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Slam the target with your shield, causing 430 damage, increased by your Block Value, and has a 50% chance of dispelling 1 magic effect on the target. Causes a very 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:
- Effect 1 is Dispel (effect type 38). Its base value is 1.
- Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 430. 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 430).
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
| School | Physical |
|---|---|
| Cost | 20 Rage |
| Range | 5 yards (Combat Range) |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 6 sec |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Effect #1 | Dispel (38) Value: 1 Misc value: 1 |
| Effect #2 | School Damage (2) Value: 430 Spell power coefficient: 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.
Shield Slam sounds
The sounds the game plays when Shield Slam is cast and lands, straight from the client. Press play, or open a kit for every file and the download formats.
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
How to learn Shield Slam
Learned at- Level 40 (Rank 1)
From- Warrior trainer
Who can learn it- Any Warrior
Visit a Warrior trainer once you reach level 40 and buy it from the trainer's list. Every Warrior trainer teaches the same list; capital cities are the easiest to reach.
Alliance Warrior trainers
| Trainer | Zone | Map |
|---|---|---|
| Arias'ta BladesingerWarrior Trainer | Darnassus Capital | 58.7, 34.9 |
| Darnath BladesingerWarrior Trainer | Darnassus Capital | 58.9, 35.3 |
| SildanairWarrior Trainer | Darnassus Capital | 61.8, 42.2 |
| Bilban TosslespannerWarrior Trainer | Ironforge Capital | 65.9, 88.4 |
| Kelstrum StonebreakerWarrior Trainer | Ironforge Capital | 67.0, 90.1 |
| Kelv SternhammerWarrior Trainer | Ironforge Capital | 70.3, 90.7 |
| Ander GermaineWarrior Trainer | Stormwind City Capital | 80.2, 61.3 |
| Ilsa CorbinWarrior Trainer | Stormwind City Capital | 80.4, 59.8 |
| Wu ShenWarrior Trainer | Stormwind City Capital | 80.6, 59.9 |
7 more in starting zones and towns
| Trainer | Zone | Map |
|---|---|---|
| Granis SwiftaxeWarrior Trainer | Dun Morogh | 47.4, 52.6 |
| Thran KhormanWarrior Trainer | Dun Morogh | 28.8, 67.2 |
| Captain EvencaneWarrior Trainer | Dustwallow Marsh | 67.9, 48.4 |
| Llane BeshereWarrior Trainer | Elwynn Forest | 50.2, 42.3 |
| Lyria Du LacWarrior Trainer | Elwynn Forest | 41.1, 65.8 |
| AlyissiaWarrior Trainer | Teldrassil | 59.6, 38.4 |
| Kyra WindbladeWarrior Trainer | Teldrassil | 56.2, 59.2 |
Horde Warrior trainers
| Trainer | Zone | Map |
|---|---|---|
| Grezz RagefistWarrior Trainer | Orgrimmar Capital | 79.8, 31.4 |
| SorekWarrior Trainer | Orgrimmar Capital | 80.4, 32.4 |
| Zel'makWarrior Trainer | Orgrimmar Capital | 80.4, 29.5 |
| Ker RagetotemWarrior Trainer | Thunder Bluff Capital | 57.6, 85.5 |
| Sark RagetotemWarrior Trainer | Thunder Bluff Capital | 57.0, 89.5 |
| Torm RagetotemWarrior Trainer | Thunder Bluff Capital | 57.2, 87.4 |
| Angela CurthasWarrior Trainer | Undercity Capital | 48.3, 16.0 |
| Baltus FowlerWarrior Trainer | Undercity Capital | 47.4, 17.3 |
| Christoph WalkerWarrior Trainer | Undercity Capital | 46.9, 15.2 |
7 more in starting zones and towns
| Trainer | Zone | Map |
|---|---|---|
| FrangWarrior Trainer | Durotar | 42.9, 69.4 |
| Tarshaw JaggedscarWarrior Trainer | Durotar | 54.2, 42.5 |
| Krang StonehoofWarrior Trainer | Mulgore | 48.3, 63.7 |
| MaloshWarrior Trainer | Swamp of Sorrows | 44.9, 57.6 |
| Harutt ThunderhornWarrior Trainer | The Barrens | 28.0, 66.5 |
| Austil de MonWarrior Trainer | Tirisfal Glades | 61.9, 52.5 |
| Dannal SternWarrior Trainer | Tirisfal Glades | 32.7, 65.6 |
Trainer level and race gate: the WoW Forever beta client's trainer and skill rows. Trainer positions: the Classic world data the beta is built on, placed on the map with the beta client's own map tables. The beta can still move an NPC.
Used by
Where is this spell used?
Shield Slam appears in: 1 skill line.
Skill lines
- Warrior (Warrior), learned automaticallySkill line
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Related
More Protection spells
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 44 separate Spell records named "Shield Slam". This page is record #23922. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #8242 | duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #15655 | duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #29684 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #30688 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #46762 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #49863 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #59142 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #69903 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #124815 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #125058 | used by: Cast by Taunt; effect types: none | A helper record another spell casts |
| #125978 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #126339 | effect types: none | A 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
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