Hybrid Renew / Shadow Word: Pain

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Hybrid Renew / Shadow Word: Pain

A stable pair of instant periodic spells across all three Priest specs: Renew an ally or apply Shadow Word: Pain to the selected enemy.

This macro is based on research and still needs testing in game. Check the requirements and known limits before trying it.

Exact macro text

FF Renew Pain

  • HELPRenewAlt self · friendly mouseover · friendly target
  • HARMShadow Word: PainSelected enemy · after friendly branches
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt,@player][@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Renew; [harm,nodead] Shadow Word: Pain

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Renew: recorded level 8; Shadow Word: Pain: recorded level 4. Confirm acquisition and other requirements in Details.

How this fits a Priest 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
Priest / Core
Specializations
Discipline, Holy, Shadow

Targeting and features

Alt: yourself — Renew → Otherwise: living friendly mouseover — Renew → Otherwise: living friendly current target — Renew → Otherwise: living hostile current target — Shadow Word: Pain → No matching branch: no cast

ModifierMouseoverPaired help / harmSelf Cast

Requirements

  • Renew learned; source first-learning level 8; Shadow Word: Pain learned; source first-learning level 4. Each action needs its own learned spell.

Known limitations

  • Researched design, not tested in the Forever client. Beta names, requirements and behavior may change.
  • English spell names only. Unqualified casts use the learned rank selected by the client; reference spell IDs do not force rank 1.
  • The first matching branch wins. An out-of-range, obstructed, unlearned or otherwise unusable helpful action does not fall through to the hostile action. Cooldown or resource failure never chooses another spell.
  • Keep Alt plus this key free of conflicting bindings. Alt explicitly selects yourself even with an enemy selected.
  • A living friendly mouseover takes priority over your selected enemy. Move the cursor off friendly units and frames when you intend to use the hostile action.
  • Enemy mouseover cannot redirect the hostile action. No target-of-target branch, automatic self fallback, retargeting or lowest-health selection is included.
  • Dead mouseover units are skipped, so a living selected enemy can still receive the hostile action. With no matching living recipient and no Alt, no spell is selected.
  • One press attempts one spell. No rotation, proc detection, cooldown fallback, /stopcasting or explicit /startattack is included. Normal cast and channel interactions still apply.
  • Shadowform prevents healing spells in this source. Leave it deliberately before using the healing action; this key contains no form cancellation. A matching blocked heal never falls through to damage.
  • These paired keys have no channel guard. Avoid pressing them during Penance or Mind Flay if you intend to complete that channel; the existing dedicated channel macros remain separate options.
  • A heal over time is not an emergency burst heal. Renew and Shadow Word: Pain are applied only when you press the key; existing effects and remaining durations are never inspected.
  • Shadow Word: Pain can break crowd control through later damage. Do not use the harmful branch on a target whose control must be preserved.

Notes

  • Keep these paired abilities in the same positions across this class's three specs. Add optional talent keys separately instead of remapping a shared pair.
  • Pairings are Allegedly Skilled recommendations for predictable bindings, not measured damage, healing or mana optima. Sharing a key grants no mechanical bonus and does not cast both spells.
  • All new hybrid keys use Alt self, living friendly mouseover, living friendly selected target, then living hostile selected target. Choose the question-mark icon for a paired key and verify its tooltip in the client.
  • Source first-learning levels and actual talent allocations are distinct requirements; neither a preferred spec label nor extra Legacy points prove spell acquisition.
  • Ability metadata adapted from Chris Baldwin / Talents Forever, https://talentsforever.com, CC BY 4.0. Macro designs and pairing recommendations are original Allegedly Skilled work.
  • Secondary pair: both spells apply effects over time, making the binding easy to retain through spec changes. This is an ergonomic grouping, not a request to refresh on every press.
  • The September 24 official notes correct Renew critical healing; the macro makes no throughput or critical-result guarantee.

Abilities

  • Renew
  • Shadow Word: Pain

Spell IDs

  • 139
  • 589

Modifiers

  • Alt: cast Renew on yourself

Sources

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