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| − | '''Power Word: Barrier''' is the Tier 7 [[Priest talents#Discipline|Discipline]] [[priest talents|priest talent]] ability, available after |
+ | '''Power Word: Barrier''' is the Tier 7 [[Priest talents#Discipline|Discipline]] [[priest talents|priest talent]] ability, available after spending 30 points in the Discipline tree (including 3 points in [[Divine Aegis]]). It creates a barrier surrounding the target location that reduces all damage taken by friendly targets by 25% and prevents spellcasting from being interrupted by damage, for 10 seconds. |
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== Notes == |
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Revision as of 18:06, 16 August 2011
| Power Word: Barrier | |
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| Properties | |
| Class | Priest |
| School | Holy |
| Cooldown | 3 minutes |
| Talents | |
| Talent tree | Discipline, Tier 7 |
| Talent required |
 [Divine Aegis] |
| Improvements | [Glyph of Power Word: Barrier] |
| Related buff | |
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[[Category:priest abilities]][[Category:priest abilities]]
Power Word: Barrier is the Tier 7 Discipline priest talent ability, available after spending 30 points in the Discipline tree (including 3 points in [Divine Aegis]). It creates a barrier surrounding the target location that reduces all damage taken by friendly targets by 25% and prevents spellcasting from being interrupted by damage, for 10 seconds.
Notes
Power Word: Barrier has been described as similar to 
[Power Word: Shield] but for the whole group. Differences include:
- Power Word: Barrier affects a target location; which players it affects depends upon whether they are within the barrier. This may make PW:B far more effective in situations where the players are fairly static, and/or grouped closely together.
- Power Word: Barrier absorbs only 25% of damage; the majority of damage taken (75%) will not be absorbed.
- Power Word: Barrier only lasts for 10 seconds; conversely, it can 'absorb' any amount of damage in that time without consuming itself.
Improvements
[Glyph of Power Word: Barrier] increases the healing (damage absorbed) while under the barrier by 10%.
History
Power Word: Barrier was originally planned for patch 3.1.0, but was scrapped because other revamps in the patch ended up more extensive than was planned. In the Cataclysm priest review in April 2010, it was mentioned as one of the planned Discipline talents for Cataclysm.
Class Change Highlights (Parts 1, 2 & 3) | 2009-02-11 03:30 | 
Eyonix
[...]
- Discipline has access to a new talent, Power Word: Barrier. (Think of it as Power Word: Shield for your whole group).
Re: GC! You promised us TWO ponys! where'r they? | 2009-03-06 05:00 | Ghostcrawler
We'd still like to do Barrier, but some of the revamps ended up more extensive than we planned. At this point we'd rather make what we have taste good instead of throwing new ingredients into the stew, but it's an idea we still like.
Believe it or not, hymns are still being worked on. Now that the squid works a little better, 
[Hymn of Hope] has even less of a role.
Cataclysm Class Preview: Priest | 2010-04-08 06:57 | Zarhym
New Talents and Talent Changes
[...]
- Discipline will finally be getting Power Word: Barrier as a talented ability. Think of it like a group Power Word: Shield.
Patch changes
Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Cooldown has been increased to 3 minutes, up from 2, and its effect has been reduced to 25%, down from 30%. - Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Redesigned. It no longer acts as a shared absorb shield. Instead, all affected friendly targets take 30% reduced damage for the duration of the shield, which is now 10 seconds, down from 25 seconds.
- Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added.
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