Lightning Bolt! Lightning Bolt! Lightning Bolt!
OVERLOADCOLLECTIBLELightning Bolt is a common shaman spell card, inducted into the Legacy set, formerly from the Classic set.
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Other versions[]
How to get[]
| Type | Source | Premium | Q. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Card packs |    | Regular, Golden | 1~2 |
| Crafting | 40  dust | Regular | 1 |
| Crafting | 400 dust | Golden | 1 |
Core set[]
Two copies of regular Lightning Bolt are obtained for raising shaman to level 1.
Two copies of golden Lightning Bolt (Core) are obtained for winning 50 games as shaman.
Lightning Bolt (Core) is uncraftable and cannot be crafted or disenchanted.
Strategy[]
Lightning Bolt is one of the shaman's basic damage dealing and removal spells. Similarly to Rockbiter Weapon, it can be used to clear threats from the board, especially in the early game, or combined with other options to trade efficiently or tackle larger threats.
The spell's low mana cost makes it available from the very start of the game, which can be useful for removing the dangerous turn 1 minions often played by rush decks, but its Overload may make the shaman suffer in tempo if they use it too early on.
Lore[]
Lightning Bolt is the first spell learned by shamans in World of Warcraft. A simple direct damage spell, it is the low-level shaman's basic attack, and the main filler spell for Elemental shamans.
Trivia[]
- This card may be based on the Magic: The Gathering card Lightning Bolt, which similarly deals 3 damage to a target for 1 mana, although the latter card does not feature Overload.
- The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Scourgewar" series, for the card Surge of Lightning.
Gallery[]
Lightning Bolt, full art
Patch changes[]
Year of the Gryphon rotation (2021-03-30): Moved from Classic to Legacy set.- Patch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25): Now has Nature spell school (previously: no spell school).
- Alpha patch (unknown date, pre-May 2013): Text changed from "Deal 3 damage. Recall (1)" to "Deal 3 damage. Overload: (1)".
