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Call Lightning

Spell

Call Lightning

Nature

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

The caster calls down lightning, inflicting Nature damage to all enemies of the impact.

Call Lightning

Tooltip

The caster calls down lightning, inflicting Nature damage to all enemies of the impact.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 300. Its area radius is 3 yards.

What it does

Call Lightning is a Nature spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 300) 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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 300
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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Call Lightning appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 45 separate Spell records named "Call Lightning". This page is record #256202. 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
#256203effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#256206effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#256209cast time: 3 sec; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#256306cast time: 3 sec; effect types: effect 140; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#262644cast time: 1.3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#262760cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#263764cast time: 1 sec; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#263765effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#263766effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#264562effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#265567school: Physical; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#270888cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 400 (this record: 300)Different tuning

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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