If you play a paladin on Retribution spec, the following WoW pally macro might help, especially if you’re in a BG that requires capturing a flag. In this case, you’ll have to help the flag carrier, preventing the enemies to get to him or to slow him.

Since you won’t be having any great healing spells the best one to use is the Word of Glory. But due to the fact that you’ll be fighting the other players to slow them down, you’ll have to use a focus macro for the flag carrier. Needless to say, you’ll have to keep the one carrying the flag under your focus. If you don’t like to type in /focus or open the menu of that particular player, you can also make a button macro for the focus command.

Now, the WoW pally macro that I usually use to help the flag carrier looks something like this:

/castsequence [target=focus] reset=25 Hand of Freedom, Word of Glory

Every 25 seconds, when Hand of Freedom refreshes, by pushing this WoW pally macro twice, you will cast Hand of Freedom on the flag carrier, preventing them from being slowed down or rooted, and also cast a Word of Glory spell on them which by that time should be up and at 3 charges of Holy Power.

This WoW pally macro works nicely when you play BGs in a duo, with a friend.

Anyway, in case you want more than just a macro for paladins, like a tool that will allow you to unlock your pally’s maximum effectiveness, I strongly recommend you a WoW macros and keybindings addon. It will allow you to load up instantly, the macros and keybindings of the pros, and it will surely improve your gameplay.

I know that the Retribution specialization kinda sucks lately, being nerfed quite a couple of times, but on a one-on-one, a retribution paladin can use a very neat “I WIN” macro, burning quite a few coodowns for a super damage burst. A macro like this should work not only in duels, but in arena, battlegrounds or raids as well.

So, how does this WoW paladin macro look like?

Well, it’s very simple to make, just throw in all the major DPS cooldowns. It should look something like this.

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/cast Zealotry
/cast Avenging Wrath
/cast Guardian of Ancient Kings
/use 13

This WoW paladin macro serves you best in a full DPS team, in arena. If all the players in your team agree to use a similar “burn” macro, this is the one you should use. In case you play in a more balanced team, in which players fulfill various roles, it’s best to keep the pally macro at hand, but also have each one of the cooldowns separately bound, in case you need to use them 1 by 1, for a sustained but lower damage boost.

Anyway, this is just one WoW paladin macro, and although it’s called an “I WIN” button, you won’t win all the time when you use it. To win almost every match in arena, it’s best to use a balanced keybinding. For that, I strongly recommend to work with a WoW macros and keybindings addon. You will find an elite one on the first page of this website.

Also, if you want to learn more about paladin macros, check out this post on WoW Paladin Macros.