Fire Shield

Fire Shield
Fire Shield 30 yd  range Instant Surrounds the target in a shield of fire, increasing Fire resistance by X and making every strike against the target cause Y Fire damage to the attacker. Lasts 3 min. The caster cannot cast Fire Shield on himself.
Usable by
Class	Warlock
Pet	Imp
Properties
Type	Utility, Defensive
School	Fire
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Ranks	6
Related buff
Magic Fire Shield Increases Fire resistance by X and causes Y Fire damage to attacker when struck. Duration: 3 min.

• Fire Shield
• 30 yd  range
• Instant
• Surrounds the target in a shield of fire, increasing Fire resistance by X and making every strike against the target cause Y Fire damage to the attacker. Lasts 3 min. The caster cannot cast Fire Shield on himself.

Fire Shield places a damage shield on the Warlock and any party members within range (30 yards). The shield deals Fire damage to any enemy who hits a protected person. In addition, rank 6 and higher also increase the Fire resistance. Fire Shield has a spell power coefficient of roughly 1% of the imp's spell power or 0.15% of the warlock's spell power.

Rank Table

Rank	Level	Resistance	Fire damage
1	14	-	5
2	24	-	7
3	34	-	9
4	44	-	11
5	54	-	13
6	64	30	19
7	76	63	33

Talent Improvement

Improved Imp increases damage dealt.

Tips and Tactics

When set to auto-cast, the Imp will cast this on any party members within 30 yds if they receive a melee attack.

As with any fire damage, mobs can resist it and it will not work on fire-immune mobs.

Fire Shield will not unphase the imp, as it is a defensive spell.

Does not stack with Thorns.

Patch changes

• / Patch 4.0.1 (12-Oct-2010): Removed.
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (14-Apr-2009): You can now cast this ability on raid members, rather than party members.