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Chain Lightning

Spell

Chain Lightning

Nature

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Strikes an enemy with a lightning bolt that arcs to another nearby enemy.

Chain Lightning

Tooltip

Strikes an enemy with a lightning bolt that arcs to another nearby enemy. The spell affects targets.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 118750. It jumps to up to 10 targets.

What it does

Chain Lightning is a Nature spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 118750) jumping to up to 10 targets.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70268. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolNature
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 118750
Chain targets: 10

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70268. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Chain 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 179 separate Spell records named "Chain Lightning". This page is record #139502. 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
#83282difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#83300effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#83455difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; cast time: 1.5 sec; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#84829different tooltip textA variant record
#85715cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#87622difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; journal encounter: Asaad, Caliph of Zephyrs; cast time: 2.5 sec; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#94396cast time: 4 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#97496cast time: 2.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#99373used by: Cast by Thrall's Air Aura; school: Physical; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#103637cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#103638effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#104130cast time: 2.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record

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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