Hybrid Healing Wave / Lightning Bolt

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Hybrid Healing Wave / Lightning Bolt

The shared primary key for Elemental, Enhancement and Restoration: Healing Wave on a friend or Lightning Bolt on 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 Wave Bolt

  • HELPHealing WaveAlt self · friendly mouseover · friendly target
  • HARMLightning BoltSelected enemy · after friendly branches
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/cast [mod:alt,@player][@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Healing Wave; [harm,nodead] Lightning Bolt

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Healing Wave: recorded level 1; Lightning Bolt: recorded level 1. 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 — Healing Wave → Otherwise: living friendly mouseover — Healing Wave → Otherwise: living friendly current target — Healing Wave → Otherwise: living hostile current target — Lightning Bolt → No matching branch: no cast

ModifierMouseoverPaired help / harmSelf Cast

Requirements

  • Healing Wave learned; source first-learning level 1; Lightning Bolt learned; source first-learning level 1. 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.
  • Cast times depend on learned rank, talents and current effects. The key never checks whether a cast is instant or whether a healing window is safe.
  • Forever Maelstrom Weapon in the reviewed source reduces cast time and mana cost of Lightning Bolt only. It does not establish instant Healing Wave, Lesser Healing Wave or Chain Heal, or a Chain Lightning benefit.
  • Casting Healing Wave in melee can delay attacks and other actions. No explicit attack start, attack stop, proc consumption choice or Ghost Wolf cancellation is added.

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.
  • Primary pair: both actions begin at source level 1 and remain on the same key across all three specs.
  • Enhancement: choose manually whether to use Lightning Bolt with a Maelstrom Weapon effect or stop for a heal. This macro never decides from stacks or health.

Abilities

  • Healing Wave
  • Lightning Bolt

Spell IDs

  • 331
  • 403

Modifiers

  • Alt: cast Healing Wave on yourself

Sources

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