This BoPs your current targets target (i.e. You can also add in to cast the spells on your mouse-over target: Or a more compact version that does the exact same thing: Updated for WotLK. Report Links. To use the above macro, press the macro button in every GCD and cast [Word of Glory] or [Shield of the Righteous] when you want to use the Holy Power. To do so, use the following castsequence to replace the 939's main castsequence. In general, your damage intake will be relatively smooth, with many attacks being blocked by your shield or softened by your strong active mitigation. With this macro you need to set the MT as your focus target. If mounted will cast Retribution Aura and dismount. You can also add in. Use: A macro to swap between one set of libram and seal and another. You must have one of these addons for this macro to use the timers. This macro will allow you to cast repentense on your focus target without losing your current target. This design is based on the 939 rotation proposed by Theck[5]. Learning how to effectively hold threat will make you a good tank. Using [noharm] will allow the macro to work off of friendly players and NPCs. The second set of numbers is for your flying mounts. If unmounted in a non flyable area, will cast crusader aura on first click, Summon Charger on second click, This can be especially handy if the player seeks to protect a certain unit (for example, escort quests). Must have the Glyph of Righteous Retreat. Note: The last line can be changed to say whatever is desired. Macros and Addons provide many quality-of-life improvements in WoW, allowing players to improve how information is displayed in-game or automate decision-making to optimize performance. This will allow a tank to remove all debuffs, DoTs, fears, and other harmful spells and then remove the shield so you can pick up aggro. However, you can replace the [Hammer of the Righteous] spells by [Crusader Strike] spells in the castsequence, if you find it necessary. Previous caveats other than flight dismount and length of macro apply, Macro takes dual spec into account (I was annoyed at having to reset my aura when in secondary spec). The appropriate spell will then be cast in the following order: (1) any friendly mouseover target; (2) if no mouseover target, it will cast on your actual target, if friendly; or (3) if no mouseover target or no friendly actual target, it will cast on you. If your mouseover is your enemy, the macro will cast [Hammer of Justice] on it. A healer should be watching your buffs and no amount of macro'd text and Sounds will make them care more if they didn't before. As it is designed for spamming, Bubi recommends the application of "console Sound_EnableSFX" and "script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()" commands to eliminate error sounds and messages. This way, you'll free up your main bar space for your stuns, judgments and other important spells. This will do the same except if you hold down shift you will use Hand of Reckoning. If Aura Mastery is AVAILABLE ... Activate AM for you AND (in 1 push for both) /yell to vicinity that "ABC Aura Mastery 6s" where ABC is: Change YELL in the macro to SAY if you want to not shout it, or change the function from SendChatMessage to print (and remove the 2nd argument) to only say it to yourself. I found Spankytanky's Ez-mode randomizer macro to work pretty well, but tweaked it to max my raid DPS while still keeping it simple (helps loads in avoiding junk on Hodir with out messing up dps badly)This is the Light version, if another paladin insists on doing judgment of light, make a second macro that replaces light with Wisdom. [Herbalism] is also a popular choice for Paladins because of its synergy with [Alchemy]. http://www.wowhead.com/forums&topic=178131n‏, https://wowwiki-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Useful_macros_for_paladins?oldid=2835958, name it, describe what it does, and use a 'space' before each command for the 'code box', note the version of WoW that you tested it in, if moving from another page, remove it from the old page, Use: This yells, "Hooray, I made a macro! The last command clears that annoying red text that says "You can't do this yet" every time you press a button that's on CD. When re-creating a macro in Useful macros please, Add macros here that can be used regardless of spec. 25 - … How this macro works is that it will target whatever your focus target is. Allows you to perfectly time your CD's right and allow you to lay down major damage while instantly healing yourself at the end of the rotation. Such a design allows the automation of these GCD spells with a castsequence command. This is because you cannot help the NPCs in question, and a macro using [help] will fail. There are also many other reported faceroll macros for MoP paladin tanking, but for the concision of this article, we forgo any further introduction to MoP paladin tanking faceroll macros as for now. Beast Mastery. I bind this to my mouse-wheel, doesn't matter if you wanna scroll the wheel up or down, but essentially it will cast whichever spell is needed/not on cooldown/active/whatever. Allows the player to heal whatever focus targets (Ex: put focus on a boss and heal boss target). In this way the group needs to frequently marking skulls. Use: This one-click macro will turn on Crusader aura and put you on a random land mount if you cannot fly in the current zone or random flying mount in a flyable zone. At the bottom of the text box, there's a scroll bar to see the rest of the macro. Otherwise it will display "Invalid Target" on your screen. Also if Art of War is proc'd, you'll get a Flash of Light out of the deal. If none of the above criteria are met and your current focus is an ally, it casts Flash of Light on your focus. Either make 2 macros like this, and remove the FoL from your group macro, or edit the macro before and after each group. Below we have a standard build that takes some damage talents from the Retribution tree. If you do not have a focus target this will return nul and do nothing. You should have another paladin in your raid specced for Improved Seal of the Crusader and Vindication. As-is the macro is 255 characters, which is why the messages are so terse. By both tank and dps focusing on the skull, dps are less likely to get the aggro. It will also refresh your rotation after the mob is dead. I have a mouse with 7 buttons, so I use this macro for flash of light, holy light, holy shock, hand of freedom, and sacred shield. An example of action bar using these macros is shown on the picture, where button ` is Branch Castsequence 2, 1 is [Hammer of Wrath], 2 is Main Castsequence (939 Rotation, AoE), 3 is Branch Castsequence 1, 4 is Main Castsequence (ISH9, single target variation). Minor glyph that reduces your hearthstone time by 50% during divine shield. I often use this when off tanking to take some damage in place of main tank. Hitting the macro once casts the spell on yourself. Paladin. First step: select the non friendly target (boss, miniboss, trash etc, whatever) and use first macro to focus it: Second step: spam this macro to heal whatever the boss, miniboss etc is targeting (mainly should be the tank but if tank loose aggro (aggro lose, fear or other strategy) you auto heal whoever boss is targeting. If you have nobody on focus, it'll drop the judgement on your own target instead. --Credit: Spankytanky - Lightnings Blade - Horde 05:16, 20 May 2009 (UTC). Use: Casts Avenging Wrath and Inquisition increasing Holy Damage by 50%, Zealotry and Crusader Strike to recover all Holy Power lost in Inquistion. Macro commands Combines Hammer of the Righteous and Crusader Strike into one button Paladin Wow macro that’s easy to use. This one will activate the Righteous Defense in three cases: Another alternative is to use focus instead of mouseover. It will allow you to cast any spell on both of your group members in 3v3, or 2v2. Holding Threat: As already stated, a tank who can’t hold aggro is not a good tank. Tested: 3.3.5 User:guitarsslave 08.September.2011. Something to cover different role skills for instance so you don't have to reset … Just add and remove mount names in which you would like. First step: select the non friendly target (boss, miniboss, trash etc, whatever) and use first macro to focus it: Second step: spam this macro to heal whatever the boss, miniboss etc is targeting (mainly should be the tank but if tank loose aggro (aggro lose, fear or other strategy) you auto heal whoever boss is targeting, Macros for use with the Protection Paladin Build. If [I can't fly here] OR [I'm pressing Shift], cast Charger then Crusader Aura then Retribution Aura, and reset the sequence if I Ctrl click. 13 and 14 are the trinket slot numbers and can be used for any macro. Classic Holy Paladin Healing Macro Guide - WoW Classic 1.13 By Dunraven . Note: With the release of 6.0.2, many spells have been renamed, and much of the scripted command functionality has been modified. If copying ours below, you can simply copy/paste the text in. If Aura Mastery is on COOLDOWN ... prints a message to your screen saying "AM in XYZs" (where XYZ is between 1 and 120 for the number of seconds until it is available). No problem if the tank is targeting a dead/out of range/friendly, this macro will still get you attacking the nearest enemy. The macro will not warn if the target is hostile/not dead. You can add additional mounts using a comma as separator or change the aura when dismounting to your preference. All it does is puts 2 spells and 2 trinkets in 1 button, so that you take 30% damage from all members, but only half is actually taken. No other tank class has quite the array of tricks up their sleeve that a Paladin does. The macro will automatically cast Judgement of Light on whatever the MT is targeting. Comparing to other reported faceroll macros, automation of GCD, instead of automating the entire rotation, does not interfere with the situational use of [Word of Glory] and [Shield of the Righteous]. Vengeance. Using my example, casting this macro will randomly use the mount in slot 3, 5, or 7 for ground mounts and slots 12, 13, or 14 for flying mounts. However, if you press alt with this macro, it will cast HoP on you. Blizzard's auto selfcast and selfcast-key works. This paladin macro casts repentance on your target and sets it as your focus target. As-is the macro is 255 characters, which is why the messages are so terse. This is a modified version of the above macro, here's what it does: As above, change the ability to the one you wish to use, this works with all of my rotation. For shockadins with a decent amount of +spelldamage gear, this is usually between 3-5k holy damage. This is strictly speaking a tanking macro, but I feel every paladin should have it just in case it's needed. In this case the player only need set their focus to the unit to protect, and the macro will allow for fast one-click taunting. An easy way to use these macro's is to keep the bars where you keep these macro's right under, or next to your party frames. Press to open the pet panel, choose the mount tab, then find the slot number that corresponds with the mount(s) you want to include. Like all facerolling macros, this macro setup helps you decide which spell to use, so you can focus on tanking itself. Alternatively: "Show the proper tooltip. It's long, so you'll have to remove the first line on Judgement spells. Use: If you are unmounted, it will mount you on a random mount and cast Crusader Aura. Great for when you don't have time to target your opponent, want to use judgement and on the nuke target (so you don't accidentally break crowd control). This macro will on 1st key press summon mount, on 2nd it will change aura to Crusader and on 3rd it will dismount You AND change aura to Retribution. If your target is an enemy it will cast Judgement of Light on it instead. So I made a new one. /cast [mod:alt,@player][help,nodead][help,nodead,nomod:alt,@targettarget][] Flash of Light. In an effort to keep Wowpedia posts relevant, please re-validate and re-post macros that work in the current version. Newbie friendly macros that any pally can edit and use. When the mouse is over a living friendly target -> Righteous Defense on the mouse indicated target, When your selected target is a living friendly -> Righteous Defense on your selected target, When your target is unfriendly -> Righteous Defense on the target's target if it is living and friendly. We write this macro as the following: Important: do not use the  [Glyph of Consecration], as the macro will stuck at "Consecration". A foreign player, Bubi, has first reported the following faceroll macro which fully automates the paladin tank rotation[3]: This macro automatically casts the static sequence of spells and try to cast [Shield of the Righteous] and [Word of Glory] whenever possible. [Mining] is the most popular Gathering Profession choice for Paladins because of its synergy with [Blacksmithing] and [Engineering]. The following macro represents an alternative castsequence for the automation of GCD Rotation, where [Hammer of the Righteous] spells are replaced by [Crusader Strike] spells. Making a macro Wiki Formatting Category:Macros UI Customization, /castsequence reset=30 Every Man for Himself(Racial), Impending Victory, Sunder Armor, Disarm, Raging Blow, Thunder Clap, Taunt, Whirlwind edit: updated macro for 3.3, replaced "target=" with "@". Because of the "Flash of Light" and "Cleanse", this is a great macro for PVP, its truly a spamable IWIN button, and because it will automatically cast 4 different attack spells, it maximizes your dps by selecting which ever spell is castable at that time. In this page, you can learn what the best Paladin Macros are and what they can be used for. We still have our core taking talents, but we add the damage for better threat generation. The original document can be found here:[1][2]. The following variation of main castsequence is ISH9 based. I have some nice macros to share and hope you share yours Lets make this the Paladin Macro thread! One click macro to change aura and mount, replace Retribution Aura with an aura of your choice. Pressing it again will cancel the BoP if cast on you (get rid of the BoP on yourself to resume DPS or if the BoP was accidental). /script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Ashbringer\\ASH_SPEAK_12.wav"), Tested:3.3.5 User:guitarsslave 08.September.2011. Example, say you have a poison on you, this will eventually, but still quickly, cleanse you. The setup is effective under 4.0.6 and all earlier versions of Cataclysm. Note: The mounts Summon Charger and Golden Gryphon can be chanced to other mounts. You can modify the macro by changing one "Crusader Strike" into "Hammer of the Righteous" if you are the one to maintain the Weakened Blows debuff, so you will cast [Hammer of the Righteous] in every 9 GCDs. PS: Inquisition NEEDS to be with 3 charges of Holy Power. Lightdrinker (talk) 22:02, 24 June 2009 (UTC). When tanking a single target, you can spam this alternative main castsequence to maximize the threat. Tested and working in 4.0.1. You can use this macro for every spell you have and it free's up a lot of time and attention so you can focus on interrupting and CC's in arena. #showtooltip /cast Redemption(Rank 5) /e is casting Redemption on %t. Like all facerolling macros, this macro setup helps you decide which spell to use, so you can focus on tanking itself. An incredibly useful macro that simply combines the Righteous Defense macro above and casts Holy Shield. appears, use a branch castsequence macro three times before going back to the main castsequence.[1]. Zone sensitive random mounting with auras: Taking lessons from the Smart Mount macro above and using GoGoMount to reduce the number of characters required. This tanking macro setup is made to make your tanking as a paladin easier[4]. My original Vanilla Paladin Macros , created for the 1.12 client, were able to provide amazing utility to the Paladin, but World of Warcraft: Classic uses a new macro system that is far more restrictive, so those old super powerful macros no longer work. This macro is great for ensuring that when you use judgement to reduce the cool-down of your HoJ as a holy paladin, it'll always judgement your friendly target's target. Extremely high single-target threat generation in raid settings. First, we have a core build that consists of all talents that are necessary for tanking. This macro is great for ensuring that when you use judgement to reduce the cool-down of your HoJ as a holy paladin, it'll always judgement your friendly target's target. This macro can help you mark skulls easily. Your focus will clear if you press the macro button and your focus is dead or if your focus target is dead, This macro will cast Sacred Shield on the default target on left click, on the target's target on right click (presumably the tank), As on patch 4.0.1 Sacred Shield was removed, This macro will send a tell to the player you have your mouse over, this is great for seeing if the ressie is online, you will still need to click the ressie to give them the res :), you free to change the message send by editing "WTS out of combat res, only 100G !!!" Unlike the first macro, which uses 939 rotation, this macro uses ISH9 rotation: This Rotation works really well and is made up of a two button (macro) setup. It works very much like the previous macro except it will mount you on a ground mount in Dalaran and Wintergrasp. (And of course that also means that BoP from a Ret / Holy pally works nicely too, as long as the tank has a /cancelaura ready) 1 Like. Classic Theme Thottbot Theme. This allows you to control all of your healing spells without targeting your party members or using your mouse. You can make a macro to cast Righteous Defense if your target is an ally or Hand of Reckoning if your target is an enemy. This also includes diminishing returns on miss rating (DR on other values is retrieved directly). Macros Beginners Guide All of these Protection Paladin Macros 9.0.2 have been tested with the latest World of Warcraft Shadowlands update. In "g,f={3,5,7},{12,13,14}", the first set of numbers is the slot number for your ground mounts. It will cast Avenging Wrath, use any trinkets you have equipped, Cast a guaranteed Holy Shock crit, and cast a Judgement, all in one button press. If mounted, it will also dismount you and cast Concentration Aura. This will cast [Flash of Light] on yourself if holding down alt, otherwise if your current target is a friendly target, or if your target's target is a friendly target then cast Flash of Light on them. Once focus is set repentance can will be cast. Great for when you don't have time to target your opponent, want to use judgement and on the nuke target (so you don't accidentally break crowd control). Targets your focus's target if: you have none; your target is friendly. Macros for use with the Retribution Paladin Build, Self cast Word of Glory without losing a previous target, Selfless Healer Flash of Light smart-cast, Advance Use: Automation of GCD Rotation with Crusader Strike, http://elitistjerks.com/f76/t130857-prot_5_0_im_sexy_i_know/, http://www.wowhead.com/spell=53595#comments, http://www.wowhead.com/forums&topic=178131, http://elitistjerks.com/f76/t110338-cataclysm_tanking_protection_field_manual_updated_feb_2_2011_4_0_3a/#Mechanics__amp__Rotation, https://wow.gamepedia.com/Useful_macros_for_paladins?oldid=5807339, follow the example format posted below (to get the frame around your macro, add a space before you start it), note the version of WoW in which you tested it, Use: This yells, "Hooray, I made a macro!". After patch 3.0.3 this line of blessings were renamed to "Hand". Note: Exceeds 255 characters. Note: in groups you'll burn thru your mana faster than you might want, because you'll be giving yourself alot of instant heals. Note: This macro no longer works as intended in 3.2, since /castrandom was changed to work like /castsequence. Note - as of 4.0.1, you need to use "Summon Charger" instead of just "Charger" in your macros. Select your new macro and use the text editor below to tell it what to do. Continue reading Protection Paladin Macros 9.0.2 (Shadowlands) Main Castsequence (939 Rotation, AoE)[4]: You can use ISH9 rotation for single target tanking to maximize the threat. However, if you press alt with this macro, it will cast HoJ on your focus. Casts "Hammer of the Righteous" if [shift] is held down, otherwise, it casts "Crusader Strike". Just change Retribution Aura with the aura of Your choosing and name of mount with Your's. Otherwise if your current target is enemy, it will cast HoJ on your current target. While mounted click with alt to unmount and turn spec:1 or spec:2 aura up. The Branch Castsequence 2 is for the rare occasions when both Main Castsequence and Branch Castsequence 1 are cooling down, and it also demands being used three times before going back to the main one[4]. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. These macros are made for the 1.12.1 client version of World of Warcraft and make use of these addons extensively: SuperMacro allows the creation of longer macros than the default and the ability to run Lua code from within a macro, which is used in several macros below. Click with alt to summon Golden Gryphon and turn Crusader aura up. Instructions: The mounts can be replaced or expanded using the names of the mounts in your pet tab. just leave the "" in the macro :) If unmounted, this macro will cast Crusader Aura and randomly summon one of your mounts (Epic Paladin Charger or Black War Tiger in this case), with just one click. This allows me to put on Crusaders Aura, and Mount onto any of the Mounts I specify, randomly. This very cool macro change your spec and gear set. Also it will activate Crusader's aura (dismis also works). As on patch 4.0.1, Sacred Shield was removed. People who are actually advanced don't use macros for their skills. The 96969 Paladin Tanking Rotation is an efficient way for a Paladin to maximize threat and damage mitigation by stacking key abilities as often as possible. This macro will first use Divine favor (if your target is a friend), then cast Holy Shock, resulting in a guaranteed critical hit. If it's Exorcism or Consecrate, it won't even start attacking even if they are off CD. The spell works on whoever you may be mousing over, or if you are not mousing over anyone in particular will function as a regular heal/alt-to-focus-heal. If you don't have dual spec it is easy to change, remove everything after the first aura name and remove [spec:1], for both lines. If your next ability is on CD and you need to switch targets, just pushing the ability won't do anything until it activates. Whenever it is cast, it will immediately drop salvation. After the showtooltip part,type in a name of your mount or something you want to use as a icon,the default is Crusader Aura. I know this should be under macros but I am placing this here so all Paladins can see it as I am sure very few people actually look at the Macro section. This is useful if you are in combat and do not want to lose what your current target is. This Macro will allow a tank to cast Divine Shield and remove it in two clicks. In the ideal rotation, the casting sequence of GCD spells is static, while the use of [Word of Glory] and [Shield of the Righteous] is situational[1]. WoG build is not shown here. Below we have a standard Protection build. Category:Macros. You could make some space saver macros of course. Note: Devotion Aura is my main spec aura and Concentration Aura is what I use for my secondary spec, replace the aura names with whatever combo you want. By doing so, paladin tank players can better focus on positioning, threat, and damage mitigation instead of which spell to cast, as the rotation has been simplified into two elements: pressing of the castsequence macro, which generates Holy Power, and use of the Holy Power (by [Word of Glory] or [Shield of the Righteous], based on the situation). If you are currently mounted, it will activate Concentration aura and dismount you. A World of Warcraft community for exchanging macros. This page was last edited on 16 August 2020, at 13:06. Each time you click the macro it will cast repentence on your focus without deselecting your current target until it is dead or don't exist , then it will set your current target as your focus. When you press it, it automatically marks your current target as skull: This macro automatically cast [Hand of Protection] on your target's target when your target is not your friend. … When a longer (>2 sec) cooldown appears, switch to Branch Castsequence 1 and use it three times before going back to the Main Castsequence macro. Or use your Summon Charger where you cant use your flying mount. You can use it instead of the 939 Main Castsequence for single target tanking. Resurrect your target and warn the group. Otherwise, if you are currently targetting an ally, it casts Flash of Light on your current target. FAQs Targets the nearest enemy in your fov if: you have no target; your target is friendly; your target is dead. When Hammer of Wrath procs, it auto-casts, whichever attack is on cooldown will get cast. You can also in theory shove in use commands to activate any trinkets you have but I find keeping things simple is often best. Usually in Patch 5.0.4, we do not need to use [Crusader Strike] for single target tanking to hold a sufficient amount of threat, and thus the above macro does not cast [Crusader Strike]. How to use: Spam the main castsequence macro every GCD while keep on eye on its cooldown. Last updated 2019/09/23 at 6:04 AM View Changelog . Since Righteous Defense does not affect Global Cooldown, has the same cooldown as Holy Shield (8 seconds), and costs no mana, pairing it with Holy Shield makes an easy one-button press to make your tanking life even easier. if you /focus your tank, this enables you to make sure that your judgement always hits the target. This is one of the first macros that you should make as a protection paladin. ", For instantly switching between single target and aoe. If your mount is not the first one, replace 1 with the index of your charger. It allows you to cast Divine Shield and to cancel it all with one button. Requires an addon that enables large macros (i.e. Instructions: Replace "Devotion Aura" with your most frequently used aura. This macro will summon Normal Mount if flying is not allowd. If you are mounted it will dismount you and cast Devotion Aura (or the aura you replace it with.) Flash of Light can be replaced with any other heal (such as [Holy Light], [Lay on Hands] or [Word of Glory]). Button 1 is left click and button 2 is right click. The mount must be a regular mount, it won't work with the paladin mount spells. [Avenger's Shield] is not in the above castsequence, and you can use it when you need silencing or additional threat for the targets. Very useful for Retribution and Protection Paladins while soloing. This macro will, if unmounted cast Crusader Aura and mount (a Blue Hawkstrider in this case). If you don't have a poison on you, and the random happens to roll onto "cleanse" it will fail, but since rolling the mouse-wheel casts this many times a second, its no big deal. It can be used to grab stacks; lessening or sometimes removing the need to tank swap. When a longer cooldown (≥2 sec.) Trying to right-click doesn't work well either if you're fighting multiple mobs in the same spot. Macro conditionals This will cast Righteous Defense on a friendly mouseover or target, if not it will cast Hand of Reckoning on an unfriendly target. This is designed for single target use, because the macro casts [Crusader Strike] for Holy Power: Since occasionally casting [Hammer of the Righteous] instead of [Crusader Strike] reduces insignificant threat, it does not worth the two slots for Crusader Strike build branch castsequences as fillers. To tank with these macros, simply spam the Main Castsequence macro while paying attention to its cooldown. PLD's gotta be the simplest and easiest tank to fit everything with extended crosshotbars. Blog entry `My Lv70 Paladin Macros [V4.X]` by Battle Unit. /macroicon "Cover" /macrolock /action "Intervention" None of the macro's on this page had something for me, so I made up my own.