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Defensive Stance

Spell

Defensive Stance

Physical

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Instant castThree Hundred Yards

Damage taken from reduced by 80%.

Defensive Stance

Tooltip

Damage taken from reduced by 80%.

How it works

Defensive Stance is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 255. Its base value is -80.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 61. Its base value is 30.

What it does

Defensive Stance is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 300 yards and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura.

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
Range300 yards (Three Hundred Yards)
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 255
Value: -80
Misc value: 33
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 61
Value: 30

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.

Build history

this spell Changelog

Changes between the retail game builds our datamine has recorded, newest first.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 14 separate Spell records named "Defensive Stance". This page is record #1261781. 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
#41101effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#53790effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#143593duration: 1 min; effect values: -10, 0 (this record: -80, 30); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#145044effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#164363duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#193580duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#238245effect types: Apply Aura, Spawn; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#371891effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#386208used by: Talent: Warrior; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#1243856duration: 168 hr; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1261776journal encounter: Nalorakk; duration: 10.1 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#1270826used by: Cast by Defensive Stance; duration: 6 sec; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts

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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