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Lightning Bolt

Spell

Lightning Bolt

Nature

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Shaman

1.5 secMedium Range

Casts a bolt of lightning at the target.

Lightning Bolt

Tooltip

Casts a bolt of lightning at the target.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 40 yards.

What it does

Lightning Bolt is a Nature spell with a 1.5 sec cast and a range of 30 yards.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70579. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolNature
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time1.5 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 40 yards

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70579. 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 200 separate Spell records named "Lightning Bolt". This page is record #69626. 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
#61893cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#63809cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#64098used by: Cast by Lightning Pillar; cast time: instant; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#64696journal encounter: Razorscale; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#65987difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#68670cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#69567cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#69630no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#69970difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#71934cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#73212cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#73254effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA 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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