Lightning damage

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, Faith, the Imperial Dragon Staff, and any martial weapon with a Shocking upgrade component. Some wands and staves linked to Ritualist attributes or Energy Storage can generate with any elemental damage type, including lightning damage.

Although lightning damage has no inherent effects, many Air Magic skills have 25% armor penetration.

Generally, Lightning damage skills tend to focus on dealing large damage to single targets, and feature few damage over time effects.

Equipment that protects against lightning damage

• Armor
  • Stormbound Insignia
  • Aeromancer Insignia
• Inscriptions
  • Focus item or Shield Inscriptions
    • File:Inscription focus items or shields.png "Riders on the Storm"

Skills that protect against lightning damage

• Stances
  • File:Mantra of Lightning.jpg Mantra of Lightning - also provides energy whenever lightning damage is taken

Skills that are involved with lightning damage

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

Skills that inflict lightning damage

• Enchantment spells
  • File:Explosive Growth.jpg Explosive Growth
• Hex spells
  • Lightning Strike
  • Lightning Surge (elite)
• Item spells
  • File:Cruel Was Daoshen.jpg Cruel Was Daoshen
  • File:Destructive Was Glaive.jpg Destructive Was Glaive (elite)
• Skills
  • File:Celestial Storm.jpg Celestial Storm
  • Lightning Touch
  • Shock
  • File:Ancestors' Rage.jpg Ancestors' Rage
• Spear attacks
  • File:Spear of Lightning.jpg Spear of Lightning
• Spells
  • Arc Lightning
  • Blinding Surge (elite)
  • Chain Lightning
  • Enervating Charge
  • Invoke Lightning (elite)
  • Lightning Bolt
  • Lightning Hammer
  • Lightning Javelin
  • Lightning Orb
  • Mind Shock (elite)
  • Ride the Lightning (elite)
  • Shell Shock
  • Shock Arrow
  • Thunderclap (elite)
  • File:Caretaker's Charge.jpg Caretaker's Charge (elite)
  • File:Channeled Strike.jpg Channeled Strike
  • File:Clamor of Souls.jpg Clamor of Souls (elite)
  • File:Doom.jpg Doom
  • File:Essence Strike.jpg Essence Strike
  • File:Gaze from Beyond.jpg Gaze from Beyond
  • File:Rupture Soul.jpg Rupture Soul
  • File:Spirit Boon Strike.jpg Spirit Boon Strike
  • File:Spirit Burn.jpg Spirit Burn
  • File:Spirit Rift.jpg Spirit Rift
  • File:Wielder's Strike.jpg Wielder's Strike
  • File:Summon Mursaat.jpg Summon Mursaat
• Binding Rituals
  • File:Destruction.jpg Destruction - armor-ignoring lightning damage
• Traps
  • File:Weakness Trap.jpg Weakness Trap

Monsters specifically resistant to lightning damage

• Stone Elementals
• Gargoyle
  • Flash Gargoyles
  • Resurrect Gargoyles
  • Shatter Gargoyles in post-Searing Ascalon

Monsters specifically vulnerable to lightning damage

• Grawl
  • Barbed Grawl
  • Grawl Crones
  • Grawl (Shiverpeaks)
  • Mighty Grawl
• Enchanted armors
  • Tower Golem
  • Enchanted Hammer (Prophecies)
  • Enchanted Sword (Prophecies)
• River Drakes
• Tengu
  • Avicara Ardents
  • Avicara Braves
  • Avicara Fierces
  • Avicara Guiles
  • Avicara Wises
  • Caromi Tengu Braves
  • Caromi Tengu Elites
  • Caromi Tengu Fierces
  • Caromi Tengu Scouts
  • Caromi Tengu Seers
  • Caromi Tengu Wilds
• Blessed Griffons

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