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Way of Controlled Currents

Spell

Way of Controlled Currents

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Your critical strikes have a chance to build Static Electricity, granting 2% attack speed per stack.

Way of Controlled Currents

Tooltip

Your critical strikes have a chance to build Static Electricity, granting 2% attack speed per stack. This effect may occur.

At 10 stacks lightning surges through you, increasing your movement speed by 30% for 12 seconds. While surging, your auto attacks jolt your target and 1 nearby enemy for 898 Nature damage.

When this effect fades, you become grounded for 1 min and unable to generate Static Electricity.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met. It can proc at most once every 1.5 sec.

Way of Controlled Currents is built from 6 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 12.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 2.
  3. Effect 3 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 10.
  4. Effect 4 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 30.
  5. Effect 5 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 898.
  6. Effect 6 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.

What it does

Way of Controlled Currents is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Proc cooldown1.5 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Value: 12
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Value: 2
Effect #3Dummy (3)
Value: 10
Effect #4Dummy (3)
Value: 30
Effect #5Dummy (3)
Value: 898
Effect #6Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4

Raw client values from the current retail game build. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

How to learn

Items that grant this spell

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Way of Controlled Currents appears in: 1 spell that casts it and 1 item (listed under Provided by).

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 4 separate Spell records named "Way of Controlled Currents". This page is record #377456. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#381966school: Nature; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#381967school: Nature; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#397621school: Nature; duration: 1 min; 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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