Decursive
Decursive for World of Warcraft
Decursive is a cleansing mod intended to make affliction removal easy, effective and fun for all the classes having this ability.
Documentation:
NOTE: Type /DECURSIVE to open the configuration panel. Decursive's options are not directly available in the "Interface" panel due to ongoing tainting issues Blizzard is not willing to fix.
Decursive usage - Micro Unit Frames documentation - Decursive Macro documentation - Frequently Asked Questions - commands
Decursive key benefits
Ease of use:
- Decursive supports all classes with cleansing abilities and configures itself automatically, it works straight out of the box, no configuration is required.
- Intuitive interface and detailed options, Decursive is suitable for simple usage and power users.
Control what and who you want to dispel:
- Easily Filter out afflictions you don't want to cure or that are useless to remove by class (some are pre-configured). (Such as afflictions affecting mana on non-mana classes, etc...).
- Choose between what you can dispel (magic, curses, poison, diseases, charms) choosing their priority. (this allows you to share the cleansing work with other players effectively)
- Prioritize or exclude members. (keep players, classes, or raid groups in a specific order to cleanse them in order of importance)
Manage Mind controlled units:
- If you are a Mage, a Druid or a Shaman you can Polymorph/Cyclone/Hex mind-controlled players.
- In any case Decursive will allow you to target mind controlled units easily.
- Decursive supports magic charming affect removal for Shamans (Purge and Hex), Priests (Dispel Magic), Hunters (Tranquilizing Shot), and Warlocks (Fellhunter and Doomguards spells).
Don't waste time:
- Your cleansing spell Cooldown is displayed to maximize your dispel speed.
- An automatic blacklist will prevent you from loosing time on players who can't be dispelled. (player 'out of line of sight' for example).
- Decursive choose a logical cleansing order depending on your current position in the raid. (preventing dispel concurrence between players and thus 'nothing to dispel' messages)
React faster:
- Visual and/or auditive alerts when someone needs your attention and can be dispelled.
- Special sound alert when Unstable Affliction is detected and you're about to dispel it.
- Visual and auditive alert when your dispel attempts are resisted or fail.
Integration in any interface:
- Decursive is designed to save screen real estate and to be forgotten when not needed.
- Many options allow you to customize Decursive appearance and interface behavior.
- All Decursive alert colors can be modified making it suitable for color-blind people.
Highly optimized and effective coding:
- Decursive was developed with memory and CPU usage in mind, installing Decursive won't affect your frame rate even in the worst battle conditions.
- Bug free: bugs are not tolerated in Decursive.
In brief, what you get with Decursive is effectiveness, a player using Decursive will always dispel faster than other players.
See also:
- Decursive usage
- Micro Unit Frames documentation
- Decursive Macro documentation
- Frequently Asked Questions try this before asking any question
- commands
Interesting articles and videos about Decursive's usage:
- 2010-11-20 (Updated in 2011-06-11)
A complete Decursive guide by @darista: daritos.apotheosis-now.com/?p=24
- 2009-07-15
Article: www.hotsdots.com/2009/07/improving-the-interface-using-addons-7-decursive-cleansing-and-dispelling/
- 2010-02-20:
Video: WarcraftScience's Decursive tutorial
For other videos about Decursive, see the YouTube playlist.
Decursive is dedicated to the memory of Bertrand Sense known as Glorfindal on the European server Les Sentinelles. He was the raid leader of my guild (Horizon)
For suggestions, feature request, or bug report, use the ticket system provided by WoWAce.com.
Development versions of Decursive are available at this URI: https://www.2072productions.com/to/decursive_dev ; note that development versions may be unstable. Unless you want to help testing unstable code you should download the versions considered stable below.
Do not forget to rate Decursive!
Bitcoin donation address: 1LEHZuPsiHN4hM3H3Gru5xKmDgCj867eFX
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Posted Sep 2, 2026In reply to lglrain:
What version are you using?
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Posted Aug 31, 2026thank you so much for updating the addon you are a life saver! Quick question nd it could be me, but I am not getting a sound when someone needs ot be decursed am i missing a sound library?
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Posted Sep 1, 2026In reply to echobee11:
Yes that's normal, there is only a sound when a Unit is mind-controlled now because in 12.1, the only way to make a sound when someone gets a debuff is to register every single debuff one by one for each unit... Since I can't possibly register every single debuff the sound feature is not coming back unfortunately unless I can find a better way but there is none for now as far as I know... (maybe Blizzard will add a new way later)
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Posted Sep 2, 2026In reply to archarodim:
Some good news: the latest alpha includes a contribution from someone who restore the sound for a specific set of debuffs
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Posted Sep 2, 2026@archarodim OMG thank you for the update!
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Posted Aug 26, 2026Hi, the addon isn't working. I've tried disabling/enabling it, reinstalling it, and clearing the cache. The `/decursive` command doesn't work either. What am I doing wrong?
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Posted Aug 27, 2026In reply to user_htrp6hno9yejaxnq:
Which version are you using? Only the latest alpha versions are working with 12.1: https://www.wowace.com/projects/decursive/files
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Posted Aug 28, 2026@archarodim Installed it manually, and it worked. Thanks!
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Posted Aug 25, 2026I just released 2.8.3-9-g2762890 alpha version which should fix basic compatibility with 12.1 (I could only do very basic tests so feedback is appreciated)
For now:
- The MUFs should be lit with the correct color if and only if WoW thinks you can dispel the debuff
- No notion of type priority (you can configure them but they will have no effect)
- No sound alert
- No Livelist (I don't think it can come back)
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Posted Aug 26, 2026@archarodim so far works as always, no bugs yet ! <3 tyvm for ur efforts !!!
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Posted Aug 26, 2026@archarodim - As always, thank you for continuing to update this addon. Even if it's still not 100% ready, I'm content. I appreciate it!
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Posted Aug 23, 2026I've released a new alpha that is meant to be used with @feelsohigh1998 compatibility addon.
@rlorfing has made a fork of Decursive for the 12.1 version and made many changes and added new features. I'll release a compatible version as well soon but I no longer have the time nor the motivation to keep Decursive evolving as he already shown he does so you can try his version if you want.
7 years ago, I switched Decursive to a GPLV3 license so that it could be forked and continued if something happened to me which almost did at that time... So I'm happy to see someone motivated working on his own version of Decursive and make it evolve. I've been in contact with him to pass along some important information and so that the fork is done in the best conditions. (Note that you need to uninstall this version of Decursive to try his as both addons use the same folder and share common assets)
I'll keep maintaining Decursive for the classic versions of wow and as I said I'll release a compatible version for 12.1 but I'm on a completely unrelated very important project right now that needs my full attention so I can only work a couple of hours a day on Decursive.
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Posted Aug 24, 2026@archarodim Thanks for your hard work.
I'm maintaining K Decurse (formerly SmartDebuff Reloaded), so I know how hard it can be to maintain a project like this.
Since it looks like you won’t have the time to keep maintaining Decursive, I might take a closer look at it and decide whether to fork it and build on top of it, or perhaps just reimplement some of its features in K Decurse.
PS: The Classic versions of WoW will probably move to the new API pretty soon too.
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Posted Aug 26, 2026In reply to Kallye:
thanks for the proposal, I've released an alpha version that restores some basic functionality, I'll keep working at it 2 hours at at time for the next few days, I'll have some more time next week if all goes well. We'll see. The major issue with all Blizzard stuff is the lack of real documentation and the difficulty to test things which cost a lot of time...
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Posted Aug 20, 2026Don't know if you have a solution, you can check my profile for an alternative.
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Posted Aug 19, 2026Reworked Decursive from the ground up.., adapted to 12.1 restrictions... added CD overlay and sizing squares options, added LOS, out of range status indicators. Reworked UI, and added integration with DanderFrames..
automatic spell detection instead of fixed list.
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/zhaohu-decursive
need testers....
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Posted Aug 19, 2026@rlorfing I'll install it now.
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Posted Aug 20, 2026In reply to Capricorn1309:
let me know what you think
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Posted Aug 21, 2026In reply to rlorfing:
I think you should take over this addon, but i understand why you went sideways.
Thanks for your addon, keep it alive as long as you can mr / mrs !
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Posted Aug 21, 2026@rlorfing So far so good. I havent had one error. Just random questing and delves but lots of poison to cleanse on my druid.