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Lightning Overload, a WoW Forever Shaman talent, in words

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Lightning OverloadAn Elemental Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 5 of the Elemental tree (level 30), 3 ranks, passive. New in WoW Forever, no Classic talent with this name. Its spot, arrow or text here is the server's 3 Nov hotfix over the client's files, read from the game's hotfix data and checked against Blizzard's notes or Wowhead's tooltips.

Lightning Overload opens at level 30, after 20 points in Elemental and Elemental Alacrity at max rank.

New in Forever

Row 5 of 7 in the Elemental tree, column 3.

Lv 30the earliest level
3ranks, passive
30%of Shaman builds take it
Find Lightning Overload on the Elemental tree ›Every Elemental talent in words

What it does Elemental row 5

  • Lightning Overload3 ranks · passiveRequires 20 points in Elemental Talents (level 30). Requires Elemental Alacrity.Rank 1: Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 10% chance to cast a second, similar spell on the same target at no additional cost that causes half damage and no threat.Rank 2: Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 20% chance to cast a second, similar spell on the same target at no additional cost that causes half damage and no threat.Rank 3: Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 30% chance to cast a second, similar spell on the same target at no additional cost that causes half damage and no threat.New in Forever. No Classic talent with this name.

Blizzard's notes build by build

Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds

  • 30% of Shaman buildsTaken in 30% of the 6,788 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Nov 3 hotfixes to build 70755.
  • 98% of Elemental buildsTaken in 98% of the 1,919 builds that lead in Elemental, its own tree.
  • 3% of Enhancement buildsTaken in 3% of the 3,796 builds that lead in Enhancement.
  • 0% of Restoration buildsTaken in 0% of the 1,073 builds that lead in Restoration.
  • How it is countedEach build counts once, the way the calculator's pick-rate badges count. Recounted a few times a day, last on 2026-11-05.

Beta build history

3 changes, newest first

  • Values from Blizzard's notes over build 1.60.1.70753, 2026-11-02Ranks 1 to 3 text changed. Now: Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 10% chance to cast a second, similar spell on the same target at no additional cost that causes half damage and no threat. Was: Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 3% chance to cast a second, similar spell on the same target at no additional cost that causes half damage and no threat. Blizzard: "Lightning Overload: Talent now grants a 10/20/30% chance to trigger a duplicate spell, up from 3/7/10% chance." (notes for build 70753 hotfixes)
  • Build 1.60.1.70425, 2026-10-15Moved along row 5 in Elemental. Blizzard: "Lightning Overload: Now has Elemental Alacrity as pre-requisite." (notes for build 70425)
  • Build 1.60.1.70425, 2026-10-15Now needs Elemental Alacrity maxed first.

Around it in the Elemental tree

Every Elemental talent 16

ConvectionConcussionElemental DevastationReverberationElemental AlacrityCall of FlameElemental FocusElemental WardingTrial by FireEye of the StormEarthboundElemental ReachCall of ThunderLightning OverloadElemental FuryLightning Mastery

newchangedmoved since Classic, the dots of the calculator's Compare to Classic. Down the side: the earliest level for each row.

The Elemental talents as a list row by row

The other two trees

From the WoW Forever beta client, with the 3 and 10 Nov server hotfixes on the Shaman trees as other readers logged them; checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Lightning Overload in the Shaman calculator.