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Call Lightning

Spell

Call Lightning

Physical

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Call down powerful bolts of lightning from the skies.

Call Lightning

Tooltip

Call down powerful bolts of lightning from the skies.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. It ticks every 0.4 sec, 10 times over the full 4 sec.

What it does

Call Lightning is a spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 0.4 sec.

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

SchoolPhysical
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration4 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Period: every 0.4 sec

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 45 separate Spell records named "Call Lightning". This page is record #139853. 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; school: Nature; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#90852school: Nature; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#99928school: Nature; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#123938school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 15 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#123939used by: Cast by Call Lightning; school: Nature; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#131087used by: Cast by Call Lightning; school: Nature; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#131088cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#138741cast time: 2 sec; duration: 20 sec; effect types: SummonA 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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