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Chain Lightning

Spell

Chain Lightning

Nature

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2.5 secVision Range (AOI)

Asaad unleashes a lightning bolt at a player, inflicting 39.4342 Nature damage.

Chain Lightning

Tooltip

Asaad unleashes a lightning bolt at a player, inflicting 39.4342 Nature damage. The bolt then arcs to additional players within 40 yards.

How it works

Chain Lightning is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 39.4342. It jumps to up to 5 targets.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 40. It jumps to up to 5 targets.

What it does

Chain Lightning is a Nature spell with a 2.5 sec cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 39.4342) jumping to up to 5 targets.

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 time2.5 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 39.4342
Chain targets: 5
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Value: 40
Chain targets: 5

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 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 179 separate Spell records named "Chain Lightning". This page is record #87622. 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
#79086cast time: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#79913cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#80646cast time: 0.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#80998cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#82503school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; effect types: InstakillA different effect setup
#83282cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#83300cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#83455cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#84829cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#85715cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#94396cast time: 4 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#97496effect 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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