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Shield Slam

Spell

Shield Slam

Physical

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Instant castCombat Range

Inflicts 20 damage to an enemy, stunning it for 2 sec.

Shield Slam

Tooltip

Inflicts 20 damage to an enemy, stunning it for 2 sec.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12.
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 20. 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 effects that last 2 sec. When cast it applies an aura and deals Physical damage (base value 20). The client files the whole spell under the stunned mechanic.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70338. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration2 sec
MechanicStunned
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 20
Spell power coefficient: 1

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70338. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Sounds

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.

KnockDownSoundKit 3642

  1. Knockdown2.1s · ID 567960 · 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 44 separate Spell records named "Shield Slam". This page is record #8242. 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
#15655effect values: 0, 40 (this record: 0, 20)Different tuning
#23922subtext: Rank 1; used by: Warrior; duration: none; effect types: Dispel, School Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#29684effect types: noneA different effect setup
#30688effect types: noneA different effect setup
#46762effect types: noneA different effect setup
#49863effect types: noneA different effect setup
#59142effect types: noneA different effect setup
#69903effect types: noneA different effect setup
#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
#126339effect 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 1.60.1.70338, 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 sighted2 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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