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For the Classic version, see Spell holy blessingofprotection [Holy Shield].
Holy Shield
Inv shield 1h hyrja d 01
  • Holy Shield
  • Row 2 Protection paladin talent
  • Passive
  • Your block chance is increased by 20%, you are able to block spells, and your successful blocks deal (9.828% of Attack power) Holy damage to your attacker.
Properties
Class Paladin
Talents
Talent required Spell holy avengersshield [Avenger's Shield]
Improvements Inv shield 1h hyrja d 01 [Improved Holy Shield]

Holy Shield is a Protection paladin talent.

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21): Paladin retribution [Blessed Hammer] and Ability paladin hammeroftherighteous [Hammer of the Righteous] have switched places with [Holy Shield] (was row 3).
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 3 Protection talent (was a level 14 Protection talent).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.2.5a (2022-08-02): Increase to block chance increased to 20% (was 15%).
  • Legion Patch 7.3.0 (2017-08-29): New icon.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Now increases your block chance by 15% (was 10%).
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now a passive buff rather than an activated ability. Now available at level 15 (was 100).
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2014-11-18): Should now correctly deal damage when blocking normal attacks as well.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Re-added as a level 100 Protection talent (was a tier 4 Protection talent).
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Removed.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Redesigned. This talent is now an activated ability off the global cooldown. It grants 20% increased block amount to a paladin's shield blocks for 10 seconds, with a 30-second cooldown.
    Old: Using Shield of the Righteous or Inquisition increases the amount your shield blocks by an additional 10% for 20 sec.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): No longer increases chance to block. Instead, it increases the amount blocked by an additional 10%, for a total of 40% damage blocked.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Redesigned as a tier 4 Protection talent (was tier 7). Using Shield of the Righteous or Inquisition increases your block chance by 15% for 20 sec.
    Old: Increases chance to block by 30% for 10 sec and deals Holy damage for each attack blocked while active. Each block expends a charge. 8 charges.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): It is no longer possible to have two ranks of this ability active at the same time.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14):
    • Base damage and scaling factor increased by 30%.
    • Damage from this ability now increases properly from attack power.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Cooldown reduced to 8 seconds, charges increased to 8.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.4.0 (2008-03-25): Casting lower ranks of this spell is now properly penalized like other healing and damage effects.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.10.0 (2006-03-28): Mana cost reduced approximately 15%. The effect now has a small bonus coefficient from spell damage items and effects.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): Damage caused by Holy Shield causes 20% additional threat.

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