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Damage Absorb

Spell

Damage Absorb

Holy

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Instant cast1 sec cooldownSelf Only

Absorbs 308 physical damage.

Damage Absorb

Tooltip

Absorbs 308 physical damage. Lasts 15 sec.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts. Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 69. Its base value is 308.

What it does

Damage Absorb is a Holy spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 1 sec cooldown and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolHoly
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown1 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration15 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 69
Value: 308
Misc value: 1

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Sounds

Damage Absorb sounds

The sounds the game plays when Damage Absorb is cast and lands, straight from the client. Press play, or open a kit for every file and the download formats.

Divine ShieldSoundKit 39

  1. Divineshield3.0s · ID 569738 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Joined in the WoW Forever beta client: spell visual, then visual kit, then SoundKit, then the sound file. Browse every game sound in the sound archive.

How to learn

Items that grant this spell

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 4 separate Spell records named "Damage Absorb". This page is record #25750. 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
#23991effect values: 616 (this record: 308)Different tuning
#25746effect values: 504 (this record: 308)Different tuning
#25747effect values: 392 (this record: 308)Different tuning

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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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