Shield Wall

Shield Wall
Shield Wall 3 min cooldown Instant Reduces all damage taken by 40% for 8 sec.
Usable by
Class	Warrior
Properties
Type	Defensive
School	Physical
Casting time	Instant
Cooldown	3 min
Talents
Specialization	Protection
Level required	48
Related buff
Shield Wall All damage taken reduced by 40%. Duration: 8 seconds
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• Shield Wall
• Instant
• Reduces all damage taken by 40% for 8 sec.

“

The strength in a warrior's shield comes from within. - "Bonewall" Simms (TCG)

”

Shield Wall is a warrior ability learned at level 48 for those with the Protection specialization. It is a defensive self-buff that costs no Rage. It has a three minute cooldown. When activated it absorbs 40% of all incoming damage for eight seconds.

Modified by

• Glyph of Shield Wall

Talents

• Anger Management

Protection abilities

• Bastion of Defense

Notes

• Shield Wall falls into Panic button territory, and is best saved for when you just have to survive a little bit longer. Examples include an OOM healer, just a few adds too many, an enraged end-instance/Raid Boss, too many stacks of a debuff that reduces healing received, or a Battle Ground flag run.

• Shield Wall is the one of the most powerful form of damage reduction in the game, and is extremely effective at keeping the warrior alive. In addition, shield wall does not drop aggro, so it allows a warrior to continue tanking, unlike Blessing of Protection.

• For more day-to-day panic, there may be less extreme measures available: [Hamstring]ing or using the much faster cooldown [Shield Block] while you finish it off, or even just dying and being raised again by the group healer if it doesn't look like a total wipe is hinged on your survival. Bear in mind that it isn't an invulnerability shield, and even 40% damage from a ?? Elite can still hurt plenty.

Patch changes

• Patch 6.0.2 (14-October-2014): Shield Wall is now available only to Protection Warriors.; Shield Wall now lasts 8 seconds (down from 12 seconds).
  
• Patch 5.3.0 (21-May-2013): Shield Wall's cooldown has been reduced to 3 minutes, down from 5 minutes.
  
• Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Retaliation, Recklessness and Shield Wall no longer have stance requirements.
  
• / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): Shield Wall now reduces all damage taken by 50% for 12 seconds, cooldown reduced to 5 minutes.
  
• Patch 1.7.0 (13-Sep-2005): Shield Wall will no longer be canceled if you switch stances while the effect is active.
  

External links

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