Power Word: Shield
What it does
Power Word: Shield Rank 8
355 Mana
40 yd range
Instant
4 sec cooldown
Draws on the soul of the party member to shield them, absorbing 591 damage. Lasts 30 sec. While the shield holds, spellcasting will not be interrupted by damage. Once shielded, the target cannot be shielded again for 15 sec.
As the game's tooltip words it, from the game files of build 1.60.1.70374. Values the files leave to the character are shown as ?.
Facts
Used by 0
Nothing in the game files that Zephras reads uses this spell: no item, recipe, racial trait, or set bonus. Which trainers teach it and which NPCs cast it fill in from players' uploads.
Compared with Classic
Changed from Classic: one thing differs from WoW Classic Era's spell 10899.
| What | WoW Forever | WoW Classic Era |
|---|---|---|
| Text | Draws on the soul of the party member to shield them, absorbing 591 damage. Lasts 30 sec. While the shield holds, spellcasting will not be interrupted by damage. Once shielded, the target cannot be shielded again for 15 sec. | Draws on the soul of the party member to shield them, absorbing 605 damage. Lasts 30 sec. While the shield holds, spellcasting will not be interrupted by damage. Once shielded, the target cannot be shielded again for 15 sec. |
Classic values come from the WoW Classic Era game files, build 1.15.9.70003, and are shown only to compare; they are not Forever's.