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Lightning Strike

Spell

Lightning Strike

Nature

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1 secSelf Only

Strikes an area with lightning, dealing high Nature damage and knocking back targets slightly.

Lightning Strike

Tooltip

Strikes an area with lightning, dealing high Nature damage and knocking back targets slightly.

How it works

Lightning Strike is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 165, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 44. Its area radius is 3.5 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 30. Its area radius is 3.5 yards.

What it does

Lightning Strike is a Nature spell with a 1 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it has a Knock Back effect in a 3.5 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 time1 sec
Effect #1Effect 165
Value: 44
Radius: 3.5 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 30
Misc value: 30
Radius: 3.5 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 128 separate Spell records named "Lightning Strike". This page is record #139511. 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
#137597cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#137647cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#137740school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#138012cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#138146used by: Cast by Item - Shaman T15 Elemental 2P Bonus; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#138720used by: Cast by Lightning Chase; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#138826cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#139130school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#139712school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#139713school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#139854school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#141004cast time: instant; effect 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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