Assisted Combat Analysis
Assisted Combat is Blizzard’s built-in World of Warcraft rotation helper. This analysis uses the live 12.1 priority data for all 40 specializations, then compares those lists with pinned SimulationCraft profiles and Icy Veins guides to show where the helper aligns, and where optimized play still adds decisions.
Blizzard Assisted Combat research
The core buttons are usually present. The optimized decisions are not.
Across the 32 specs with a comparable SimulationCraft profile, the median Blizzard action match is 86%i, while Blizzard represents 67%i of SimC actions. Spell selection is largely right; the material gap is build, timing, resource, targeting, and encounter logic. Pick a specialization below for its exact priority list, what SimC does that it doesn't, and how it compares with Icy Veins.
The Blizzard priority lists are reconstructed from three DB2 tables exported by Wago Tools for live build 12.1.0.69404.
AssistedCombat
Identifies the Assisted Combat list assigned to each specialization.
ID · ChrSpecializationIDAssistedCombatStep
Adds the spell for each step and its position in the priority list. 693 steps across all specs.
ID · SpellID · AssistedCombatID · OrderIndexAssistedCombatRule
Adds the ordered conditions that must pass before a step can be recommended. 3,116 rules in the live dataset.
ID · OrderIndex · ConditionType · ConditionValue1/2/3 · AssistedCombatStepIDAssistedCombat.ID=AssistedCombatStep.AssistedCombatIDthenAssistedCombatStep.ID=AssistedCombatRule.AssistedCombatStepIDSteps are sorted by OrderIndex. Rules are grouped under their step and sorted by their own OrderIndex. The readable condition labels use SimulationCraft's Assisted Combat enum and evaluator; the raw IDs and values are retained in the canonical CSV exports.
How to read this
Assisted Combat is a baseline recommendation system, not a complete raid, dungeon, healing, or mitigation plan. Tanks are mostly shown offensive priorities; healer tables are overwhelmingly damage-oriented. Comparisons use a 12.1/MID2 SimC profile where one existed in the research snapshot, otherwise the latest available Midnight profile.
Common omissions versus SimC
- Talent and hero-tree-specific priorities
- Separate single-target, cleave, and AoE rotations
- Openers and cooldown synchronization
- Resource pooling and overcap prevention
- Proc, charge, stack, and previous-cast sequencing
- Target selection, time-to-die, and incoming-add awareness
- Movement and end-of-fight adjustments
- Complete mitigation and defensive planning for tanks
Death Knight · Tank
Blood
In SimC, not in Blizzard's listi
- Heart Strike
- Vampiric Blood
Logic SimC applies that Blizzard doesn'ti
- Active mitigation
- Rune and Runic Power management
- Dancing Rune Weapon timing
Comparison context
Blizzard-only or fallback action names: Rune Strike.
Live 12.1 build 12.1.0.69404 · 16 steps. Priority 1 is evaluated first. Every condition shown on a step must pass; “automation only” entries are internal cooldown actions and are not part of Assisted Highlight.
Guide alignment
The Blizzard list covers threat, Death Strike, Bone Shield maintenance, diseases, and a few offensive cooldowns. Icy Veins adds a scripted opener, Runic Power and Coagulopathy management, Dancing Rune Weapon planning, Exterminate handling, and encounter-timed defensives.
Open Icy Veins guideBlizzard data verified 2026-08-24 on live build 12.1.0.69404. Comparison research snapshot: 2026-08-06 · SimulationCraft midnight commit a87874b5bfc8. DB2 rows are exact; readable rule labels follow SimulationCraft's reverse-engineered condition decoder.