Tooltip
Imbues the caster's shield with Holy energy, increasing block chance against all attacks and spells and triggering a backlash of Holy damage on all blocked attacks.
What it does
Holy Shield is a Holy spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 10 sec. 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 facts
Datamined from the current retail game build. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.
Spell Details
| School | Holy |
|---|---|
| Range | Self Only |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Duration | 10 sec |
| Dispel type | Dispel type id 1 |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 42 |
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.
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 33 separate Spell records named "Holy Shield". This page is record #348467. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #169681 | used by: Cast by Holy Shield; school: Physical; duration: 21 sec | A helper record another spell casts |
| #174204 | difficulty rows: Heroic; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile | A per-difficulty version |
| #367574 | school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, effect 203, effect 203; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #433380 | subtext: Offensive; school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip text | A different rank or variant |
| #433436 | duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #433472 | subtext: Offensive; school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip text | A different rank or variant |
| #433473 | subtext: Offensive; school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip text | A different rank or variant |
| #433474 | subtext: Offensive; school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip text | A different rank or variant |
| #434120 | school: Physical; duration: 8 sec | A variant record |
| #435190 | duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #435196 | duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #435199 | duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text | A 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.