Shield Slam

Warrior · Protection · opens at 30 points spent · 1 rank

Shield Slam works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.

20 Rage · Melee Range · Instant · 6 sec cooldown

Shield Slam ranks in Forever

Rank 1 Slam the target with your shield, causing 421 to 439 damage, increased by your Block Value, and has a 50% chance of dispelling 1 magic effect on the target. Causes a very high amount of threat.

What Shield Slam does in Classic Era

Forever changed this talent. The Classic Era wording is kept here rank for rank so the two can be read side by side.

Rank 1 Slam the target with your shield, causing 225 to 235 damage, modified by your shield block value, and has a 50% chance of dispelling 1 magic effect on the target. Also causes a high amount of threat.

Where Shield Slam sits in the Protection tree

Shield Slam is a Protection talent for Warrior. You need 30 points in Protection before the row it sits on opens. It also requires Concussion Blow first.

Requires: Concussion Blow

How often people take Shield Slam

32 of the 151 public Warrior builds saved here — 21% — put at least one point in Shield Slam. Counted across the 1498 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.

Builds that take Shield Slam

3 of the public Warrior builds written up here spend points on Shield Slam.

Where this came from

Changed in Forever.

Forever client build 1.60.1.69893