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Lightning Bolt

Spell

Lightning Bolt

Nature

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2.5 secMedium Range

Casts a bolt of lightning at the target for 2334 to 2666 Nature damage.

Lightning Bolt

Tooltip

Casts a bolt of lightning at the target for 2334 to 2666 Nature damage.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 2334.

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 2334).

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 time2.5 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 2334

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 200 separate Spell records named "Lightning Bolt". This page is record #71934. 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
#64098used by: Cast by Lightning Pillar; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#64696journal encounter: Razorscale; cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA different caster
#65987difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); cast time: instant; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#68670cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#69567cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#69626subtext: Rank 1; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#69630subtext: Rank 1; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#69970difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#73212cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#73254cast time: 1.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#79085cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#79087cast time: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record

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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