Lightning Shield

For the Pet Battle ability, see [Lightning Shield].

Lightning Shield
Lightning Shield Level 9 shaman ability Instant Surround yourself with a shield of lightning for 1 hour. Melee attackers have a 100% chance to suffer (15% of Spell power) Nature damage and have a 100% chance to generate 5 Maelstrom Melee attackers have a 100% chance to suffer (15% of Spell power) Nature damage and have a 50% chance to generate a stack of Maelstrom Weapon Melee attackers have a 100% chance to suffer (15% of Spell power) Nature damage. Only one Elemental Shield can be active on the Shaman at a time.
Properties
Class	Shaman
School	Nature
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	9
Improvements	[Lightning Capacitor], [Nature's Protection]
Related buff
Magic Lightning Shield Chance to deal (15% of Spell power) Nature damage when you take melee damage and have a 50% chance to generate a stack of Maelstrom Weapon/ and have a 100% chance to generate 5 Maelstrom. Duration: 1 hour

An orc shaman Lightning Shield in art.

Lightning Shield is a level 9 shaman ability. When attacking or getting attacked, it does direct damage to the target or the attacker.

Patch changes

• Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13): Fixed an issue causing Lightning Shield to be removed if another Shaman with [Elemental Orbit] has an [Earth Shield] on the Shaman.
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Redesigned as a level 9 ability for all shaman (was a level 15 Enhancement talent) Surround yourself with a shield of lightning for 30 minutes. Melee attackers have a 100% chance to suffer (15% of Spell power) Nature damage, and have a 50% chance to generate a stack of Maelstrom Weapon (Enhancement) or a 100% chanc to generate 5 Maelstrom (Elemental).

  Old: Surround yourself with a shield of lightning for 1 hour. Melee attackers have a chance to suffer (6% of Attack power) Nature damage, and add a charge to your shield. When you Stormstrike, it gains 2 charges. At 20 charges, the shield overcharges, causing you to deal (10% of Attack power) Nature damage with each attack and generate 100 Maelstrom over 10 sec.
  

• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Now available at level 15 (was 60).
  
• Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Damage is now 150% attack power (was 100%).
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Changed into a level 60 talent for Enhancement (was a level 8 ability for all shaman). Damage increased by 155%. Now also procs when attacking.
  
• Patch 6.2.3 (2015-11-17): Damage has been increased by 4%.
  
• Hotfix (2015-01-07): Lightning Shield should no longer expire prematurely when Cyclone is cast on an Elemental Shaman.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now persists through death.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): No longer has charges and lasts for 1 hour, up from 10 minutes.
  
• Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Can no longer be dispelled.
  
• Hotfix (2010-12-07): Lightning Shield again properly deals damage while the shaman is casting other spells.
  
• Patch 3.2.2 (2009-09-22): This spell will no longer set off some trinkets when it is cast.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Mana cost removed.
  
• Patch 2.3.2 (2008-01-08): Mana cost reduced.
  
• Patch 2.2.0 (2007-09-25): This ability will now work properly even when the Shaman is stunned, fleeing, or incapacitated.
  
• Patch 2.1.2 (2007-06-19): Procs from this buff will no longer cause neutral town guards to attack the Shaman. In addition,  [Nightmare Vine] will no longer cause charges of this buff to be consumed.
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Ranks 8 and 9 of this spell now trigger correctly while mounted.
  
• Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): Air Bubble pockets in underwater regions will no longer consume a charge from this spell.
  
• Patch 1.11.0 (2006-06-19): Some battleground power-up effects were consuming charges of Lightning Shield. They no longer cause charges to be consumed. The range on Lightning Shield has been extended to hit anyone within vision range.
  
• Patch 1.10.0 (2006-03-28): Bonfires and other environmental damage sources will no longer consume charges of the Lightning Shield. Warsong Gulch power-ups will also no longer consume the charges.
  
• Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): This spell will now proc when the shaman is struck by elemental attacks.
  
• Patch 1.8.0 (2005-10-10): Tooltip updated to reflect actual functionality.
  

See also

• Storm spirit

Other versions

• Classic

  Lightning Shield
  Lightning Shield (7 ranks) Level 8 shaman ability 45 Mana Instant The caster is surrounded by 3 balls of lightning. When a spell, melee or ranged attack hits the caster, the attacker will be struck for 13 Nature damage. This expends one lightning ball. Only one ball will fire every few seconds. Lasts 10 min.
  Properties
  Class	Shaman
  School	Nature
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	8
  Improvements	[Improved Lightning Shield]
  Related buff
  Magic Lightning Shield Causes 13 Nature damage to attacker on hit. Duration: 10 minutes

• BC Classic

  Lightning Shield
  Lightning Shield (9 ranks) Level 8 shaman ability 25 Mana Instant The caster is surrounded by 3 balls of lightning. When a spell, melee or ranged attack hits the caster, the attacker will be struck for 13 Nature damage. This expends one lightning ball. Only one ball will fire every few seconds. Lasts 10 min. Only one Elemental Shield can be active on the Shaman at any one time.
  Properties
  Class	Shaman
  School	Nature
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	8
  Improvements	[Improved Lightning Shield]
  Related buff
  Magic Lightning Shield Causes 13 Nature damage to attacker on hit. Duration: 10 minutes

• Wrath Classic

  Lightning Shield
  Lightning Shield (11 ranks) Level 8 shaman ability Instant The caster is surrounded by 3 balls of lightning. When a spell, melee or ranged attack hits the caster, the attacker will be struck for 13 Nature damage. This expends one lightning ball. Only one ball will fire every few seconds. Lasts 10 min. Only one Elemental Shield can be active on the Shaman at any one time.
  Properties
  Class	Shaman
  School	Nature
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	8
  Improvements	[Improved Shields], [Static Shock]
  Related buff
  Magic Lightning Shield Causes 13 Nature damage to attacker on hit. 3 charges. Duration: 10 minutes

• Cataclysm Classic

  Lightning Shield
  Lightning Shield Level 8 shaman ability Instant The caster is surrounded by 3 balls of lightning. When a spell, melee or ranged attack hits the caster, the attacker will be struck for 350 Nature damage. This expends one lightning ball. Only one ball will fire every few seconds. Lasts 10 min. Only one Elemental Shield can be active on the Shaman at any one time.
  Properties
  Class	Shaman
  School	Nature
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	8
  Improvements	[Improved Shields]
  Related buff
  Lightning Shield Deals Nature damage to attackers. Duration: 10 minutes

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