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TankWatch

See every tank in your group with their boss-cast debuffs and stack counts. Built for Midnight 12.0.

Description

# TankWatch **See every tank in your group, with the boss debuffs that actually matter.**

What it does

TankWatch detects every tank in your party or raid — anyone with the Tank role, or marked with /maintank — and shows them as a clean stack of frames with the boss debuffs stacking on them, the timer rendered big in the middle of each icon (the value you actually read at a glance), and the stack count in the corner.

Built because nobody really does this outside of ElvUI's tank module, and ElvUI is overkill if you just want a focused, lightweight tool.

Runs on both WoW 12.0 Midnight (retail) and Mists of Pandaria Classic 5.5 from the same install.

Features

  • Tank auto-detection via group role AND /maintank, plus a force-include list for unassigned tanks
  • Boss-cast debuff filter using Blizzard's secret-safe RAID filter — picks up M+/dungeon debuffs that older filters miss — with per-spell whitelist / blacklist
  • Big yellow timer centered on each icon, stack count in the corner, both fully positionable + sizable
  • Compact mode (default): class icon + auras only, perfect when your raid frames already show health
  • Display presets (Full / Compact / Minimal) — applying one clones your profile non-destructively
  • Health, power and absorb bars with LibSharedMedia textures, class / reaction / static color modes
  • Per-character profiles with import / export (base64-encoded)
  • Modern responsive options panel with collapsible sections, per-section reset, search bar, resize grip, saved size/position
  • Sister-addon side tabs — one-click switch to BossWatch / SplitWatch when they're installed
  • Movable + lockable mover with snap-to-edge and screen clamping
  • Minimap button + LibDataBroker launcher (auto-shows in Titan Panel / ChocolateBar)
  • Visibility scope: show only in raid, any group, or always
  • Test mode (1 to 8 fake tanks with animated debuffs and shifting stacks)
  • 9 languages: French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Simplified & Traditional Chinese

Installation

Slash commands

Command Description
/tankw Open the options panel
/tankw mover Toggle the green-overlay drag handle
/tankw test N Simulate N tanks (0 to 8) with fake debuffs
/tankw reset Wipe all settings and reload the UI
/tankw debug Print roster role / maintank info
/tankw auradebug Print every HARMFUL aura on each tank unit
/tankwatch Long alias for /tankw

Sister addons

TankWatch is part of the watch family — focused, lightweight WoW tools that play nice together:

  • BossWatch — customizable boss target frames
  • SplitWatch — automated raid subgroup balancing

When two or more are installed, side tabs appear on the options panel's left edge to switch between them with one click.

Bundled libraries

LibStub · CallbackHandler-1.0 · LibSharedMedia-3.0 · LibDataBroker-1.1

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License

MIT