Shield Block
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- For the Pet Battle ability, see [Shield Block].
Shield Block | |
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Properties | |
Class | Warrior |
School | Physical |
Recharge | 16 seconds |
Other information | |
Level learned | 6 |
Improvements | [Enduring Defenses], [Heavy Repercussions] |
Related buff | |
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- "My faith be my shield." —Mojo Mender Ja'nah
"Mine be dis huge metal thing, mon."—Indalamar[1]
Shield Block is a level 6 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.
Improvements
- [Sword and Board] (honor talent)
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.
- Patch 0.7 (2004-06-15): Moved to level 16.
See also
- Shield Block, TCG card
References
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