Cataclysm Classic Guide to Paladin's Best Addons

Paladin now has more resources to manage than ever with the addition of Holy Power being able to effectively track not only your Holy Power but the cooldowns of your generating abilities has never been more important, Addons are a great way of not only simplifying this process but also helping optimize your Damage, Healing and Threat output. There are many Addons that also have the out of combat functions that can greatly improve your quality of life while on Azeroth, highlighted below are some key Addons that will improve your game play experience.

WeakAuras allows for the ability to track anything and everything from personal DPS procs to ally cooldown usage and even when the next huge attack will come during the current boss encounter you are facing. As a Paladin regardless of your specialization it is important to be able to track your Holy Power and various other procs like Infusion of Light or The Art of War.

Each class has an already existing section of Auras made by the community which can be found on Wago; make sure to check it out for some ideas on Auras you may be missing or to find a tool you may have been looking for.

Leatrix Plus automates a ton of what would typically be small inconveniences throughout the game like being able to automatically skip NPC dialog, auto-accept quests, and even auto-accept Summons or Resurrections.

ReforgeLite Classic greatly simplifies the process of reforging by allowing you to either use pre-set stat weights or input your own to achieve the optimal amount of your desired stats via reforging while maintaining important things like Haste Breakpoints and your CTC Cap.

Deadly Boss Mods is a massive pack of pre-made Raid and Dungeon warnings that will help you best deal with various mechanics throughout your adventures in Cataclysm. While not as easily customized as WeakAuras this is a much simpler solution to being aware of various mechanics that may otherwise be hard to manage.

Details is an incredible, compact in-game tool that allows you to break down not only your damage dealt but damage taken by you and allies in your party/raid allowing you to get a better understanding of what happened without having to comb over logs in the middle of a raid or dungeon.

While threat is much less of an issue in Cataclysm Tiny Threat is also a part of the Details Addon which will allow you to in real time view the threat table of your current target.

Spell Activation Overlay is an incredible way to track your procs for things like Divine Purpose or Grand Crusader. While there are also functionalities to this found in Weak Auras Spell Activation Overlay is a much simpler approach that requires considerably less customization.

Item Rack allows you to quickly swap between both individual pieces of gear and entire sets. While the in-game gear manager shares similar functions Item Rack allows for much quicker swapping of individual pieces by allowing you to queue up swaps while still in combat.

Minimal Archeology is a heavily simplified UI for Archaeology and will help minimize the amount of time you spend managing your solves and get you back to digging for treasure quicker.

Threat Plates allows for a ton of customization of enemy nameplates. While threat is much less of an issue in Cataclysm it is still very important to have an understanding of what mob is attacking who especially in large pulls. This Addon also allows for a much simpler display of debuffs or buffs on any enemies within name plate display range.

AtlasLoot is a massive set of tables that includes Raid, Dungeon, Reputation Rewards, PvP Rewards, Crafted Items and even World Event loot in a single place with a UI that lets you easily navigate between expansions and tiers to find out exactly what item comes from where.

Macros can greatly simplify the process of doing things like using multiple cooldowns in quick succession or even automating a process that would otherwise take several clicks.

We recommend that you check out our Paladin Macros page, which includes a list of useful Macros to get the most out of each button press while playing your Paladin.