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Guard

Spell

Guard

Physical

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2 secSelf Only

Raises a shield, deflecting all ranged attacks and spells and blocking all melee attacks from the front.

Guard

Tooltip

Raises a shield, deflecting all ranged attacks and spells and blocking all melee attacks from the front.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 140, which the datamine does not name. It triggers Guard.

What it does

Guard is a spell with a 2 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster). It also casts Guard (record #263060).

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 time2 sec
Effect #1Effect 140
Trigger spell: Guard

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 9 separate Spell records named "Guard". This page is record #263063. 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
#115295cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#128849cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#171452cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#173343cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#263060used by: Cast by Guard; cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#272880cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#385212subtext: Off Hand; cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#1298064cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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