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Shield Slam

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Shield Slam
  • Shield Slam
  • Instant cast
  • 5 yds. range
  • 20 Rage
  • Slam the target with your shield, causing X to Y damage, modified by your shield block value, and dispels 1 magic effect on the target. Also causes a high amount of threat.
Usable by
Class Warrior
Properties
Type Offensive, Utility
School Physical
Cooldown 6 sec
Talents
Talented Yes
Talent tree Protection, Tier 7
Talent required Concussion Blow
Improvement
talents
Shield Mastery
Other information
Ranks 6
Requirements Shields
Nothing says "eat this!" to a cowardly Wizard-type like a big wall of iron in the face.

Shield Slam is a massive direct damage attack which dispels one magic effect, while also causing a high amount of threat. You generate more threat per point of rage with this ability than with Sunder Armor even with only a moderate amount of shield block value. More shield block value makes this the primary threat building attack in the warrior arsenal.

The dispel effect is useful against a large amount of mobs and bosses while also allowing you to take things like Power Word: Shield or Power Word: Fortitude off a player, which is also useful in PvP. The ability offers a good solid chunk of (potentially critical) damage, which is independent of equipped weapon stats, and can even be delivered while disarmed, if need be.

For a pure Prot-spec warrior, this is the hardest hitting attack in your arsenal, so use it whenever you can.

Contents

Rank table

Rank Rage Cost Damage Threat1 Level Cost
1 20 225-235  ? 40 Talent
2 20 264-276  ? 48 18s 
3 20 303-317  ? 54 25s 20c 
4 20 342-358 250 60 27s 90c 
5 20 381-399 280 66 29s 25c  World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
6 20 420-440 310 70 29s 25c  World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

1) This value does not include Threat generated by damage.

Notes

  • The damage effect of Shield Slam is applied after the dispelling effect.
  • Block Value adds one extra damage to Shield Slam per Block Value.
  • It is rumored that in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, Shield Slam will be replaced by a new talent and turned into an ability that is learnable from warrior trainers, making it useable for all warriors regardless of talent specialization.

Talent improvement

  • Shield Mastery increases the damage from Shield Slam by increasing the Warriors Block Value.
  • One-Handed Weapon Specialization increases the damage from Shield Slam by 2-10% because if you have a shield equipped you'll also have a one-handed weapon equipped, and the talent increases all of your physical damage, not just the damage dealt with that weapon.

Past changes

  • The dispel effect was changed from 50% chance to 100% chance in 2.3.
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