There are plenty of addons to choose from, and most is merely a question of preference. You don’t need all of these, but here is a list of common addons you could and should consider using:
Proc tracking:
- Squawk and Awe: Useful for tracking eclipse, eclipse cooldowns, DOTs, trinkets and the like.
- ClassTimer and ClassTimer Eclipse: Offers the same as Squawk and Awe, in a different layout.
- Power Aura’s: My personal favorite, Power Aura’s allows you to add visual notifications to practically everything. Eclipse procs, DOTs with timers, debuffs on a specific fight and so on. It does take a bit of time to set up, but it is an awesome addon that allows for much customization. Big visual effects when eclipse procs allow you to notice an eclipse out of the corner of your eye, and helps you get an overview of your buffs.
General raid addons:
- Omen Threat Meter: Nearly invaluable in a raid setting, allows you to avoid pulling aggro.
- Deadly Boss Mods: Adds alerts and countdown bars to litteraly every encounter in the game, from 5 mans to raid bosses. This is such an old, stable addon, and is so useful in any raid setting. DBM has been around the block for a long, long time.
- Recount or Skada: Damage meters. Recount is the most popular, but I prefer Skada as it requires a lot less system memory. It doesn’t have fancy graphs, but it does include a lot of interesting features, such as segment saving and looking up raid members damage to a specific target.
- AVR and AVR Encounters: AVR is a fairly new addon. While I don’t like relying too much on addons (and admittedly, there are bugs with AVR), it does help you on a number of fights. AVR adds visual markers around the map from which area a Malable Goo will hit to how far away you have to be from an Ice Block on Sindragosa to not be trapped.
Miscellaneous:
- Unit frames such as Grid, VuhDo and the like, gives a great overview of your raid allows for quick decurses, innervates, rebirths and so on.
- Gearscore: lol
- Quartz: A well used cast bar for tracking casts, cast times, DOTs and HOTs on various targets and so on.
- ForteXorcist: A fun little addon that adds a bar showing you the time before your cooldowns are ready to use. This addon is very customizable and gives you a good overview of cooldowns, debuffs and so forth.
