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Chain Lightning

Spell

Chain Lightning

Nature

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Instant cast10 sec cooldownExtra Long Range

Strikes an enemy with a lightning bolt

Chain Lightning

Tooltip

Strikes an enemy with a lightning bolt

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). It jumps to up to 12 targets.

What it does

Chain Lightning is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 60 yards and a 10 sec cooldown.

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
Range60 yards (Extra Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown10 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Chain targets: 12

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 #68440. 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
#61528cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#61879journal encounter: The Assembly of Iron; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#62131journal encounter: Thorim; cast time: 0.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#63479cast time: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#64213cast time: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#64215cast time: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#64390cast time: 0.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#64758cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#64759journal encounter: Razorscale; cast time: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#67529cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#68441no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#74019cast time: 1.5 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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