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Lightning Bolt — Shaman Card

Last updated on Jan 09, 2016 at 21:26 by Sottle 10 comments

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Lightning Bolt is a Shaman-only spell. This card can be obtained from expert packs. Below the card images, you will find explanations to help you use the card optimally in every game mode of Hearthstone.

Lightning Bolt
1.

General Comments

Lightning Bolt is one of the core removal cards for Shaman. It is a very efficient card in terms of Tempo, dealing 3 damage for 1 Mana. However, when factoring in the Overload, it is a 2 Mana card in total, which puts it on par with other common removals like Frostbolt and Darkbomb.

2.

Constructed Play

Lightning Bolt is a common choice of removal for Shaman decks, but since Crackle has been added to the game, it is considered non-essential. You should use some combination of Crackles and Lightning Bolts in your deck as your removal package, but it is rare to see the full 4 copies outside of the most aggressive Shaman decks that are also using them as burst damage.

3.

Arena

Lightning Bolt is an excellent card in Arena, although Rockbiter Weapon is a more efficient card in most situations. Lightning Bolt does have some advantages though, such as being able to bypass Taunt and not causing any damage to your Hero.

4.

Decks with Lightning Bolt

Deck Mana Cost Updated
Control Shaman Deck Guide 15 spells, 14 minions, 1 hero card metastandardfull-guidecontrol
2
4
3
5
4
3
0
9
14,620 Arcane Dust Dec 10 2019
wiRer's Top 10 Legend Control Shaman Deck 1 weapon, 16 spells, 12 minions, 1 hero card standarduldummetacontrol
2
4
4
4
4
2
2
8
10,420 Arcane Dust Sep 11 2019
2
7
9
5
3
2
0
2
4,840 Arcane Dust Aug 14 2019
4
6
6
0
4
4
0
6
8,680 Arcane Dust Aug 09 2019
2
8
9
4
3
2
0
2
4,780 Arcane Dust Aug 07 2019
0
5
9
4
4
6
2
0
5,520 Arcane Dust Aug 06 2019
4
5
6
2
4
3
0
6
8,780 Arcane Dust Aug 06 2019
4
7
8
2
3
2
0
4
8,760 Arcane Dust Aug 03 2019
2
11
6
6
2
2
1
0
4,960 Arcane Dust Jul 18 2019
2
9
8
7
3
1
0
0
5,180 Arcane Dust Jul 10 2019
Firebat's Top 100 Legend Midrange Shaman Deck 2 weapons, 10 spells, 17 minions, 1 hero card metastandardmidrange
4
5
7
3
2
3
1
5
15,060 Arcane Dust Jul 08 2019
4
8
6
0
3
4
1
4
10,280 Arcane Dust Jul 04 2019
Aggro Shaman Deck Guide 4 weapons, 16 spells, 10 minions metastandardfull-guideaggro
2
8
8
8
2
2
0
0
3,520 Arcane Dust Jun 27 2019
Budget Murloc Shaman Deck 2 weapons, 8 spells, 20 minions budgetstandardaggromurloc
0
10
10
6
2
2
0
0
2,520 Arcane Dust Jun 03 2019
Budget Control Shaman Deck 20 spells, 9 minions, 1 hero card budgetstandardcontrol
4
4
5
6
4
2
2
3
5,920 Arcane Dust Jun 03 2019
2
4
7
6
2
3
0
6
9,980 Arcane Dust May 07 2019
Wild Aggro Shaman Deck Guide 4 weapons, 15 spells, 11 minions aggrowildfull-guide
2
8
6
10
2
2
0
0
6,200 Arcane Dust Feb 08 2019
Midrange Murlocs Quest Shaman Deck 13 spells, 17 minions
2
3
10
10
3
1
0
1
4,200 Arcane Dust Apr 13 2018
Wild Pirate Midrange Shaman Deck 2 weapons, 9 spells, 19 minions
0
7
7
6
4
4
2
0
4,860 Arcane Dust Aug 10 2017
Wild Malygos OTK Shaman Deck 1 weapon, 22 spells, 7 minions
0
4
9
9
4
2
1
1
9,440 Arcane Dust Aug 10 2017
Wild Budget Midrange Jade Shaman Deck 2 weapons, 12 spells, 16 minions
0
4
6
7
7
2
2
2
1,680 Arcane Dust Aug 10 2017
Wild Midrange Jade Shaman Deck 2 weapons, 11 spells, 17 minions
0
3
6
8
7
2
3
1
4,800 Arcane Dust Aug 10 2017
Wild Aggro Jade Shaman Deck 4 weapons, 10 spells, 16 minions
0
10
11
5
4
0
0
0
6,000 Arcane Dust Aug 10 2017
Wild N'Zoth Control Shaman Deck 17 spells, 13 minions
0
2
7
9
5
4
2
1
12,520 Arcane Dust Aug 10 2017
Budget Midrange Jade Elemental Shaman Deck 2 weapons, 11 spells, 17 minions
0
5
5
8
8
2
2
0
1,420 Arcane Dust Aug 09 2017
Midrange Elemental Shaman Deck 10 spells, 20 minions
0
4
5
7
6
2
2
4
5,700 Arcane Dust Aug 09 2017
0
4
4
9
6
2
2
3
2,600 Arcane Dust Aug 09 2017
Midrange Jade Elemental Shaman Deck 2 weapons, 11 spells, 17 minions
0
7
5
8
6
2
1
1
6,180 Arcane Dust Aug 09 2017
Hybrid Jade Shaman Deck 2 weapons, 13 spells, 15 minions
0
8
4
7
6
1
3
1
4,640 Arcane Dust Aug 09 2017
Control Jade Shaman Deck 2 weapons, 14 spells, 14 minions
0
2
9
4
10
0
3
2
5,600 Arcane Dust Aug 08 2017
0
8
8
8
4
2
0
0
2,880 Arcane Dust Apr 08 2017
Aggro Jade Shaman Wild Un'Goro Deck 4 weapons, 13 spells, 13 minions wildaggrojade
0
9
7
7
4
3
0
0
6,900 Arcane Dust Apr 06 2017
0
9
7
7
4
2
1
0
7,700 Arcane Dust Apr 06 2017
Cheap Shaman Wild Deck 11 spells, 19 minions wildbudget
0
3
7
7
6
4
2
1
1,000 Arcane Dust Dec 22 2016
1
6
12
6
2
0
2
1
4,520 Arcane Dust Apr 30 2015
1
6
12
6
3
0
2
0
2,520 Arcane Dust Apr 30 2015
2
4
10
6
2
0
1
5
10,720 Arcane Dust Apr 02 2015
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