Midnight Sensei

Overview

Version 1.6.0 is the biggest spec-accuracy update since launch. Every class and spec — all 13 classes, all 39 specializations — has been fully reaudited against live Archon.gg Midnight 12.0 data. Rotation priorities, spell IDs, talent gating, passive/active classifications, and cooldown categories have all been cross-referenced against what top-ranked players are actually casting in Mythic+ and Raid.

This release resolves several long-standing tracking gaps where primary rotational spells were either missing entirely or miscategorised. The addon now reflects the actual Midnight 12.0 combat cast landscape with a high degree of confidence.

Going Forward: Regular Audit Cadence

Starting with this release, Midnight Sensei will maintain a regular audit cadence tied to Archon.gg data. As Blizzard ships patches, talent changes, and tuning passes that shift rotation priorities or spell availability, the spec database will be updated to match.

Between audits, normal fixes will continue to be shipped as they are found — wrong spell IDs, missing tracking, scoring quirks, UI issues. You don't have to wait for an audit cycle to get a fix; if something is broken and we catch it, it goes out.

Regular audits provide the broader sweep: confirming that the full rotation picture is still accurate, that no new abilities have been added or removed, and that passive/active classifications haven't changed. Both types of updates will keep happening.

What Changed

Critical Tracking Gaps Resolved

Three primary rotational spells were missing entirely from the spec database — these were generating false activity penalties for players who were actually rotating correctly:

• Havoc Demon Hunter — Chaos Strike: The primary Fury spender was not tracked. Added with all four combat IDs (222031, 162794, 199547, and 201428 for the Metamorphosis/Annihilation variant).
• Vengeance Demon Hunter — Soul Cleave: The primary Pain spender was not tracked. Added with both combat IDs (228477, 228478).
• Enhancement Shaman — Stormstrike: The primary builder and damage ability was listed in priority notes but absent from the rotational spell list. Added with both combat IDs (32175, 17364).

Warrior

• Arms: Die by the Sword added as a situational utility cooldown — tracked but never penalised.
• Fury: Whirlwind (both combat IDs) and Execute added to the rotational spell list. Both were missing despite being consistent filler casts in every Fury fight log.

Shaman

• Elemental: Spiritwalker's Grace and Wind Rush Totem added as utility cooldowns. Both are talent-gated and situational — tracked, never penalised.
• Restoration: Earth Shield intentionally not tracked in uptime buffs — it is cast pre-pull before combat starts, which would generate false negatives for every fight. This is documented and will not be re-examined unless Blizzard changes when combat starts relative to Earth Shield casts.

Hunter

• Marksmanship: Steady Shot (focus builder filler) and Multi-Shot (AoE/Trick Shots enabler) added to the rotational spell list.

Monk

• Mistweaver: Mana Tea added as a major cooldown (mana recovery). Soothing Mist added to rotational — it auto-channels from Enveloping Mist and Vivify targets, and manual casts also fire UNIT_SPELLCAST_SUCCEEDED, so all cast paths are captured.
• Windwalker: Touch of Death added to major cooldowns — 3-minute CD, usable below 15% HP (Improved Touch of Death is a passive that expands the threshold; the ability itself is active and tracked).

Evoker

• Devastation & Preservation: Zephyr added as a utility cooldown for both specs — talent-gated AoE damage reduction, tracked but never penalised.
• Preservation: Verdant Embrace added to rotational — 15-second CD instant heal with near-universal adoption.
• Augmentation: Bestow Weyrnstone added as a utility cooldown — transport tool, situational, never penalised.

Paladin

• Holy: Blessing of Freedom added as a utility cooldown — movement freedom for an ally; situational, never penalised.
• Protection: Blessing of Sacrifice and Lay on Hands both added as healer-conditional cooldowns. These work like external tank CDs — full credit on a successful kill regardless of whether they were used; feedback on a wipe if they weren't pressed.
• Retribution: Hammer of Light added as a utility cooldown for Templar hero path — fires in the 20-second window opened by Wake of Ashes via the Light's Guidance talent. Wake of Ashes continues to be tracked as a major cooldown; both are in play for Templar players.

Demon Hunter

• Havoc: Disrupt reclassified as an interrupt only — it was incorrectly listed as a major cooldown. Interrupts are tracked for display but never penalised in scoring.
• Devourer: Feast of Souls and all Devourer-specific passive abilities confirmed passive — not tracked.

Thank You

A genuine thank you to everyone who has played Midnight Sensei, reported bugs, flagged wrong scores, and sent feedback. The missing spell gaps fixed in this release — Chaos Strike, Soul Cleave, Stormstrike — were caught because players noticed their scores didn't add up and took the time to say something. That feedback is what makes the addon better.

Keep the reports coming. If a score feels wrong, or an ability you're casting isn't showing up, that is useful signal — not a minor complaint. Every report gets looked at.

See you in the next patch.

— Midnight, Thrall (US)