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Lightning

Spell

Lightning

Nature

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Instant castThree Hundred Yards

Lightning strikes inflict 35 Nature damage to players of the impact locations.

Lightning

Tooltip

Lightning strikes inflict 35 Nature damage to players of the impact locations.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 35. Its area radius is 3.5 yards.

What it does

Lightning is a Nature spell with an instant cast and a range of 300 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 35) in a 3.5 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
Range300 yards (Three Hundred Yards)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 35
Radius: 3.5 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Lightning appears in: 1 boss encounter and 1 spell that casts it.

Boss encounters

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 #376737. 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
#89641effect values: 14.72 (this record: 35); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#89642used by: Cast by Lightning; effect types: effect 77A helper record another spell casts
#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
#376736school: Physical; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#376739school: Physical; effect types: DummyA 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.

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