Hybrid Power Word: Shield / Mind Blast

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Hybrid Power Word: Shield / Mind Blast

A shared absorb / direct-damage key: shield an eligible friendly recipient or Mind Blast 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 Shield Blast

  • HELPPower Word: ShieldAlt self · friendly mouseover · friendly target
  • HARMMind BlastSelected enemy · after friendly branches
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt,@player][@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Power Word: Shield; [harm,nodead] Mind Blast

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Power Word: Shield: recorded level 6; Mind Blast: recorded level 10. 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 — Power Word: Shield → Otherwise: living friendly mouseover — Power Word: Shield → Otherwise: living friendly current target — Power Word: Shield → Otherwise: living hostile current target — Mind Blast → No matching branch: no cast

ModifierMouseoverPaired help / harmSelf Cast

Requirements

  • Power Word: Shield learned; source first-learning level 6; Mind Blast learned; source first-learning level 10. Each action needs its own learned spell.
  • Power Word: Shield recipients must satisfy the source party requirement and must not have Weakened Soul. A help condition alone cannot establish eligibility.

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.
  • Power Word: Shield absorbs damage; it is not a direct heal. No existing shield or Weakened Soul check is performed. A blocked shield attempt does not cast Mind Blast.
  • Mind Blast has a cooldown and the source warns of high threat. Keep its standalone spell accessible when precise damage timing matters.
  • Shadowform explicitly restricts healing spells; this source does not fully establish classification of absorb and utility actions. Verify shield behavior in the current client and never rely on this macro to cancel Shadowform.
  • These paired keys have no channel guard. Avoid pressing during a channel you intend to finish.

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.
  • Optional third shared pair: preserve the instant protective action beside a deliberate single-target damage action. Keep dedicated shield access for emergencies so mouseover context cannot interfere.
  • Official September 24 notes allow shield overwriting when Weakened Soul is absent; this key does not decide whether replacing a shield is useful.

Abilities

  • Power Word: Shield
  • Mind Blast

Spell IDs

  • 17
  • 8092

Modifiers

  • Alt: cast Power Word: Shield on yourself

Sources

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