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For the Pet Battle ability, see Peticon-humanoid Inv shield 06 [Shield Block].
Shield Block
Ability defend
  • Shield Block
  • Level 6 warrior ability
  • 30 Rage
  • 16 sec recharge
  • Instant
  • Requires Shield
  • ArmsFuryRaise your shield, blocking every melee attack against you for 6 sec.

    ProtectionRaise your shield, blocking every melee attack against you for 6 sec. These blocks can be critical blocks. Increases Shield Slam damage by 30% while active.
    Max 2 Charges
Properties
Class Warrior
School Physical
Recharge 16 seconds
Other information
Level learned 6
Improvements Ability defend [Enduring Defenses], Inv shield 32 [Heavy Repercussions]
Related buff
Ability defend
  • Shield Block
  • Block chance increased by 100%.
  • Duration: 6 seconds
"My faith be my shield." —Mojo Mender Ja'nah
"Mine be dis huge metal thing, mon."—Indalamar
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Shield Block is a level 6 warrior defensive ability that blocks all attacks for 6 seconds. While in Protection spec, it also increases Inv shield 05 [Shield Slam]'s damage by 30% and has 2 charges. It can only be used when the warrior has a shield equipped.

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Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Rank 2 removed. Now has 2 charges at baseline when in Protection spec.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Level reduced to 6 from 18, now available to all specializations.
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Cooldown reduced to 16 sec.
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Cooldown increased to 18 sec. Rage cost increased to 30.
  • Legion Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Shield Block can only be extended to a maximum of three times its base duration.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Now costs 15 Rage.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now increases damage done by Inv shield 05 [Shield Slam] by 30% while active.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now regenerates a new charge every 12 seconds (up from every 9 seconds).
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Can now be used in any stance and cost 60 Rage, up from 10. Duration reduced from 10 to 6 sec, but blocks all attacks. Cooldown reduced from 1 min to 1.5 sec.
  • Cataclysm Hotfix (2011-01-18): A bug has been fixed where the Shield Block ability granted 25% more critical block chance than was intended for Protection warriors with very high total chance to avoid attacks.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): now only increases block chance by 25%, but excess block that pushes avoidance plus block to over 100% is now converted to critical block chance.
  • Test-inline Patch 0.7 (2004-06-15): Moved to level 16.

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