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Lightning Blast

Spell

Lightning Blast

Nature

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Instant castSelf Only

Unleashes a large blast of lightning, dealing 71.3714 Nature damage to all enemies of the caster but killing the caster in the process.

Lightning Blast

Tooltip

Unleashes a large blast of lightning, dealing 71.3714 Nature damage to all enemies of the caster but killing the caster in the process.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 71.3714. Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Lightning Blast is a Nature spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 71.3714) in a 30 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 71.3714
Radius: 30 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 Blast appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

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 34 separate Spell records named "Lightning Blast". This page is record #63491. 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
#8598subtext: Rank 3; cast time: 3.2 sec; effect values: 11.43 (this record: 71.37); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#43996cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 58 (this record: 71.37); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#62053school: Arcane; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#62054journal encounter: The Assembly of Iron; effect values: 47.58 (this record: 71.37); different tooltip textA different caster
#83070cast time: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#88332effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#88357cast time: 1 sec; effect values: 90 (this record: 71.37); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#94731used by: Cast by Lightning Blast; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#125076effect values: 869 (this record: 71.37); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#126145used by: Cast by Bind Lightning; effect values: 1.64 (this record: 71.37); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#136439effect values: 1066 (this record: 71.37); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#138014effect values: 40 (this record: 71.37); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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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