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I'm loving this spell more and more every day. It's saved my hide so many times and I only just got 20 a day or two ago. I use it to run away, ignore mobs, give my healers some extra time in instances, and even laugh at poisons. Makes fighting things like Lightning Bolt / Frost Bolt (until 22 when you get Frost Ward) mobs much, much easier. With Mana Shield, you trade mana for health. Considering the Mage's vast mana pool and pitiful health pool, that's almost always a viable trade. At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is whether you survive the fight. If you eat up all your mana, who cares? You're a Mage, make some water (or drink what you made when you logged in) and move onto the next mob. :)

Комментарий от mommyclz

At lvl 36, I finally started using this -- I never solo, I always quest w hubby's palidan, so I'm rarely in any danger. however, the basilisks in Stranglethorn would stun him and turn on me . .. bubble, i'm safe as a priest! Cool!

Комментарий от 82032

horrible spell, not worth using except as a last ditch effort to run away.

Комментарий от 99647

New in 2.4
Mana Shield: This spell will now get a percentage of the Mage’s bonus to spell damage as an additional effect.

Комментарий от manareaver

reducing the cost to 0 would save my mage a mere 155 as opposed to the 636 I would save with the current talent.

But that bit of nit-pickery aside I completely agree that the talent needs a buff. Merely improving it to 15/30% would make it more attractive, something on the odds of 25/50% would make it damned near vital. Personally I'd like to see a sort of damage-reflection or damage-on-dispell component to it to help give mages a bit more oomph in arenas.

As it stands, it's very easy to ignore. I still use Mana Shield more often since 2.4 because it actually helps keep my mage alive now. But rather than waste 2 talent points, I'd rather just look for ways to add more mana to my bar.

Комментарий от 90630

Alrighty! Iam inside my bubble.. now I just have to find a way to get that chips bag inside with me!

Комментарий от Novawolf

I just despise this ability in general. I don't feel like spending 1585 Mana for a mere 715 points of absorption (I may be off by one or two hundred, I don't use it to tell).

But I went Frost, I only spend 465 mana on 1075 points of absorption (+ Spell damage, of course). Naturally, if you're Frost, take this... 'thing' off your action bar and replace it with Ice Barrier.

If not... Well... I'm sorry. I hope you specced into it, or have a LOT of extra mana to spare.

Комментарий от XodoK

Unless WotLK cloth gear has substantial increase in Intellect, this spell will stay very iffy even with all Arcane talents to help it. Heavy mana drain can render a mage with no way to defeat his/her foe.

Комментарий от 95504

Mana shield's amount of damage absorb gets 50% bonus from your spell damage bonus.

Комментарий от Wildhorn

229 mana to cast + 1330 mana from the base absorbtion + 50% of your spell power (bonus to absorbtion).

So with 2k spell power (and all the talents), this will drain you a total of 2559 mana for 384 damage bonus for 10 seconds. You will need 1280 mp5 to overcome the lose of mana.

With talent and glyph allowing 80% of your mana regen while casting, if you have 300 mp5, this give 240 mp5. So down to 1040 mp5.

With a paladin BoW (91mp5) this get us to 949 mp5
With 1 shaman totem (85 mp5) this get us to 864 mp5

So it still a lose of 1728 mana for 384 damage for 10sec + 2330 hp saved.

Комментарий от 223357

Mana shield has a 80.53% coefficient from spell power, so at 2k spell power it will absorb 2940 damage.

I'm testing it for some time now, and it seems that every single point of damage absorbed is consumed as mana.

I'm not 100% sure of that because Arcane Meditation, but when my shield is one-shoted, i certainly loose way more than 1330 mana. (And I have 2/2 Arcane Shielding).

If someone can confirm it whit a more accurate test it will be appreciated.

Комментарий от 254321

if your spamming this during duels get intel/spirit armor/enchants. i personally find that the mana lost isnt as much of a hassle since you can use the conjured mana gems.

Комментарий от Morkai

The fact that you consider it nice as a debuff... I wonder if other classes could say something like that for any of their spells... Like a lock casting life tap repeatedly on an enemy or something... Oh well :P

Комментарий от 206160

I wonder if I have both Mana Shield and Ice Barrier, which will go down first?

Комментарий от 232341

Wait so they change mana shield properties again? Cause before it absorbs 1330dmg (draining 1330 mana) and with more spell power lets say its modified to 2k it would still only drain 1330 mana...

So now its changed to draining mana equal to its new modified form of 2k dmg (so 2k mana)?

If so then BOO Blizz BOO! Way to bring back a spell and shut it down again xD

If not then nevermind the latter :P

Комментарий от Spiderkeg

Without "Arcane Shielding" as a viable talent to compliment Mana Shield, I still see no reason to even use this spell in PvE or PvP, considering that mana is the mage's lifeblood. Mana Shield might be fine to stay off a debuff until the healers can get to you, but in the long run, this is still no substitute (untalented) to rely on Mana Shield as any level of defense.

Now that Mana Shield has a 12 second cooldown on top, with Cataclysm, this spell even becomes more pointless to use.

Комментарий от jjuurriijj

Can anyone please tell me if its even worth using as an arcane mage in PvP? Because it doesnt seem to absorb much and it takes a keybind to be useful and Im running out of good spaces...

Комментарий от 139162

Ok, consider the following in Fire Mage PvP:

Improved Scorch makes it cost no Mana. Hot Streak Pyros cost no mana. I mean, what's left in the rotation that actually costs mana? Living Bomb, Blast Wave and Dragon's Breath, all of which are quite situational in the first place, and can only be cast every 15s or so in the second place. A fire mage whose used his mana as health would still be able to keep up 80% of his DPS (all mobile btw), and passive regeneration would still probably allow one of these spells every cooldown. The only real loss to a mage in casting this is the GCD.

I can only imagine the nerf cries that would ensue if this spell were still spammable. It would probably rise to the level of a hotfix.

Комментарий от aerion

I'm not even sure if this spell even deserves a place on a cast bar anymore. It scales with spell power, which means that to be useful a mage would need over 10k spell power to be able to absorb a single hit from a normal 85 mob.

As of this post, a fire mage with 6k SP will have a mana shield that absorbs.... 6.3k damage.

In short, this is absolutely useless.

Комментарий от 175620

This really isn't completely useless if your an arcane Mage. If you are speced for incantor's absorption, it will give you 1260 additional spellpower as a 6.3k sp Mage whenever you lose your shield due to damage, making this spell quite usefull, expecially in the raiding environment.

Комментарий от xpuntar

Considering the CD (12 sec!), damage absorb (6k - 7k!) and total hp of players (mages) (well over 100k) this spell is a complete garbage!

Almost useless in both PvE and PvE. Still I use it quite a lot in PvE as I have nothing else to protect my hp.

To me this spell just show us how incompetent are WoW developers about designing actual useful mage defensive skills. (not Frost specific!)

Spell should absorb around 15% of total health!

Комментарий от 746315

Simple analysis of Щит маны:
Offers improved defense and total mobility but requires the most micromanagement to get maximum benefit. Should interact well with frost and arcane and moderately with fire mechanics. Use effect increases spell damage by up to 15% on average depending on effectiveness of the absorb.

Careful timing of the active bonus can benefit the different procs frost mages use.

The passive regen will aid in pooling mana, improving the effectiveness of the arcane mastery. Additionally, careful timing of the use effect can help offset increased mana usage during Мощь тайной магии as well as increasing overall damage with the spell power bonus.

Комментарий от Thottbot

Mana shield should be a toggle like stealth and pally auras and its always on when you want it too b/c re-activating is a pain. you could put it up then mount. that would rock, and it would last until canceled. i use it for when i just wanna run from mobs and not fight. Mana shield, frost nova, and blink are gods at running from mobs.

Комментарий от Thottbot

This spell is great against ranged attackers. I usually frostbolt, mana shield, then arcane missile. Basically you're trading mana for casting time which, at higher levels, is a decent trade-off.

Комментарий от Thottbot

Mana shield can be helpful when you're running from something but, seriously, if it burns all your mana twice as fast, you're gonna die anyway when you can't cast spells. I generally only use when im about to die or stuff like that. It also gets broken so easily, not really even worth it.

Комментарий от Thottbot

I don't have this yet (just made my mage the other day) but I would assume this is mostly used for farming and just gathering your victims up to spam Ae or blizzard or something. But thats what I think it should be used for.

Комментарий от Thottbot

Because of this spell, I don't bother with stamina and I equip only Intellect (mana and crit chance) and spirit. (Contrast a warlock for which stamina is perfect for lifetap).

Did you notice that your spellcasting is uninterrupted while this shield is up? This spell is my staple for soloing. I'm specced as a fire mage and I'm currently grinding through my 30's so I usually go: Pyro, scorch (if he stuns, scorch him again), FireBlast, Mana Shield, wand wand wand (fire wand of course), and mana shield and fireblast/blastwave as necessary. I use polymorph for the second mob (and mana shield is great as you can now actually get the spell off).

Anyway... maybe frost and arcane mages and such have different experiences (since they seem to have arcane missiles and crazy chills to play with)... just saying don't discount this spell too quickly. If only there was an efficiency skill like warlocks or a way to machine gun an improved scorch or a way to . . .

Комментарий от Thottbot

I recently started rolling a mage, pure curiosity of their interesting spells.

I think I will be going +int to the core. I think this would be awesome for dueling. And a frost mage even gets ice barrier and ice block, which is more mana-efficient.

Though when mana-shield up and casting like a madman... that must be mana intensive duel. And in pvp you should have a mana pot.

But if this keeps you from interrupting spell casting, can you use evocation with those one without getting it interrupted?

Комментарий от Thottbot

great if u don't want any delayed casting time

lets see how well the talents work for this:

rank 1: 40mana + 240mana for sheilding 120dmg
280mana
40mana + 192mana for sheilding 120dmg
232mana

rank 2: 60mana + 420mana for sheilding 210dmg
480mana
60mana + 336mana for sheilding 210dmg
396mana

rank 3: 80mana + 600mana for sheilding 300dmg
680mana
80mana + 480mana for sheilding 300dmg
560mana

rank 4: 100mana + 780mana for sheilding 390dmg
880mana
100mana + 624mana for sheilding 390dmg
724mana

rank 5: 120mana + 960mana for sheilding 480dmg
1080mana
120mana + 768mana for sheilding 480dmg
888mana

rank 6: 140mana + 1140mana for sheilding 570dmg
1280mana
140mana + 912mana for sheilding 570dmg
1052mana

rank 7: 155mana + 1430mana for sheilding 715dmg
1585mana
155mana + 1144mana for sheilding 715dmg
1299mana

so yeah the talent would make the depleted mana 1.6x every dmg taken instead of 2x every dmg taken

kinda alot but hey you are a mage

this will be eaten up if u use against a warlock doting u in like 4-5sec and the dmg will just roll on after wards anyway so find another way against them

Комментарий от Thottbot

This spell is great for wsg. Im have a hunter and a mage. When i play my mage i get the flag and keep my mana shield up. Takes a while for me to lose mana.it makes mages awesome for being a fc

Комментарий от Thottbot

this is one of the best moves for a mage, if you think it sucks, you dont know how to use it/you're a bad mage.

Комментарий от Thottbot

the mana sheild protects me from ranged ppl like hunters and frost nova and cone of cold keeps me out of the way of rogues mages rule!

Комментарий от Thottbot

in PVP,i always loose the shield in 3 seconds but i use this spell with fireball

Комментарий от Thottbot

as soon as you hit 20 you get a second life bar. instead of your health this drains your mana giving you a few more secs 2 live

Комментарий от Thottbot

Is this melee damage or all damage? Because i tried on my mage it doesnt seem to block spells....

Комментарий от Thottbot

This spell is awesome. Although it's taking down 2 mana for every hit, just remember that if it weren't there it'd be taking down life. My mana bar is well over twice the size of my health bar, so I'm glad to let that go down instead of getting killed.

If the shield goes down, you have all your health left and plenty of time to run away.

Now when the murlocs gank me, I don't care. I can go ahead and concentrate on killing one, and then kill the other or run as the situation dictates.

Also, I just tested it with physical attackers, and you can hearthstone while the shield is up without interruption. Now you can do the ultimate pally trick of bubble/hearth. I haven't tested whether it will work if you're getting spell attacks.

Комментарий от Thottbot

I'm a nearly-pure-Frost mage (2/0/59). I never use this spell. I don't even know why I keep it on my action bar. Do other frost mages find this useful?

Ice Barrier is my bread-and-butter damage mitigation effect. I'll occasionally toss Fire Ward or Frost Ward up as the situation dictates, but to be honest I really never use those either.

In both cases, triggering the global cooldown and using more mana is less desirable than other options available: killing whatever is after you, sheeping it, slowing it with Frostbolt, or just plain running away.

At least Ice Barrier and Fire/Frost Ward have fixed, relatively low mana costs. There's nothing worse than using Mana Shield to stay alive, only to be OOM and helpless afterwards.

When the $%^& really hits the fan, I reach for Ice Block, not Mana Shield...assuming Ice Barrier is on cooldown. I'd sooner Cold Snap and Ice Barrier again than use Mana Shield.

I'm sure this spell is great for non-Frost mages, but in two years of hardcore raiding and hardcore PVPing, I estimate I've used Mana Shield no more than 50 times.

Комментарий от Thottbot

i think that this spell is awsome for me because i am a fire mage and it helps a lot because i dont get delayed while casting a spell. it rocks!

Комментарий от Allakhazam

Drains 2 mana per damage absorbed

Комментарий от Allakhazam

Does it prevent spell interrupt as well? Could I put this up and channel blizzard for the full duration?

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Щит маны

Щит маны	85-го ур.

Мгновенное действие	Восстановление: 12 сек

Поглощает (1525 + 0.807 * Spell power) ед. урона, сжигая ману. За 1 ед. поглощенного урона сжигается 1 ед. маны. Время действия – 1 min.

Аура

Щит маны	85-го ур.

Поглощает до 1525 ед. урона, сжигая ману.
Осталось: 1 минута

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1 минута

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Тайная магия

Механика

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Тип рассеивания

Магический

Категория ГКД

Обычный

Стоимость

Нет

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0 метров (Self)

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Мгновенное действие

Восстановление

12 сек.

ГКД

1.5 сек.

Эффект

Apply Aura: Absorb Damage - Mana Shield (Лед, Огонь, Природа, Свет, Тайная магия, Тьма, Физический урон)
Значение: 121
PvP-мультипликатор: 1

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