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Lightning Shield

Spell

Lightning Shield

Nature

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Shaman

Instant castSelf Only

When you cast a Healing Wave or Lesser Healing Wave, there is a 25% chance the target also receives a free Lightning Shield that causes 50 Nature damage to attacker on hit.

Lightning Shield

Tooltip

When you cast a Healing Wave or Lesser Healing Wave, there is a 25% chance the target also receives a free Lightning Shield that causes 50 Nature damage to attacker on hit.

How it works

Its aura has a 25% chance to proc when its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. Its base value is 5. It scales with 1 times spell power. It triggers Dummy Trigger.

What it does

Lightning Shield is a Nature spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Dummy Trigger.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolNature
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Proc chance25%
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Value: 5
Spell power coefficient: 1
Trigger spell: Dummy Trigger

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. 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 #23551. 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; duration: 10 min; effect values: 83 (this record: 5); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#12550duration: 10 min; effect values: 2 (this record: 5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#13585duration: 10 min; effect values: 2 (this record: 5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#15507duration: 10 min; effect values: 4 (this record: 5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#19514duration: 10 min; effect values: 2 (this record: 5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#20545duration: 10 min; effect values: 8 (this record: 5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#23552duration: 10 min; effect values: 50 (this record: 5)Different tuning
#25020duration: 10 min; effect values: 4 (this record: 5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#27635duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#28820used by: Cast by Lightning Shield; school: Holy; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#28821school: Physical; effect values: 100 (this record: 5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#31765effect types: noneA different effect setup

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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