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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)
Power Word: Shield

Spell

Power Word: Shield

Holy

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Instant castLong Range

Wraps an ally in a shield that lasts up to 30 sec., absorbing a maximum of 5000 Physical or magical damage.

Power Word: Shield

Tooltip

Wraps an ally in a shield that lasts up to 30 sec., absorbing a maximum of 5000 Physical or magical damage. While the shield holds, spells will not be interrupted by Physical attacks.

How it works

Each cast of Power Word: Shield costs 110 Mana. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 69. Its base value is 5000.

What it does

Power Word: Shield is a Holy spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 30 sec. 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

SchoolHoly
Cost110 Mana
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration30 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 69
Value: 5000
Misc value: 127

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

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 39 separate Spell records named "Power Word: Shield". This page is record #41373. 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
#17139different tooltip textA variant record
#20697different tooltip textA variant record
#22187no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#27607subtext: Rank 10; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#29408no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#32595no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#35944no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#36052no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#44175different tooltip textA variant record
#44291different tooltip textA variant record
#46193different tooltip textA variant record
#66099difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); different tooltip textA per-difficulty version

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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