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Temporal Shield

Temporal Shield
3% of base mana

Instant	25 sec cooldown

Requires Mage
Requires level 1

Envelops you in a temporal shield for 4 sec, reducing all damage taken by 15%. 100% of the damage taken while shielded will be healed back over 6 sec. This spell is usable while stunned, frozen, incapacitated, feared or asleep, and is not on the global cooldown.

Buff

Temporal Shield	Magic

Damage taken reduced by 15%.
100% of damage taken will be healed back over 6 sec.
4 seconds remaining

Spell Details

Duration

4 seconds

School

Arcane

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

Magic

GCD category

n/a

Cost

3% of base mana

Range

0 yards (Self)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

0 seconds

Effect #1

Dummy
Value: 100
Server-side script

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Mod % Damage Taken (Arcane, Fire, Frost, Holy, Nature, Physical, Shadow)
Value: -15%

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Warlords of Draenor
Mage Changes

[Outdated] Arcane Mage
PvE Guide 5.4

Comments

Comment by Draykoja

A instant self controlled mage HOT....Mmmmm...yes please.

Comment by Ordayc

Temporal Ripples is the actual healing effect that is triggered after receiving damage.

The major advantage of this talent compared to its competitor Ice Barrier (IB) is that it can counteract more damage. However, this is fairly difficult to achieve for two reasons:

The time window in which damage is “absorbed” is limited to four seconds, which means that Temporal Shield can only be used to its full extent if the incoming damage is highly bursty. For example, it can work well if you see an enemy casting a hard-hitting spell (such as Chaos Bolt in PvP) that would exceed IB's absorption. For any situation where damage is less spiky, Temporal Shield will most likely be inferior to Ice Barrier.
The fact that the shield does not actually absorb the damage but rather reverts it over time makes it troublesome to use at low health. The reason is that even though eventually all lost health is restored, you may die before the healing can take (full) effect.

Another benefit is its being off the global cooldown, meaning it can be triggered basically at any time.

Ice Barrier, on the other hand, is a lot more forgiving, since its timing is not nearly as critical. Furthermore, it works against prolonged damage, can absorb a lot of damage independent of timing, is not affected by healing-reduction debuffs, and can be “stacked” if it cools off while the buff is still active (basically allowing you to benefit twice from it when the next enemy arrives).

Comment by imri500

Inferior to Ice Barrier in almost every spot,

But... sometimes... Sometimes... You time it just right...

Taking the burst of 5 different enemies and ice-blocking at exactly 1-10K hp, then watching it all heal back up.

Comment by RemembranceX

Justed tested it, the healing from this talent is not affected by Battle Fatigue

Comment by Shikamarana

Well #$%^

"Updated December 5

World of Warcraft Patch 5.4.2 PTR

Classes
Mage
Talents
Temporal Shield's healing should now correctly modified by effects that affect healing (Battle Fatigue, Mortal Strike, Dampening)."

They should really just make absorbs and healing both affected by the same things.

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