Shield of the Righteous

Shield of the Righteous
Shield of the Righteous Level 2 paladin ability Melee range 3 Holy Power Instant Requires Shields Slams enemies in front of you with your shield, causing (79% of Attack power) Holy damage, and reducing the cooldown of Crusader Strike by 1.5 sec. Slams enemies in front of you with your shield, causing (51% of Attack power) Holy damage, and increasing your Armor by (160% of Strength) for 4.5 sec.
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	2
Improvements	[Faith's Armor], [Hammerfall], [Inner Light], [Redoubt], [Shining Light], [Shining Righteousness], [Warrior of Light]
Related buff
Shield of the Righteous Armor increased by X. Duration: 4.5 seconds

In the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game.

Shield of the Righteous is a paladin ability. The paladin slams the target with their shield, dealing damage and increasing armor 4.5 sec.

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2025-03-25): Damage increased by 30%.
  
• Patch 11.0.5 (2024-10-22):
  • Damage increased by 10% for Holy, and by 20% for Protection and Retribution.
  • Armor bonus increased by 10%.
    
• Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13):
  • Now increases your Armor by 160% of your Strength (was 170%).
  • Damage increased by 25% for Holy.
    
• Hotfix (2024-01-22): Damage increased by 30%.
  
• Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Functionality updated for Holy:
  • Damage increased by 30% and now reduces the cooldown of Crusader Strike by 1.5 seconds.
  • Now obeys the global cooldown and no longer increases Armor.
    
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): All Paladins can now use Shield of the Righteous at level 2 (was a level 24 Protection ability). No longer limited by charges, costs 3 Holy Power.
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Now increases your armor instead of reducing incoming damage. No longer increases the effect while standing in Consecration.
  
• Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Shield of the Righteous can only be extended to a maximum of three times its base duration.
  
• Hotfix (2016-09-16): Damage reduced by 10%.
  
• Hotfix (2016-08-01): Shield of the Righteous is now available at level 24 (was 40).
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Redesigned. Now deals Holy damage and reduces the damage you take for 4.5 seconds. Effects increased by 20% while standing in Consecration.

  Old: Instantly slam the target with your shield, causing (200% of attack power) Holy damage, reducing the physical damage you take by 25% for 3 sec, and causing Bastion of Glory. Bastion of Glory increases the strength of your Word of Glory when used to heal yourself by 8%. Stacks up to 5 times.
  

• Patch 6.2.2 (2015-09-01): Tooltip updated to reflect 2015-07-20 hotfix.
  
• Hotfix (2015-07-20): Bastion of Glory now increases the healing received from Word of Glory by 8% per stack (up from 6%).
  
• Hotfix (2015-01-06): Shield of the Righteous should no longer incorrectly provide a greater than intended reduction to physical damage taken after refreshing the ability.
  
• Hotfix (2014-11-25): Now reduces physical damage taken by 25% (up from 20%).
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
  • Now reduces physical damage taken by 20% (down from 25%).
  • Bastion of Glory no longer affects the periodic healing of [Eternal Flame]. It still affects the direct healing portion of the ability.
  • Bastion of Glory now increases Word of Glory's healing by 6% per stack (down from 10% per stack).
    
• Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Will now apply [Selfless Healer]'s bonus to healing to the casting Paladin as well as other targets and consume all stacks of Bastion of Glory in the process.
  
• Patch 5.3.0 (2013-05-21): Now reduces physical damage taken by 25%, down from 30%.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now requires 3 Holy Power and has a 1.5 sec cooldown. Reduces damage taken by 30% for 3 sec. Now a level 40 Protection ability (was a tier 4 Protection talent).
  
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Contribution of attack power halved (now 60% with full Holy Power) and base damage brought up so that a level 85 paladin in Heroic dungeon gear deals the same damage with no Vengeance, but Vengeance has less impact.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Renamed from [Shield of Righteousness] and redesigned as a tier 4 Protection talent (was a level 75 paladin ability): Slam the target with your shield, causing Holy damage. Consumes all charges of Holy Power to determine damage dealt.

  Old: Slam the target with your shield, causing Holy damage based on your block value plus an additional 390.
  

• Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Now deals 100% of shield block value as damage instead of 130%. In addition, the benefit from additional block value this ability gains is now subject to diminishing returns. Diminishing returns occur once block value exceeds 30 times the player's level and caps the maximum damage benefit from shield block value at 34.5 times the player's level.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
  

Other versions

• Cataclysm Classic

  Shield of the Righteous
  Shield of the Righteous Tier 4 Protection paladin talent Melee range 1 Holy Power Instant Slam the target with your shield, causing Holy damage. Consumes all charges of Holy Power to determine damage dealt: 1 Holy Power: 584 damage 2 Holy Power: 1752 damage 3 Holy Power: 3504 damage
  Properties
  Class	Paladin
  School	Holy
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Talents
  Talent required	[Sanctuary]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Shield of the Righteous]

External links

Holy	Protection/ Retribution
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