- For the Pet Battle ability, see
[Shield Block].
- Shield Block
- Level 6 warrior ability
- 30 Rage
- 16 sec recharge
- Instant
- Requires Shield
  Raise your shield, blocking every melee attack against you for 6 sec.
 Raise your shield, blocking every melee attack against you for 6 sec. These blocks can be critical blocks. Increases Shield Slam damage by 30% while active.
Max 2 Charges
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| Class |
Warrior |
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| School |
Physical |
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| Recharge |
16 seconds |
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| Other information |
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| Level learned |
6 |
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| Improvements |
 [Enduring Defenses],  [Heavy Repercussions] |
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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
Notes and trivia
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
References
External links
[Sword and Board] (honor talent)
