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Power Word: Shield

Spell

Power Word: Shield

Holy

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Instant cast4 sec cooldownLong Range

Wraps the caster in a shield that lasts up to 30 sec., absorbing a maximum of 17.5435 Physical or magical damage.

Power Word: Shield

Tooltip

Wraps the caster in a shield that lasts up to 30 sec., absorbing a maximum of 17.5435 Physical or magical damage. While the shield holds, spells will not be interrupted by Physical attacks.

How it works

Each cast of Power Word: Shield costs 100 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 69. Its base value is 17.5435.

What it does

Power Word: Shield is a Holy spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards, a 4 sec cooldown and effects that last 30 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
Cost100 Mana
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown4 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration30 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 69
Value: 17.5435
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 39 separate Spell records named "Power Word: Shield". This page is record #11647. 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
#17used by: Priest; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 17.54); different tooltip textA different owner
#11835effect values: 116 (this record: 17.54); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#11974duration: 10 sec; effect values: 8 (this record: 17.54); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#17139effect values: 11 (this record: 17.54); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#20697effect values: 237.9 (this record: 17.54)Different tuning
#22187effect values: 17.1 (this record: 17.54); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#27607subtext: Rank 10; effect values: 11.18 (this record: 17.54); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#29408effect values: 17.23 (this record: 17.54); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#32595effect values: 9.09 (this record: 17.54); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#35944effect values: 12.6 (this record: 17.54); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#36052effect values: 7.47 (this record: 17.54); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#41373effect values: 34.45 (this record: 17.54); 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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