Keybinds

Action bars · Single-Button Assistant

Keybinds

One layout per spec, built around the Single-Button Assistant on 1. It handles the rotation but never presses your big cooldowns, interrupts, crowd control, defensives or movement, so those fill 2–6 and Shift+1–6. Every spec uses the same slot roles, so your fingers don't need to relearn anything when you swap characters.

Content

Slot roles

1 Single-Button Assistant

2 Main burst cooldown

3 Interrupt

4 Backup interrupt or stun

5 Stun or AoE crowd control

6 Movement or second burst

S1 Main defensive

S2 Second defensive

S3 Self-heal

S4 Utility (freedom or CC)

S5 Utility (dispel or mobility)

S6 Emergency or raid cooldown

Unshifted keys are things you react to: kicks, stuns and burst. Shift keys are things you plan: defensives and utility. Hitting Shift by mistake in a panic costs you less than missing a kick.

Retribution Paladin

Action Bar 1

1Single-Button Assistant 2Avenging Wrath 3Rebuke 4Hammer of Justice 5Blinding Light 6Divine Steed

Action Bar 2

S1Shield of Vengeance S2Divine Protection S3Word of Glory S4Blessing of Freedom S5Cleanse Toxins S6Divine Shield

Key	Ability	Why it's there
1	Single-Button Assistant	Your whole rotation. Spellbook, General tab, drag it to slot 1.
2	Avenging Wrath	Burst window. SBA never presses it. Line it up with Bloodlust and damage-amp phases.
3	Rebuke	Interrupt. The most important key in Mythic+, so it sits closest to your movement fingers.
4	Hammer of Justice	Single-target stun. Your backup when Rebuke is on cooldown.
5	Blinding Light	AoE disorient, if talented. Stops several casters at once.
6	Divine Steed	Movement. Used constantly for soaks, swirlies and platform changes.
Shift+1	Shield of Vengeance	Main defensive absorb. Press it before every big pull or boss hit.
Shift+2	Divine Protection	Second defensive, with damage reduction. Pair it with Shield of Vengeance for the worst hits.
Shift+3	Word of Glory	Free heal on yourself or an ally when you have Holy Power to spare.
Shift+4	Blessing of Freedom	Removes roots and slows: Ikuzz roots, Glacial Tomb, Paralyzing Shots.
Shift+5	Cleanse Toxins	Poison and disease dispel. Busy in Mythic+ this season, and Venomfang on the Coiled Altar.
Shift+6	Divine Shield	Immunity. The emergency button for soak mistakes and lethal hits.

Macros

Make each one as a macro, then drag it onto the key shown in place of the plain spell.

Avenging Wrath2

#showtooltip Avenging Wrath
/cast Avenging Wrath
/use 13

Wings and on-use trinket on one key. If your second trinket is the on-use one, add /use 14.

Rebuke3

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Rebuke

Kick the caster under your mouse without changing targets.

Hammer of Justice4

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Hammer of Justice

Stun the caster under your mouse when a kick is missed.

Cleanse ToxinsShift+5

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

Hover a raid frame (or a player) with a poison or disease and press. Falls back to yourself.

Blessing of FreedomShift+4

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Blessing of Freedom

Free a rooted ally (Ikuzz roots, Glacial Tomb) or yourself if you aren’t hovering anyone.

Word of GloryShift+3

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Word of Glory

Spot-heal whoever is low, or yourself by default.

Lay on HandsExtra key

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Lay on Hands

Full heal on the player about to die.

Blessing of ProtectionExtra key

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Blessing of Protection

Physical immunity on an ally. They drop threat and can’t attack while it’s up.

Blessing of SacrificeExtra key

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Blessing of Sacrifice

Take part of an ally’s damage. It can’t target yourself, so there’s no self fallback.

IntercessionExtra key

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,dead][help,dead] Intercession

Battle rez the player you hover over in the raid frames or the world.

Off the main keys

For mouse buttons, Q/E/R/F/T/G, or a mouseover macro.

Lay on Hands
Full heal on anyone. Mouse button or Alt key.
Blessing of Protection
Physical immunity for an ally. Use a mouseover macro.
Blessing of Sacrifice
Take damage for an ally. Use a mouseover macro.
Intercession
Combat res.
Hand of Reckoning
Taunt, for picking up a loose add.
Execution Sentence
Only bind it if your SBA tooltip doesn’t list it. Same for Divine Toll and Wake of Ashes.

Frost Death Knight

Action Bar 1

1Single-Button Assistant 2Pillar of Frost 3Mind Freeze 4Death Grip 5Asphyxiate 6Breath of Sindragosa 6Frostwyrm’s Fury

Action Bar 2

S1Anti-Magic Shell S2Icebound Fortitude S3Death Strike S4Blinding Sleet S5Death’s Advance S6Anti-Magic Zone

Key	Ability	Why it's there
1	Single-Button Assistant	Your whole rotation. Spellbook, General tab, drag it to slot 1.
2	Pillar of Frost	Burst window. SBA never presses it. Everything else lines up behind it.
3	Mind Freeze	Interrupt. Closest key to your movement fingers.
4	Death Grip	Pull a caster into the pack (interrupts most casts). Also assigned on Vashnik and Kith’ix.
5	Asphyxiate	Single-target stun, if talented. Backup for a missed kick.
6	Breath of SindragosaRaid only	Raid build burst. Press it with Pillar of Frost.
6	Frostwyrm’s FuryMythic+ only	Frostbane (Mythic+) build burst. Fire it on big pulls.
Shift+1	Anti-Magic Shell	Main defensive. Most venom and void damage this season is magic, so it covers most big hits.
Shift+2	Icebound Fortitude	Second defensive, for physical hits and anything AMS can’t cover. Also a stun break.
Shift+3	Death Strike	Self-heal. Press it yourself after a big hit even though SBA casts it for damage.
Shift+4	Blinding Sleet	AoE disorient, if talented. Stops a whole pack casting.
Shift+5	Death’s Advance	Speed boost plus immunity to knockbacks and forced movement. Swap for Wraith Walk if you take it.
Shift+6	Anti-Magic Zone	Raid or group cooldown for big magic pulses. Usually called by the raid leader.

Macros

Make each one as a macro, then drag it onto the key shown in place of the plain spell.

Pillar of Frost2

#showtooltip Pillar of Frost
/cast Pillar of Frost
/use 13

Cooldown and on-use trinket on one key. If your second trinket is the on-use one, add /use 14.

Mind Freeze3

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Mind Freeze

Kick the caster under your mouse without changing targets.

Death Grip4

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Death Grip

Grip the caster or beetle under your mouse while you keep hitting the pack.

Asphyxiate5

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Asphyxiate

Stun the caster under your mouse when a kick is missed.

Raise AllyExtra key

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,dead][help,dead] Raise Ally

Battle rez the player you hover over in the raid frames or the world.

Chains of IceExtra key

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Chains of Ice

Slow a walking add (Amani, Living Venom) without retargeting.

Off the main keys

For mouse buttons, Q/E/R/F/T/G, or a mouseover macro.

Empower Rune Weapon
Burst cooldown. Macro it to Pillar if you never use them apart.
Frostwyrm’s Fury
Raid: AoE burst for add waves.
Lichborne
Fear, charm and sleep immunity, plus 10% Leech.
Raise Ally
Combat res.
Chains of Ice
Slow adds that are walking somewhere (Vashnik, Nek’zali).
Dark Command
Taunt.

Unholy Death Knight

Action Bar 1

1Single-Button Assistant 2Dark Transformation 3Mind Freeze 4Death Grip 5Asphyxiate 6Army of the Dead

Action Bar 2

S1Anti-Magic Shell S2Icebound Fortitude S3Death Strike S4Blinding Sleet S5Death’s Advance S6Anti-Magic Zone

Key	Ability	Why it's there
1	Single-Button Assistant	Your whole rotation. Spellbook, General tab, drag it to slot 1.
2	Dark Transformation	Burst window. If your SBA tooltip lists it, put a trinket macro here instead.
3	Mind Freeze	Interrupt. Closest key to your movement fingers.
4	Death Grip	Pull a caster into the pack (interrupts most casts). Also assigned on Vashnik and Kith’ix.
5	Asphyxiate	Single-target stun, if talented. Backup for a missed kick.
6	Army of the Dead	Big cooldown for pull timers and boss burns. Swap for Raise Abomination if you talent it.
Shift+1	Anti-Magic Shell	Main defensive. Most venom and void damage this season is magic, so it covers most big hits.
Shift+2	Icebound Fortitude	Second defensive, for physical hits and anything AMS can’t cover. Also a stun break.
Shift+3	Death Strike	Self-heal. Press it yourself after a big hit even though SBA casts it for damage.
Shift+4	Blinding Sleet	AoE disorient, if talented. Stops a whole pack casting.
Shift+5	Death’s Advance	Speed boost plus immunity to knockbacks and forced movement. Swap for Wraith Walk if you take it.
Shift+6	Anti-Magic Zone	Raid or group cooldown for big magic pulses. Usually called by the raid leader.

Macros

Make each one as a macro, then drag it onto the key shown in place of the plain spell.

Dark Transformation2

#showtooltip Dark Transformation
/cast Dark Transformation
/use 13

Cooldown and on-use trinket on one key. If your second trinket is the on-use one, add /use 14.

Mind Freeze3

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Mind Freeze

Kick the caster under your mouse without changing targets.

Death Grip4

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Death Grip

Grip the caster or beetle under your mouse while you keep hitting the pack.

Asphyxiate5

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Asphyxiate

Stun the caster under your mouse when a kick is missed.

Raise AllyExtra key

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,dead][help,dead] Raise Ally

Battle rez the player you hover over in the raid frames or the world.

Chains of IceExtra key

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Chains of Ice

Slow a walking add (Amani, Living Venom) without retargeting.

Off the main keys

For mouse buttons, Q/E/R/F/T/G, or a mouseover macro.

Lichborne
Fear, charm and sleep immunity, plus 10% Leech.
Raise Ally
Combat res.
Raise Dead
Resummon your ghoul if it dies.
Chains of Ice
Slow adds that are walking somewhere (Vashnik, Nek’zali).
Dark Command
Taunt.
Wraith Walk
Root break and sprint, if you take it over Death’s Advance.

How these macros work

#showtooltip makes the button show the spell's icon, cooldown and tooltip, so you can pick the question-mark icon.
[@mouseover,help,nodead] casts on the friendly player under your cursor, whether that's a raid frame or their character.
[@mouseover,harm,nodead] does the same for an enemy, so you can kick or stun a caster and keep your target.
Conditions are checked left to right, and the first one that matches wins. The empty [] means "otherwise, use my target".
[@player] at the end is the safe default for dispels and heals: no mouseover and no friendly target means it hits you.

To make one, type /macro, click New, and use the character tab so each character keeps its own. Name it, choose the question-mark icon, paste, and drag it onto the key.
Mythic+ kick assignments: swap @mouseover for @focus to always kick your focus target. Set it with /focus.
/use 13 is your top trinket slot and /use 14 the bottom one. Put a combat potion on its own key, since you don't want it every time you burst.
WoW also has a built-in mouseover cast option, but players report it's inconsistent in Midnight. Macros always work.

Setting it up in game

Open the Spellbook, go to the General tab, and drag Single-Button Assistant to slot 1 of Action Bar 1.
Options → Gameplay → Action Bars: turn on Action Bar 2.
Options → Keybindings → Action Bars: bind Action Bar 2 (the bar called Bottom Left on older clients) buttons 1–6 to Shift+1 through Shift+6.
By default Shift+1–6 switch action bar pages. Rebinding them as above removes that. Say yes when WoW asks to replace the old binding.
Hover the Single-Button Assistant in your spellbook. Its tooltip lists every spell it casts for your talents, so you can drop any of those from your bars.

Good to know

The Single-Button Assistant adds a small global cooldown penalty. It's great for learning fights, but the damage loss shows in high keys and on Heroic progression.
When you're ready, try Assisted Highlight from the combat options. It highlights the next button to press with no penalty, and this same layout still works with it.
Put trinkets and potions in a macro on your burst key (2) so they always line up. SBA never uses items.