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Lightning Shield

Spell

Lightning Shield

Physical

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Shaman

Instant castSelf Only

Your Lightning Shield spell also grants you 38 Intellect while active.

Lightning Shield

Tooltip

Your Lightning Shield spell also grants you 38 Intellect while active.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 109. Its base value is 100. It triggers Lightning Shield.

What it does

Lightning Shield is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Lightning Shield (record #28820).

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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 109
Value: 100
Trigger spell: Lightning Shield

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.

Used by

Used by

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 54 separate Spell records named "Lightning Shield". This page is record #28821. 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
#13585school: Nature; duration: 10 min; effect values: 4.84 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#15507school: Nature; duration: 10 min; effect values: 8.13 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#19514school: Nature; duration: 10 min; effect values: 2.91 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#20545school: Nature; duration: 10 min; effect values: 4.46 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#23551school: Nature; effect values: 5 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#23552school: Nature; duration: 10 min; effect values: 50 (this record: 100)Different tuning
#25020school: Nature; duration: 10 min; effect values: 2.14 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#27635school: Nature; 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
#31765school: Nature; duration: 10 min; effect values: 1.72 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#39067school: Nature; duration: 10 min; effect values: 22.33 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#41151school: Nature; duration: 10 min; effect values: 3.01 (this record: 100); 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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