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Wrath of the Lich KingWrath of the Lich King era data from Blizzard's titan client, build 3.80.2.69874Also on WoW Forever · Classic Era · The Burning Crusade · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Ardent Defender

Spell

Ardent Defender

Physical

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Paladin

Instant castSelf Only

Damage that takes you below 35% health is reduced by 13%.

Ardent Defender

Tooltip

Damage that takes you below 35% health is reduced by 13%. In addition, attacks which would otherwise kill you cause you to be healed by up to 20% of your maximum health (amount healed based on defense). This healing effect cannot occur more often than once every 2 min.

How it works

Ardent Defender is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 69. Its base value is 13.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 20.

What it does

Ardent Defender is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 69
Value: 13
Misc value: 127
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 20

Raw client values from the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Related

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Divine ShieldDivine Shield

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 4 separate Spell records named "Ardent Defender". This page is record #31851. 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
#31850subtext: Rank 1; used by: Talent: PaladinA different rank or variant
#66235used by: Paladin; school: Holy; effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA different owner
#425435effect types: noneA different effect setup
#1310686effect types: noneA 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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