Hybrid utility: Devour Magic, friendly first

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Hybrid utility: Devour Magic, friendly first

Use the same Felhunter support key across Affliction, Demonology and Destruction: Alt cleanses you, then friendly mouseover or target wins before an enemy-target purge. Neither branch heals an ally.

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 Devour

  • HELPDevour MagicFriendly cleanse by Felhunter
  • HARMDevour MagicEnemy purge by Felhunter
#showtooltip Devour Magic
/cast [pet:Felhunter,mod:alt,@player][pet:Felhunter,@mouseover,help,nodead][pet:Felhunter,help,nodead][pet:Felhunter,harm,nodead] Devour Magic

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Devour Magic: recorded level 30. Confirm acquisition and other requirements in Details.

How this fits a Warlock 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
Warlock / Pet
Specializations
Affliction, Demonology, Destruction

Targeting and features

Felhunter and Alt: Devour Magic on yourself → Felhunter and living friendly mouseover: cleanse → Felhunter and living friendly current target: cleanse → Felhunter and living hostile current target: purge → No Felhunter or matching branch: no cast

ModifierMouseoverNative dual spellPetSelf Cast

Requirements

  • Learned Devour Magic; the source records its first rank at level 30. Each higher rank must be learned separately.
  • Devour Magic: Demon: Felhunter.
  • Summoned, living Felhunter with Devour Magic trained.

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.
  • A summoned, living Felhunter must actually know Devour Magic. Pet mana, range, line of sight, control state and cooldown apply; this key does not summon or train a demon.
  • The friendly branch removes a harmful Magic effect; the enemy branch removes a beneficial Magic effect. A successful devour heals the Felhunter, not the friendly recipient or the Warlock.
  • Friendly and hostile uses share the pet ability cooldown. A friendly mouseover with nothing removable can block an intended enemy purge.
  • A dead Felhunter cannot act. The pet-family condition identifies the required demon but does not prove that it is alive, able to act or in range.
  • There is no player /stopcasting or /petattack command. Existing pet behaviour and autocast can still matter; verify manual control and the shared cooldown in client.

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.
  • This variant keeps the existing Devour Magic record intact and removes its hostile-mouseover branch so friendly targets have consistent priority.
  • Optional utility for all three specs when using a Felhunter. No preferred specialization grants pet access or the trained ability.
  • Researched pairing rationale and client cases: research/hybrids/warlock.md.

Abilities

  • Devour Magic

Spell IDs

  • 19505

Modifiers

  • Alt: explicitly cleanse your character with the Felhunter

Sources

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