Ride the Lightning
Stormstrike and Lava Lash unleash a Chain Lightning at 100% effectiveness that deals 20% reduced damage with each jump.
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 StormsChain Lightning now jumps to 2 additional targets and deals 10% increased damage.
StormflurryStormstrike 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 StrikesConsuming 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 AssaultStormstrike 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 WindsUnleash 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%.
SunderingShatters 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).
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)