Shield of the Righteous

Shield of the Righteous
Shield of the Righteous Level 24 Protection paladin ability Melee range 16 sec cooldown Instant Requires Shields Slams the target with your shield, causing (360% of attack power) Holy damage, and reducing damage you take by X% for 4.5 sec. While you are standing in your Consecration, Shield of the Righteous' effects are increased by 20%.
Properties
Class	Paladin
School	Holy
Cooldown	16 seconds
Other information
Level learned	24
Improvements	[Consecration], [Consecrated Hammer], [Warrior of Light], Righteous Crusader
Related buff
Shield of the Righteous Physical damage taken reduced by X%. Duration: 4.5 seconds

In the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game.

Shield of the Righteous is a Protection paladin ability, available at level 24. The paladin slams the target with their shield, dealing damage and reducing physical damage taken by 4.5 sec.

Notes

• Not affected by the global cooldown.
• It has 3 charges, each taking 16 seconds to recharge.

Improvements

• [Consecration]
• [Consecrated Hammer]
• [Warrior of Light] (Honor talent)
• Righteous Crusader (artifact trait)

Patches and hotfixes

• Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Shield of the Righteous can only be extended to a maximum of three times its base duration.
  
• Hotfix (2016-09-16): (Hotfix in testing; to be applied with next weekly maintenance) Most abilities used by Tank specializations have had their damage reduced by 10%.
  
• Hotfix (2016-08-01): Shield of the Righteous is now available at level 24.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Redesigned.
  
• Patch 6.2.2 (2015-09-01): Tooltip updated to reflect 2015-07-20 hotfix.
  
• Hotfix (2015-07-20): Bastion of Glory now increases the healing received from Word of Glory by 8% per stack (up from 6%).
  
• Hotfix (2015-01-06): Shield of the Righteous should no longer incorrectly provide a greater than intended reduction to physical damage taken after refreshing the ability.
  
• Hotfix (2014-11-25): Now reduces physical damage taken by 25% (up from 20%).
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
  • Now reduces physical damage taken by 20% (down from 25%).
  • Bastion of Glory no longer affects the periodic healing of [Eternal Flame]. It still affects the direct healing portion of the ability.
  • Bastion of Glory now increases Word of Glory's healing by 6% per stack (down from 10% per stack).
    
• 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