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Lightning Strikes

Lightning Strikes1 point

Consuming 10 stacks of Maelstrom Weapon increases the damage of your next Stormstrike or Lava Lash by 25% and causes them to generate a stack of Maelstrom Weapon.

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TypeTalent
Ranks1 point
ClassShaman
Specializations3
Tree sectionEnhancement specialization talents
Row9 of 11
Opens at20 points spent
Game build12.1.5
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Tree position

In the Enhancement Shaman talent tree, Lightning Strikes sits in the Enhancement specialization talents, row 9 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 20 points are spent in Enhancement Talents.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Lightning Strikes from Ride the Lightning.

  • Ride the Lightning

    Stormstrike and Lava Lash unleash a Chain Lightning at 100% effectiveness that deals 20% reduced damage with each jump.

Connected below

Lightning Strikes leads on to Thunder Capacitor.

  • Thunder Capacitor

    Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning deal 20% increased damage and have a 20% chance to refund the Maelstrom Weapon spent.

Same row

Also on this row: Elemental Assault, Static Accumulation, Feral Spirit and Surging Elements.

  • Elemental Assault

    Stormstrike damage is increased by 20%, and Stormstrike and Lava Lash have a 100% chance to generate 1 stacks of Maelstrom Weapon.

  • Static Accumulation2 ranks

    During Doom Winds or Ascendance, you generate 1 Maelstrom Weapon stacks every 1 sec.

  • Feral Spirit

    Casting Sundering summons 1 Fire Feral Spirits and Doom Winds summons 1 Nature Feral Spirits by your side for 8 sec. An Elemental Spirit Raptor infused with Fire or Nature magic, granting the summoner with 5% increased Fire or Nature damage and 5% Physical damage for 8 sec.

  • Surging Elements

    Casting Sundering grants you 15% Haste for 12 sec, and generates 5 stacks of Maelstrom Weapon.

Talent trees

Lightning Strikes is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Shaman: Elemental (DPS), Enhancement (DPS), Restoration (Healer).

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Lightning Strikes Changes by patch

Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.

  • First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)
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