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Shield of the Righteous

Spell

Shield of the Righteous

Holy

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Paladin

Instant castCombat Range

Slams enemies in front of you with your shield, causing (95% of Attack Power) Holy damage, and increasing your Armor for 4.5 sec.

Shield of the Righteous

Tooltip

Slams enemies in front of you with your shield, causing (95% of Attack Power) Holy damage, and increasing your Armor for 4.5 sec.

When Shield of the Righteous expires, gain 10% block chance and deal (22.7% of Attack Power) Holy damage to all attackers for 4 sec.

Armor granted by Shield of the Righteous is increased by up to 60%, based on your missing health.

How it works

Shield of the Righteous is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 160.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 268. Its base value is 160.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87.

What it does

Shield of the Righteous is a Holy spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards and effects that last 4.5 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
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration4.5 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 160
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 268
Value: 160
Misc value: -2
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Misc value: 126

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 10 separate Spell records named "Shield of the Righteous". This page is record #132403. 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
#53600used by: Paladin; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different owner
#264112duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#290491effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#415091used by: Holy Paladin; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell, Dummy; different tooltip textA different owner
#420094effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1230795used by: Cast by [DNT] Arator Shield Cover; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#1251859journal encounter: Lightblinded Vanguard; cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#1270616duration: none; effect types: Energize; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1270617school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Energize; 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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