Retribution Paladin DPS Macros and Addons — Dragonflight 10.0.7

Last updated on Mar 21, 2023 at 14:43 by Urthearso 47 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find a number of useful macros and addons to make your life easier when playing your Retribution Paladin in World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.0.7.

If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our TBC Paladin addons and macros.

1.

Macros

1.1.

Paladin Macro Notes

All listed macros that use "/stopcasting" need to be spammed to work as intended. They first cancel your current cast and then cast the ability used in the macro.

All listed macros that use "/cqs" (cancelqueuedspell) will cancel your currently queued spells and then attempt to queue the ability so that it will be queued as the very next ability. This allows for more immediate use of procs and cooldowns without reducing the game's lag tolerance to a point where you would lose throughput trying to achieve a similar effect.

Some of our damage abilities do not start our auto attack by default, by using "/startattack", we can fix this behaviour.

1.2.

Generic Macros for Paladins

The macros below allow you to cast your blessings on the target you are currently hovering your cursor over. Stop-casting is in place to ensure that you do not delay casting any of these spells due to a cast already in progress.

  • #showtooltip Blessing of Protection
  • /stopcasting
  • /cast [@mouseover] Blessing of Protection
  • #showtooltip Blessing of Freedom
  • /stopcasting
  • /cast [@mouseover] Blessing of Freedom
  • #showtooltip Blessing of Sacrifice
  • /stopcasting
  • /cast [@mouseover] Blessing of Sacrifice
1.2.1.

Intercession Mouseover Macro

  • #showtooltip Intercession
  • /stopcasting
  • /cast [@mouseover, dead] Intercession
1.2.2.

Lay on Hands Mouseover Macro

  • #showtooltip Lay on Hands
  • /stopcasting
  • /cast [@mouseover] Lay on Hands
1.2.3.

Cleanse Toxins Mouseover Macro

  • #showtooltip Cleanse Toxins
  • /cast [@mouseover] Cleanse Toxins
1.2.4.

Divine Shield

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

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

1.2.5.

Rebuke

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

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

1.2.6.

Hammer of Wrath Focus Macro

  • #showtooltip Hammer of Wrath
  • /stopcasting
  • /cast [@focus,exists][] Hammer of Wrath

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

1.3.

Specific Macros for Retribution Paladins

1.3.1.

Final Reckoning Macros

  • #showtooltip Final Reckoning
  • /cast [@cursor] Final Reckoning

This macro will cast Final Reckoning Icon Final Reckoning at your cursor position.

  • #showtooltip Final Reckoning
  • /cast [@player] Final Reckoning

This macro will cast Final Reckoning Icon Final Reckoning at your character position.

1.4.

War Mode Macros

1.4.1.

Blessing of Sanctuary Mouseover Macro

  • #showtooltip Blessing of Sanctuary(PvP Talent)
  • /stopcasting
  • /cast [@mouseover] Blessing of Sanctuary(PvP Talent)

This macro allows you to cast your Blessing of Sanctuary Icon Blessing of Sanctuary on the target you are currently hovering your cursor over. Stop-casting is in place to ensure that you do not delay casting any of these spells, due to a cast already in progress.

2.

Addons

2.1.

Generic Addons for Paladins

2.1.1.

ElvUI

Here, at Icy Veins, we use ElvUI for all our characters. This addon is a complete replacement of the default User Interface. It comes with almost everything you need to perform properly: action bars, cooldown timers, proc display, etc.

We strongly recommend that you get this addon and our forum moderator Pandacho has written a quick configuration guide for it.

2.1.2.

Boss Mods: Deadly Boss Mods or Bigwigs

Boss mods are addons that warn you about boss abilities and give you live advice on how to handle some mechanics. We strongly recommend you to get one such addon. At Icy Veins, we mostly use Deadly Boss Mods, the most popular boss mod. A good alternative is Big Wigs.

2.1.3.

GTFO

GTFO is a lightweight addon that notifies you when you are standing in harmful effects or when you are making other such mistakes. It is very useful, even if your boss mod is already alerting you of such things.

2.1.4.

Parrot or Mik's Scrolling Battle Text

Parrot and Mik's Scrolling Battle Text are highly customisable addons for displaying floating battle text while in combat (incoming heals, damage of your spells, etc.). They both work very well by default.

2.1.5.

Recount / Skada / Details!

Recount is a well known addon that most people use for displaying current DPS or HPS (Healing Per Second). This add-on is not really lightweight, and provides a very high amount of information (and it can sometimes cause issues with performance). It is generally a good option to use Recount for checking what you take damage from and if the share of damage/healing you do with each of your abilities is similar to that of other players of your class.

An alternative to Recount (similar in function, so the choice is personal preference) is Details!.

A lightweight alternative to Recount and Details! is Skada Damage Meter.

2.1.6.

Weak Auras

WeakAuras is an extremely useful addon that allows you to have visual effects on your screen, helping you track your buffs, debuffs and cooldowns. It is highly customisable and it can make it much, much easier to keep track of your procs and play your spec more proficiently. It can also be used for a variety of other functions.

2.1.7.

TellMeWhen

TellMeWhen is an extremely useful addon with a user-friendly interface that allows you to track a multitude of things, from internal cooldowns, to buffs, debuffs, and procs.

2.1.8.

Omen Threat Meter

Omen Threat Meter is the most popular addon for displaying the current threat levels on your target. We recommend you to use it to avoid taking aggro when the tank is still building up threat on an enemy.

2.1.9.

Grid and GridClickSets (Optional)

ElvUI comes with decent raid frames. The only real reason for using Grid and GridClickSets is if you want to be able to mouseover party or raid members in order to cast your various utility spells (such as hand spells) on them. If you choose to go with Grid, then you might want to also use GridStatusRaidDebuff.

2.2.

Specific Addons for Retribution Paladins

2.2.1.

Hekili

Hekili is a useful addon that can help you execute your rotation.

3.

Changelog

  • 21 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
  • 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
  • 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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