A macro is a method of combining several actions to execute in a single button press or keystroke, with it gameplay is improved efficiently. With macros you can customize complicated sequence of actions into a single command, compress 2 spells into 1 button and more. To have a better understanding of macros, check out WoWWiki’s macro beginner’s guide.

If you have any macros you would like to share, please contact me.

Updated 3rd August 2009.

Below are listed useful macros for paladins:

> Taunt
/cast [help,nodead][target=targettarget,help,nodead] Righteous Defense;
As Righteous Defense requires you to click on your party member instead of the attacker to pull aggro, it can be tedious at times. Here if you target the attacker, it casts Righteous Defense on his target, who is your party member. It also works when your target is friendly.

> Blessings Macro

/cast [modifier:alt] Greater Blessing of X; Blessing of X;
where X is the blessing of your choice, i.e. Kings, Wisdom, etc.

A macro i made myself. This casts a Blessing of your choice when you click it, with the ALT key and it casts Greater Blessing. This is useful as it compresses 2 similiar spell and saves space on your screen.

> Divine Light/Shock

/cast [combat] Divine Favor
/stopcasting
/cast [help] Holy Light; [target=targettarget] Holy Light;

This macro saves you the trouble of casting Divine Favor before casting Holy Light. Divine Favor is automatically activated whenever it is up. You can replace Holy Light with Holy Shock to use it as an offensive spell.

Alternatively,

/cast [modifier:alt] Divine Favor; Holy Light;

This gives you more control over when you want to activate Divine Favor. Same here you can replace Holy Light with Holy Shock for DPS purposes.

> Blessing of Protection

/cast [help,target=target] Blessing of Protection; [target=targettarget,help] Blessing of Protection;

Same as the Taunt macro above, this casts Blessing of Protection on target’s target if you target is hostile and casts on your target if it is friendly. Useful for protecting casters being chased around by melees or bosses.

> Tanking 96969 Macro
A pair of macros can be used to automate the 96969 TPS rotation. The proper usage of this macro is to alternate using the two macros.

When tanking multiple mobs use Consecration first before you start this rotation.

Macro 1 (”9″)
#showtooltip
/startattack
/castsequence [mod:alt] Consecration; reset=5 Holy Shield, Judgement of Wisdom, Consecration

Macro 2 (”6″)
#showtooltip
/startattack
/castsequence [mod:alt] Divine Plea; reset=5 Hammer of the Righteous, Shield of Righteousness

So to use this it’s simply just press Macro 1, then Macro 2, Macro 1, Macro 2 and Macro 1 again.