K.T.H. (Kill The Healer)

There is one truth that every PvPer must face in any game they play: healers must die. This add-on helps you identify and mark healers on both sides so your team can focus targets effectively in PvP.

K.T.H. is a modernized fork of H.H.T.D. (Healers Have To Die) by John Wellesz, rebuilt for WoW 12.0 (Midnight).

WoW 12.0 introduced "secret values" in instanced PvP: enemy player names and GUIDs are no longer accessible to add-ons. K.T.H. works around this by using Class + PowerType + DPS-power-exclusion matching on nameplates, cross-referenced against scoreboard data.

Current features:

• Automatically places healer indicators above player nameplates in PvP battlegrounds and arenas. Friendly healers are identified by name via the scoreboard; enemy healers are identified by class, power type, and DPS-power-exclusion (so Ret Paladins, Shadow Priests, etc. are filtered out).
• Separate indicator icons and colors for friendly vs enemy healers. Both are fully customizable through the in-game settings panel or slash commands.
• Multiple icon presets: cross, skull, star, circle, diamond, triangle, moon, and square (all standard raid-target icons with custom vertex coloring).
• Adjustable Y-offset and indicator size so you can position the marker exactly where you want it relative to the nameplate.
• Inherits H.H.T.D.'s announcer module for posting healer lists to raid chat, sound alerts on healer mouse-over/targeting, and friendly-healer-under-attack warnings.
• Custom marks module: apply persistent personal markers to any unit's nameplate (visible only to you, persists across sessions).
• Integrates with the DebugLog add-on for diagnostic output. Toggle diagnostics with /kthdebug or run a one-shot dump with /kthdiag. All diagnostic data is routed to DebugLog's scrollable viewer instead of cluttering your chat.

IMPORTANT: You must enable nameplates or you will not see any healer indicators!

How it works (Midnight / WoW 12.0)

In WoW 12.0 instanced PvP, UnitName() and UnitGUID() return secret values for enemy players. K.T.H. uses a multi-strategy approach:

1. Scoreboard scan: C_PvP.GetScoreInfo() provides each player's name, class, and talent spec. K.T.H. identifies which players are healers and tracks them by name (for friendlies) and by class (for enemies).

2. Nameplate matching (friendly): Friendly names are still accessible, so K.T.H. matches friendly nameplates directly against the scoreboard.

3. Nameplate matching (enemy): UnitClass() and UnitPowerType() remain accessible on enemy nameplates even when names are secret. K.T.H. checks:

   • Is the class healer-capable? (Priest, Paladin, Druid, Shaman, Monk, Evoker)
   • Does the scoreboard confirm an enemy healer of that class?
   • Is the unit's primary power type Mana?
   • Does the unit lack DPS-exclusive power resources? (e.g. Holy Power for Ret/Prot Paladin, Insanity for Shadow Priest, Astral Power for Balance Druid, Maelstrom for Ele/Enh Shaman, Energy for Windwalker/Brewmaster Monk)

   Only if all four conditions are met is the unit marked as a healer.

Commands

• /kth -- Show current K.T.H. nameplate indicator settings
• /kth help -- Full command reference
• /kth offset <number> -- Set Y-offset above nameplate
• /kth size <number> -- Set indicator size (8-128 pixels)
• /kth icon friend|enemy <preset> -- Choose icon for friendly or enemy healers
• /kth icons -- List available icon presets
• /kth glow on|off -- Toggle glow halo behind indicators
• /kth reset -- Restore all settings to defaults
• /kthdebug -- Toggle diagnostic output (routed to DebugLog)
• /kthdiag -- One-shot diagnostic dump
• /hhtdp -- Announce healers to raid chat (requires message configuration)
• /hhtdg -- Open the legacy H.H.T.D. options panel

The K.T.H. settings panel is also available in the WoW Interface > AddOns menu.

Credits

K.T.H. is built on the H.H.T.D. framework by John Wellesz (2072productions.com). The original add-on provided healer detection via combat log events, nameplate hooking, and the announcer/custom-marks modules. K.T.H. adapts this for WoW 12.0's secret-value system with a new nameplate indicator engine and scoreboard-based healer identification.

• Original author: John Wellesz (hhtd@2072productions.com)
• Midnight adaptation: Scone (sconed42@gmail.com)
• Original project: https://www.wowace.com/projects/h-h-t-d