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Lightning Blast

Spell

Lightning Blast

Physical

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Instant castLong Range

Creates a puddle of acid, inflicting 10 Nature damage every 1.5 sec.

Lightning Blast

Tooltip

Creates a puddle of acid, inflicting 10 Nature damage every 1.5 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). It triggers Lightning Blast.

What it does

Lightning Blast is a spell with an instant cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it launches a missile. It also casts Lightning Blast (record #198016).

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

SchoolPhysical
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Trigger Missile (32)
Trigger spell: Lightning Blast

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 34 separate Spell records named "Lightning Blast". This page is record #198015. 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
#138374school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#145002school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#191726school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#191733school: Nature; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#195108school: Nature; cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#196516school: Nature; cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#197806used by: Cast by Lightning Blast; school: Nature; effect types: effect 165; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#197813school: Nature; different tooltip textA variant record
#198014effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#198016used by: Cast by Lightning Blast; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#210711school: Nature; cast time: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#212026school: Nature; cast time: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage; 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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