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Shadowguard
Shadowguard (Racial) 270 mana Instant cast The caster is surrounded by shadows. When a spell, melee or ranged attack hits the caster, the attacker will be struck for X Shadow damage. Attackers can only be damaged once every few seconds. This damage causes no threat. 3 charges. Lasts 10 min.
Usable by
Class	Priest
Race	Troll
Properties
Type	Offensive, Defensive
School	Shadow
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Improvement talents	Blackout, Darkness, Force of Will, Mental Agility, Shadow Focus, Shadow Weaving, Shadowform, Vampiric Embrace
Other information
Ranks	7
Related buff
Magic Shadowguard Causes X Shadow damage to attacker on hit. 3 charges. Duration: 10 minutes

• Shadowguard (Racial)
• 270 mana
• Instant cast
• The caster is surrounded by shadows. When a spell, melee or ranged attack hits the caster, the attacker will be struck for X Shadow damage. Attackers can only be damaged once every few seconds. This damage causes no threat. 3 charges. Lasts 10 min.

Shadowguard is a Shadow-based buff. When getting attacked, it does direct damage to the attacker. It can only proc every few seconds and has 3 charges. It is only available to Troll Priests.

Rank table

Notes

• Each charge receives ~26.7% of spell damage.
• The damage caused is considered direct damage, though it cannot crit.
• Functionally similar to Lightning Shield, and got a new animation in 2.0.
• Causes no threat and is actually safe to use when grouping.
• Each charge will consume a charge of the Zandalarian Hero Charm's Unstable Power aura.

Tips and tactics

• This spell should always be active. Due to it being instant it cannot be interrupted. Furthermore it does good damage, especially with a decent amount of spell damage.
• Especially for Shadow Priests, this spell is extremely powerful. In addition to its good damage, it has three chances to proc Blackout, Shadow Weaving, "passive" Vampiric Embrace healing, and spell hit procs, such as the one from [Mark of Defiance].

Past changes

• As of patch 2.1 there is a bug which causes every Shadowguard proc to instantly stop spell channeling, such as Mind Flay. In addition, it causes pushback to enemy casters. (Channeling Bug fixed in 2.4)

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