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Lightning Bolt
Lightning Bolt 30 yd range 7.1% of base mana 2.5 sec cast Casts a bolt of lightning at the target for X Nature damage. Can be cast while moving.
Usable by
Class	Shaman
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Nature
Cooldown	(GCD 1.5 sec)
Level required	1
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Shamans know that lightning can strike twice in the same place.

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Lightning Bolt is a core shaman ability learned at level one. It is a Nature-based direct damage spell.

Modified by

2020

Glyph of Telluric Currents
Item Level 25Disenchants into:
Not disenchantable
Major Glyph
Classes: Shaman
Requires Level 25
Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.
Causes your Lightning Bolt to restore 2% of your mana when it strikes an enemy.
Sell Price: 1

It uses the lightning animation instead of the normal nature animation.
Has traveling time, so can be combined with [Chain Lightning] or a Shock which are instant for spike damage.

This is a good spell to start fights at lower levels. Untalented and used against a foe with no speed boosting abilities at max range, you can cast 3 Lightning Bolts in the span of time it takes for a mob to reach you. You can even cast a shock just as the third Lightning Bolt finishes casting to max out damage against a pulled, incoming mob.
It is also more likely to use during combat because of its 2.5 second casting time as opposed to other classes' similar function spells and is fairly mana-efficient.

Patch 5.3.0 (20-May-2013): Lightning Bolt can now be cast while moving.
Patch 4.3.0 (29-Nov-2011): Lightning Bolt has a new spell effect.
Patch 2.3.0 (13-Nov-2007): Cast time reduced to 2.5 (from 3.0 where applicable), mana costs reduced, benefit from spell damage have been modified to maintain the DPS of the the previous, longer casting time.
Patch 1.11.0 (20-Jun-2006): Mana cost reduced approximately 17%.