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Crackling Lightning

Spell

Crackling Lightning

Nature

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3 sec15 sec cooldownSelf Only

Inflicts 16 Nature damage to enemies every 1 sec.

Crackling Lightning

Tooltip

Inflicts 16 Nature damage to enemies every 1 sec. and chains to up to nearby targets.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 1 sec, 10 times over the full 10 sec. It triggers Crackling Lightning.

What it does

Crackling Lightning is a Nature spell with a 3 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 15 sec cooldown and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec. It also casts Crackling Lightning (record #144634).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast time3 sec
Cooldown15 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration10 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 1 sec
Trigger spell: Crackling Lightning

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 8 separate Spell records named "Crackling Lightning". This page is record #144635. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#144633cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#144634used by: Cast by Crackling Lightning; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 77A helper record another spell casts
#191213cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#284106journal encounter: Stormwall Blockade; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#284112school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#284117used by: Cast by Crackling Lightning; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#288205school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record

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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