Skip to content
MoP ClassicMists of Pandaria 5.5 · progression realms · one cross-faction auction house per realmAlso on WoW Forever · Classic Era · The Burning Crusade · Wrath of the Lich King · Retail (Midnight)
Lightning Nova

Spell

Lightning Nova

Nature

Advertisement

Instant castSelf Only

Emits a pulse of lightning, inflicting 148000 to 172000 Nature damage to enemies every 3 sec.

Lightning Nova

Tooltip

Emits a pulse of lightning, inflicting 148000 to 172000 Nature damage to enemies every 3 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 148000. Its area radius is 8 yards.

What it does

Lightning Nova is a Nature spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 148000) in an 8 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: 148000
Radius: 8 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?

Lightning Nova 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 21 separate Spell records named "Lightning Nova". This page is record #136490. 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
#56502school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#57322used by: Cast by Lightning Nova Periodic; school: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#59835cast time: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#64216cast time: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#65279cast time: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#77601cast time: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#84544difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#136489school: Physical; cast time: 3 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#140574school: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#140628cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#160860effect types: noneA different effect setup
#160863effect 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.

Comments

Read player comments on Lightning Nova at Wowhead (opens Wowhead in a new tab)