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Paladin macros

The dedicated defensive tank, holding hate with Flash and Sentinel while healing itself through Divine magic.

14 macros

  • Assist and Engage

    General

    /assist <p0>
/wait 1
/attack <t>

    Picks up whatever your party leader is fighting and attacks it. Keeps the whole party on one target without anyone calling it out loud.

  • Call It Out to the Party

    General

    /p Pulling now, hold your hate
/ja "Provoke" <t>

    Announces an action to the party. FFXI has no combat log overlay by default, so telling people what you just did is how coordination actually happens.

  • Check a Recast Before You Commit

    General

    /recast "Provoke"
/ja "Provoke" <t>

    A macro fires whether or not the ability is ready. /recast prints the remaining timer to your log, which is how you check without wasting the attempt.

  • Check Then Pull

    General

    /check <t>
/echo Check the con before pulling

    Checks a target to gauge its level before you commit. FFXI punishes pulling something too strong far more harshly than most games, so this habit is worth macroing.

  • Flash for Hate

    Paladin

    /recast "Flash"
/ma "Flash" <t>

    Flash is your strongest enmity tool and comes back quickly. Checking the recast first means you know whether it is available before the mob turns around.

  • Follow a Party Member

    General

    /follow <t>

    Follows your target automatically. Long overland travel in FFXI is slow, and following someone who knows the route is a time-honoured tradition.

  • Invincible with Call-Out

    Paladin

    /p Invincible up - save your MP
/ja "Invincible" <me>

    The Paladin two-hour, announced so healers can hold their cures for thirty seconds. Invincible stops all physical damage, which is a large window to work with.

  • Print a Note to Yourself

    General

    /echo Part 1 done - press part 2
/ja "Sneak Attack" <me>

    /echo writes to your own log only. Useful as a reminder inside a long macro chain, telling you which half of a two-macro sequence you just fired.

  • Sub-Target Healing

    General

    /ma "Cure III" <stpc>

    <stpc> opens a player selector rather than casting immediately, so you keep your enemy target while choosing who to heal. This is the FFXI answer to a mouseover macro and it is genuinely better.

  • Swap Gear Mid-Macro

    General

    /equip head "Uk'uxkaj Cap"
/wait 1
/ws "Savage Blade" <t>

    Equips a piece before an action so its bonus applies. Gear swapping inside macros is a foundational FFXI technique — the right head piece on a weapon skill is a real damage increase.

  • Swap Macro Books

    General

    /macro book 3
/macro set 1

    Changes which book and which Ctrl or Alt set is active. Players who subjob frequently keep one book per job combination and swap with a single macro.

  • The Target Tags

    General

    /ma "Cure IV" <stpc>
/ma "Cure IV" <t>
/ma "Cure IV" <me>

    The whole system in one macro. <t> is your current target, <me> is you, <bt> is your battle target, <stpc> prompts you to pick a player and <stnpc> to pick an enemy. Getting these right is most of writing a good macro.

Other FFXI jobs

Every job shares the same macro syntax, so a good idea usually ports across.