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Call Lightning

Spell

Call Lightning

Nature

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1 sec2 sec cooldownSelf Only

The caster calls down lightning, inflicting 8.50484 Nature damage to all players.

Call Lightning

Tooltip

The caster calls down lightning, inflicting 8.50484 Nature damage to all players.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 8.5048. Its area radius is 60 yards.

What it does

Call Lightning is a Nature spell with a 1 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 2 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 8.5048) in a 60 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 time1 sec
Cooldown2 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 8.5048
Radius: 60 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 45 separate Spell records named "Call Lightning". This page is record #87768. 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
#32018cast time: instant; effect values: 147 (this record: 8.5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#39989cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#43661cast time: instant; effect values: 33.96 (this record: 8.5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#52880cast time: instant; effect values: 147 (this record: 8.5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#90852cast time: instant; effect values: 14.04 (this record: 8.5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#99928cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#123938cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#123939used by: Cast by Call Lightning; cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#131087used by: Cast by Call Lightning; cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#131088school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#138741school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 20 sec; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#139853school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; 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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