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Lightning Nova

Spell

Lightning Nova

Nature

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4 secSelf Only

Emit a pulse of energy that deals Nature damage to nearby enemies.

Lightning Nova

Tooltip

Emit a pulse of energy that deals Nature damage to nearby enemies.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 396.5. Its area radius is 20 yards.

What it does

Lightning Nova is a Nature spell with a 4 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 396.5) in a 20 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast time4 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 396.5
Radius: 20 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 21 separate Spell records named "Lightning Nova". This page is record #77601. 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
#52960journal encounter: Loken; cast time: 5 sec; effect values: 40 (this record: 396.5); different tooltip textA different caster
#56495used by: Cast by Lightning Nova; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#56502school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#57322used by: Cast by Lightning Nova Periodic; school: none; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#59835effect values: 71.13 (this record: 396.5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#64216cast time: 5 sec; effect values: 107.06 (this record: 396.5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#65279cast time: 5 sec; effect values: 142.74 (this record: 396.5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#84544cast time: instant; effect values: 8.77 (this record: 396.5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#136489school: Physical; cast time: 3 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#136490used by: Cast by Lightning Nova; cast time: instant; effect values: 43.61 (this record: 396.5); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#140574school: none; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#140628cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 34.07 (this record: 396.5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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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