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Water Shield

Spell

Water Shield

Nature

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Shaman

Instant castSelf Only

The caster is surrounded by globes of water.

Water Shield

Tooltip

The caster is surrounded by globes of water. When a spell, melee, or ranged attack hits the caster or when one of the caster's spells gets a critical result, 2% of maximum mana is restored to the caster, expending one water globe. Only one globe will activate every few seconds. Lasts 10 min.

Only one Elemental Shield can be active on the Shaman at any one time.

How it works

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. The aura is spent after 3 procs. It can proc at most once every 3.5 sec.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. Its base value is 100. It triggers Water Shield.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 1.

What it does

Water Shield is a Nature spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 10 min. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Water Shield (record #408511).

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

SchoolNature
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration10 min
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Proc charges3
Proc cooldown3.5 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Value: 100
Trigger spell: Water Shield
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
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

Water Shield sounds

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

SPELL_Nature_PreCastHigh_LoopSoundKit 27

  1. Precastnaturemagichigh4.1s · ID 568291 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

SPELL_Nature_CastSoundKit 2561

  1. Naturecast0.7s · ID 569767 · spells/cast
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

watershield_impact_baseSoundKit 10028

  1. Watershield Impact Base3.7s · ID 569207 · 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.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 24 separate Spell records named "Water Shield". This page is record #408510. 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
#228981used by: Cast by Throw Water Orb; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#235976effect types: noneA different effect setup
#271486effect types: noneA different effect setup
#276163effect types: noneA different effect setup
#276774used by: Cast by Water Shield; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#277827effect types: noneA different effect setup
#277976used by: Cast by Water Shield; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#289211effect types: noneA different effect setup
#399942effect types: noneA different effect setup
#412685effect types: noneA different effect setup
#412686used by: Cast by Water Shield; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#412687used by: Cast by Water Shield; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts

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 sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 20 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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