Holy Shield versus Lightning Shield

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Have you ever considered the existence of nature spell resistence to Lightning, whereas, there's no known way to resist Holy? I can think of alchemy item that absorbs it, but extremely little.

In terms of world pvp, I remember chatting with Alliance buddies that would carry nature protection potions around (fairly cheap to make or purchase) to absorb incoming shaman blasts. While I've seen holy prot pots, there's still resistence to nature and not holy damage.
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You do make a good point about Nature versus Holy fields. However, there is resistance to Holy damage. I've seen the screenshots showing it PvP, and if you want some PvE proof go solo SM Cathedral's bosses at level 60 -> you'll be resisting Holy damage every which way. Partial and Full.

The difference between Holy and the other schools is there is no way to increase your base resistance of 0 (that includes mobs, all mobs have 0 holy resist IIRC). Whatever chances you have to resist are determined by the base chances and your level. That is quite an advantage Holy has.

That advantage, too, is getting nerfed. With Spell Penetration entering the game, Nature Resistance can be mollified, as can any other resistance. So you put on some Spell Penetration gear, and you're back to the fact that Lightning Shield gets +damage while Holy Shield does not.

You guys have made good enough points to show why, at the base values, Holy Shield and Lightning Shield are valued as they are. You still haven't shown me why Lightning deserves +damage.