Lightning Shield

Lightning Shield
Lightning Shield (11 ranks) Shaman ability Instant The caster is surrounded by 3 balls of lightning. When a spell, melee or ranged attack hits the caster, the attacker will be struck for X Nature damage. This expends one lightning ball. Only one ball will fire every few seconds. Lasts 10 min. Only one Elemental Shield can be active on the Shaman at any one time.
Properties
Class	Shaman
School	Nature
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Improvements	[Improved Shields], [Static Shock]
Related buff
Magic Lightning Shield Causes X Nature damage to attacker on hit. Duration: 10 min. or 3 charges

[[Category:shaman abilities]][[Category:shaman abilities]]

Lightning Shield is a nature-based buff. When getting attacked, it does direct damage to the attacker. It can only proc every few seconds and has three charges.

Rank table

Rank	Level	Damage per Orb	Cost
1	8	13	1
2	16	29	18
3	24	54	35
4	32	80	80
5	40	114	1 20
6	48	154	2 20
7	56	198	3
8	63	232	4 20
9	70	287	8 80
10	75	325	18
11	80	380	18

Cataclysm table

Level	Damage per Orb
8	18

Notes

• Being an elemental shield, Lightning Shield cannot be used at the same time as [Earth Shield] or [Water Shield]. It is however possible to use Water Shield or Lightning Shield on yourself while Earth Shield is up on another target.
• It uses the lightning animation instead of the normal nature animation.
• Each charge receives 33% of spell damage.
• The damage caused is considered direct damage, though it cannot crit.
• Each charge will consume a charge of the  [Zandalarian Hero Charm]'s Unstable Power aura.

File:Troll shaman lightning shield.jpg

Troll Shaman casting a Lightning Shield.

Improvements

• [Improved Shields] increases the damage done by Lightning Shield by 15%.
•  [Static Shock] increases the number of charges by 6, and gives a chance on melee attacks to hit the target with a Lightning Shield orb.
• [Glyph of Lightning Shield] increases its damage by 20%.
• The Enhancement Shaman Tier 7 2-piece set bonus (provided by Heroes' Earthshatter Battlegear and Valorous Earthshatter Battlegear) increases Lightning Shield damage by 10%, including damage from Lightning Shield orbs consumed by [Static Shock].

Tips and tactics

• Lightning Shield is a good alternative to Water Shield for solo play or PvP, especially if mana is not a problem (either because you have enough mana anyway or because you expect fights to be quick).

Patch changes

• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Mana cost removed.
  
• Patch 1.8.0 (2005-10-10): Tooltip updated to reflect actual functionality.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB