Paladin talent · row 3 of Protection, from level 20 (15 with Talented 5/5) · Physical
Shield Specialization
Shield Specialization
Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your shield by 10/20/30%, and gives your blocks a 33/66/100% chance to restore 6% of your maximum Mana. May only occur once every 3 sec sec.
Game files · build 1.60.1.70245Read from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70245.
Compared with Classic
Classic tooltip
Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your shield by 30%.
| Data | Classic | Forever |
|---|---|---|
| effect 2 | none | added |
| effect 1 aura | aura (561) | aura (272) |
In Blizzard's notes
What Blizzard said about Shield Specialization, each line checked against the files.
- Matches the files
Shield Specialization: Now has chance on Blocks to generate 5 Rage instead of 1 Rage.
The files Classic gave a 20% chance per rank for 1 Rage on block. 70245 gives a 20-100% chance for 5 Rage (spell 12298).
History
- 69876 Sep 16First beta build we archived. No changes in the client files since.