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Ride the Lightning

Ride the Lightning1 point

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

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TypeTalent
Ranks1 point
ClassShaman
Specializations3
Tree sectionEnhancement specialization talents
Row8 of 11
Opens at20 points spent
Game build12.1.5
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Tree position

In the Enhancement Shaman talent tree, Ride the Lightning sits in the Enhancement specialization talents, row 8 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 Ride the Lightning from Chaining Storms, Stormflurry and Converging Storms.

  • Chaining Storms

    Chain Lightning now jumps to 2 additional targets and deals 10% increased damage.

  • Stormflurry

    Stormstrike has a 20% chance to strike the target an additional time for 40% of normal damage. This effect can chain off of itself.

Connected below

Ride the Lightning leads on to Lightning Strikes and Elemental Assault.

  • Lightning Strikes

    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.

  • Elemental Assault

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

Same row

Also on this row: Doom Winds and Sundering.

  • Doom Winds

    Unleash a devastating storm around yourself, dealing (120% of Attack Power) Stormstrike damage every 1 sec to nearby enemies for 8 sec. Increases your chance to activate Windfury Weapon by 50%, and the damage of Windfury Weapon by 20%.

  • Sundering

    Shatters a line of earth in front of you with your main hand weapon, causing (253.9% of Attack Power) Flamestrike damage to any enemy hit.

Talent trees

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

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Ride the Lightning 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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