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Obsidian Armor

Spell

Obsidian Armor

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

When struck by a non-periodic damage spell you have a chance of getting a 6 sec spell shield that absorbs 400 of that school of damage.

Obsidian Armor

Tooltip

When struck by a non-periodic damage spell you have a chance of getting a 6 sec spell shield that absorbs 400 of that school of damage.

How it works

Its aura has a 30% chance to proc when its trigger condition is met. It can proc at most once every 10 sec.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.

What it does

Obsidian Armor is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). 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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Proc chance30%
Proc cooldown10 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 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.

How to learn

Items that grant this spell

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 2 separate Spell records named "Obsidian Armor". This page is record #27539. 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
#98632duration: until cancelled; effect values: -1 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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 sighted1 effect rows 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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