Protection Paladin Tank Macros and Addons — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0.1)

Most of the macros for Paladins revolve around allowing you to use your utility spells on your mouseover target.

• #showtooltip Blessing of Protection
• /stopcasting
• /cast [@mouseover, help, nodead] Blessing of Protection

• #showtooltip Blessing of Freedom
• /stopcasting
• /cast [@mouseover, help, nodead] [] Blessing of Freedom

• #showtooltip Blessing of Sacrifice
• /stopcasting
• /cast [@mouseover, help, nodead] Blessing of Sacrifice

These macros allow you to cast your various hand spells on the target you are currently mousing over. Stopcasting is in place to ensure that you do not delay casting any of these spells due to a cast already in progress.

• #showtooltip Lay on Hands
• /stopcasting
• /cast [@mouseover, help, nodead] Lay on Hands

This macro will cast Lay on Hands on the target you are currently mousing over.

• #showtooltip Word of Glory
• /stopcasting
• /cast [@mouseover, help, nodead] Word of Glory

This macro will cast Word of Glory on the target you are currently mousing over. If you want to add a failsafe into the macro where it will cast on yourself if your mouseover target is not friendly, the below macro covers this.

• #showtooltip Word of Glory
• /stopcasting
• /cast [@mouseover, help, nodead] [] Word of Glory

• #showtooltip Intercession
• /stopcasting
• /cast [@mouseover, dead, exists] Intercession

This macro will cast Intercession on the target you are currently mousing over.

• #showtooltip Cleanse Toxins
• /cast [@mouseover, help, nodead] Cleanse Toxins

This macro will cast Cleanse Toxins on the target you are currently mousing over. If you want to add a failsafe into the macro where it will cast on yourself if your mouseover target is not friendly, the below macro covers this.

• #showtooltip Cleanse Toxins
• /cast [@mouseover, help, nodead] [] Cleanse Toxins

• #showtooltip Divine Shield
• /stopcasting
• /cast Divine Shield

This macro will stop your current spell cast and cast Divine Shield, ensuring that your invulnerability is not delayed at all.

• #showtooltip Rebuke
• /stopcasting
• /cast [@focus,exists][] Rebuke

This macro will stop your current spell cast and cast Rebuke on your focus target, if you have one. Otherwise, it will cast Rebuke on your current target.

• #showtooltip Divine Shield
• /cast Divine Shield
• /cancelaura [noknown:Final Stand] Divine Shield

This macro allows you to cancel your Divine Shield (by pressing it a second time). This is useful for when you want to use Divine Shield to quickly get rid of a debuff, but want to continue tanking the boss (make sure you use taunt to make the boss fixate you as you know, if you have Divine Shield, the boss will attack the next target on the threat list without the fixate).

The addition of [noknown:Final Stand] makes the macro not cancel Divine Shield if you have Final Stand talented.

You can always add both Blessing of Protection as well as Blessing of Spellwarding to the same macro to cover more bases. This means that if you use any of the spells that might make mobs not target you, you can always press the same button to remove its effect. And since Divine Shield can not be cast on you when you have Forbearance you are safe to use this macro:

• #showtooltip Divine Shield
• /cast Divine Shield
• /cancelaura [noknown:Final Stand] Divine Shield
• /cancelaura Blessing of Protection
• /cancelaura [known:Blessing of Spellwarding] Blessing of Spellwarding

Note that it does NOT matter in what order these abilities are, and the game will not directly cancel Divine Shield right after casting it if only pressed once. Be careful if you have to repeatedly click Divine Shield in an emergency during global cooldown, as if you keep pressing it after you cast Divine Shield you will drop it instantly.

Midnight Disclaimer

Due to the pruning of the access that many Addons have to game information, many well-known Addon developers have struggled in maintaining or updating their Addons for the Pre-Patch, while others have stopped development altogether. Below is a list of Addons that still receive spport, and will be working properly for the Midnight launch, and are also largely working in the Pre-Patch already. Thank you to all the Addon devs who keep going for us.

Before you go downloading a bunch of different Addons, we recommend you set up your base UI first. Blizzard has added a wide variety of improvements to the base UI, and many Addons you may think you cannot do without, are now available through the standard interface. Once you've set up your UI, we recommend thinking about which aspects or customization layers you would like to add, and then look for Addons that do those things, instead of downloading an entire suite's worth of Addons that you may not even need anymore.

It might even be worth it to see how far you can get without any additional Addons, at least while the Pre-Patch is lasting, and maybe you'll even enjoy not having to spend hours every Patch updating and reconfiguring your UI. Many Addons are still in development or are specifically aiming to launch with all their options for Midnight launch, so some of your favorites may not be available just yet.

ElvUI is a complete replacement for the default User Interface, and you will often find even the best players in the world use ElvUI for certain customization options. ElvUI is extremely user friendly, and takes very little time to set up and master. It also comes already furnished with almost everything you need; unit frames, raid frames, minimap, buffs and debuffs, and much more. You can easily unlock and drag all the components around so your UI will look exactly the way you want it to. ElvUI is clean, easy to use, and a great starting point for your UI.

Boss Mods are helpful pre-made timers that allow you to keep track of the noteworthy mechanics in any given encounter. Usually they come equipped with helpful prompts, visuals, and sounds to ensure you do not miss anything important.

BigWigs is the best boss mod available currently. It is extremely customizable, allowing you to change what is displayed on an individual boss level and how boldly you want each alert customized.

This is really just BigWigs, but for dungeons. It has the same customization options, and allows you to prepare as best as you can for all mechanics that will be thrown at you in regular or Mythic+ dungeons.

Deadly Boss Mods is an alternative to BigWigs, and offers almost the exact same customization options for keeping track of boss abilities, trash mobs, and combat timers. It is a great tool to help you focus more on your own character, instead of having to worry about keeping track of all those pesky boss mechanics!

Nameplates are essential for allowing you to easily keep track of basic debuffs and quickly select new targets in combat. While ElvUI nameplates do come standard with the AddOn, they are a little limited and occasionally buggy. Listed below are some good alternatives.

Plater offers a very high degree of customization and accuracy, although somewhat limited due to the Addon changes in Midnight. You can still configure the nameplates to enlarge and change color in certain circumstances, and it might help you keep track of important buffs and debuffs in a chaotic fight, so you do not get lost in the weeds. Some setup is required, although it is very simple and straightforward.

Platynator is a new Addon developed by plusmouse, who is known for many super helpful addons like Auctionator, Baganator, Prat, and many more. They have now developed a very customizable Nameplate addon that offers numerous options for debuffs, status colors, icons, textures, and much more. It is definitely worth checking out, especially if you end up having any issues with Plater for any reason.

Details is still around as the #1 Addon to customize damage and healing meters. While it may not offer as many tracking options as before due to the limits imposed by Blizzard, it is still around and kicking to help you customize the Blizzard Damage, Healing, and Other metrics pane.

Omen Threat Meter is the most popular addon for displaying the current threat levels on your target. We recommend you to use it to check on your current threat levels and ensure that you are not being overtaken in aggro.

Method Raid Tools is a useful addon that allows you to track the cooldowns of other raid members, as well as providing you with a wealth of other useful raid information.

You have two popular options for a UI Overhaul addon (until ElvUI is updated) ArcUI and NephUI. These addons offer a full suite of UI customisation and overhaul and even allow you to add additional tracking to the Cooldown Manager.

Centre your Cooldown Manager with Nerveless . This addon helps to resolve an annoyance with the Cooldown Manager where spells being tracked will have a static position rather than aligning to the Centre.

Clique allows you to bind specific spells to be cast as mouseover casts on unit frames. This can be very useful for casting Word of Glory, Lay on Hands, Blessing of Sacrifice, and Blessing of Protection without changing your target.

Currently, we do not believe that you need any additional addons to play your specialisation to its full potential.