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Forked Lightning

Spell

Forked Lightning

Nature

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Instant castSelf Only

Inflicts 3052 to 3547 Nature damage.

Forked Lightning

Tooltip

Inflicts 3052 to 3547 Nature damage.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 3052. Its area radius is 15 yards.

What it does

Forked Lightning is a Nature spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 3052) in a 15 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 #1School Damage (2)
Value: 3052
Radius: 15 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?

Forked 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 28 separate Spell records named "Forked Lightning". This page is record #73547. 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
#38145cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Dummy, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#40088cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#46150cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#53167cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#59152cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#63541cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#73546school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#76843cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#78915school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#79454cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#81038different tooltip textA variant record
#96712difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; subtext: Rank 1; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version

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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