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Lightning Shield

Spell

Lightning Shield

Nature

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Instant cast20 sec cooldownMedium Range

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

Lightning Shield

Tooltip

Surrounds the caster with balls of lightning that have a chance of striking melee or ranged attackers for Nature damage. Each time the lightning shield strikes, a ball of lightning dissipates. The shield expires after 10 min. or after it has struck times.

How it works

Spells that share its cooldown category wait 3 sec after it is cast. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura has a 50% chance to proc when its trigger condition is met. The aura is spent after 3 procs. It can proc at most once every 3.5 sec.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 43. Its base value is 2.

What it does

Lightning Shield is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards, a 20 sec cooldown and effects that last 10 min. When cast it applies an aura.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolNature
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown20 sec
Category cooldown3 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration10 min
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chance50%
Proc charges3
Proc cooldown3.5 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 43
Value: 2

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 54 separate Spell records named "Lightning Shield". This page is record #12550. 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
#8788subtext: Rank 4; effect values: 6.06 (this record: 2); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#13585effect values: 4.84 (this record: 2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#15507effect values: 8.13 (this record: 2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#19514effect values: 2.91 (this record: 2)Different tuning
#20545effect values: 4.46 (this record: 2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#23551duration: none; effect values: 5 (this record: 2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#23552effect values: 50 (this record: 2)Different tuning
#25020effect values: 2.14 (this record: 2)Different tuning
#27635duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#28820used by: Cast by Lightning Shield; school: Holy; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#28821school: Physical; duration: none; effect values: 100 (this record: 2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#31765effect values: 1.72 (this record: 2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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