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Power Word: Shield

Spell

Power Word: Shield

Holy

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Instant cast4 sec cooldownLong Range

Wraps the caster in a shield that lasts up to 30 sec., absorbing a maximum of 781 Physical or magical damage.

Power Word: Shield

Tooltip

Wraps the caster in a shield that lasts up to 30 sec., absorbing a maximum of 781 Physical or magical damage. While the shield holds, spells will not be interrupted by Physical attacks.

How it works

Each cast of Power Word: Shield costs 100 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 69. Its base value is 781.

What it does

Power Word: Shield is a Holy spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards, a 4 sec cooldown and effects that last 30 sec. 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

SchoolHoly
Cost100 Mana
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown4 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration30 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 69
Value: 781
Misc value: 127

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 39 separate Spell records named "Power Word: Shield". This page is record #11647. 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
#17subtext: Rank 1; used by: Priest; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#11835different tooltip textA variant record
#11974different tooltip textA variant record
#17139different tooltip textA variant record
#20697no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#22187different tooltip textA variant record
#27607subtext: Rank 10; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#29408effect types: noneA different effect setup
#32595effect types: noneA different effect setup
#35944effect types: noneA different effect setup
#36052effect types: noneA different effect setup
#41373effect types: noneA different effect setup

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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