How to Setup Healbot Effectively (Updated for Ver 3.3 - Winter 2009) (720p HD)

Healbot is an addon for healing classes in World of Warcraft. Healbot allows you to see all party and raid members at once. It allows you to assign spells to any combination of mouse buttons and ctrl/shift/alt. It also allows for Decursing and Dispelling. All this in one easy to use program. This tutorial will show how to setup the addon so that is compact, yet efficient.
- Shows how to set every configuration in the Healbot menu
- Explains and shows examples of key functions
- Shows how non healing classes can use Healbot
- Shows how macros can be used to link trinkets and abilities to spells.

[@johnvictorcogal8278]

2017 still using this tutorial

[@quackhead8938]

yikes

[@kaushalkamble8848]

Even after 10 years, this video is so usefull. Thanks a lot.

[@Dudedafool]

Your 2 healbot videos have been AMAZINGLY helpful with my healing, when I first downloaded it before you released your first video I was stumped. Now, you've made it so easy for me. Thanks alot Surann, I really enjoy your videos.

[@korvene31]

Thank you for this video, 10 years later I still come back to check on it for healbot setups :D

[@Aerel21]

I love your healbot setup options. When I first started using healbot I found it an annoying combination of helpful and not quite helpful enough and I didn't know enough about the settings to know how to make it better, so I really appreciate your step-by-step tutorial.

[@setotitan]

Thanks for taking the time to put that video together, it was instructive and helpful!

[@zeljomirja8946]

this is one of best guides

[@Eulanna]

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this! Incredibly helpful!

[@ryuuseicha]

Thanks so much. I'm a new raid healer jumping into ICC-10 and this has made Healbot way more usable.

[@APsYleX]

thanks for going through the work of creating this tutorial video man, helped me a LOT! keep it up

[@TerryGrogan]

Really nicely done. I got a lot from this video, thanks much for taking the time to make it!!

[@yamacbayin]

this guy is a real life undead

[@scaleo11a]

Thank you very much, with this I'm finally dual spec and comfy with healing duties!

[@hellahurts]

i have been looking all over for the answers that you have done....AWESOME JOB!!!!! i run a disc priest and was about to give up cause of the so many boxes yet not knowing who was in range allowing those that were in my range to die.....TY TY TY

[@andymadownzdeadly]

Love this video, been using healbot forever on my pally and this video is going to help me heal so much better

[@Sevilou]

Finnally found a proper explanation how to work HB properly, wtf was I thinking using xperl to target frames and heal via macros and keys.

[@teakettica]

Thanks so much for this. I tried using healbot without customizing it and I looked like such a noob. This is fantastic.

[@HappyBackStaber]

Thanks for the video man. Was looking for a good setup for raid. Thanks.

[@carinthiamace]

I love your tutorial...now I just need the 4.0 version...I cant do it without you!! =)

[@Akirathedon92]

Thanks a ton for making this! Downloaded Healbot earlier today and had a panic attack because I had no clue what I was looking at

[@guyonwabbit]

Oh thanks so much this video saves me from getting a head ache trying to heal in BGs

[@Damenblack]

Thanks so much for posting this informative video. Healbot is working great now.

[@KoleMyrick]

Thank you for this....new to healing and Healbot. This helped a ton.

[@Surannhealz]

Thanks so much for this! I did this and the feature is working as it used to.....helps healers get ppl back up quicker instead of res'ing the same ppl.

[@Pryde551]

Very nice video. Helped alot. I tried healbot in some PVP BG's and was doing terrible because I wasn't familiar with the interface. Thanks again!

[@dimisko915]

Nice video it helped me to improve me heal bot and now is a way better then the one that i was using it. Thank you.

[@Matyme]

Thanx I need to get the new healbot. I haven't updated my for a year now and it has been messing me up pretty bad in raids. You have it set up like I do though. Thanx for clearing out a lot for me.

[@uznnal]

Simple to understand thanks to your video. Very helpful

[@90Matsern]

Dude.. THANKS for making this video.. really helped me with understand it at all!:D

[@TheEzmaralda]

Thank you for this, i used it to set HB up for my new Priestess and it works fantastic! Couldn't have done it without this vid, they should post it on the curse site.

[@sinistralwing]

Thank you so very much for this video. I've had Healbot for a while now and have never really figured out how to tweak it to my liking, which probably is the reason I gave up healing on my shaman and changed her offspec to Elemental. :\ I am definitely going to give this a try!

[@ShadaMare1]

thanks so much for this vid :D i was getting frustrated with healbot but this has helps a whole lot, thanks :D

[@SaynaTheSpiffy]

This was extremely helpful. Thank you!

[@Gophersaurus]

Thanks so much for this. Just got my resto druid to 80 and have realised the glaring limitations of the default UI, but was a bit intimidated by all the options in Healbot.

[@heatherwind]

I have to confess I hated Healbot when I was trying to work with it as a priest. But now that I'm healing with a shaman it's incredibly handy and much more efficient. Thank you SO much for posting this vid - I was having a devil of a time getting the bars configured to where it wasn't blocking my screen. Great vid!

[@Static-EN-]

this is very helpful, thank you!

[@Surannhealz]

Healbot will remember your spell choices for each spec. So when you change between Primary and Secondary specs it will change the mouse buttons to whatever you set it to last time on that spec. There is a specfic option in Healbot to enable/disable this, but it is enabled to default.

[@Dranrock]

Amazing guide, this is going to help me alot. Thanks alot.

[@Surannhealz]

Absolutly right there, thats why I added a small section about just to give ppl ideas about how else it can be used. I use it on my characters now no matter what the role. Strife (the author) is also talking about allowing custom debuff monitoring per class, so that say a Warrior raid leader could watch for Magic or Disease or Curses on the raid even though a warrior can't do anything about it.

[@COOLGEORGE007]

the best video i saw about healbot...u made me to start use it :P

[@Surannhealz]

WOW always needs more healers.....hope to see you back in the saddle!

[@samivwow]

Thanks, worked a treat

[@stevencsk79]

hi there surann, your tutorial really helped me get my head around healbot. 1 question, how do u set the background the bars sit on to transparent? i cant seem to find the correct combination on the color picker, thanks for the awesome tutorial

[@Drezix64]

Thx for this vid, it was a big help.

[@Arnouxvaze]

2012 summer, still using this tutorial :D

[@myomy5]

Great video and guide to this add on. You should do more for other big addons that have a lot of configs to them!

[@Vypi666]

thanks man, helped a lot

[@pepeferrone]

Awesome guide dude. thank you

[@krappyesquilax]

thank you about ten million times!!!

[@ndriley97]

Thank you, Surann!!

[@niiXy]

awesome guide, thanks man! :)

[@linzblkr]

i have 3.3.5.0.. so it looks a little different.. had to go searching for a few things.. but great video.. helped me out tons.. ty

[@FortisAquila14]

Ty so much!!!!!! THis was really helpful ty ty :D i had a problems setting it afteer this i dont so ty again :D

[@EricStratton79]

Great video. Thank you!

[@TheSweethearter]

Your video is wonderful. Thank you for taking the time to create it. I am wondering whether you would consider adding the buff Aura Mastery? My paladin can use it to reduce mana cost. It lasts for six seconds, but can be reapplied every two minutes. I would appreciate knowing when the two minutes are finished. Thank you again, TheSweethearter

[@Aleksandar983]

Nice video man ty

[@Surannhealz]

@t1m1976 thanks for the kind words. I actually have most of the raw footage for an updated video, but I go back and forth about waiting for 4.0 (currently on PTR)

[@Legendaryliving]

If you are still playing, It would be cool to see you do this again with the newer interface.

[@Wizardi1111]

Great guide,thanks

[@mopedale]

thank you! very helpful, gunna go test in pvp now!

[@darkmeseha]

Great Guide dude Ty a lot :D

[@ManiacKomplex]

!@#!@# damned alert level, setup Healbot in Cata and couldnt figure out what i was missing (been years since I had to setup Healbot) =) thanx a million for your vid, brohem

[@sinistralwing]

Awesome vid, I swear by this whenever I have to re-configure Healbot. But is there any chance of an updated vid any time soon? The settings have changed a great deal since this one.

[@XxPsychoholicxX]

What music / song / band is the intro ? I really like it. Also, thanks for the video. I prefer Grid, but I rerolled Druid, and grid doesn't really suffice. It helped me alot !

[@7xXSE7ENXx7]

Hey man great guide, im new to healing and using this addon so this is probably a dumb question but am i able to click each health bar and heal targets with my current keybindings? seems i am only able to left click or right click 2 spells but when i try to use a certain binded spell when hovering over a bar it just heals myself? any help would be appreciated.

[@SpamieTM]

True, healbot can also be used for Misdirect and Tricks of the Trade Great guide,btw

[@americanjumpingbeen]

this helped alot but what are all the button clicks....is there a way to make the spell icon on the players name and just left click the icon to cast the spell?

[@Getfallin]

i play priest in wow and went healing.. i was just using xperl for the raid frames but it got me all confused so decided to play shadow all the time LoL.. with healbot and ur tutorial now im healing raids like a boss :P

[@s1rconstantine]

good video, very useful information

[@zacharymayfire]

sweet vid. i do have a question though. my main spec is holy and offspec is prot. when i switch back and forth between the two do i have to reset my settings for healing and tanking or will healbot change my settings when i switch specs?

[@Surannhealz]

@Huzzawful Yes that is correct. It consolidates all the relavent information and abilities of a healer. Consider it a Central Command for healing. While it gets more usefull the more people that are involved, it is completely worthwhile to use while soloing or in 5 man dungeons. Its even useable on non-healers once you get used to it functions (keeping buffs up, etc).

[@thanosAIAS]

most imformative, thank you very much sir :P

[@jwxq3]

beautiful, i used to use healbot, but after having some issues with it i stopped using it... this makes me want to restart it. it makes me want to pvp heal again, makes it seem MUCH easier... especially in bg's. how well does this work in arenas?

[@dvr1337]

i wonder if its possible to make a specific smaller bar/group for pets on top of the other grps

[@bsoverns]

Great video

[@4lex0akes]

Excellent thanks!

[@Surannhealz]

Awsome, glad that worked!

[@EricStratton79]

Question: On Buffs tab, you can choose "Custom" for "check members". How do you set that up? I wanted to check multiple (but not all) classes for a buff.

[@wrthndr69]

Is there a way to use a spell on scoll up or down with heal bot?

[@ShoelessJoe11]

are you able to make the bars dark and only appear in class color one they have taken damage? I've looked around but can't really find what I want. Thanks for the great addon.

[@HymeX]

great guide thanks

[@Megintdclelelel]

Thank you very much you are helped me thank thank :)

[@butmunch19121993]

this helps alot thanks

[@321korn123]

I got a question.. Can tankadin spells be used like Righteous Defence and Hand of Protection on the Healbot interface just like a healing spell?

[@Surannhealz]

@Rachelz13 Through Healbot you can use just about any macro that you would normally use from your action bar. The key is understanding how the targeting works. To pass commands to the name your clicking on Healbot, use "hbtarget" as the name. For example /cast [target=hbtarget] Flash of Light would cast Flash of Light on whoever you click on in Healbot. Sometimes you have be more direct and do /target hbtarget or /target yourownname to get it to work correctly if doing complex macros.

[@xdyld0gx]

Thank you so much!

[@Surannhealz]

Make sure your using abilities that dont trigger the global cooldwon. Trinkets, many class abilities, will not trigger global cooldowns. Then just type something similar in your macro menu. /cast Divine Plea /cast Avenging Wrath /use 13 (13 is the top trinket and 14 is bottom) Call it Pally_Combo or something. Then open Healbot and type Pally_Combo as one of the spells. It will execute the macro. For targetable ability on yourself use /use 13 /cast [target=player] Power Infusion

[@lillidys]

For general debuffs my healbot has a default colour change from the default green of the health bars to a really really dark purple colour and I can't find any way to make the colour of the bar easier to see against the background of HB. This is really irritating because when raid debuffs come out (e.g. the innoculations on Festergut in ICC) everyone's bar is really hard to tell where their health is at. Where would I change this setting?

[@velarya]

Great guide, tx!. I would like to add to your suggestion for non healers using healbot. Although a paladin can be holy, I like to use healbot as prot spec. I assign righteous defense and all of the Hands (Lay on hands too) to my mouse buttons. I make the frame very small and anchor it near my portrait, so i can quickly taunt or bop or hand of sacrifice someone without having to change my target from the mob i am tanking.

[@Healberight]

Hi. On the 'Text' button of the 'Skins' tab there is an image at the bottom of the options page that shows an 'enabled' health bar. My health bars are either solid or reduced by the proportion of the health missing - they are not showing the deficit as semi-transparent. I'm finding it hard to instantly tell how much health is missing... I would like to see the missing health as transparent - rather than just missing altogether :)

[@deax9999]

is there a way to get the groups to go horizontal instead of vertical?

[@niiXy]

does the resurrection chat message only show up in raids and not party like the other settings?

[@Toffetoffe85]

best guide i found. Can you make a new one for the version please =D.

[@Surannhealz]

Make sure you are running WoW as Admin. This will allow it to write to the folder and save your settings. Right click on the icon you use to start WoW and select Properties and then Advanced and then Run as Administrator.

[@Surannhealz]

Could you possibly be using an older version of Healbot and your in a random dungeon (the ones that are cross server)? There was a know issue with about version 3.2 to 3.3.0 where it wouldn't work correctly with people from other servers. But the newest versions fixed that pretty quickly.

[@Hexamore1994]

I love Healbot, but i had problems with it with the new Update, this fixed it all...

[@Aznsify]

Awesome guide is there an addon or a macro that targets player with lowest HP?

[@Surannhealz]

This is a limitation of the WoW UI since about version 2.0. No addon is allowed to make decisions for you while in combat. So once your out of combat, Healbot is allowed to "autocast" for you, but once you enter combat YOU must press a button for each specific spell (or macro) you wish to execute. This was because ppl used to be able to make macros that would do their rotation for them using timers or healers could automatically use downranked spells to maximize mana to heal ratio. No more.

[@godsinferno]

Does the Resurrection notice only work in raids? I have it set like urs but it doesn't show up in 5 mans.

[@Surannhealz]

Glad it helped! ^_^