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Arc Lightning

Spell

Arc Lightning

Nature

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4 secExtended Range

Caster strikes an enemy with a lightning bolt that arcs to another nearby enemy, inflicting 20 Nature damage.

Arc Lightning

Tooltip

Caster strikes an enemy with a lightning bolt that arcs to another nearby enemy, inflicting 20 Nature damage. The spell affects targets.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 20. It jumps to up to 3 targets.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). It jumps to up to 5 targets.

What it does

Arc Lightning is a Nature spell with a 4 sec cast and a range of 50 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 20) jumping to up to 3 targets.

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

SchoolNature
Range50 yards (Extended Range)
Cast time4 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 20
Chain targets: 3
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Chain targets: 5

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.

Build history

this spell Changelog

Added in patch 12.1.0.

Changes between the retail game builds our datamine has recorded, newest first.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 27 separate Spell records named "Arc Lightning". This page is record #1297778. 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
#195109cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#218532cast time: 1.3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#227269used by: Cast by Volatile Energy Passive; school: Arcane; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#227270journal encounter: The Curator; school: Arcane; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#229430school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#251524school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#251525used by: Cast by Arc Lightning; school: Arcane; cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % DamageA helper record another spell casts
#261792cast time: 0.5 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#263607cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#459358cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1297790cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1305810journal encounter: The Council of Tribes; cast time: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster

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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