Lightning damage

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Lightning Damage is an elemental damage type that is caused by most Air Magic skills, Channeling Magic skills, wands and staves linked to the Air Magic, Channeling Magic and Spawning Power attributes and any weapon with a Shocking upgrade. While many Air Magic skills have 25% armor penetration, there is no inherent effect of lightning damage.

Most Lightning damage skills tend to focus on dealing large damage to single targets, and feature no damage over time effects.

Contents 1 Equipment which protects against lightning damage 2 Skills which protect against lightning damage 3 Skills that are involved with lightning damage 4 Skills which inflict lightning damage 5 Monsters specifically resistant to lightning damage 6 Monsters specifically vulnerable to lightning damage

[edit] Equipment which protects against lightning damage

• Armor
  • Stormbound Insignia
  • Aeromancer Insignia
• Inscriptions
  • Focus item or Shield Inscriptions
    • "Riders on the Storm"

[edit] Skills which protect against lightning damage

• Stances
  • Mantra of Lightning - also provides energy whenever lightning damage is taken

[edit] Skills that are involved with lightning damage

• Hex spells
  • Iron Mist - foe has immunity from all damage except lightning.

• Enchantment spells
  • Conjure Lightning - increases damage of a weapon that deals lightning damage (e.g. with shocking modifier).

[edit] Skills which inflict lightning damage

• Enchantment spells
  • Explosive Growth
• Hex spells
  • Glimmering Mark (Elite)
  • Lightning Surge (Elite)
• Item spells
  • Cruel Was Daoshen
  • Destructive Was Glaive (Elite)
• Skills
  • Lightning Touch
  • Shock
  • Ancestors' Rage
• Attacks
  • Spear of Lightning
• Spells
  • Summon Mursaat
  • Arc Lightning
  • Blinding Surge (Elite)
  • Chain Lightning
  • Enervating Charge
  • Invoke Lightning (Elite)
  • Lightning Bolt
  • Lightning Hammer
  • Lightning Javelin
  • Lightning Orb
  • Lightning Strike
  • Mind Shock (Elite)
  • Ride the Lightning (Elite)
  • Shell Shock
  • Shock Arrow
  • Caretaker's Charge (Elite)
  • Channeled Strike
  • Clamor of Souls (Elite)
  • Doom
  • Essence Strike
  • Gaze from Beyond
  • Renewing Surge
  • Rupture Soul
  • Spirit Boon Strike
  • Spirit Burn
  • Spirit Rift
  • Wielder's Strike
• Traps
  • Weakness Trap

[edit] Monsters specifically resistant to lightning damage

• Lightning Drake

[edit] Monsters specifically vulnerable to lightning damage

• Some Grawl
  • Grawl Crone
  • Grawl (Shiverpeaks)

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Damage types
Elemental damage	Cold damage • Earth damage • Fire damage • Lightning damage
Physical damage	Blunt damage • Piercing damage • Slashing damage
Miscellaneous	Chaos damage • Dark damage • Holy damage • Shadow damage