Shield Specialization

Shield Specialization
Talent Shield Specialization {{{cast_time}}} sec cast Requires Warrior You generate X extra Rage when you block an attack. You generate Y extra Rage when you Spell Reflect a magic attack.
Usable by
Class	Warrior
Properties
Type	N/A
School	N/A
Casting time	Unknown sec cast
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Requirements
Location	N/A
Level required	5

• Talent
• Shield Specialization
• {{{cast_time}}} sec cast
• Requires Warrior
• You generate X extra Rage when you block an attack. You generate Y extra Rage when you Spell Reflect a magic attack.

This article is about the warrior talent. For the former shaman talent, see Shield Specialization (shaman talent). For the former paladin talent, see Shield Specialization (paladin talent).

Shield Specialization increases your chance to Block with your shield and generates extra Rage when blocks occur.

Rank table

Rank	Rage generation chance	Spell Reflection Rage generation chance
1	5%	20%
2	10%	40%
3	15%	60%

Patch changes

• / Patch 4.0.1 (12-Oct-2010): No longer increases chance to block. Rage generation changed to only occur when blocking instead of when also parrying or dodging an attack. Spell Reflection effect added.
  
• Patch 3.2.0 (04-Aug-2009): Now provides 5 rage on a block, dodge or parry instead of 2 rage on a block.
  
• / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): Moved to Tier 1, now increases rage by 2 on a successful block.
  
• Patch 1.5.0 (2005-06-07): In addition to increasing % chance to block, it now gives the warrior a 20/40/60/80/100% chance to generate 1 rage on a successful block.
  

External links

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