I’m not sure how correct this is, but I thought it would be fun to compared how much Sacred Shield can absorb against a regular source of raid damage (in this case Sapphiron’s frost aura in Naxx25)
The mechanics of SS is a little strange, best to read up on the skill on WoWHead, or WoWWiki

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