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Ball Lightning

Spell

Ball Lightning

Nature

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Instant castExtra Long Range

Nature spell.

Ball Lightning

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 997.

What it does

Ball Lightning is a Nature spell with an instant cast and a range of 60 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 997).

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
Range60 yards (Extra Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 997

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 82 separate Spell records named "Ball Lightning". This page is record #136464. 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
#136470school: Physical; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Dummy, Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#136534school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#136539used by: Cast by Ball Lightning; school: Physical; effect types: Dummy, DummyA helper record another spell casts
#136544school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#136548cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Jump; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#136620difficulty rows: 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); used by: Cast by Ball Lightning; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#139261school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#161582school: Physical; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#161583used by: Cast by Ball Lightning; effect types: School Damage, Dummy, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#161584effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#161585effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#161587school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 77; 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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