Skyrim:Lightning Cloak

	Lightning Cloak
School	Destruction	Difficulty	Adept
Type	Offensive	Casting	Fire and Forget
Delivery	Self	Equip	Either Hand
Spell ID	0003aea3	Editor ID	LightningCloak
Base Cost	370	Charge Time	0.5
Duration	60+5	Range	0
Magnitude	8	Area	10
Tome ID	000a2705	Tome Value	355
Appears in random loot at level			23+
Purchase from (Destruction lvl 40+)
Enthir Faralda Farengar Secret-Fire Madena Wuunferth the Unliving

For 60 seconds nearby opponents take 8 points of shock damage and half magicka damage

Lightning Cloak is an adept level Destruction spell that surrounds the caster in shock, causing shock damage to the health and magicka of any enemies within melee range.

Effects

• Shock Cloak, 8 pts in 10 ft for 60+5 sec

Perks

• Augmented Shock, raises damage to 10 at first rank or 12 at second rank.

Notes

• You can only have one Cloak spell of any kind active at a time. Casting a second will cancel the first.
• It is a 'smart' spell and does not damage non-hostile NPCs or followers.
• Dual casting significantly increases its range (4.84 times the covered area), but does not increase damage.
• The spell will continue to the end of its duration even if you sheathe your weapons. It even operates underwater, making it an effective means of dealing with slaughterfish, since you can't use other attacks or spells while swimming.
• One strategy for using this spell is to cast it and then simply run in tight circles around your enemies. They may be unable to keep up and get a hit in, and the lightning will slowly take them out. This is particularly effective against spellcasters, as it will also deplete their magicka.
• With the Disintegrate perk, an active Lightning Cloak will instantly kill any nearby enemies who fall below 15% HP.
• In first person, Lightning Cloak is the least visually impairing of the cloak spells.

Bugs

• If you cast and hold a dual-cast only spell while a cloak spell is active, it will increase the damage the cloak does. ^?