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For the Burning Crusade Classic version, see Spell holy avengersshield [Avenger's Shield].
Avenger's Shield
Spell holy avengersshield
  • Avenger's Shield
  • Row 1 Protection paladin talent
  • 30 yd range
  • 15 sec cooldown
  • Instant
  • Requires Shields
  • Hurls your shield at an enemy target, dealing (66.31% of Attack power) Holy damage, interrupting and silencing the non-Player target for 3 sec, and then jumping to 2 additional nearby enemies.

    Deals (7.077% of Attack power) additional damage to all enemies within 5 yards of each target hit.
Properties
Class Paladin
School Holy
Cooldown 15 seconds
Improvements Ability paladin barrieroffaith [Barricade of Faith], Spell holy pureofheart [Bulwark of Order], Spell holy sealofrighteousness [Bulwark of Righteous Fury], Ability priest angelicbulwark [Crusader's Resolve], Spell holy sealofwrath [Ferren Marcus's Fervor], Ability priest flashoflight [Focused Enmity], Inv valkiergoldpet [Gift of the Golden Val'kyr], Spell burningbladeshaman lavaslash [Soaring Shield], Spell holy weaponmastery [Strength in Adversity], Spell holy persecution [Tyr's Enforcer]
Related debuff
Spell holy avengersshield
  • Magic
  • Avenger's Shield
  • Silenced.
  • Duration: 3 seconds
Avenger's Shield TCG

In the TCG

Those who oppose the shield must yield.[1]

Avenger's Shield is a Protection paladin talent. It is a ranged attack that will jump to an additional nearby target, interrupting and silencing them for a short duration.

Trivia[]

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-02-06): Damage increased by 10%.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2022-11-21): Damage increased by 15%.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 1 Protection talent (was a level 10 Protection ability).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): No longer increases the effects of your next Shield of the Righteous and now generates 1 Holy Power.
  • Battle for Azeroth Hotfix (2018-07-23): Avenger's Shield will correctly interrupt or silence only one target, regardless of effects that add damage targets.
  • Legion Patch 7.3.0 (2017-08-29): Damage increased by 8%.
  • Legion Hotfix (2017-07-24): Increased the damage done by 4%.
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-11-01): Silencing an enemy with Avenger's Shield now activates Sephuz's Secret.
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-09-16): Most abilities used by Tank specializations have had their damage reduced by 10%.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): No longer silences player targets. Damage increased by 159%.
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2015-07-20): Avenger's Shield damage increased by 30%.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2012-10-01): Avenger's Shield now deals 50% more damage.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Can no longer be blocked.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now a level 10 specialization ability for Protection (was a tier 9 Protection talent). 3 sec silence effect is now baseline. Now costs 6% of base mana, down from 26% of base mana. Cooldown lowered from 30 sec to 24 sec.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): Once again does not strike secondary targets affected by Spell holy prayerofhealing [Repentance].
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Base damage and scaling factor increased by 30%.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): Bounce distance has been reduced to 10 yards (from 15).
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Cast time reduced to .5 seconds, duration increased to 10 seconds.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.4.0 (2008-03-25):
    • Casting lower ranks of this spell is now properly penalized like other healing and damage effects.
    • This ability will no longer jump to secondary targets which are under the effect of crowd-control spells that break on taking damage. I.e. Spell nature polymorph [Polymorph], Ability sap [Sap], etc.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22):
    • No longer has a minimum range. It may be used on any target within 30 yards.
    • The damage portion of this ability will now be applied even if the victim is immune to snare.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.0.10 (2007-03-06): The slowing affect from Avenger's Shield is now considered a snare, so snare removal and immunity affects will now work on it.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Added.

See also[]

References[]

 
  1. ^ Fires of Outland, Avenger's Shield
  2. ^ The Comic Volume 1, pg. 3 - 4 — Chasing Thunder: A foreword by Chris Metzen

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