Protection Warrior Interface and Macros Guide

Patch 12.0 Last Updated: 25th Jan, 2026
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Interface

With the improvements to the cooldown manager in Midnight, here are some options that you can import and play with. This assumes no external addons are installed; and future recommendations will be made below.

Raid-Focused CDM:

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Simple Alternative CDM:

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Macros

Note - you should place a @cursor Modifier into your macro whenever you want an ability to be placed at your cursor location as soon as you press the keybind, makes the gameplay feel smoother. Additionally, you can also do this for @mouseover an example being the macro below.

Adaptive Intervene/Charge Macro

#showtooltip Charge
/cast [target=mouseover,help,exists,nodead]Intervene;Intervene
/cast [target=target,harm,exists,nodead]Charge;Charge

This macro allows you to Intervene your mouseover target ally, or Charge your current target if it is an enemy.

Mouseover Interrupt Macro

#showtooltip Pummel
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead] Pummel; Pummel

Heroic Leap Cursor Macro

#showtooltip Heroic Leap
/cast [@cursor] Heroic Leap

Stance Swap Macro

#showtooltip
/cast [stance:2]!Defensive Stance; !Battle Stance