Playerbot Dungeon Guide

'''Playerbot Dungeon Guide''' explains how to prepare, organize and control Playerbots for dungeon content on the Shadowmourne Realm.

Playerbots can make five-player content much easier to access, but good results still depend on preparation, group composition, positioning and threat management.

Recommended Group Composition

A traditional five-player dungeon group should generally contain:

1 Tank
1 Healer
3 damage characters

Example:

Player: Mage

Bot 1: Warrior Tank
Bot 2: Priest Healer
Bot 3: Rogue DPS
Bot 4: Hunter DPS

Creating Missing Roles

If AddClass bots are available, you can quickly fill missing roles.

Examples:

.playerbots bot addclass warrior
.playerbots bot addclass priest
.playerbots bot addclass mage

See AddClass Bots.

Before Entering a Dungeon

Before entering a dungeon, check:

player level
bot levels
tank specialization
healer specialization
equipment
weapons
spells
talents
healer mana
pet status
group membership

A useful preparation sequence is:

maintenance
autogear

See Playerbot Maintenance and Playerbot Autogear.

Tank Preparation

Your tank should be the best-prepared bot in the group.

Check:

tank specialization
defensive gear
weapon
shield where appropriate
health
threat generation

See Playerbot Tanking.

Healer Preparation

Your healer should have:

healing specialization
healing gear
enough mana
proper spells
safe positioning

See Playerbot Healing.

DPS Preparation

Damage bots should have:

correct specialization
correct weapons
appropriate gear
controlled threat
suitable combat strategies

See Playerbot DPS.

Movement Commands

The two most useful movement commands are:

follow
stay

Use follow while moving through the dungeon.

Use stay when precise positioning is needed.

Pulling Packs

For normal enemy groups:

position the party
let the tank engage first
allow threat to build
begin damage
watch healer mana

Do not let DPS bots attack before the tank has control.

See Threat.

AoE Pulls

Large groups can be handled with AoE, but uncontrolled AoE may create problems.

Possible risks include:

DPS pulling threat
extra groups entering combat
crowd control being broken
healer overload

Use AoE carefully.

Crowd Control

Some classes can use crowd control to reduce the number of active enemies.

Examples include:

Polymorph
roots
fear
stuns
shackles

See Crowd Control.

Positioning

Positioning matters in dungeons.

Useful examples:

keep ranged bots away from melee
place healers where they have line of sight
keep tanks facing enemies away from the group
use stay before dangerous pulls

Boss Preparation

Before a boss:

stop the group
check healer mana
check tank health
verify positioning
use stay for ranged bots if needed
let the tank engage first

Boss Threat

Bosses should normally remain on the tank.

If the boss attacks a healer or DPS bot, possible causes include:

tank did not establish enough threat
DPS attacked too early
tank gear is too weak
wrong combat strategies

See Threat.

Healer Mana

Healer mana is one of the most important dungeon resources.

Do not chain-pull indefinitely if the healer is low on mana.

Allow time to recover between difficult pulls.

Recovery After Death

If a bot dies:

stop moving
verify the bot's state
regroup
resurrect if possible
use follow after recovery

Bots may sometimes have trouble with:

elevators
unusual terrain
long jumps
instance portals

Dungeon Finder

Depending on Shadowmourne configuration, Playerbots may also participate in Dungeon Finder systems.

Random Bots may help populate dungeon queues.

See Random Bots.

Recommended Strategy Setup

Use:

co
nc

to inspect or adjust Playerbot strategies.

Typical goals:

Tank → tank-oriented combat behavior
Healer → healing behavior
DPS → controlled damage behavior

See Playerbot Strategies.

Troubleshooting

Group wipes quickly