Shieldsworn, a WoW Forever Paladin talent, in words
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ShieldswornA Protection Paladin talent in WoW Forever: row 7 of the Protection tree (level 40), 1 rank, passive. New in WoW Forever, no Classic talent with this name. In the game by server hotfix since 30 Oct and not in the client's files: read from the game's hotfix data by other readers and checked against Blizzard's notes where they speak.
What it does Protection row 7
Shieldsworn1 rank · passiveRequires 30 points in Protection Talents (level 40). Requires Holy Shield.Reduces the cooldown of your Holy Strike ability by 4 sec. Additionally, Holy Strike now strikes with your shield, triggering your active Holy Shield and Shield Specialization talents without consuming their charges or triggering their cooldowns, and allowing you to Block spells for 6 sec.New in Forever. No Classic talent with this name.
Beta build history
- Hotfixes to build 1.60.1.70685, 2026-10-30New talent in Protection, row 7: Reduces the cooldown of your Holy Strike ability by 4 sec. Additionally, Holy Strike now strikes with your shield, triggering your active Holy Shield and Shield Specialization talents without consuming their charges or triggering their cooldowns, and allowing you to Block spells for 6 sec.
Around it in the Protection tree
- NeedsHoly Shield at max rank first.
- Row above (level 35)Iron Creed.
- Gone from Classic ProtectionImproved Devotion Aura, Blessing of Kings, Improved Concentration Aura, Blessing of Sanctuary, One-Handed Weapon Specialization.
Every Protection talent 17
- Divine Intellectrow 1
- Redoubtrow 1
- Precisionrow 2
- Guardian's Favorrow 2
- Sacred Dutyrow 2
- Templar's Bulwarkrow 3
- Improved Hammer of Justicerow 3
- Shield Specializationrow 3
- Toughnessrow 3
- Swift Judgementrow 4
- Improved Righteous Furyrow 4
- Anticipationrow 4
- Stoicismrow 5
- Holy Shieldrow 5
- Reckoningrow 5
- Iron Creedrow 6
- Shieldswornrow 7
The other two trees
From the WoW Forever beta client, with the 30 Oct server hotfixes on the Paladin trees as other readers logged them; checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Shieldsworn in the Paladin calculator.