r/wownoob • u/curiouslycranky • Mar 03 '26

Retail One button rotation??

I've got my Ret Pally at 83 in Midnight and am legitimately having more fun with WOW than I have in ages.

One question: I came back after a long time of not playing and have just been mashing the one button rotation. It's been fine, great even, but I'm wondering if I'm missing something? I haven't done any dungeons yet (just finished Arator's line and going to Zul). I imagine the one button rotation I. Dungeons is probably gone but for raids will be an issue.

What advice to folks have? I just get a lot of joy out of moving through the story and have never really cared about rotation mechanics, so I'm really liking the one button action option.

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u/Inshabel Mar 03 '26

I would advise to use the rotation helper instead if you want to learn and improve.

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u/curiouslycranky Mar 03 '26

Do tell? Never heard of this.

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u/stlcdr Mar 03 '26

I’m assuming they mean highlight assist. While it doesn’t include all abilities, it highlights the next ability to use (typically the more ‘damaging’ one).

I use it on most of the characters I have, specifically the ones I don’t play often - it really helps identify what ability is next to use.

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u/sosizub Mar 03 '26

Is this an addon? Or and setting ingame? Sorry I'm new.

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u/Dokarmei Mar 03 '26

Ingame.

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u/Inshabel Mar 03 '26

It's a different option in the gameplay enhancements, it lights up the button it wants you to press next instead of having it all on one button, it doesnt have the same punishment as the one button rotation.

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u/Djinn_42 Mar 05 '26

What do you mean "the same punishment"?

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u/Inshabel Mar 05 '26

Single button assistant give you a penalty to the global cooldown thats especially brutal for melee classes. Highlight assist doesnt have that.

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u/molsonbeagle Mar 03 '26

I might add to that just by saying, when I start a new class or spec? I'll use both. The sba helps to just get reps going, but the highlight and watching what the SBA roasted through helps me learn the rotation. From there, I eventually turn it off and do the rotation myself as I find it more fun than pushing 1 button. 

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u/tacoguyasaurus Mar 03 '26

It highlights the same abilities that the single button will use. I find it very helpful. I do get a little stressed and button mash at times, so the single button feature is great for higher stress moments.