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Lightning Blast

Spell

Lightning Blast

Nature

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4 secLong Range

Fire a bolt of lightning at the target, dealing Nature damage.

Lightning Blast

Tooltip

Fire a bolt of lightning at the target, dealing Nature damage.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 200.

What it does

Lightning Blast is a Nature spell with a 4 sec cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 200).

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time4 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 200

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 #212026. 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
#191726cast time: 1.5 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 200); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#191733cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#195108cast time: 2.5 sec; effect values: 22.08 (this record: 200); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#196516cast time: 2.5 sec; effect values: 32.47 (this record: 200); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#197806used by: Cast by Lightning Blast; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 165; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#197813cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#198014school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#198015school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#198016used by: Cast by Lightning Blast; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#210711effect values: 800 (this record: 200)Different tuning
#270210cast time: 2.2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#271337cast time: 2 secA variant record

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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