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
45 of the 159 public Warrior builds saved here — 28% — put at least one point in Shield Slam. Counted across the 1500 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.
Where this came from
Changed in Forever.
- BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage
- Xaryu VOD 2872270692 (warrior tree overview frame, prerequisite arrows)