Retribution Paladin PvP Useful Macros — 12.0.5
Macros are crucial to be successful in PvP. They allow players to use abilities on enemies without having to target them. This helps increase overall damage/healing and general awareness in the arena. Here are a few macros that all Retribution Paladins can benefit from.
This page is part of our Retribution Paladin PvP Guide.
Focus target Macro
Hammer of Justice Focus Macro
Using this macro will use 
Hammer of Justice on the target currently set as your focus.
This makes it easier to CC an non-kill target should it be necessary. Functional with any
other abilities such as 
Rebuke.
Arena123 and Party123 target
Rebuke Arena123 Macro
Blessing of Sanctuary Party1 Macro
These incredibly useful macros will let you target a specific arena target without having to switch off
of your current target. Arena 1, arena 2, and arena 3 are in the order from top to bottom of the enemy arena frames. We
recommend mastering this form of targeting. Due to its complexity, it can be a better idea to pick this up later when
you have mastered the fundamentals. You can do the same for your party by replacing arena123 with party123. This is useful
for abilities such as 
Blessing of Sanctuary. Be mindful, however, that party1 is your party leader, and then scales down with
the frames from top to bottom, excluding yourself.
Cancelaura Macro
/cancelaura macro
Allows you to cancel buffs on you like 
Blessing of Protection and
Blessing of Freedom to prevent Mages from using 
Spellsteal.
Changelog
- 20 Apr. 2026: Reviewed for Midnight 12.0.5
- 16 Mar. 2026: Reviewed for Midnight Season 1.
- 26 Feb. 2026: Updated for Midnight 12.0.1
- 19 Jan. 2026: Updated for Midnight Prepatch 12.0
- 30 Nov. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
- 05 Oct. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
- 04 Aug. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.2
- 15 Jun. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
- 21 Apr. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
- 24 Feb. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1
- 15 Dec. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7
- 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within 11.0 Prepatch
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5
- 06 Nov. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.2
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5
- 19 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1
- 30 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 22 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Pre-patch.
- 01 Aug. 2022: Reviewed for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 28 Feb. 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.
- 10 Nov. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.1.5.
- 02 Jul. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.1.
- 08 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 14 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
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