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Spell
Power Word: Shield
Holy
PriestShields an ally for 15 sec, absorbing (463.8% of Spell Power) damage.
Tooltip
Shields an ally for 15 sec, absorbing (463.8% of Spell Power) damage.
How it works
Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.
- Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 69. It scales with 4.638 times spell power.
What it does
Power Word: Shield is a Holy spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards, a 7.5 sec cooldown and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura. The client files the whole spell under the shielded mechanic.
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
| School | Holy |
|---|---|
| Range | 40 yards (Long Range) |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 7.5 sec |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Duration | 15 sec |
| Mechanic | Shielded |
| Dispel type | Dispel type id 1 |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 69 Spell power coefficient: 4.638 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.
Used by
Where is this spell used?
Power Word: Shield appears in: 1 skill line.
Skill lines
- Priest, learned automaticallySkill line
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
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Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 39 separate Spell records named "Power Word: Shield". This page is record #17. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #11647 | duration: 30 sec; effect values: 17.54 (this record: 0); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #11835 | duration: 30 sec; effect values: 116 (this record: 0); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #11974 | duration: 10 sec; effect values: 8 (this record: 0); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #17139 | duration: 30 sec; effect values: 11 (this record: 0); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #20697 | duration: 30 sec; effect values: 237.9 (this record: 0); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #22187 | duration: 30 sec; effect values: 17.1 (this record: 0); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #27607 | subtext: Rank 10; duration: 30 sec; effect values: 11.18 (this record: 0); different tooltip text | A different rank or variant |
| #29408 | duration: 30 sec; effect values: 17.23 (this record: 0); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #32595 | duration: 30 sec; effect values: 9.09 (this record: 0); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #35944 | duration: 30 sec; effect values: 12.6 (this record: 0); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #36052 | duration: 30 sec; effect values: 7.47 (this record: 0); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #41373 | duration: 30 sec; effect values: 34.45 (this record: 0); different tooltip text | Different 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.
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