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Fire Shield

Spell

Fire Shield

Fire

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Warlock

Instant castMedium Range

Surrounds the target in a shield of fire, increasing Fire resistance by 11.8064 and making every strike against the target cause 0.344528 Fire damage to the attacker.

Fire Shield

Tooltip

Surrounds the target in a shield of fire, increasing Fire resistance by 11.8064 and making every strike against the target cause 0.344528 Fire damage to the attacker. Lasts 3 min. The caster cannot cast Fire Shield on himself.

How it works

Each cast of Fire Shield costs 210 Mana. Its dispel type is client id 1.

Fire Shield is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 15. Its base value is 0.3445.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 22. Its base value is 11.8064.

What it does

Fire Shield is a Fire spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 3 min. 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

SchoolFire
Cost210 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration3 min
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 15
Value: 0.3445
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 22
Value: 11.8064
Misc value: 4

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 47 separate Spell records named "Fire Shield". This page is record #36907. 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
#35265duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#35266used by: Cast by Fire Shield; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#37282duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#37283used by: Cast by Fire Shield; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#37318duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#37434duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38732duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38733used by: Cast by Fire Shield; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#38855duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38893used by: Cast by Fire Shield; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#38901duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38902used by: Cast by Fire Shield; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA 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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