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Charged Bolt

Spell

Charged Bolt

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

The caster exhales a bolt of charged lightning that travels outward from the caster.

Charged Bolt

Tooltip

The caster exhales a bolt of charged lightning that travels outward from the caster. Enemies caught in the bolt's path suffer Nature damage.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 162261. Its area radius is 60 yards.

What it does

Charged Bolt is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Value: 162261
Radius: 60 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 14 separate Spell records named "Charged Bolt". This page is record #162257. 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
#137542used by: Cast by Charged Bolt Periodic; school: Nature; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#162261cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#162263school: Nature; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#220569duration: 20 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#220581journal encounter: Ivanyr; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#220597difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic; school: Arcane; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#259744school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#266056school: Nature; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#288128used by: Cast by Charged; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#288129school: Nature; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#303607used by: Cast by Powered Polearm; school: Nature; cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#368294school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Weapon % 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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