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Lightning Storm

Spell

Lightning Storm

Nature

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Instant castVision Range

Conjures a series of lightning bolts to shoot down on enemies in the target area for 10 sec.

Lightning Storm

Tooltip

Conjures a series of lightning bolts to shoot down on enemies in the target area for 10 sec. Creatures in the affected area receive 38000 to 42000 Nature damage every 3 seconds.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Persistent Area Aura (effect type 27). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 38000 per tick. Its area radius is 5 yards. It ticks every 3 sec.

What it does

Lightning Storm is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it leaves a persistent area effect on the ground in a 5 yard radius every 3 sec.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration10 sec
Effect #1Persistent Area Aura (27)
Aura type id 3
Value: 38000
Radius: 5 yards
Period: every 3 sec

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 84 separate Spell records named "Lightning Storm". This page is record #120562. 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
#105467duration: none; effect types: effect 140; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#118003duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#118004duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#118005duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#118007duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#118008duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#118040school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#118053school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#118054school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#118055school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#118064school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#118077school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 13 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; 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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