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Sacred Shield

Spell

Sacred Shield

Holy

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Paladin

Instant cast6 sec cooldownLong Range

Protects the target with a shield of Holy Light for 30 sec, absorbing up to damage every 6 sec.

Sacred Shield

Tooltip

Protects the target with a shield of Holy Light for 30 sec, absorbing up to damage every 6 sec. Only one target can be affected at a time.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. Its base value is 1 per tick. It ticks every 6 sec, 5 times over the full 30 sec (5 base in total).

What it does

Sacred Shield is a Holy spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards, a 6 sec cooldown and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 6 sec.

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown6 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration30 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Value: 1
Period: every 6 sec

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 5 separate Spell records named "Sacred Shield". This page is record #20925. 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
#145766duration: 15 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#1248674journal encounter: Lightblinded Vanguard; cast time: 2 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#1248738duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1255737duration: none; effect types: School Damage; 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.

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
Listed asHoly Shield
Effect rows sighted3 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 40 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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