Mastery: Blood Shield

Blood Shield
	Blood Shield; Level 80 Blood death knight ability; Passive; Each time you heal yourself with Death Strike while in Blood Presence, you gain 50% of the amount healed as a damage absorption shield. Each point of Mastery increases the shield by an additional 6.25%.;
Properties
Class	Death knight
Other information
Level learned	80
Related buff
	; Blood Shield ; Absorbs X Physical damage. ; Duration: 10 seconds ;

Mastery: Blood Shield
	Mastery: Blood Shield; Level 10 Blood death knight ability; Passive; Each time you heal yourself with Death Strike, you gain 16.0% of the amount healed as a Physical damage absorption shield.; ; Also increases your attack power by 8.0%.;
Properties
Class	Death knight
Other information
Level learned	10
Improvements	[Bloodshot], [Carnage], [Iron Heart]
Related buff
	; Blood Shield ; Absorbs X Physical damage. ; Duration: 10 seconds ;

Mastery: Blood Shield is the Blood death knight Mastery. Its effect is increased by the mastery secondary stat.

Trivia

This ability was mentioned in the April Fools' Day patch 6.1.4 Evil Patch Notes: "Mastery: Blood Shield has been renamed to Mastery: Health Shield, because ew."

Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Cap is now 50% of the Death Knight's maximum health (was 100%) and the cap is no longer temporarily increased by [Vampiric Blood].
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 10 (was 78).
Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Absorption amount increased to 16% (was 12%).
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19):
- [Blood Presence] removed from the requirements.
- Amount gained from [Death Strike] reduced to 12% (was 16%).
Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Physical damage absorption shield from Death Strike now also counts as having an active mitigation effect active.
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now also passively increases Attack Power by 8% (percentage increased by Mastery), in addition to its current effects.
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Renamed from Blood Shield.
Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Now only works while in Blood Presence.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added.

Mastery: Blood Shield
Mastery: Blood Shield Level 10 Blood death knight ability Passive Each time you heal yourself with Death Strike, you gain 16.0% of the amount healed as a Physical damage absorption shield. Also increases your attack power by 8.0%.
Properties
Class	Death knight
Other information
Level learned	10
Improvements	[Bloodshot], [Carnage], [Iron Heart]
Related buff
Blood Shield Absorbs X Physical damage. Duration: 10 seconds

Blood Shield
Blood Shield Level 80 Blood death knight ability Passive Each time you heal yourself with Death Strike while in Blood Presence, you gain 50% of the amount healed as a damage absorption shield. Each point of Mastery increases the shield by an additional 6.25%.
Properties
Class	Death knight
Other information
Level learned	80
Related buff
Blood Shield Absorbs X Physical damage. Duration: 10 seconds