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Lightning Bolt

Spell

Lightning Bolt

Nature

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3 secLong Range

Blasts an enemy with lightning, inflicting Nature damage.

Lightning Bolt

Tooltip

Blasts an enemy with lightning, inflicting Nature damage.

How it works

Each cast of Lightning Bolt costs 90 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 115.

What it does

Lightning Bolt is a Nature spell with a 3 sec cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 115).

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
Cost90 Mana
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time3 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 115

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 200 separate Spell records named "Lightning Bolt". This page is record #20802. 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
#15234effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#15801effect values: 200 (this record: 115)Different tuning
#16782used by: Cast by Electrostatic Charge; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#18081subtext: Rank 1; used by: Cast by Gryphon Rider's Stormhammer; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#18089subtext: Rank 1; used by: Cast by Linken's Sword of Mastery; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#19874subtext: Rank 1; used by: Cast by Shimmering Platinum Warhammer; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#20295effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#20805effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#20824effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#22414cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 300 (this record: 115)Different tuning
#23592cast time: 1.6 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#26098effect types: School DamageA 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.

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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