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Shadow Shield

Spell

Shadow Shield

Shadow

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Instant castLong Range

Surrounds the caster with a shield woven of Shadow magic.

Shadow Shield

Tooltip

Surrounds the caster with a shield woven of Shadow magic. The shield lasts 30 sec., and absorbs up to 400 damage.

How it works

Each cast of Shadow Shield costs 10 Mana. Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 69. Its base value is 400.

What it does

Shadow Shield is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

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

SchoolShadow
Cost10 Mana
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration30 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 69
Value: 400
Misc value: 127

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 8 separate Spell records named "Shadow Shield". This page is record #22417. 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
#12040effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#31976different tooltip textA variant record
#77471different tooltip textA variant record
#115234duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#243027effect types: noneA different effect setup
#264993used by: Pet - Voidwalker; effect types: noneA different owner
#446726effect 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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