Shield of the Righteous

Shield of the Righteous
Shield of the Righteous Level 40 Protection paladin ability Melee range 3 Holy Power 1.5 sec cooldown Instant Requires Shields Instantly slam the target with your shield, causing X Holy damage, reducing the physical damage you take by 25% for 3 sec, and causing Bastion of Glory. Bastion of Glory Increases the strength of your Word of Glory when used to heal yourself by 10%. Stacks up to 5 times.
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Cooldown	1.5 seconds
Other information
Level learned	40
Related buffs
Shield of the Righteous Physical damage taken reduced by 25%. Duration: 3 seconds Bastion of Glory Your next Word of Glory used to heal yourself heals for an additional 10%. Duration: 20 seconds

[[Category:paladin abilities]][[Category:paladin abilities]]

Shield of the Righteous is a Protection paladin ability, available at level 40. The paladin slams the target with their shield, dealing damage, reducing damage taken by 3 sec, and increases the healing done by the next [Word of Glory] when healing the paladin.

Improvements

• Glyph of the Alabaster Shield
• Major Glyph
• Requires Level 25

Notes

• Not affected by the global cooldown.

Patch changes

In the World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game.

• Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Will now apply [Selfless Healer]'s bonus to healing to the casting Paladin as well as other targets and consume all stacks of Bastion of Glory in the process.
  
• Patch 5.3.0 (2013-05-21): Now reduces physical damage taken by 25%, down from 30%.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now requires 3 Holy Power and has a 1.5 sec cooldown. Reduces damage taken by 30% for 3 sec.
  
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Contribution of attack power halved (now 60% with full Holy Power) and base damage brought up so that a level 85 paladin in Heroic dungeon gear deals the same damage with no Vengeance, but Vengeance has less impact.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Renamed from [Shield of Righteousness], functionality changed.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB