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Ball Lightning

Spell

Ball Lightning

Nature

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Instant castLong Range

Creates a storm of lightning that inflicts Nature damage every 1 sec for 8 sec

Ball Lightning

Tooltip

Creates a storm of lightning that inflicts Nature damage every 1 sec for 8 sec

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 70. Its base value is 20 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 24. Its base value is 2 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec.

What it does

Ball Lightning is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec.

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
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 70
Value: 20
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 24
Value: 2
Misc value: 10
Period: every 1 sec

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 #288133. 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
#220122used by: Cast by Ball Lightning; school: Physical; duration: 8 sec; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#220127cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#264568school: Physical; cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#265887school: Physical; cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#268755duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#269817school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#269822duration: 5 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#269823duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#278014used by: Cast by Power Overload; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#288057cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#288059used by: Cast by Ball Lightning; school: Physical; duration: 15 sec; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#288119duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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