Target Players With Area Of Effect Spells (No Add-On Method) (Patreon)

Edit: appears to be fixed as of May 19. Pending confirmation. sub-edit: confirmed.

Patreon Ryan kindly sent me a video:,

The video explains how to target individual players with area of effect spells which use reticles. Normally such spells (eg warrior heroic leap, mage flamestrike, death knight death and decay, demon hunter sigils) do not target players.

Previously patreon Sebleb had discovered this glitch and exploited it through the use of an add-on, Ryan located the source of the glitch and has developed this method to exploit it without add-ons:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnUgs6gis74&ab_channel=Majoolwip *

Aside from giving sophisticated players a huge edge in pvp , for example by allowing players to use reticle spells as part of a one-shot cast sequence macro, the method makes automation substantially easier and has other exotic uses-for example you can use an ability like hunter eagle eye as a method to target an individual player or npc-essentially turning it into priest mind vision. I am still investigating all the applications. 

Ryan addressed the video to me personally but I very much doubt I could do a better job of explaining it than he does so I'm just going to link to the video.

*Patreons sometimes ask why I do not post videos here. The reason is that I cannot monetize content which links to Blizzard's art assets. Blizzard allow this for youtube but not other web content.