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Shieldsworn
New in Forever1 rank
Shieldsworn
Rank 1/1Protection
Requires 30 points in Protection Talents
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.
Every rank of Shieldsworn
| Rank | Effect | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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. | client |
Requirements and position
- Tree: Protection, row 7, column 2. Needs 30 points in Protection first. The earliest you can finish all 1 rank is level 40 if you put every point into this tree.
- Prerequisite: Holy Shield at 1/1.
Classic comparison
Shieldsworn is new in WoW Forever. Nothing in Classic 1.12 does this for Paladins.
Spells this talent affects
- Holy Shield · 4 ranks, learned at 30
- Holy Strike · 8 ranks, learned at 6
Builds that take Shieldsworn
Questions players ask
Where is Shieldsworn in the Paladin talent tree?
Protection tree, row 7, column 2. You need 30 points spent in Protection before you can learn it, and Holy Shield must be at full rank first.
Is Shieldsworn new in WoW Forever?
Yes. Shieldsworn has no Classic 1.12 counterpart.
Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753.