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Lightning Crash

Spell

Lightning Crash

Nature

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2.5 secVision Range (AOI)

Lightning strikes random player destinations, inflicting Nature damage to enemies.

Lightning Crash

Tooltip

Lightning strikes random player destinations, inflicting Nature damage to enemies.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 2 sec, 5 times over the full 10 sec. It triggers Lightning Crash.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 26.

What it does

Lightning Crash is a Nature spell with a 2.5 sec cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec and applies an aura. It also casts Lightning Crash (record #427515).

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast time2.5 sec
Duration10 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 2 sec
Trigger spell: Lightning Crash
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 26

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 28 separate Spell records named "Lightning Crash". This page is record #427514. 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
#373494cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#373535cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#373555cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#373557cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#373565cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#375451used by: Cast by Lightning Crash; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#390361cast time: 2 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#397358cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 203; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#400635cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#427515used by: Cast by Lightning Crash; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#427516cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#427517used by: Cast by Lightning Crash; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA 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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