Hybrid Chain Heal / Chain Lightning

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Hybrid Chain Heal / Chain Lightning

An optional group-heal / cleaving-damage key for all three Shaman specs: choose the first friendly or hostile recipient explicitly.

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 Hybrid Chain

  • HELPChain HealAlt self · friendly mouseover · friendly target
  • HARMChain LightningSelected enemy · after friendly branches
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:alt,@player][@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Chain Heal; [harm,nodead] Chain Lightning

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Chain Heal: recorded level 40; Chain Lightning: recorded level 32. Confirm acquisition and other requirements in Details.

How this fits a Shaman 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
Shaman / Core
Specializations
Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration

Targeting and features

Alt: yourself — Chain Heal → Otherwise: living friendly mouseover — Chain Heal → Otherwise: living friendly current target — Chain Heal → Otherwise: living hostile current target — Chain Lightning → No matching branch: no cast

ModifierMouseoverPaired help / harmSelf Cast

Requirements

  • Chain Heal learned; source first-learning level 40; Chain Lightning learned; source first-learning level 32. 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.
  • Chain Lightning can hit additional nearby enemies and break crowd control or engage an unwanted target. Keep this key separate from the single-target primary pair.
  • The macro selects only the first recipient. Spell behavior determines later jumps; the macro cannot choose the lowest-health allies or safe enemy bounces.
  • Chain Heal is learned after Chain Lightning. A friendly branch before learning Chain Heal fails without a damage fallback.
  • The current source limits Chain Heal jumps to party members when its first recipient is a party member. Actual jump eligibility and positioning need client tests.
  • Maelstrom Weapon is Lightning Bolt-only in the reviewed source; it does not establish an instant Chain Heal or Chain Lightning.

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: both spells chain, giving the group-action position a consistent meaning. Use only when healing jumps or hostile cleave are deliberate.
  • This is not a replacement for Healing Wave / Lightning Bolt and does not choose between single-target and group actions.

Abilities

  • Chain Heal
  • Chain Lightning

Spell IDs

  • 1064
  • 421

Modifiers

  • Alt: cast Chain Heal on yourself

Sources

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