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Call Lightning

Spell

Call Lightning

Nature

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Instant castSelf Only

Blasts an enemy with lightning, inflicting Nature damage every second for 5 sec.

Call Lightning

Tooltip

Blasts an enemy with lightning, inflicting Nature damage every second for 5 sec. to all enemies in front of the caster.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 20 yards.

What it does

Call Lightning is a Nature spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 100) in a 20 yard radius.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolNature
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 100
Radius: 20 yards

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Call Lightning appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 45 separate Spell records named "Call Lightning". This page is record #131087. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#87768difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#90852effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#99928effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#123938cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#123939effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#131088school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#138741school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 20 sec; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#139853school: Physical; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#157348used by: Pet - Primal Storm Elemental; effect types: noneA different owner
#157534effect types: noneA different effect setup
#162633effect types: noneA different effect setup
#170592effect types: noneA different effect setup

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

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