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Shadow Barrier

Spell

Shadow Barrier

Shadow

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Instant castMedium Range

Reduces the Shadow damage taken by an ally by 50% for 20 sec.

Shadow Barrier

Tooltip

Reduces the Shadow damage taken by an ally by 50% for 20 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is -50.

What it does

Shadow Barrier is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 20 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

SchoolShadow
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration20 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: -50
Misc value: 32

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 9 separate Spell records named "Shadow Barrier". This page is record #17151. 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
#72975school: Physical; cast time: 0.2 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: -50)Different tuning
#316622school: Physical; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 90 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#403049journal encounter: Echo of Neltharion; school: Fire, Shadow; duration: until cancelled; effect values: -99 (this record: -50); different tooltip textA different caster
#414523duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#420875school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: -50)Different tuning
#434740school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#434909school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1262524effect types: Apply Aura, 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.

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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