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Ardent Defender

Spell

Ardent Defender

Holy

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Paladin

Instant castSelf Only

Reduces all damage you take by 30% for 12 sec.

Ardent Defender

Tooltip

Reduces all damage you take by 30% for 12 sec.

While Ardent Defender is active, the next attack that would otherwise kill you will instead bring you to 20% of your maximum health.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Heal (effect type 10).

What it does

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

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

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

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.

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: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#425435school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1310686school: Physical; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA 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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