Hybrid utility: Remove Lesser Curse / Counterspell

HELPRemove Lesser CurseFriendly Curse or Bane removal
HARMCounterspellSelected enemy interrupt

#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt,@player][@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Remove Lesser Curse; [harm,nodead] Counterspell

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Remove Lesser Curse: recorded level 18; Counterspell: recorded level 24. Confirm acquisition and other requirements in Details.

How this fits a Mage key layout — compare shared keys and dedicated controls before choosing your pack.

Build and validation

Status: Researched
Target builds: 1.60.1-beta, 1.60.1.70009
Tested builds: No recorded client test
Class / profile: Mage / Utility
Specializations: Arcane, Fire, Frost

Targeting and features

Alt: Remove Lesser Curse on yourself → Living friendly mouseover: Remove Lesser Curse → Living friendly current target: Remove Lesser Curse → Living hostile current target: Counterspell → No matching branch: no cast

ModifierMouseoverPaired help / harmSelf Cast

Requirements

Remove Lesser Curse learned; source first-learning level 18.
Counterspell learned; source first-learning level 24. No specialization or talent requirement is recorded for either action.
Keep a dedicated Counterspell interrupt key available when an immediate interrupt matters.

Known limitations

Research-supported design for beta 1.60.1.70009; no recorded in-client macro tests. English spell names require localization on other clients.
The first matching branch is final. Range, line of sight, cooldown, resources, an unlearned spell or no removable effect cannot redirect a failed helpful action to the enemy.
Enemy mouseover is ignored. A dead friendly mouseover is skipped, so a living hostile current target can still receive the harmful action.
No automatic self fallback or target-of-target branch. With no matching branch, no spell is attempted. Alt keybindings may intercept the self modifier.
One press attempts one spell. This key does not detect debuffs, enemy casts, readiness, health or which action is best.
Remove Lesser Curse removes a Curse or Bane; it does not restore health. Counterspell interrupts or locks a school; it is not a damage filler.
A friendly mouseover or current target selects cleansing even when that unit has no removable effect. Move the cursor away and select an enemy to use the hostile branch.
There is no /stopcasting. This shared key does not deliberately cancel your active cast or channel; use the separate Counterspell macro when an immediate interrupt is needed.
Counterspell can be spent on an enemy that is not casting. Range, cooldown and interrupt immunity remain separate restrictions.

Notes

Spell IDs identify the sourced first-rank reference; unranked names request the learned rank selected by the client. A spellbook tab is not a specialization lock.
Talent and level records are provisional beta extraction, not proof of spell acquisition.
Ability metadata adapted from Chris Baldwin / Talents Forever under CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Macro design and summaries are original Allegedly Skilled work.
Optional consistent utility binding for all three specs. Keep ordinary damage, healing consumables, buffs and emergency defensives on deliberate keys.
Researched pairing rationale and client cases: research/hybrids/mage.md. Existing dedicated Counterspell and Remove Lesser Curse macros remain unchanged.

Abilities

Remove Lesser Curse
Counterspell

Spell IDs

475
2139

Modifiers

Alt: Remove Lesser Curse on yourself

Sources

Talents Forever — all class spellbooks, talent trees and icon mappingsTalents Forever / Chris Baldwin · 1.60.1.70009; export generated 2026-09-26
Macros: Essential InformationAdreaver / Blizzard community forums · General WoW secure macro syntax; Forever compatibility untested

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