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Chain Lightning

Spell

Chain Lightning

Physical

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Physical spell.

Chain Lightning

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 77, which the datamine does not name. Its area radius is 100 yards.

What it does

Chain Lightning is a spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Effect 77
Radius: 100 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 179 separate Spell records named "Chain Lightning". This page is record #37448. 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
#31330school: Nature; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#31717school: Nature; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32337school: Nature; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#33643school: Nature; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39066school: Nature; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39945journal encounter: Shade of Akama; school: Nature; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#40536school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#41183school: Nature; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#42441school: Nature; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#42804school: Nature; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#43435school: Nature; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#44318school: Nature; effect types: School Damage; 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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