TANK · HEALER · DAMAGE
PaladinThe class Blizzard has detailed most: Holy Strike from level 6, Seals no longer consumed by Judgement and a tank-focused Seal of Fury, plus Undead Paladins with their own questline.
What it was in Classic and what it is now, row by row.
| — | Classic | WoW Forever |
|---|---|---|
| Races | Classic
| WoW Forever |
| Talents | ClassicThe patch 1.12 trees: 51 points and a final talent at 31 | WoW ForeverSame layout plus a new talent at 16 points: 18 new, 1 replace another, 24 changed and 7 unchanged |
| Hit and crit | ClassicSeparate for spells and for melee and ranged | WoW ForeverUnified: one stat for spells, melee and ranged |
| Holy Strike | ClassicDid not exist | WoW ForeverBaseline at level 6, 12 sec cooldown |
| Judgement | ClassicConsumed the active Seal | WoW ForeverThe Seal is no longer consumed |
| Tanking | ClassicNo tank Seal: threat came from Righteous Fury | WoW ForeverSeal of Fury: absorb shields and a Judgement that taunts |
| Consecration | ClassicOne-point Holy talent | WoW ForeverBaseline at level 20 |
| Holy Shock | Classic30 sec cooldown | WoW Forever10 sec cooldown |
| Blessing of Kings | ClassicProtection talent | WoW ForeverBaseline ability |
Classic data: wago.tools — Talent, TalentTab and SpellName from the Classic Era 1.15.9 client
Holy
Healer
Holy Light healer with Holy Shock, Infusion of Light and the new Light's Vigil.
Protection
Tank
A tank built on blocks and Seal of Fury, with Templar's Bulwark and Iron Creed.
Retribution
Damage
Seal-driven melee damage that brings back seal twisting through Twist of Light.
Versus Classic
Tap a type to highlight it in the trees. Every talent tells you what it was in Classic.
Click to add a point · right-click to remove itTap a talent to see its details and add or remove points
Builds by role · the BiS ones, level 30 (or 20 where there is no 30 yet). The level 30 ones have 26 points: 21 from your level and 5 extra from the Legacy perk Talented
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Data from Wowhead's calculator (beta client, September 24). Values may change between beta builds. Classic comparison: Classic Era 1.15.9 client data via wago.tools.
Macros ready to copy, with spell names exactly as the game has them. Paste each one into a new macro and drag it to your bar. What a macro is and how to make one
Put your two-hander on button 10 of the right bar. It equips it, removes Righteous Fury so you don't steal threat from the tank, and puts up Seal of Righteousness.
Human
Dwarf
Undead (Forsaken)#showtooltip Seal of Righteousness
/click MultiBarRightButton10
/cancelaura Righteous Fury
/cast Seal of RighteousnessNo modifier attacks and casts Judgement; Shift renews Seal of Righteousness. In Forever Judgement no longer consumes the seal, so you only refresh it every 30 sec.
#showtooltip
/startattack
/cast [mod:shift] Seal of Righteousness; JudgementFor Protection: Shift puts up Seal of Fury; no modifier casts Judgement, which with that seal is your taunt according to Blizzard.
#showtooltip
/startattack
/cast [mod:shift] Seal of Fury; JudgementPut your one-hand weapon on button 11 and your shield on button 12 of the right bar. It equips them; the first press casts Righteous Fury and the next ones Seal of Fury (it starts over when you leave combat).
#showtooltip Seal of Fury
/click MultiBarRightButton11
/click MultiBarRightButton12
/castsequence reset=combat Righteous Fury, Seal of FuryNo modifier puts up Righteous Fury to tank; Alt removes it, for when you heal or deal damage and don't want to pull aggro off the tank.
#showtooltip Righteous Fury
/cancelaura [mod:alt] Righteous Fury
/cast [nomod:alt] Righteous FuryShift puts up Seal of Justice (hits that can stun); no modifier casts Judgement. Handy against enemies that run away.
#showtooltip
/startattack
/cast [mod:shift] Seal of Justice; JudgementNo modifier is Devotion Aura; Shift is Concentration Aura (to heal without being interrupted); Ctrl is Retribution Aura.
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Concentration Aura; [mod:ctrl] Retribution Aura; Devotion AuraNo modifier is Shadow resistance; Shift is Fire; Ctrl is Frost. For bosses that hit with one school of magic.
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Fire Resistance Aura; [mod:ctrl] Frost Resistance Aura; Shadow Resistance AuraOne button for the sustain seals: no modifier is Seal of Light (hits can heal you); Shift is Seal of Wisdom (hits can restore mana).
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Seal of Wisdom; Seal of LightFor tanks who swap weapons: without a shield it stops and equips the one on button 12 of the right bar; with a shield it attacks and casts Judgement.
#showtooltip Judgement
/click [noworn:Shields] MultiBarRightButton12
/stopmacro [noworn:Shields]
/startattack [harm,nodead]
/cast JudgementFocus the tank: the macro takes their target, attacks and casts Judgement. You always hit what they hit without looking for it.
#showtooltip Judgement
/assist [@focus,exists]
/startattack [harm,nodead]
/cast [harm,nodead] JudgementStarts your auto-attack and casts Holy Strike, the paladin's own attack from level 6 in Forever.
#showtooltip Holy Strike
/startattack
/cast Holy StrikeUses both trinkets (slots 13 and 14) together with Holy Strike to stack their effect on the hit. If a trinket isn't usable or is on cooldown, nothing breaks.
#showtooltip Holy Strike
/startattack [harm,nodead]
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Holy StrikeIf your target is dead it drops it and picks the nearest enemy; then attacks and casts Holy Strike. Saves clicks when clearing packs.
#showtooltip Holy Strike
/cleartarget [dead]
/targetenemy [noexists]
/startattack [harm,nodead]
/cast [harm,nodead] Holy StrikeHits the enemy under your mouse or your target with Exorcism. Only undead and demons, unless you have the Exorcist talent.
#showtooltip Exorcism
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Exorcism
/startattackDrops Consecration under you without stopping your swings. For packs of enemies, especially when tanking.
#showtooltip Consecration
/startattack
/cast ConsecrationFor enemies under 20% health: throws it at your mouseover or target, and keeps attacking.
#showtooltip Hammer of Wrath
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Hammer of Wrath
/startattackPaladins have no interrupt: a stun is how you stop a cast. Stops your own cast and stuns your focus, your mouseover or your target.
#showtooltip Hammer of Justice
/stopcasting
/cast [@focus,harm,nodead][@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Hammer of JusticeMakes an undead you aren't targeting flee. Only one at a time, and damage breaks it.
#showtooltip Turn Undead
/cast [@focus,harm,nodead][@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Turn UndeadIncapacitates a humanoid without switching targets. Needs the Repentance talent (Retribution).
#showtooltip Repentance
/cast [@focus,harm,nodead][@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Repentance8 sec of immunity from level 6; Shift cancels it so you can attack again once the danger is over.
#showtooltip Divine Protection
/cancelaura [mod:shift] Divine Protection
/stopcasting [nomod]
/cast [nomod] Divine ProtectionYour emergency heal: on your mouseover or target; with Shift, on yourself without dropping your target.
#showtooltip Lay on Hands
/cast [mod:shift,@player][@mouseover,help,nodead][] Lay on HandsSaves your mouseover ally from physical hits; with Shift, yourself. Careful: they can't attack while it lasts.
#showtooltip Blessing of Protection
/cast [mod:shift,@player][@mouseover,help,nodead][] Blessing of ProtectionWith an enemy targeted, it heals whoever that enemy is attacking (your target's target); otherwise your mouseover or yourself. To save the tank without looking for them.
#showtooltip Lay on Hands
/stopcasting
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][@targettarget,help,nodead][@player] Lay on HandsOn your focus or mouseover; otherwise on whoever your target is attacking; right-click puts it on you. Don't use it on the tank: they won't be able to attack.
#showtooltip Blessing of Protection
/cast [btn:2,@player][@focus,help,nodead][@mouseover,help,nodead][@targettarget,help,nodead] Blessing of ProtectionFrees your mouseover ally from roots and slows; if there's nobody, yourself.
#showtooltip Blessing of Freedom
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][@player] Blessing of FreedomStops your cast and puts up Divine Shield; Shift cancels it early, because it halves your damage.
#showtooltip Divine Shield
/cancelaura [mod:shift] Divine Shield
/stopcasting [nomod]
/cast [nomod] Divine ShieldTakes part of the damage your mouseover ally or target receives.
#showtooltip Blessing of Sacrifice
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][] Blessing of SacrificeHeals whoever is under your mouse without switching targets; with Shift, yourself.
#showtooltip Holy Light
/cast [mod:shift,@player][@mouseover,help,nodead][] Holy LightRemoves poisons and diseases from whoever is under your mouse.
#showtooltip Purify
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][] PurifyThe quick heal, the same way: on whoever you point at or, with Shift, yourself.
#showtooltip Flash of Light
/cast [mod:shift,@player][@mouseover,help,nodead][] Flash of LightOn your mouseover or yourself: no modifier is Blessing of Might; Shift is Wisdom; Ctrl is Kings.
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift,@mouseover,help,nodead][mod:shift,@player] Blessing of Wisdom; [mod:ctrl,@mouseover,help,nodead][mod:ctrl,@player] Blessing of Kings; [@mouseover,help,nodead][@player] Blessing of MightNo modifier: your mouseover or target; Shift: party member 1; Ctrl: 2; Alt: 3; Shift+Ctrl: 4. Heal without clicking party frames.
#showtooltip Flash of Light
/cast [mod:shift,mod:ctrl,@party4][mod:shift,@party1][mod:ctrl,@party2][mod:alt,@party3][@mouseover,help,nodead][] Flash of LightLowers the threat of your mouseover ally or target. Don't put it on the tank.
#showtooltip Blessing of Salvation
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][] Blessing of SalvationFrom level 42 it also removes magic, as well as poisons and diseases, from whoever is under your mouse.
#showtooltip Cleanse
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][] CleanseLeft-click: your mouseover or target; right-click: yourself, without dropping the enemy. With Shift it uses Purify, which costs less mana.
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift,btn:2,@player][mod:shift,@mouseover,help,nodead][mod:shift] Purify; [btn:2,@player][@mouseover,help,nodead][] CleanseBlesses the whole class of your mouseover or target: no modifier is Kings; Shift is Wisdom; Ctrl is Might.
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift,@mouseover,help][mod:shift] Greater Blessing of Wisdom; [mod:ctrl,@mouseover,help][mod:ctrl] Greater Blessing of Might; [@mouseover,help][] Greater Blessing of KingsResurrects the dead ally under your mouse (on the party frame, for example) or your target. Out of combat only.
#showtooltip Redemption
/cast [@mouseover,help,dead][] RedemptionSummons your warhorse; with Shift, the charger if you have it. If you're mounted, you dismount.
#showtooltip
/dismount [mounted]
/cast [nomounted,mod:shift] Summon Charger; [nomounted] Summon WarhorseSaves an ally from a wipe (a healer, for example, so they can resurrect the group) without switching targets. You sacrifice yourself.
#showtooltip Divine Intervention
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][] Divine InterventionThey use the modern game's macro syntax, which is what Forever runs underneath. We haven't tested them one by one in the beta yet: if one fails, tell us on the board.
How the paladin plays in WoW Forever: Holy Strike from level 6, seals that are no longer spent, Seal of Fury for tanking, what you learn from 1 to 40, a level 30 talent spread for each tree, priorities, stats, macros and gear. With the official names from the beta client.
What the October 1 WoW Forever beta update brings: level cap 30, the Excavation Site (26-31), Razorfen Downs and Uldaman, less experience from dungeon quests, a reworked Fury warrior and every class change.
A beginner-friendly WoW Forever macro guide: what a macro is, how to create one, what each piece means (#showtooltip, @mouseover, @focus, /startattack, /castsequence…) and links to useful macros for all 9 classes, with spell names exactly as the game has them.
The WoW Forever beta has been open since September 17 and runs until October 21, 2026 (October 22 on the roadmap). How to get in, the level 30 cap since October 1, what you can play now, the beta builds and what's still unknown.