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NatureTooltip
The caster is surrounded by balls of lightning. When a spell, melee or ranged attack hits the caster, the attacker will be struck for 96 Nature damage. This expends one lightning ball. Only one ball will fire every few seconds. Lasts 10 min.
How it works
Each cast of Lightning Shield costs 240 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met. The aura is spent after 3 procs. It can proc at most once every 3.5 sec.
- Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. Its base value is 1. It triggers Lightning Shield.
What it does
Lightning Shield is a Nature spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 10 min. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Lightning Shield (record #26545).
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
| School | Nature |
|---|---|
| Cost | 240 Mana |
| Range | Self Only |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Duration | 10 min |
| Dispel type | Dispel type id 1 |
| Proc chance | Always |
| Proc charges | 3 |
| Proc cooldown | 3.5 sec |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 42 Value: 1 Trigger spell: Lightning Shield |
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.
Lightning Shield sounds
The sounds the game plays when Lightning Shield is cast and lands, straight from the client. Press play, or open a kit for every file and the download formats.
LifeDrainLoopSoundKit 3087
Joined in the WoW Forever beta client: spell visual, then visual kit, then SoundKit, then the sound file. Browse every game sound in the sound archive.
How to learn
How to learn Lightning Shield
Learned at- Level 40 (Rank 5)
From- Shaman trainer
Who can learn it- Any Shaman
Visit a Shaman trainer once you reach level 40 and buy it from the trainer's list. Every Shaman trainer teaches the same list; capital cities are the easiest to reach.
Horde Shaman trainers
| Trainer | Zone | Map |
|---|---|---|
| Kardris DreamseekerShaman Trainer | Orgrimmar Capital | 38.8, 36.4 |
| Sagorne CreststriderShaman Trainer | Orgrimmar Capital | 38.7, 35.9 |
| Sian'tsuShaman Trainer | Orgrimmar Capital | 37.8, 36.5 |
| Beram SkychaserShaman Trainer | Thunder Bluff Capital | 22.0, 18.8 |
| Siln SkychaserShaman Trainer | Thunder Bluff Capital | 22.8, 21.1 |
| Tigor SkychaserShaman Trainer | Thunder Bluff Capital | 23.6, 18.8 |
5 more in starting zones and towns
| Trainer | Zone | Map |
|---|---|---|
| ShikrikShaman Trainer | Durotar | 42.4, 69.0 |
| SwartShaman Trainer | Durotar | 54.4, 42.6 |
| Narm SkychaserShaman Trainer | Mulgore | 47.4, 62.5 |
| HarommShaman Trainer | Swamp of Sorrows | 48.2, 57.9 |
| Meela DawnstriderShaman Trainer | The Barrens | 28.5, 66.4 |
Trainer level and race gate: the WoW Forever beta client's trainer and skill rows. Trainer positions: the Classic world data the beta is built on, placed on the map with the beta client's own map tables. The beta can still move an NPC.
Related
More Enhancement spells
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 54 separate Spell records named "Lightning Shield". This page is record #8134. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #8788 | subtext: Rank 4; effect values: 83 (this record: 1); different tooltip text | A different rank or variant |
| #12550 | effect values: 2 (this record: 1); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #13585 | effect values: 2 (this record: 1); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #15507 | effect values: 4 (this record: 1); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #19514 | effect values: 2 (this record: 1); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #20545 | effect values: 8 (this record: 1); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #23551 | duration: until cancelled; effect values: 5 (this record: 1); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #23552 | effect values: 50 (this record: 1) | Different tuning |
| #25020 | effect values: 4 (this record: 1); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #27635 | duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #28820 | used by: Cast by Lightning Shield; school: Holy; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #28821 | school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 100 (this record: 1); different tooltip text | Different 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.
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