Shield Slam

Shield Slam
Shield Slam (6 ranks) Warrior ability 5 s. yd range 20 Rage 6 sec cooldown Instant sec cast Slam the target with your shield, causing X to Y damage, modified by your shield block value, and dispels 1 magic effect on the target. Also causes a high amount of threat.
Properties
Class	Warrior
School	Physical
Cooldown	6 sec
Talents
Talent tree	Protection, Tier 7
Talent required	[Concussion Blow]
Other information
Requirements	Shields
Improvements	[Shield Mastery]

[[Category:warrior abilities]][[Category:warrior abilities]]

Nothing says "eat this!" to a cowardly Wizard-type like a big wall of iron in the face.

Shield Slam is a massive direct damage attack which dispels one magic effect, while also causing a high amount of threat. You generate more threat per point of rage with this ability than with [Sunder Armor] even with only a moderate amount of shield block value. More shield block value makes this the primary threat building attack in the warrior arsenal.

The dispel effect is useful against a large amount of mobs and bosses while also allowing you to take things like [Power Word: Shield] or [Power Word: Fortitude] off a player, which is also useful in PvP. The ability offers a good solid chunk of (potentially critical) damage, which is independent of equipped weapon stats, and can even be delivered while disarmed, if need be.

For a pure Prot-spec warrior, this is the hardest hitting attack in your arsenal, so use it whenever you can.

Rank table

Rank	Rage Cost	Damage	Threat1	Level	Cost
1	20	225-235	?	40	Talent
2	20	264-276	?	48	18
3	20	303-317	?	54	25 20
4	20	342-358	250	60	27 90
5	20	381-399	280	66	29 25
6	20	420-440	310	70	29 25

¹) This value does not include Threat generated by damage.

Notes

• The damage effect of Shield Slam is applied after the dispelling effect.

• Block Value adds one extra damage to Shield Slam per Block Value.

Talent improvement

• [Shield Mastery] increases the damage from Shield Slam by increasing the Warriors Block Value.

• One-Handed Weapon Specialization increases the damage from Shield Slam by 2-10% because a shield is considered a one-handed weapon.

• [Focused Rage] reduces rage cost by 3.

Past changes

• The dispel effect was changed from 50% chance to 100% chance in 2.3.

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