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Lightning in a Bottle

Spell

Lightning in a Bottle

Nature

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

The caster hurls a vial that unleashes an electric field on the ground.

Lightning in a Bottle

Tooltip

The caster hurls a vial that unleashes an electric field on the ground. Players who stand in the field suffer Nature damage.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 300 per tick. It ticks every 3 sec, 4 times over the full 12 sec (1200 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 260.

What it does

Lightning in a Bottle is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 3 sec and applies an aura.

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 timeInstant
Duration12 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 300
Period: every 3 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 260
Misc value: 1615, 7

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 10 separate Spell records named "Lightning in a Bottle". This page is record #261644. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#95870school: Physical; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#261636school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#261642used by: Cast by Lightning in a Bottle; school: Physical; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#272696effect values: 8.09, 0 (this record: 300, 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#272697used by: Cast by Lightning in a Bottle; school: Physical; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#272698school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#277659school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#277660school: Nature, Arcane; different tooltip textA variant record
#277661used by: Cast by Lightning in a Bottle; school: Physical; effect types: Create Area EffectA 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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