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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)
Deflection

Spell

Deflection

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Increases your Parry chance by 2%.

Deflection

Tooltip

Increases your Parry chance by 2%.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 47. Its base value is 2. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Deflection 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 47
Value: 2
Spell power coefficient: 1

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.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 10 separate Spell records named "Deflection". This page is record #13713. 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
#52419used by: Cast by Deflection; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#52420different tooltip textA variant record
#52879duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#59181duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#92614effect types: noneA different effect setup
#92615used by: Cast by Deflection; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#114274effect types: noneA different effect setup
#128346effect types: noneA different effect setup
#184778effect types: noneA different effect setup
#256711effect 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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