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Lightning Breath

Spell

Lightning Breath

Physical

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Instant castLong Range

Breaths lightning on enemies, inflicting Nature damage.

Lightning Breath

Tooltip

Breaths lightning on enemies, inflicting Nature damage.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 50. Its area radius is 15 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 90, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 1. Its area radius is 15 yards.

What it does

Lightning Breath is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 50) in a 15 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

SchoolPhysical
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 50
Radius: 15 yards
Effect #2Effect 90
Value: 1
Misc value: 90903
Radius: 15 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 Breath 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 61 separate Spell records named "Lightning Breath". This page is record #180677. 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
#163373cast time: 2 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#163377school: Nature; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#180676school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#183386school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Energize; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#183454school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, effect 90; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#187482school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#198888school: Nature; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#201013school: Nature; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#201022school: Nature; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#201085school: Nature; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#210471school: Nature; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#210472school: Nature; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA 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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