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Forked Lightning

Spell

Forked Lightning

Nature

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2 sec12 sec cooldownMedium Range

Inflicts Nature damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster.

Forked Lightning

Tooltip

Inflicts Nature damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster.

How it works

Spells that share its cooldown category wait 3 sec after it is cast. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 150. Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Forked Lightning is a Nature spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and a 12 sec cooldown. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 150) in a 30 yard radius.

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2 sec
Cooldown12 sec
Category cooldown3 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 150
Radius: 30 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 28 separate Spell records named "Forked Lightning". This page is record #20299. 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
#8435subtext: Rank 1; effect types: School DamageA different rank or variant
#12549effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#22945effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#24682subtext: Rank 1; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#25034effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#38145effect types: Dummy, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#40088effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#46150effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#53167effect values: 200 (this record: 150)Different tuning
#59152effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#63541effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#73546school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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