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Ball Lightning

Spell

Ball Lightning

Physical

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2.5 secExtra Long Range

Physical spell.

Ball Lightning

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).
  2. Effect 2 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Ball Lightning is a spell with a 2.5 sec cast, a range of 60 yards and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

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
Range60 yards (Extra Long Range)
Cast time2.5 sec
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Effect #2Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 685

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 #136470. 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
#136464school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#136534cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#136539used by: Cast by Ball Lightning; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, DummyA helper record another spell casts
#136544cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#136548school: Nature; cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; 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; school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#139261cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#161582cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#161583used by: Cast by Ball Lightning; school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Dummy, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#161584school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#161585school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#161587cast 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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