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Ardent Defender

Spell

Ardent Defender

Holy

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Paladin

Instant castSelf Only

Reduce damage taken by 20% for 10 sec.

Ardent Defender

Tooltip

Reduce damage taken by 20% for 10 sec. While Ardent Defender is active, the next attack that would otherwise kill you will instead cause you to be healed for 15% of your maximum health.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Heal (effect type 10). Its base value is 30.

What it does

Ardent Defender is a Holy spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it heals (base value 30).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolHoly
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Heal (10)
Value: 30

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Ardent Defender appears in: 1 skill line.

Skill lines

  • PaladinSkill line

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

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 4 separate Spell records named "Ardent Defender". This page is record #66235. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#31850used by: Talent: Paladin; school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#425435effect types: noneA different effect setup
#1310686effect 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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