Safeguard

For the conduit, see  [Safeguard].

Safeguard
Safeguard Level 30 Protection warrior ability Passive Intercepting a friendly target now also causes 30% of their damage taken to transfer to you for 6 sec.
Usable by
Class	Warrior
Other information
Level learned	30
Affects	[Intercept]
Related buff
Safeguard 30% of damage taken is transferred to the Warrior. Duration: 6 seconds

Safeguard is a level 30 Protection warrior talent. It causes [Intercept] to leave a buff on the target, transferring 20% of their damage taken for 6 seconds to the warrior.

Patch changes

• Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Now transfers 30% of damage (was 20%).
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now available only to Protection and redesigned. Causes [Intercept] to leave a buff on the target, transferring 20% of their damage taken for 6 seconds to the warrior.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): No longer removes movement-impairing effects.
  
• Patch 5.4.2 (2013-12-10): Improved checks on pathing for [Intervene] and Safeguard to address situations where Warriors may wind up under the terrain.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now available to all specializations as a level 75 talent and redesigned as an active ability. Run at high speed towards a party or raid member, removing all movement-impairing effects upon you, intercepting the next melee or ranged attack made against them and reducing their damage taken by 20% for 6 sec. Replaces [Intervene].
  

See also

• Safeguard TCG card

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB