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Holy Shield

Spell

Holy Shield

Physical

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1 sec8 sec cooldownLong Range

- Projectile

Holy Shield

Tooltip

- Projectile
- Recast actions
- Close range

8 sec cooldown
Hurl a blessed shield forward, damaging enemies in its path before returning to you.

Recast to trigger a holy explosion at the shield's location.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 4 yards.

What it does

Holy Shield is a spell with a 1 sec cast, a range of 40 yards, an 8 sec cooldown and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect in a 4 yard radius.

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time1 sec
Cooldown8 sec
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Value: 100
Misc value: 32044
Radius: 4 yards

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 33 separate Spell records named "Holy Shield". This page is record #433474. 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
#169681used by: Cast by Holy Shield; cast time: instant; duration: 21 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#174204difficulty rows: Heroic; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA per-difficulty version
#348467school: Holy; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#367574cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, effect 203, effect 203; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#433380different tooltip textA variant record
#433436school: Holy; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#433472different tooltip textA variant record
#433473different tooltip textA variant record
#434120cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#435190school: Holy; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#435196school: Holy; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#435199school: Holy; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA 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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