Priest ability · learned at level 44 · Shadow
Shadowguard Rank 4
ShadowguardRank 4
160 Mana
Instant
The caster is surrounded by shadows. When a spell, melee or ranged attack hits the caster, the attacker will be struck for 50 Shadow damage. Attackers can only be damaged once every few seconds. This damage causes no threat. 3 charges. Lasts 10 min.
Compared with Classic
The caster is surrounded by shadows. When a spell, melee or ranged attack hits the caster, the attacker will be struck for 70 Shadow damage. Attackers can only be damaged once every few seconds. This damage causes no threat. 3 charges. Lasts 10 min.
Through its linked spell Shadowguard (28380), which it casts or reads its numbers from
| effect 1 value | 70 | 50 |
In Blizzard's notes
What Blizzard said about Shadowguard, each line checked against the files.
- Matches the files
Priest Racial Abilities: Each race of Priest has two spells unique to their Race. They have been fully re-evaluated, and new ones have been added for Gnome Priests:
The files Each priest race has exactly two race-locked spells in 70245: Human Feedback and Divine Grace, Dwarf Desperate Prayer and Chastise, Night Elf Starshards and Elune's Grace, Troll Hex of Weakness and Shadowguard, Undead Touch of Weakness and Dark Sacrifice, Gnome Confounding Flash and Contingency Plan (skill line race masks). Classic Era had no Gnome priest spells.
Feedback
Divine Grace
Desperate Prayer
Chastise
Starshards
Elune's Grace
Hex of WeaknessShadowguard
Touch of Weakness
Dark Sacrifice
Confounding Flash
Contingency PlanClass deep dives: Priest and Warrior - Partly
Shadowguard: Unchanged.
The files Charges, the 10 min duration and level 20 match Classic, but each hit deals less: rank 1 drops from 20 to 13 Shadow damage and rank 6 from 116 to 96 (spells 28377, 28382).
ShadowguardShadowguardShadowguardClass deep dives: Priest and Warrior
History
- 69876 Sep 16First beta build we archived. No changes in the client files since.