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Earth Shield

Spell

Earth Shield

Nature

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Shaman

Instant castLong Range

Protects the target with an earthen shield, reducing casting or channeling time lost when damaged by 30% and causing attacks to heal the shielded target.

Earth Shield

Tooltip

Protects the target with an earthen shield, reducing casting or channeling time lost when damaged by 30% and causing attacks to heal the shielded target. This effect can only occur once every few seconds.. Lasts 10 min. Earth Shield can only be placed on one target at a time and only one Elemental Shield can be active on a target at a time.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met. The aura is spent after 6 procs. It can proc at most once every 3.5 sec.

Earth Shield is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 150. It scales with 1 times spell power.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 149. Its base value is 30.

What it does

Earth Shield is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 10 min. When cast it applies an aura.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Classic Era client, build 1.15.9.70576. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolNature
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration10 min
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Proc charges6
Proc cooldown3.5 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 150
Spell power coefficient: 1
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 149
Value: 30
Misc value: 126

Raw client values from the Classic Era client, build 1.15.9.70576. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Earth Shield appears in: 4 talents.

Talents

  • Earth Shield for Shaman (Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration)Talent
  • Earth Shield for Shaman (Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration) (definition #132164)Talent
  • Earth Shield for Shaman (Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration) (definition #132680)Talent
  • Earth Shield (a talent definition no current talent tree places)Talent

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 54 separate Spell records named "Earth Shield". This page is record #974. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#379duration: none; effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32734effect types: noneA different effect setup
#38590used by: Cast by Earth Shield; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#54479effect types: noneA different effect setup
#54480used by: Cast by Earth Shield; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#55599effect types: noneA different effect setup
#55600used by: Cast by Earth Shield; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#56451effect types: noneA different effect setup
#57802effect types: noneA different effect setup
#57803used by: Cast by Earth Shield; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#58981effect types: noneA different effect setup
#58982used by: Cast by Earth Shield; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

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