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Shadow Barrier

Spell

Shadow Barrier

Shadow

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Priest

Instant castMedium Range

Reduces the Shadow damage taken by an ally by 50 for 10 min.

Shadow Barrier

Tooltip

Reduces the Shadow damage taken by an ally by 50 for 10 min.

How it works

Each cast of Shadow Barrier costs 450 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. 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 14. Its base value is -50.

What it does

Shadow Barrier is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 10 min. 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

SchoolShadow
Cost450 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration10 min
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 14
Value: -50
Misc value: 32

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

Shadow Barrier sounds

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

Precast Shadow LowSoundKit 745

  1. Precastshadowmagiclow6.6s · ID 569424 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

SPELL_Shadow_CastSoundKit 2560

  1. Shadowcast0.8s · ID 569766 · spells/cast
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

HolyProtectionSoundKit 3116

  1. Holyprotection3.4s · ID 568491 · 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 9 separate Spell records named "Shadow Barrier". This page is record #17151. 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
#72975effect types: noneA different effect setup
#316622effect types: noneA different effect setup
#403049journal encounter: Echo of Neltharion; effect types: noneA different caster
#414523effect types: noneA different effect setup
#420875effect types: noneA different effect setup
#434740effect types: noneA different effect setup
#434909effect types: noneA different effect setup
#1262524effect 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.

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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