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Arc Lightning

Spell

Arc Lightning

Nature

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2 secMedium Range

Strikes an enemy with a lightning bolt that arcs to another nearby enemy.

Arc Lightning

Tooltip

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

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 300. It scales with 1 times spell power. It jumps to up to 3 targets.

What it does

Arc Lightning is a Nature spell with a 2 sec cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 300) 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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 300
Spell power coefficient: 1
Chain targets: 3

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 27 separate Spell records named "Arc Lightning". This page is record #263607. 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
#115026cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#115032used by: Cast by Arc Lightning; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#115033used by: Cast by Arc Lightning; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#185973school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect values: 5.6 (this record: 300)Different tuning
#195109cast time: 2.5 sec; effect values: 26.19 (this record: 300); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#218532cast time: 1.3 sec; effect values: 27.99 (this record: 300); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#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

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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