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Lightning Charge

Spell

Lightning Charge

Nature

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Instant castSuper Long

Absorbs a torrent of electrical energy, inflicting 89.2143 Nature damage to enemies in a cone between the caster and the power source.

Lightning Charge

Tooltip

Absorbs a torrent of electrical energy, inflicting 89.2143 Nature damage to enemies in a cone between the caster and the power source.

How it works

Lightning Charge is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 89.2143. Its area radius is 150 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 150 yards.

What it does

Lightning Charge is a Nature spell with an instant cast and a range of 150 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 89.2143) in a 150 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
Range150 yards (Super Long)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 89.2143
Radius: 150 yards
Effect #3Dummy (3)
Radius: 150 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 18 separate Spell records named "Lightning Charge". This page is record #62466. 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
#50703duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#62279journal encounter: Thorim; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#91871used by: Cast by Lightning Charge; school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Spell, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#91872cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#93959used by: Cast by Lightning Charge; school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#116374duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#121689used by: Cast by Lightning Charge; school: Arcane; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#123940school: Physical; effect types: Jump to Destination; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#123941used by: Cast by Lightning Charge; school: Physical; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#136495school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#138249school: Physical; effect types: effect 61, effect 169; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#356746used by: Cast by Teleport; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 134, effect 140A helper record another spell casts

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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