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Lightning

Spell

Lightning

Nature

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Instant castSelf Only

5% chance of dealing Nature damage on a successful melee attack.

Lightning

Tooltip

5% chance of dealing Nature damage on a successful melee attack.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura has a 5% chance to proc when its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. It triggers Lightning.

What it does

Lightning is a Nature spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Lightning (record #18980).

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 timeInstant
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chance5%
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Trigger spell: 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.

Used by

Used by

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 18 separate Spell records named "Lightning". This page is record #18979. 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
#18980subtext: Rank 1; used by: Cast by Lightning; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#43301cast time: 0.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#89641effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#89642used by: Cast by Lightning; effect types: effect 77A helper record another spell casts
#89644duration: until cancelledA variant record
#147804school: none; effect types: Dummy, Knock BackA different effect setup
#211742school: Physical; duration: until cancelledA variant record
#211839school: Physical; duration: until cancelledA variant record
#243917school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#253867school: Physical; effect types: effect 137A different effect setup
#300420cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, effect 226; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#300596cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, effect 226; 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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