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Persistent Shield

Spell

Persistent Shield

Physical

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Mage

Instant castSelf Only

Your magical heals provide the target with a shield that absorbs damage for up to 15% of the amount healed for 30 sec.

Persistent Shield

Tooltip

Your magical heals provide the target with a shield that absorbs damage for up to 15% of the amount healed for 30 sec. This effect becomes less powerful at higher levels.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. It triggers Dummy Trigger.

What it does

Persistent Shield is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Dummy Trigger.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration30 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Trigger spell: Dummy Trigger

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

How to learn

Items that grant this spell

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 2 separate Spell records named "Persistent Shield". This page is record #26467. 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
#26470school: Nature; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 1 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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