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
Lightning Shield is a level 9 shaman ability. When attacking or getting attacked, it does direct damage to the target or the attacker.
It uses the lightning animation instead of the normal nature animation.
The damage caused is considered direct damage, though it cannot crit.
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An orc shaman Lightning Shield in art.
Patch changes[]
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 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.
[Lightning Shield].
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).
