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Shield Block

Spell

Shield Block

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Raise your shield, blocking all melee attacks against you for 6 sec.

Shield Block

Tooltip

Raise your shield, blocking all melee attacks against you for 6 sec. These blocks can be critical blocks. Increases Shield Slam damage by 30% while active.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 51. Its base value is 100.

What it does

Shield Block is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 8 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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration8 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 51
Value: 100

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 15 separate Spell records named "Shield Block". This page is record #458045. 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
#32587duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#37414duration: 5 sec; effect values: 3.45 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#38031duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#69580duration: 20 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#132404duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#145054duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#199129used by: Cast by Bastion of Defense; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 0; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#205155different tooltip textA variant record
#212236school: Nature; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 10 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#231847used by: Protection Warrior; duration: none; effect values: 1 (this record: 100); different tooltip textA different owner
#394809subtext: Off Hand; used by: Cast by Bulwark; duration: 1.2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#458044duration: none; effect types: Dummy; 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.

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