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Forked Lightning

Spell

Forked Lightning

Nature

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2 secTwenty yards

Inflicts 25 Nature damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster.

Forked Lightning

Tooltip

Inflicts 25 Nature damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 25. Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Forked Lightning is a Nature spell with a 2 sec cast and a range of 20 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 25) 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
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast time2 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 25
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 #22945. 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 values: 6.24 (this record: 25); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#12549effect values: 197 (this record: 25); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#20299effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#24682subtext: Rank 1; cast time: instant; effect values: 11.65 (this record: 25)A different rank or variant
#25034effect values: 10.9 (this record: 25); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#38145effect types: Dummy, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#40088effect values: 31.01 (this record: 25); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#46150effect values: 497 (this record: 25); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#53167effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59152effect values: 796.5 (this record: 25); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#63541effect values: 45.2 (this record: 25); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#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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