Spell

Lightning Shield

Nature

Instant castMedium Range

Surrounds the caster with balls of lightning that have chance of striking melee or ranged attackers for 250 damage.

Lightning Shield

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura has a 25% chance to proc when its trigger condition is met. The aura is spent after 20 procs. It can proc at most once every 3.5 sec.

Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 43. Its base value is 250. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Lightning Shield is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

School	Nature
Range	30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time	Instant
Duration	30 sec
Dispel type	Dispel type id 1
Proc chance	25%
Proc charges	20
Proc cooldown	3.5 sec
Effect #1	Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 43 Value: 250 Spell power coefficient: 1

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 54 separate Spell records named "Lightning Shield". This page is record #52651. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record	What differs from this record	Likely reason
#28821	school: Physical; duration: none; different tooltip text	A variant record
#31765	duration: 10 min	A variant record
#39067	duration: 10 min	A variant record
#41151	duration: 10 min	A variant record
#50831	duration: 10 min	A variant record
#51620	duration: 10 min	A variant record
#51776	duration: 10 min	A variant record
#56221	used by: Cast by Valduran's Channel; school: Physical; cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy	A helper record another spell casts
#59025	duration: 10 min	A variant record
#59845	duration: 10 min	A variant record
#61570	duration: 10 min	A variant record
#75381	duration: 10 min; different tooltip text	A variant record

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

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