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Lightning

Spell

Lightning

Nature

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Instant castTwenty yards

Blasts the enemy for Nature damage.

Lightning

Tooltip

Blasts the enemy for Nature damage.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2).

What it does

Lightning is a Nature spell with an instant cast and a range of 20 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage.

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 timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)

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

Where is this spell used?

Lightning appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 18 separate Spell records named "Lightning". This page is record #18980. 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
#18979effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#43301cast time: 0.5 sec; effect values: 11.32 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#89641effect values: 14.72 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#89642effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#89644duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#147804school: none; effect types: Dummy, Knock BackA different effect setup
#211742school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#211839school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#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 1.60.1.70450, 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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