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Ball Lightning

Nature

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Instant cast1.5 sec cooldownLong Range

Creates an orb of lightning that inflicts Nature damage every 1 sec.

Ball Lightning

Tooltip

Creates an orb of lightning that inflicts Nature damage every 1 sec. for 10 sec

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its area radius is 3 yards.

What it does

Ball Lightning is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards, a 1.5 sec cooldown and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect in a 3 yard radius.

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown1.5 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration10 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 3833
Radius: 3 yards

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 #183473. 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
#161583used by: Cast by Ball Lightning; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Dummy, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#161584duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#161585duration: none; effect 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
#180664effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#180674duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#187544no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#188365school: Physical; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#188395journal encounter: Hymdall; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#188397duration: 12 secA variant record
#188405duration: 12 secA variant record
#193240duration: 12 secA variant record

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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