Power Word: Shield

On Forever, Power Word: Shield differs from Classic Era 1.15.9.69722 in 2 fields: required level, effects. Both sides are shown below, verbatim, not graded.

Classic Era vs Forever

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Classic Era 1.15.9.69722

Power Word: Shield

Holy school

110 Mana · 40 yd range · Instant

Requires level 20

Wraps an ally in a shield that lasts up to 30 sec., absorbing a maximum of $s1 Physical or magical damage. While the shield holds, spells will not be interrupted by Physical attacks.

Shielded against Physical and magical damage.

Forever 1.60.1.69876

Power Word: Shield

Holy school

110 Mana · 40 yd range · Instant

Requires level 20

Wraps an ally in a shield that lasts up to 30 sec., absorbing a maximum of 274 Physical or magical damage. While the shield holds, spells will not be interrupted by Physical attacks.

Shielded against Physical and magical damage.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: effects (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values, verbatim.

A highlighted $ formula is computed by the game client from spell power, level and talents; the client does not store the final number, so the template is shown verbatim rather than a value invented.

Raw field diff every changed column, verbatim

Field	Classic Era	Forever
baseLevel	20	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 69, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 273, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 127, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 13.7, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 69, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 274, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 127, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 13.7, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

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