Spells / Soul Warding

Soul Warding

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Changed in build 1.60.1.69876. 2 fields differ from Classic Era 1.15.9.69722: description, effects.

Classic Era vs Forever

Classic Era 1.15.9.69722

Soul Warding

Physical school

Your Power Word: Shield no longer has a cooldown, costs 15% less mana, gains 10% additional base value, and gains an additional 10% of your healing power.

Forever 1.60.1.69876

Soul Warding

Physical school

Reduces the cooldown on your Power Word: Shield spell by ${$m1/-1000} sec and reduces its mana cost by 15%.

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.

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Every field that changed, verbatim

Field	Classic Era	Forever
description	Your Power Word: Shield no longer has a cooldown, costs $s2% less mana, gains $s3% additional base value, and gains an additional $s4% of your healing power.	Reduces the cooldown on your Power Word: Shield spell by ${$m1/-1000} sec and reduces its mana cost by $s2%.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 107, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -4000, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 11, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -15, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 14, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 10, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 8, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 10, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 3, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 107, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -4000, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 11, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -15, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 14, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 0 } ]

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History

Build	Compared to	State	Fields
1.60.1.69876	1.15.9.69722	changed	2

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