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Lightning Blast

Spell

Lightning Blast

Nature

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2.2 secCharge, 60

Inflicts Nature damage to enemies struck, knocking them back.

Lightning Blast

Tooltip

Inflicts Nature damage to enemies struck, knocking them back.

How it works

Lightning Blast is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 40. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 85. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Lightning Blast is a Nature spell with a 2.2 sec cast and a range of 60 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 40) in a 5 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in a 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
Range60 yards (Charge, 60)
Cast time2.2 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 40
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 85
Misc value: 125
Radius: 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 34 separate Spell records named "Lightning Blast". This page is record #270210. 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
#195108cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#196516cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#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
#210711cast time: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#212026cast time: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#271337cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#279987cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#288487school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 165A 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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