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Priest Holy PVE Macros

These Holy Priest PvE macros are designed for WoW WotLK 3.3.5a and focus on fast mouseover healing, group recovery, emergency cooldowns and raid utility. They make Prayer of Mending, Renew, Circle of Healing, Guardian Spirit, dispels and defensive tools easier to use without constant target switching.

Holy Priest macros support a flexible reactive healing style, but they do not choose the correct heal or replace encounter awareness. Use the exact spell names from your client, keep valid mouseover or focus targets when needed, and test each button on a target dummy or in a safe dungeon before using it in a raid.

Prayer of Mending mouseover

Casts Prayer of Mending on a friendly mouseover target, falling back to your current friendly target or yourself.

#showtooltip Prayer of Mending
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Prayer of Mending

 

Renew mouseover

Casts Renew on a friendly mouseover target, falling back to your current friendly target or yourself.

#showtooltip Renew
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Renew

 

Circle of Healing mouseover

Casts Circle of Healing using a friendly mouseover target as the group anchor.

#showtooltip Circle of Healing
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Circle of Healing

 

Flash Heal mouseover

Casts Flash Heal on a friendly mouseover target, falling back to your current friendly target.

#showtooltip Flash Heal
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Flash Heal

 

Greater Heal mouseover

Casts Greater Heal on a friendly mouseover target, falling back to your current friendly target.

#showtooltip Greater Heal
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Greater Heal

 

Heal mouseover

Casts Heal on a friendly mouseover target, falling back to your current friendly target.

#showtooltip Heal
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Heal

 

Prayer of Healing mouseover

Casts Prayer of Healing using the friendly mouseover target as the group anchor.

#showtooltip Prayer of Healing
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Prayer of Healing

 

Binding Heal mouseover

Casts Binding Heal on a friendly mouseover target when both you and the target need healing.

#showtooltip Binding Heal
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Binding Heal

 

Guardian Spirit mouseover/focus

Stops casting and uses Guardian Spirit on a friendly mouseover target, then your focus, current target or yourself.

#showtooltip Guardian Spirit
/stopcasting
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][@focus,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Guardian Spirit

 

Guardian Spirit focus

Stops casting and uses Guardian Spirit on your focus target without changing your current target.

#showtooltip Guardian Spirit
/stopcasting
/cast [@focus,help,nodead][] Guardian Spirit

 

Power Infusion mouseover

Casts Power Infusion on a friendly mouseover target, falling back to your current friendly target.

#showtooltip Power Infusion
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Power Infusion

 

Inner Focus Prayer of Healing

Uses Inner Focus and casts Prayer of Healing on a friendly mouseover target.

#showtooltip Prayer of Healing
/cast Inner Focus
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Prayer of Healing

 

Divine Hymn cooldowns

Uses Power Infusion on yourself, Inner Focus and Divine Hymn for an emergency group-healing cooldown.

#showtooltip Divine Hymn
/cast [@player] Power Infusion
/cast Inner Focus
/cast Divine Hymn

 

Shadowfiend

Summons Shadowfiend and sends it to attack a hostile mouseover target, falling back to your current target.

#showtooltip Shadowfiend
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][harm,nodead] Shadowfiend
/petattack

 

Dispel Magic mouseover

Dispels a hostile magic effect from a mouseover target, falling back to your current hostile target.

#showtooltip Dispel Magic
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][harm,nodead] Dispel Magic

 

Cure Disease mouseover

Casts Cure Disease on a friendly mouseover target without changing your current target.

#showtooltip Cure Disease
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Cure Disease

 

Abolish Disease mouseover

Casts Abolish Disease on a friendly mouseover target without changing your current target.

#showtooltip Abolish Disease
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Abolish Disease

 

Mass Dispel at cursor

Places Mass Dispel at the cursor when supported by the 3.3.5a client.

#showtooltip Mass Dispel
/cast [@cursor] Mass Dispel

 

Fear Ward mouseover

Casts Fear Ward on a friendly mouseover target, falling back to yourself.

#showtooltip Fear Ward
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][@player] Fear Ward

 

Fade

Stops a current cast and uses Fade to reduce threat.

#showtooltip Fade
/stopcasting
/cast Fade

 

Power Word: Shield mouseover

Casts Power Word: Shield on a friendly mouseover target as an emergency utility button.

#showtooltip Power Word: Shield
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Power Word: Shield

 

Inner Fire or Inner Will

Uses Inner Fire normally and Inner Will with Shift.

#showtooltip [mod:shift] Inner Will; Inner Fire
/cast [mod:shift] Inner Will; Inner Fire

How to use Holy Priest macros

Open the in-game Macros window, create a macro and paste the code exactly as shown. Put it on an action bar and bind it to a reachable key. Mouseover macros cast on the unit below your cursor, while focus macros preserve your current target and help reserve a cooldown for a known player.

Use the stopcasting Guardian Spirit button only when an emergency cast must happen immediately. Cursor Mass Dispel requires the mouse to be positioned over the intended area, and the final Inner Fire or Inner Will macro keeps the two self-buffs on one key with Shift.

Holy Priest PvE macro tips

Prayer of Mending, Renew and Circle of Healing are efficient ways to respond to spreading raid damage. Mouseover versions make it faster to seed healing on the right player, while Prayer of Healing and Binding Heal cover group damage and situations where both the priest and an ally need help.

Guardian Spirit is a high-value emergency cooldown, so keep its mouseover/focus options easy to reach and confirm the intended target before pressing them. Power Infusion and Divine Hymn also deserve deliberate timing rather than being hidden inside a frequently spammed healing button.

Dispel Magic, Cure Disease, Abolish Disease, Mass Dispel and Fear Ward provide important raid utility. Fade helps manage threat, Shadowfiend supports mana recovery and Power Word: Shield remains a useful emergency tool even when Holy is primarily healing with direct spells and raid cooldowns.

Compatibility and troubleshooting

These macros target the WoW WotLK 3.3.5a macro system. Private-server clients can differ in protected actions, focus behavior and support for @cursor. If a macro fails, test the spell alone, check that the mouseover or focus unit is valid and friendly, then reload the UI after editing.

Macros cannot decide who needs a heal, predict incoming damage or manage cooldowns automatically. Their purpose is to reduce targeting friction so the Holy Priest can react faster while keeping control over spell choice, mana and encounter timing.

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