-capped

[03:07] member, the same premium code you use

[03:09] for our add-on package unlocks unlimited

[03:11] Arena Coach shuffle and 3v3 analysis.

[03:14] We'll have a lot more to show you on

[03:15] Arena Coach soon, but for now, let's

[03:17] build your UI from the ground up. Before

[03:20] we get into add-ons, let's quickly run

[03:21] through some important gameplay

[03:22] settings. Now, if you're using our

[03:24] add-on package, this is all handled for

[03:26] you, but it's worth knowing what's going

[03:27] on under the hood so you understand why

[03:29] these settings matter. Start by pressing

[03:31] escape and opening up options. Under

[03:33] controls, make sure you've got sticky

[03:35] targeting enabled. Without this, if you

[03:37] accidentally left click the ground,

[03:38] you'll lose your target. And this

[03:39] happens more often than you think,

[03:41] especially when you're trying to click

[03:42] on things like totems or pets in the

[03:44] middle of a match. Then, make sure your

[03:45] camera is set to never adjust camera.

[03:48] Without this, you can't move in one

[03:49] direction while looking in another,

[03:50] which massively limits your awareness.

[03:52] You want to be able to look around

[03:53] freely while your character is moving.

[03:55] Moving into interface, we suggest

[03:57] setting status text to both. You'll get

[03:59] the percentage, which is great for

[04:01] knowing when execute abilities are

[04:02] usable, and the actual health number

[04:04] helps you spot under geared players

[04:06] early in the season. We then suggest

[04:07] enabling replace player frame portraits

[04:10] and replace my frame portrait. This

[04:12] swaps the character portraits on your

[04:13] unit frames for class icons, making it

[04:15] faster to see exactly what class you're

[04:17] targeting or have on focus. You'll then

[04:19] want to scroll down to your raid frames

[04:21] settings and configure them just like

[04:22] this. The standout settings here are

[04:24] display power bar, so you can see how

[04:26] much mana your healer has, class colors,

[04:28] which is mandatory to know which class

[04:30] is which, display pets, so healers can

[04:32] heal their teammates pets, and show

[04:34] debuffs. We also highly recommend

[04:36] disabling bigger role debuffs and the

[04:38] dispellable debuff indicator as this

[04:40] adds unnecessary icons and an annoying

[04:42] glow, which makes the raid frames less

[04:44] readable at the worst possible time. You

[04:46] should also disable center big

[04:48] defensives as this will be taken care of

[04:50] by an add-on that we'll talk about a

[04:51] little later on. Next, in action bars,

[04:54] make sure you've got show numbers for

[04:56] cooldowns enabled. With Omni CC gone in

[04:58] Midnight, this is how you'll see

[04:59] cooldown timers on your abilities.

[05:01] Moving into combat, you'll want to make

[05:02] sure that personal resource display is

[05:04] enabled. Now, our UI doesn't actually

[05:06] use the personal resource health bar

[05:08] under the character. However, this

[05:09] setting needs to be enabled in order to

[05:11] have resources enabled on name plates,

[05:13] which we'll get to later. You'll also

[05:15] want to make sure target of target is

[05:16] enabled. This lets you see who the enemy

[05:18] team is targeting, which is super useful

[05:20] for knowing which player on your team is

[05:22] going to be taking damage. For example,

[05:23] as a DPS, if both you and your DPS

[05:25] teammate are under pressure, you can

[05:27] decide whether or not to trade a

[05:28] defensive based on who the enemy team is

[05:30] currently targeting. And as a healer, if

[05:32] both you and your DPS are dropping low,

[05:34] you can prioritize healing the player

[05:35] that the enemy team is targeting. You

[05:37] should then make sure that loss of

[05:38] control alerts are enabled as playing

[05:40] without this is questionable at best.

[05:42] And finally, we also recommend having

[05:44] self cast set to auto for convenience as

[05:47] without this you need macros that

[05:48] specifically target yourself whenever

[05:50] attempting to cast buffs such as

[05:52] Blessing of Freedom or Power Word:

[05:54] Shield. Next, we have a new section in

[05:55] Midnight, which is the gameplay

[05:57] enhancements. Here, you'll want to make

[05:58] sure you enable the cooldown manager, as

[06:00] well as enabling external defensives. We

[06:02] won't be configuring these just yet, but

[06:04] make sure it's enabled for now. You

[06:06] should also enable diminishing returns

[06:08] tracking, but make sure you don't enable

[06:10] only castable by me, as you want to see

[06:13] DRs from all players, not just your own.

[06:15] Keep in mind, you won't need to enable

[06:17] the damage meter, as we'll be using

[06:19] Details. Next, head into nameplates,

[06:21] where we suggest configuring everything

[06:23] just like this. The key decisions are

[06:25] enabling always show nameplates and

[06:27] enemy unit nameplate, while disabling

[06:29] everything else here, as we'll be using

[06:30] Better Bliss Plates later in this guide

[06:32] to take care of nameplate visibility.

[06:34] You'll also want to ensure stack

[06:35] nameplates is enabled for enemy units,

[06:37] as it's much easier to click on specific

[06:39] targets when they're not overlapping.

[06:41] Something that's vital for accurate

[06:42] target selection in arena, especially if

[06:44] you're trying to quickly kill a totem or

[06:46] target someone without relying on

[06:47] targeting keybinds. We also prefer the

[06:50] modern style, but honestly, this is just

[06:52] down to personal taste. However, the

[06:53] critical setting you'll absolutely need

[06:55] to do here is setting both enemy NPC and

[06:57] enemy player buffs and debuffs to both

[07:00] only show personal debuffs. This is

[07:02] important because we'll be using an

[07:03] add-on called Mini CC to handle the rest

[07:05] of your buff and debuff tracking on

[07:07] nameplates, letting us perfectly size

[07:09] and position everything, rather than

[07:11] relying on Blizzard's default. We also

[07:13] recommend setting friendly player buffs

[07:14] and debuffs to none, and ensuring that

[07:16] none of the nameplates are simplified,

[07:18] as this will be handled by Better Bliss

[07:19] Plates. Okay, so that covers all the

[07:21] critical settings in the gameplay

[07:22] section. The only thing you'll also want

[07:24] to do is make sure that in graphics, you

[07:26] have projected textures set to enabled

[07:28] with your spell density at a reasonable

[07:30] amount, just to make it easier to see

[07:32] effects like Ring of Frost and Smoke

[07:33] Bomb. And one quick tip on audio, make

[07:35] sure you've lowered music and dialogue

[07:37] while turning up effects and ambiance.

[07:40] Effects can help you hear things like

[07:41] when you faked an interrupt and ambience

[07:43] lets you hear rogues nearby in stealth.

[07:45] Trust us, your ears are one of your best

[07:47] add-ons. With your settings sorted, the

[07:50] next step is positioning the core

[07:51] elements of your UI using edit mode. By

[07:53] default, everything is spread across the

[07:55] screen. Your unit frames are up in the

[07:57] top left, your party frames are off to

[07:59] the side, and all the important

[08:00] information you need during a fight is

[08:01] scattered in every direction. The

[08:03] problem is that in arena, most of the

[08:05] action happens directly in front of you.

[08:07] If you're constantly looking at the top

[08:09] left corner to check your health or the

[08:10] far left to see your party frames,

[08:12] you're not watching the game. You need

[08:14] all that information within your

[08:15] peripheral vision, not buried in the

[08:17] corners of your screen. This is why our

[08:19] pre-configured edit mode layout pulls

[08:21] everything in. We've moved your unit and

[08:23] target frames closer to the center,

[08:24] converted your party frames to raid

[08:26] style, and positioned them below, and

[08:28] placed your focus frame right alongside

[08:30] them. The goal is simple, all essential

[08:32] information within your peripheral view,

[08:34] and the center of your screen

[08:36] uncluttered so that you can actually see

[08:37] what's happening. To import our layout,

[08:39] just install the SE add-on package,

[08:42] check the edit mode box during setup,

[08:44] and it's done for you automatically. If

[08:46] you're going the manual route though, we

[08:47] suggest organizing your UI exactly as

[08:49] you see on screen before tweaking a few

[08:51] important settings to make sure

[08:52] everything is configured properly. Start

[08:54] by changing your party frames to be the

[08:56] raid style party frames you see here,

[08:58] while making sure the width and height

[09:00] are maxed out. You'll also want to

[09:01] ensure you've got sort by group enabled

[09:03] so that the frame sort add-on works

[09:05] properly, another add-on we'll discuss

[09:07] later. We also suggest sticking with the

[09:09] legacy template and getting the icon

[09:11] size maxed out too for the best

[09:12] visibility of everything that's going

[09:14] on. For your action bars, we stack bars

[09:16] two and three on top of action bar one

[09:18] while ensuring they remain pinned

[09:20] together, which means your UI will

[09:22] dynamically adjust when things like the

[09:23] talking head or vehicle bars appear.

[09:26] This way you won't run into situations

[09:27] where your cast bar suddenly overlaps

[09:29] with something. The only other critical

[09:31] change that we highly suggest you do is

[09:33] setting both utility cooldowns and

[09:34] essential cooldowns to hidden while

[09:36] configuring your tracked buffs just like

[09:38] this with a vertical orientation. Set it

[09:40] to always visible while enabling hide

[09:42] when inactive. Doing so will give you

[09:44] the cleanest UI ensuring that your procs

[09:46] are only visible when they're up. This

[09:48] is exactly how we recommend using the

[09:49] cooldown manager to avoid clutter while

[09:51] still maximizing awareness of important

[09:53] procs when they're active. We also

[09:55] suggest positioning external defensives

[09:57] near your character to make it instantly

[09:58] 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.