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Chain Lightning

Spell

Chain Lightning

Nature

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1.5 sec6 sec cooldownMedium Range

Strikes an enemy with a lightning bolt that initially strikes for 24 to 29 Nature damage, then arcs to another nearby enemy.

Chain Lightning

Tooltip

Strikes an enemy with a lightning bolt that initially strikes for 24 to 29 Nature damage, then arcs to another nearby enemy. The spell affects targets.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 24. It scales with 1 times spell power. It jumps to up to 10 targets.

What it does

Chain Lightning is a Nature spell with a 1.5 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and a 6 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 24) 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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time1.5 sec
Cooldown6 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 24
Spell power coefficient: 1
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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 179 separate Spell records named "Chain Lightning". This page is record #74019. 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
#67529difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#68440cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#68441cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#75362cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#75813difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#76578difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#76680difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; cast time: instant; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#79086cast time: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#79913cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#80646difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; cast time: 0.5 sec; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#80998cast time: instant; different tooltip textA variant record
#82503school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; effect types: InstakillA 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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