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Lightning

Spell

Lightning

Nature

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Deals 14.7171 Nature damage to a random enemy target.

Lightning

Tooltip

Deals 14.7171 Nature damage to a random enemy target.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 14.7171.

What it does

Lightning is a Nature spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 14.7171).

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 14.7171

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 18 separate Spell records named "Lightning". This page is record #89641. 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
#18980subtext: Rank 1; used by: Cast by Lightning; effect values: 0 (this record: 14.72); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#43301cast time: 0.5 sec; effect values: 11.32 (this record: 14.72); 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

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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