Lightning Shield

Lightning Shield
Lightning Shield Instant cast The caster is surrounded by a reactive lightning barrier. When an attack hits the caster, the attacker will be struck for x Nature damage. This effect may only occur once every few seconds. Lasts 1 hour. Improved Lightning Shield (Level 92+) Lightning Shield gains 5 additional maximum charges, and Lava Burst and its multistrikes can now generate additional Lightning Shield charges though Fulmination.
Usable by
Class	Shaman
Properties
Type	Defensive
School	Nature
Casting time	Instant cast
Cooldown	(GCD 1.5 sec)
Level required	8
Related buff
Lightning Shield Deals Nature damage to attackers. Duration: 1 hour
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• Lightning Shield
• Instant cast
• The caster is surrounded by a reactive lightning barrier. When an attack hits the caster, the attacker will be struck for x Nature damage. This effect may only occur once every few seconds. Lasts 1 hour.
  
  Improved Lightning Shield (Level 92+)
  Lightning Shield gains 5 additional maximum charges, and Lava Burst and its multistrikes can now generate additional Lightning Shield charges though Fulmination.

Lightning Shield is a core shaman ability learned at level eight. When the shaman is attacked, it does direct damage to the attacker. It can only proc every few seconds and lasts an hour.

Modified by

• Glyph of Lightning Shield
• Glyph of Reactive Shielding

Notes

• Being an elemental shield, Lightning Shield cannot be used at the same time as [Earth Shield] (restoration) 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.
• The damage caused is considered direct damage, though it cannot crit.
• 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).

Media

Troll Shaman casting a Lightning Shield.

Patch changes

• Patch 6.2.3 (17-Oct-2015): Damage has been increased by 4%.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (14-October-2014): Lightning Shield now persists through death.
  
• Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Lightning Shield and Water Shield can no longer be dispelled.
  
• Patch 3.2.2 (2009-09-22): This spell will no longer set off some trinkets when it is cast.
  
• / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): Mana cost removed.
  
• Patch 2.3.2 (2008-01-08): Lightning Shield mana cost reduced.
  
• Patch 2.1.2 (2007-06-19): Procs from this buff will no longer cause neutral town guards to attack the Shaman. In addition, Nightmare Vine will no longer cause charges of this buff to be consumed.
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (22-May-2007): Ranks 8 and 9 of this spell now trigger correctly while mounted.
  
• Patch 1.11.0 (20-Jun-2006): Some battleground power-up effects were consuming charges of Lightning Shield. They no longer cause charges to be consumed. The range on Lightning Shield has been extended to hit anyone within vision range.
  
• Patch 1.8.0 (10-Oct-2005): Tooltip updated to reflect actual functionality.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• WoWDB