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Ball Lightning

Spell

Ball Lightning

Nature

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3 secSelf Only

The Colossal Stormfiend emits orbs of lightning, inflicting 31 Nature damage to players caught in their path and stunning them for 0.5 sec.

Ball Lightning

Tooltip

The Colossal Stormfiend emits orbs of lightning, inflicting 31 Nature damage to players caught in their path and stunning them for 0.5 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 2 sec, 2 times over the full 4 sec. It triggers Ball Lightning.

What it does

Ball Lightning is a Nature spell with a 3 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec. It also casts Ball Lightning (record #385072).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast time3 sec
Duration4 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 2 sec
Trigger spell: Ball Lightning

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Ball Lightning appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 82 separate Spell records named "Ball Lightning". This page is record #385068. 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
#378407school: Physical; cast time: 6 sec; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 137A different effect setup
#378414cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#378429used by: Cast by Ball Lightning; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#378451cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#384566cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#385069school: Nature, Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#385072used by: Cast by Ball Lightning; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#385073cast time: instant; duration: 0.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#388382cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#393571cast time: 2 sec; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#393572used by: Cast by Ball Lightning; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, effect 140A helper record another spell casts
#393574school: Nature, Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA 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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