Life Tap: manual rank choice
Hold Shift to request Rank 1 Life Tap; otherwise use the learned rank selected by the client.
This macro is based on research and still needs testing in game. Check the requirements and known limits before trying it.
Exact macro text
Life Tap
HELPLife TapSelf; spends health
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Life Tap(Rank 1); Life Tap57 UTF-8 bytes · 57 characters · Version 1.0.0
Life Tap: recorded level 6. 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 / Levelling
- Specializations
- Affliction, Demonology, Destruction
Targeting and features
Shift: Rank 1 Life Tap → Otherwise: client-selected learned rank
Modifier
Requirements
- Learned Life Tap; 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.
- Modifier keybindings can intercept the combination. Spell selection is manual; an unlearned or unavailable modifier action does not fall back to the default spell.
- Every cast spends health. This key does not check current health or mana, set a safe threshold, or prevent a dangerous tap. Spirit affects the conversion.
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
- Life Tap
Spell IDs
- 1454
Modifiers
- Shift: Rank 1
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
