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Lightning

Spell

Lightning

Nature

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0.5 secMedium Range

Deals 19000 to 21000 Nature damage to the target.

Lightning

Tooltip

Deals 19000 to 21000 Nature damage to the target.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 9500. It jumps to up to 3 targets.

What it does

Lightning is a Nature spell with a 0.5 sec cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 9500) jumping to up to 3 targets.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70531. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolNature
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time0.5 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 9500
Chain targets: 3

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70531. 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 18 separate Spell records named "Lightning". This page is record #43301. 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
#18979cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#18980subtext: Rank 1; used by: Cast by Lightning; cast time: instant; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#89641difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); cast time: instant; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#89642used by: Cast by Lightning; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 77A helper record another spell casts
#89644cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#147804school: none; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy, Knock BackA different effect setup
#211742effect types: noneA different effect setup
#211839effect types: noneA different effect setup
#243917effect types: noneA different effect setup
#253867effect types: noneA different effect setup
#300420effect types: noneA different effect setup
#300596effect 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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