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Shield Charge

Spell

Shield Charge

Physical

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Charges in the direction of a distant target, inflicting Physical damage and knocking back all enemies within his path.

Shield Charge

Tooltip

Charges in the direction of a distant target, inflicting Physical damage and knocking back all enemies within his path. This damage increases based on the distance traveled.

Upon reaching the end of the path, he slams his shield into the ground, inflicting Physical damage to enemies, knocking them back.

How it works

Each cast of Shield Charge costs 33 Energy.

Shield Charge is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 1000 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers spell id 179549.

What it does

Shield Charge is a spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range.

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
Cost33 Energy
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 1000 yards
Effect #2Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell id 179549

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?

Shield Charge appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Twin Ogron in Highmaul
    Journal section: Pol
    Encounter creatures: Phemos, PolRaid boss ability

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 28 separate Spell records named "Shield Charge". This page is record #158136. 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
#38630effect types: effect 96, Knock Back, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#158134cast time: 3 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Dummy, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#158159effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#158165used by: Cast by Shield Charge; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#158291used by: Cast by Shield Slam; effect types: effect 144; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#166178cast time: 2 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Dummy, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, effect 226; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#166180effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#166181used by: Cast by Shield Slam; effect types: effect 144; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#177259effect types: effect 96; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#177608school: Arcane; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#182412cast time: 2 sec; duration: 2 sec; effect types: effect 96, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#182416used by: Cast by Shield Charge; effect types: Dummy, Weapon % Damage, Knock BackA helper record another spell casts

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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