Getting Started
- After installing Hekili, open World of Warcraft.
- If already opened, you may use the command
/reload ui. - Upon entering the game, you will be able to see a panel of four icons -- this is the addon's default layout.
In the display above, the addon is recommending your next four abilities in combat. In the case of this Enhancement Shaman, that is Lightning Shield, Rockbiter, Flametongue, and Sundering. In the top-right, you can see text indicating the keybind of that ability for your character.
To reposition your displays, open the /hekili interface. You can move the configuration interface out of the way and click and drag the displays where you want them on your screen.
You can also adjust positioning, number of icons, size, spacing, keybindings, borders, visibility, and glow effects in the Displays section. Each display (Primary, AOE, Defensives, Interrupts) can be configured independently. The Notification panel has its own settings, and is where notification text appears when you toggle a feature on or off.
The addon's default mode is to show you the Primary display, which will automatically adjust itself based on the number of enemies detected and other factors. This is called "Automatic" mode and it generally works for most people. However, sometimes you may want single-target recommendations despite there being multiple enemies, or you might want multi-target recommendations even before multiple enemies have been detected. You can tell the addon what you want it to show you using the Mode toggle, which is ALT-SHIFT-N by default. This setting is found in /hekili > Toggles.
The Display Mode toggle has two components. You have the toggle keybind to cycle through the modes you like to use, and a series of checkboxes to identify your preferred modes.
- Automatic is the default, as described above.
- Single-Target will cause the Primary display to act as though there is only 1 target, even if multiple are detected. This mode is useful if a boss has a bunch of adds that you can ignore while you focus on burning down your target.
- AOE (Multi-Target) will cause the Primary display to act as though there are multiple targets, even if only one was detected. This can be useful when playing a ranged specialization and there are distant targets that you have not yet injured.
- Fixed Dual Display will cause the addon to show both the Primary display and the AOE display at all times. The Primary display provides single-target recommendations, while the AOE display provides multi-target recommendations.
- Reactive Dual Display will cause the addon to show single-target recommendations in the Primary display. When additional targets are detected, the AOE display will also appear to provide multi-target recommendations.
By default, the addon does not show your damage cooldowns, interrupts, potions, or defensive abilities. You can use a keybinding to toggle these on/off. The defaults are:
- Cooldowns:
ALT-SHIFT-R - Interrupts:
ALT-SHIFT-I - Defensives:
ALT-SHIFT-T - Potions:
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When a toggle is turned off, any abilities in that category will be disabled. For example, the Cooldowns toggle lets you turn off recommendations for your big damage cooldowns until you toggle them back on. This is useful because sometimes you are saving cooldowns for a specific phase of a boss fight, or you may simply wish to manage cooldown usage on your own.
For Interrupts and Defensives, you can check Show Separately on the /hekili > Toggles section in order to have those recommendations appear in their own displays rather than mixed into the Primary or AOE displays.
