Holy Strike with melee attack
Start swinging at your selected enemy and attempt Holy Strike with the same key.
Researched: the ability and intended behaviour are supported by sources. This macro has not yet been tested in the game client.
Exact macro text
FF Strike
#showtooltip Holy Strike
/startattack [harm,nodead]
/cast [harm,nodead] Holy Strike83 UTF-8 bytes · 83 characters · Record version 1.0.0
Build and validation
- Status
- Researched
- Target builds
- 1.60.1-beta
- Tested builds
- No recorded client test
- Class / profile
- Paladin / Tanking
- Specializations
- Protection
Targeting and features
Current living hostile target → No valid enemy: no action
Requirements
- Holy Strike learned (level 6).
- A melee weapon and a living hostile target.
Known limitations
- Not tested in the Forever client; beta spell names and behaviour may change.
- English spell names only. Confirm names and ranks against your spellbook.
- Auto-attack can begin even if Holy Strike is unavailable. Avoid pressing while preserving crowd control.
- Does not select a new enemy or guarantee a successful strike.
Notes
- First Protection starter set, researched 24 September 2026. Spell IDs identify reference abilities or first ranks; the macro does not force rank 1.
- Ability metadata adapted from Talents Forever (Chris Baldwin), https://talentsforever.com, CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Original macro design and summaries by ForeverForge.
Abilities
- Holy Strike
Spell IDs
- 679
Source register
- Talents Forever — Paladin beta data (CC BY 4.0)Talents Forever / Chris Baldwin · 1.60.1.69876; data export dated 2026-09-20
- 60.tools — Paladin spellbook60.tools · 1.60.1.69913
- Macros: Essential InformationAdreaver / Blizzard community forums · General WoW secure macro syntax; Forever compatibility untested