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Power Word: Shield

Spell

Power Word: Shield

Holy

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Instant castLong Range

Wraps an ally in a shield that lasts up to 30 sec., absorbing a maximum of 34.4528 Physical or magical damage.

Power Word: Shield

Tooltip

Wraps an ally in a shield that lasts up to 30 sec., absorbing a maximum of 34.4528 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 110 Mana. Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 69. Its base value is 34.4528.

What it does

Power Word: Shield is a Holy spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards 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
Cost110 Mana
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration30 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 69
Value: 34.4528
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 #41373. 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
#17139effect values: 11 (this record: 34.45); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#20697effect values: 237.9 (this record: 34.45); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#22187effect values: 17.1 (this record: 34.45); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#27607subtext: Rank 10; effect values: 11.18 (this record: 34.45); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#29408effect values: 17.23 (this record: 34.45)Different tuning
#32595effect values: 9.09 (this record: 34.45)Different tuning
#35944effect values: 12.6 (this record: 34.45)Different tuning
#36052effect values: 7.47 (this record: 34.45)Different tuning
#44175effect values: 10.03 (this record: 34.45); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#44291effect values: 10.03 (this record: 34.45); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#46193effect values: 20.05 (this record: 34.45); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#66099effect values: 49.96 (this record: 34.45); 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.

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