Shield Block

For the Pet Battle ability, see [Shield Block].

Shield Block
Shield Block Level 6 warrior ability 30 Rage 16 sec recharge Instant Requires Shield Raise your shield, blocking every melee attack against you for 6 sec. Raise 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
Charges	2
Recharge	16 seconds
Other information
Level learned	6
Improvements	[Enduring Defenses], [Heavy Repercussions]
Related buff
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

Shield Block is a warrior defensive ability that blocks all attacks for 6 seconds. While in Protection spec, it also increases [Shield Slam]'s damage by 30% and has 2 charges. It can only be used when the warrior has a shield equipped.

Notes and trivia

• This ability is not affected by the global cooldown.
• Shield Block is a basic Warrior spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "Shields were invented because Face Block is USELESS."

Patch changes

• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Rank 2 removed. Now has 2 charges at baseline when in Protection spec.
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Level reduced to 6 from 18, now available to all specializations.
  
• Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Cooldown reduced to 16 sec.
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Cooldown increased to 18 sec. Rage cost increased to 30.
  
• Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Shield Block can only be extended to a maximum of three times its base duration.
  
• Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Now costs 15 Rage.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now increases damage done by [Shield Slam] by 30% while active.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now regenerates a new charge every 12 seconds (up from every 9 seconds).
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  

See also

• Shield Block, TCG card

Other versions

• Classic

  Shield Block
  Shield Block Level 16 warrior ability 10 Rage 5 sec cooldown Instant Requires Shields Requires Defensive Stance Increases chance to block by 75% for 5 sec, but will only block 1 attack.
  Properties
  Class	Warrior
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	5 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	16
  Improvements	[Improved Shield Block]
  Related buff
  Shield Block Block increased by 75% for next attack. Duration: 5 seconds

• Wrath Classic

  Shield Block
  Shield Block Level 16 warrior ability 10 Rage 1 min cooldown Instant Requires Shields Requires Defensive Stance Increases your chance to block and block value by 100% for 10 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Warrior
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	1 minute
  Other information
  Level learned	16
  Related buff
  Shield Block Block chance and block value increased by 100%. Duration: 10 seconds

• Cataclysm Classic

  Shield Block
  Shield Block Level 28 warrior ability 10 Rage 1 min cooldown Instant Requires Shields Requires Defensive Stance Increases your chance to block by 25% for 10 sec. In addition, if your total chance to block or avoid an attack exceeds 100%, your chance to critically block is increased by the excess.
  Properties
  Class	Warrior
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	1 minute
  Other information
  Level learned	28
  Related buff
  Shield Block Block chance increased by 25%. Critical block chance increased by X%. Duration: 10 seconds

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