Power Word: Shield: explicit recipient
Apply Power Word: Shield to a living friendly mouseover or target; hold Alt to choose yourself.
This macro is based on research and still needs testing in game. Check the requirements and known limits before trying it.
Exact macro text
Shield
HELPPower Word: Shield
#showtooltip Power Word: Shield
/cast [mod:alt,@player][@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Power Word: Shield111 UTF-8 bytes · 111 characters · Version 1.0.0
Power Word: Shield: recorded level 6. 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: self → Living friendly mouseover → Living friendly target → No eligible recipient: no cast
ModifierMouseoverSelf Cast
Requirements
- Learned Power Word: Shield; the source records its first rank at level 6. Each higher rank must be learned separately.
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 target branch wins; an out-of-range, line-of-sight, immune or otherwise invalid recipient does not fall through to another target.
- Modifier keybindings can intercept the combination. Spell selection is manual; an unlearned or unavailable modifier action does not fall back to the default spell.
- The recipient must satisfy the source party requirement and cannot have Weakened Soul. The key does not inspect an existing shield or debuff.
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.
Abilities
- Power Word: Shield
Spell IDs
- 17
Modifiers
- Alt: explicitly choose self
Sources
- Talents Forever — all class spellbooks, talent trees and icon mappingsTalents Forever / Chris Baldwin · 1.60.1.70009; export generated 2026-09-26
- Macros: Essential InformationAdreaver / Blizzard community forums · General WoW secure macro syntax; Forever compatibility untested