Blizzard's Midnight API restricts addon access to your personal buffs and cooldowns during M+ and raid — the exact content where aura tracking matters most. The addons listed here work within these restrictions and cover what WeakAuras used to handle.

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Arcane Mage · PvP

Curated for PvP — enemy cooldown tracking, CC diminishing returns, and Arcane Surge burst timing with Counterspell interrupt and Polymorph control for 3v3 Arena and Battlegrounds. Reviewed 28 Jun 2026.

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Sunfury Arena

Sunfury

3v3 arena build — Sunfury hero talent with Arcane Surge burst windows, Counterspell for interrupt pressure, and Polymorph for healer control. Prismatic Barrier and Ice Block provide the defensive tools needed to survive aggressive melee-heavy compositions.

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Rotation

Links to the Icy Veins rotation page. Select your hero talent build once you're there.

Builds

Compositions

Spellslinger Battleground Blitz

Spellslinger

Battleground Blitz build — Spellslinger with adjusted talents for the faster BGB format. Arcane Bolt spread on grouped targets provides stronger multi-target value in team fights; better sustained output across shorter node engagements than the arena Sunfury build.

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Rotation

Links to the Icy Veins rotation page. Select your hero talent build once you're there.

Builds

Custom build

Record your own talent build alongside your addons — it's included when you share your setup. Get a talent string from the Wowhead talent calculator or export directly from the in-game talent tree (press N → share icon). Paste the URL or the raw string — both work.

Addons

Why no WeakAuras? Midnight's API blocks WeakAuras from reading your buffs and cooldowns. The addons here cover what it used to handle.

Arena & Battlegrounds 7

MiniCC

CC notifications

2.8M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 8 Jun 2026

The Midnight all-in-one PvP addon — CC on party frames, audio alerts for major enemy spells, kick timers on nameplates, and a sound when the enemy healer gets CCd. For Arcane Mage, that healer CC alert is your opening — Arcane Surge into Touch of the Magi while the healer is locked out and can't dispel your teammate.

Tracks: CC notifications · Audio alerts · Healer CC · Kick timers · Enemy cooldowns
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

sArena Reloaded

Arena only Arena frames

1.5M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 7 Jun 2026

Explicitly labelled Midnight ready. Shows enemy health, mana, cast bars, and DR status — see at a glance if your next Polymorph lands full or 50% DR. The enemy caster's cast bar is your Counterspell cue; cutting the healer's big heal during Arcane Surge is the kill window.

Tracks: Arena frames · Enemy health · Cast bars · DR tracking
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

BigDebuffs

CC debuffs

23.3M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 27 Mar 2026

Replaces the small debuff icon on unit frames with a full-size portrait icon when CC or major defensives land. Key use for Arcane Mage: seeing Ice Block or Divine Shield on your target before wasting Arcane Surge — Touch of the Magi into immunity is an entire ramp window lost.

Tracks: CC debuffs · Defensive cooldowns · Frame debuff icons
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

DontCast

Immune buff warning

310.5K downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 9 May 2026

Warns when your target is immune — Cloak of Shadows, Ice Block, Divine Shield. Arcane Surge while your target is immune means your entire ramp window wasted and Touch of the Magi goes on cooldown for nothing. DontCast stops you before it happens.

Tracks: Immune buff warning · Damage reduction detection · Divine Shield
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

H.H.T.D

Enemy healer marking

7.8M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 24 Jan 2026

Places a healer icon above every enemy healer's nameplate for instant identification. Also alerts you when your own healer is taking damage — your cue to Slow the attacker, Spellsteal any self-heal, or Polymorph to create space for a drink window.

Tracks: Enemy healer marking · Friendly healer alerts · Nameplate icons
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

BattleGroundEnemies Fixed

Battlegrounds only BG enemy frames

507.2K downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 8 Jun 2026

Scrollable panel showing all enemy players in a Battleground — health, debuffs, cast info. Use it to find the nearest healer, identify targets with no defensives for Arcane Surge, and track which enemies have been CCd. For Arena, use sArena Reloaded instead.

Tracks: BG enemy frames · Enemy health · Debuffs · Cast information
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Capping

Battlegrounds only BG objective timers

10.5M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 13 Apr 2026

Shows node contest timers, flag return countdowns, and capture progress in Battlegrounds. Tells you when to break off a fight and defend, or when a node flip is seconds away. No use in Arena.

Tracks: BG objective timers · Node capture · Flag status · Control points
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Meters & logs 1

Details! Damage Meter

Damage meters

345.4M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 10 May 2026 1 click from this site

Per-spell breakdown across the fight — for Arcane Mage, check what percentage comes from Arcane Surge ramp windows versus the conserve phase; if lower than expected, you're misaligning Touch of the Magi timing or wasting charges going into the ramp. Also useful for comparing Arcane Barrage versus Arcane Blast ratios in M+ cleave situations.

Tracks: Damage meters · Arcane Surge window · Arcane Blast · Clearcasting
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Nameplates & targeting 2

Platynator

Nameplates

9.5M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 20 Apr 2026

Cast bars and debuff icons on enemy nameplates — for Arcane Mage in M+, the main value is seeing which targets have Slow applied for kiting melee packs while maintaining the rotation, and identifying interruptible casts that need a Counterspell. More performant than Plater for players who don't need custom scripting.

Tracks: Nameplates · Cast bars · Slow tracking · Counterspell targeting
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

BetterBlizzPlates

Class icons

4.1M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 8 Apr 2026

Shows class icons directly on enemy nameplates for instant target identification. CC glow highlights incapacitated enemies — important for timing Arcane Surge when a stun lands on the healer and the window is only a few seconds wide.

Tracks: Class icons · CC glow · Nameplate debuffs · Target identification
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Cooldowns & tracking 2

OmniCD

Group cooldowns

33.4M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 27 Feb 2026

Tracks group cooldowns from the combat log — for Arcane Mage, most valuable for Heroism/Bloodlust tracking so Arcane Surge aligns with lust at the start of a pull. Also shows kick availability so Counterspell only covers interrupt gaps rather than doubling up on a cast another player already covered.

Tracks: Group cooldowns · Kicks · Defensives · Heroism tracking
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

BetterCooldownManager

Personal cooldowns

938.2K downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 15 Mar 2026

Configurable timers for your major cooldowns on screen. For Arcane Mage, shows when Arcane Surge, Touch of the Magi, and Evocation align — the optimal ramp requires Touch of the Magi to land right as Arcane Surge activates so the debuff amplifies every Arcane Blast in the window.

Tracks: Personal cooldowns · Arcane Surge · Touch of the Magi · Evocation
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Frames & Action Bars 3

BetterBlizzFrames

Unit frames

6.1M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 17 May 2026

BetterBlizzFrames keeps the default UI intact while adding the things it lacks: castbars on your target and focus frames, class color health bars, and absorb tracking. For Arcane Mage, a target castbar lets you see when a dangerous spell is being cast in M+ — giving you the cue to use Counterspell. A one-addon upgrade with no layout overhead.

Tracks: Unit frames · Castbars · Class color bars · Counterspell timing
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Dominos

Action bars

22.2M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 10 May 2026

Dominos gives you full control over action bar layout. For Arcane Mage, a dedicated utility bar keeps Counterspell, Ice Block, Blink, Shimmer, Slow, and Arcane Intellect at consistent accessible positions so your main bar stays focused on the Arcane Blast ramp and Arcane Surge window.

Tracks: Action bars · Bar positioning · Button sizing · Fade out of combat
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

ElvUI

Advanced Unit frames

Tukui.org addon

Works in Midnight Updated 15 May 2026

Most of what ElvUI covers for Arcane Mage is better handled by BetterBlizzFrames (frames), Dominos (action bars), and Platynator (nameplates). Only install if you want a fully unified UI aesthetic and are prepared for the configuration overhead.

Tracks: Unit frames · Action bars · Nameplates · Full UI replacement
Requires: Full UI replacement · tukui.org — not on CurseForge

Open on Tukui.org

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Macros Coming soon

Counterspell on focus, Polymorph on mouseover, Arcane Surge + Trinket burst opener, Slow on focus, Prismatic Barrier cancel-aura, Ice Block defensive

Stat Priority Coming soon

Versatility primary for damage reduction and self-healing, Intellect for Arcane Surge burst value, Haste secondary for more casts inside the burst window and faster Evocation recovery

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