Shield Slam, a Protection Warrior talent in WoW Forever

Shield Slam is an active talent in row 7 of the Protection tree. It needs 30 points in Protection, so the earliest you can take it is level 40 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 1 rank. It has changed since Classic Era.

Shield Slam

1 rank

• 20 Rage
• Melee Range
• Instant
• 6 sec cooldown
• Requires Shields

• Requires 30 points in Protection
• Requires Concussion Blow at 1/1

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.

Every rank of Shield Slam

Rank	Text
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.

Where it sits in the Protection tree

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Needs

• Concussion Blow at 1/1

Unlocks

No talent needs it

Same row

None

Row above (row 6)

• Bastion

Row below

None: this is the last row

Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Shield Slam.

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Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.