Explain The Fight
Tired of explaining the fight every time you run a heroic? Explain The Fight helps groups quickly understand boss mechanics without leaving the game.
When a supported dungeon, raid, or world boss is detected, the addon opens a small movable guide window with concise role-based instructions for:
Each guide is written as a short, practical summary focused on what players should do during the fight.
Features
- Detects supported dungeon, raid, and world boss encounters
- Shows role-specific fight guidance in a compact pocket-sized UI
- Lets you select the current instance and boss manually
- Provides chat-ready summaries for Party, Raid, Instance, Say, Yell, and other valid channels
- Uses an explicit Send button only
- Includes a Select Text fallback for manual copy and paste
- Optional auto pop-up behavior
- Optional minimap button
- Addon settings panel under Options > AddOns > ETF
Commands
/etf opens or closes the guide/etf boss <name> searches for a boss/etf instance <name> selects an instance/etf audit checks local guide coverage/etf reset resets the window position/etf copy enables copy-preferred mode/etf send enables send mode when allowed
Currently Supported Fights
Explain The Fight currently ships with role guides for 56 encounters:
- Algeth'ar Academy: Vexamus, Crawth, Overgrown Ancient, Echo of Doragosa
- Den of Nalorakk: The Hoardmonger, Sentinel of Winter, Nalorakk
- Magisters' Terrace: Arcanotron Custos, Seranel Sunlash, Gemellus, Degentrius
- Maisara Caverns: Muro'jin and Nekraxx, Vordaza, Rak'tul, Vessel of Souls
- March on Quel'Danas: Belo'ren, Child of Al'ar, Midnight Falls
- Murder Row: Kystia Manaheart, Zaen Bladesorrow, Xathuux the Annihilator, Lithiel Cinderfury
- Nexus-Point Xenas: Chief Corewright Kasreth, Corewarden Nysarra, Lothraxion
- Pit of Saron: Forgemaster Garfrost, Krick and Ick, Scourgelord Tyrannus
- Seat of the Triumvirate: Zuraal the Ascended, Saprish, Viceroy Nezhar, L'ura
- Skyreach: Ranjit, Araknath, Rukhran, High Sage Viryx
- The Blinding Vale: Lightblossom Trinity, Ikuzz the Light Hunter, Lightwarden Ruia, Ziekket
- The Dreamrift: Chimaerus the Undreamt God
- The Voidspire: Imperator Averzian, Vorasius, Fallen-King Salhadaar, Vaelgor and Ezzorak, Lightblinded Vanguard, Crown of the Cosmos
- Voidscar Arena: Taz'Rah, Atroxus, Charonus
- Windrunner Spire: Emberdawn, Derelict Duo, Commander Kroluk, The Restless Heart
- World Bosses (Midnight): Lu'ashal, Cragpine, Thorm'belan, Predaxas
Notes
Explain The Fight is informational only. It does not automate combat, assign players, solve mechanics in real time, or send chat messages without a button press.
