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Earth Shield

Spell

Earth Shield

Nature

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Shaman

Instant castLong Range

Protects the target with an earthen shield, increasing your healing on them by 20% and healing them for when they take damage.

Earth Shield

Tooltip

Protects the target with an earthen shield, increasing your healing on them by 20% and healing them for when they take damage. This heal can only occur once every 1.1 sec. Lasts 60 min.

Earth Shield can only be placed on the Shaman and one other target at a time. The Shaman can have up to two Elemental Shields active on them.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met. It can proc at most once every 3 sec.

Earth Shield is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 283. Its base value is 20.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87.

What it does

Earth Shield is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 1 hr. When cast it applies an aura. It stacks up to 9 times.

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

SchoolNature
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration1 hr
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Proc cooldown3 sec
Max stacks9
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 283
Value: 20
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Misc value: 127

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?

Earth Shield appears in: 4 talents.

Talents

  • Earth Shield for Shaman (Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration)Talent
  • Earth Shield for Shaman (Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration) (definition #132164)Talent
  • Earth Shield for Shaman (Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration) (definition #132680)Talent
  • Earth Shield (a talent definition no current talent tree places)Talent

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 54 separate Spell records named "Earth Shield". This page is record #974. 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
#379duration: none; effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32734duration: 2 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38590used by: Cast by Earth Shield; duration: none; effect types: effect 136A helper record another spell casts
#54479duration: 2 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#54480used by: Cast by Earth Shield; duration: none; effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#55599duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#55600used by: Cast by Earth Shield; duration: none; effect types: effect 136; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#56451duration: 2 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#57802duration: 2 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#57803used by: Cast by Earth Shield; duration: none; effect types: HealA helper record another spell casts
#58981duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#58982used by: Cast by Earth Shield; duration: none; effect types: effect 136A 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.

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 sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 50 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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