Holy Shield versus Lightning Shield

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Lightning shield only fires once every 3 seconds. No, it isn't broken. Holy shield doesn't have a delay.

Okay, so that makes things a little better. However, Holy Shield has a cooldown of 10 seconds. Thus, Lightning shield can be 3 procs every 9 seconds, even if your chain casting it. It's 3 procs in 6 seconds for a single set (0, 3, 6). Holy Shield is, at most, 4 procs every 10 seconds. That's about a 17% advantage to Holy Shield in pure proc rate at best. The base damage difference of ~34% more than makes up for that. The various restrictions on Holy Shield and ways to boost Lightning Shield drive that further.

Edit: although the point you are making is valid, and lightning shield probably shouldn't be effected with +spell damage either, your post comes off strongly as a "waaaaaaaaaaaa, shamans get all the cool stuff, paladins are boring" posts.  :P
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If I wanted the post to be "wah, wah" I would have made it like that. I gave you a way out for the advantages Lightning Shield has over Holy. I gave you a way out for the fact that Holy Shield is a 31 point talent. A "wah, wah" post doesn't try to see the other side of it. I would have ignored any advantage Holy Shield has. I would have ignored different roles. I certainly wouldn't have asked for clarification on Lightning Shield's proccing.

There just isn't any justifiable reasons as to why one would get +spell damage and the other would not. Holy Shield, as it stands, can only ever get "better" by the tiny amount of damage reduction you can get from extra Block. Lightning Shield's damage can be doubled with the right equipment.

As for your "paladins are boring" comment, well, I stopped playing my Paladin at level 22 over half a year ago. I'd pick my druid for any task in the game over being a paladin. And that was long before this patch confirmed that Paladins aren't supposed to be in the front lines. Take that as you may.