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Lightning Bolt

Spell

Lightning Bolt

Nature

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1.6 secMedium Range

Blasts a target for Nature damage.

Lightning Bolt

Tooltip

Blasts a target for Nature damage.

How it works

Each cast of Lightning Bolt costs 20 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2).

What it does

Lightning Bolt is a Nature spell with a 1.6 sec cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage.

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
Cost20 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time1.6 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)

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.

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Items that grant this spell

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 200 separate Spell records named "Lightning Bolt". This page is record #13527. 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
#8246subtext: Rank 4; cast time: 3.5 sec; effect values: 10.54 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#9532cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#12167cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 447 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#13482used by: Cast by The Ziggler; cast time: instantA helper record another spell casts
#14119used by: Cast by Phytoblade; cast time: instantA helper record another spell casts
#15234cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 896.5 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#15801cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#16782used by: Cast by Electrostatic Charge; cast time: instantA helper record another spell casts
#18081used by: Cast by Gryphon Rider's Stormhammer; cast time: instantA helper record another spell casts
#18089used by: Cast by Linken's Sword of Mastery; cast time: instantA helper record another spell casts
#19874used by: Cast by Shimmering Platinum Warhammer; cast time: instantA helper record another spell casts
#20295cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 385.5 (this record: 0); 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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