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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)
Shield Slam

Spell

Shield Slam

Physical

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Warrior

Instant cast6 sec cooldownCombat Range

Slam the target with your shield, causing 447 to 469 damage, modified by your shield block value, and dispels 1 magic effect on the target.

Shield Slam

Tooltip

Slam the target with your shield, causing 447 to 469 damage, modified by your shield block value, and dispels 1 magic effect on the target. Also causes a high amount of threat.

How it works

Each cast of Shield Slam costs 20 Rage. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Dispel (effect type 38). Its base value is 1.
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 447. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Shield Slam is a Physical spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards and a 6 sec cooldown. When cast it dispels effects and deals Physical damage (base value 447).

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
Cost20 Rage
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown6 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Dispel (38)
Value: 1
Misc value: 1
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 447
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 44 separate Spell records named "Shield Slam". This page is record #23925. 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
#8242duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15655duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#23922subtext: Rank 1; used by: WarriorA different rank or variant
#29684duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30688duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage, Dispel; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#46762duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#49863effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59142duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#69903difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#124815effect types: noneA different effect setup
#125058used by: Cast by Taunt; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#125978effect 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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