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Chain Lightning

Spell

Chain Lightning

Nature

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Strikes an enemy with a lightning bolt

Chain Lightning

Tooltip

Strikes an enemy with a lightning bolt

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 1. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Chain Lightning is a Nature 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

SchoolNature
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Value: 1
Radius: 10 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?

Chain 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 179 separate Spell records named "Chain Lightning". This page is record #45868. 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
#39945journal encounter: Shade of Akama; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#40536cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#41183cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#42441cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#42804cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#43435cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#44318effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#46380cast time: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#48140cast time: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#48699effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#50830effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#52383cast time: 3 sec; 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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