In the CD editor, spells that guilds practically never plan on this boss fade out, so the cooldowns worth planning stand out.
Pick Common next to All, Clear, Essential and Personal to hide the faded spells. Anything you placed or switched on yourself always stays.
Open a team plan
Open any cooldown plan of your team. Faded spells show with a soft striped background.
Pick Common
In the filter row, pick Common to hide the faded spells. Pick any other preset to bring them back.
Turn the fades off if you like
Open Display in the toolbar and switch off Fade rarely planned spells. This is saved on your device.
What a Faded Spell Means
A faded spell is one that fewer than 1 in 10 guilds plan for that spec on this boss. The Display menu shows the exact line for the boss you have open.
It is a hint, not a rule. Some of the best plans use a spell nobody else does. Fading only tells you that you are off the usual path, so you can decide on purpose.
The Fork Mark
When your team has placed a cooldown on a faded spell, the cooldown gets a small fork mark and a ring. It is your plan going its own way, nothing more. Hover the mark, or open Display, to read what it means.
The Common Preset
Common hides the faded spells on top of the spell types you have shown. It never hides:
- a spell your team has placed on that player,
- a spell you switched on by hand for that player.
Common never changes what you saved for each player, so picking another preset brings back exactly the view you had.
Where Common Picks Come From
Common picks are built from plans and templates raid teams make on WowUtils, the way you make yours:
- Only established teams count, and each guild has a capped say, so one big guild cannot tip a boss.
- The plan a team links to its raid night counts most. Other plans and templates count for half.
- A spell only fades once enough guilds have planned that boss for that spec.
- Nobody ever sees your plans, your team, or how many guilds plan anything. The editor only learns which spells are rarely planned.
Common picks update once a day.
Why Some Bosses Show Nothing
A brand new boss, or a spec few teams bring, has no faded spells until enough guilds have planned it. On those bosses, the Common preset is greyed out with "Not enough guilds yet on this boss".
Common picks show on team plans and team templates. Personal notes never fade anything.