Earth Shock

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Earth Shock
Earth Shock Level 6 shaman ability 25 yd range 14% of base mana 6 sec cooldown Instant cast Instantly shocks the target with concussive force, causing X Nature damage and applying the Weakened Blows effect.
Usable by
Class	Shaman
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Nature
Cooldown	6 seconds
Other information
Level learned	6
Improvements	[Fulmination], [Conductivity]
Related debuff
Weakened Blows Reduces physical damage dealt by 10%. Duration: 30 seconds

Concussion beats concentration.^[1]

Earth Shock is an instant cast shaman spell that causes Nature damage and reduces the target's physical damage dealth by 10% for 8 seconds.

Tips

Earth Shock (most of the time) is the second best Shock spell (in damage per mana ratio and efficiency) in the Shaman player's arsenal.
It is only efficient to Earth Shock when you have the 7 charges for [Lightning Shield] granted by [Fulmination].

Prior to patch 2.0.3, Earth Shock generated threat equal to twice its damage. The bonus threat was removed from Earth Shock, while [Frost Shock] gained bonus threat.

Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): No longer reduces melee and ranged attack speed of the target, now applies the Weakened Blows effect.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Attack speed reduction of the target increased to 20 %.
Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Redesigned. This spell no longer interrupts spell casting, but rather reduces melee attack speed by 10% for 8 seconds (exclusive with similar effects such as [Thunder Clap]).
Patch 1.4.0 (2005-05-05): The visual for ranks two through seven has been changed to be consistent with rank one.