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Lightning Bolt

Spell

Lightning Bolt

Nature

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Shaman

2.5 secMedium Range

Fires a bolt of lightning at the target, dealing 1 Nature damage.

Lightning Bolt

Tooltip

Fires a bolt of lightning at the target, dealing 1 Nature damage. Can be cast while moving.

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 1. It scales with 0.739 times spell power.

What it does

Lightning Bolt is a Nature spell with a 2.5 sec cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 1).

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2.5 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1
Spell power coefficient: 0.739

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.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 200 separate Spell records named "Lightning Bolt". This page is record #403. 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
#8246subtext: Rank 4; cast time: 3.5 sec; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#9532cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#12167cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#13482subtext: Rank 1; used by: Cast by The Ziggler; cast time: 1.6 sec; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#13527subtext: Rank 1; cast time: 1.6 sec; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#14119subtext: Rank 1; used by: Cast by Phytoblade; cast time: 1.6 sec; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#15234cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#15801cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#16782used by: Cast by Electrostatic Charge; cast time: instant; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#18081subtext: Rank 1; used by: Cast by Gryphon Rider's Stormhammer; cast time: 1.6 sec; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#18089subtext: Rank 1; used by: Cast by Linken's Sword of Mastery; cast time: 1.6 sec; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#19874subtext: Rank 1; used by: Cast by Shimmering Platinum Warhammer; cast time: 1.6 sec; different tooltip textA different rank or variant

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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