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Power Word: Barrier

Spell

Power Word: Barrier

Holy

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Priest

Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Summons a holy barrier to protect all allies at the target location for 10 sec, reducing all damage taken by 20% and preventing damage from delaying spellcasting.

Power Word: Barrier

Tooltip

Summons a holy barrier to protect all allies at the target location for 10 sec, reducing all damage taken by 20% and preventing damage from delaying spellcasting.

How it works

Power Word: Barrier is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 149. Its base value is 100.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is -20.

What it does

Power Word: Barrier is a Holy spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 12 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 Details

SchoolHoly
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration12 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 149
Value: 100
Misc value: 127, 15
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: -20
Misc value: 127

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 6 separate Spell records named "Power Word: Barrier". This page is record #81782. 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
#62618used by: Talent: Priest; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different owner
#115725school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#146810school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#204756cast time: 3 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#204760duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; 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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