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Water Shield

Spell

Water Shield

Frost

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Casts a bolt of water at the target, dealing Frost damage and increasing spell casting time by 20%.

Water Shield

Tooltip

Casts a bolt of water at the target, dealing Frost damage and increasing spell casting time by 20%.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 75.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 65. Its base value is -20.

What it does

Water Shield is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 75) and 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

SchoolFrost
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration4 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 75
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 65
Value: -20

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?

Water Shield appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 24 separate Spell records named "Water Shield". This page is record #276774. 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
#173164school: Nature; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#228981used by: Cast by Throw Water Orb; school: Physical; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#235976school: Nature; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#271486school: Nature; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#276163school: Nature; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#277827school: Nature; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#277976no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#289211school: Nature; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#399942school: Physical; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#412685school: Nature; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#412686school: Nature, Shadow; cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#412687effect types: School Damage, 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.

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