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Lightning Rod

Spell

Lightning Rod

Physical

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2.5 secExtended Range

Sky-Singer Strag charges her spear with lightning inflicting 1.36027 Nature damage every 2 sec.

Lightning Rod

Tooltip

Sky-Singer Strag charges her spear with lightning inflicting 1.36027 Nature damage every 2 sec. for 8 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.

What it does

Lightning Rod is a spell with a 2.5 sec cast, a range of 50 yards and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it 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

SchoolPhysical
Range50 yards (Extended Range)
Cast time2.5 sec
Duration15 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4

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 56 separate Spell records named "Lightning Rod". This page is record #156505. 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
#109180cast time: instant; duration: until cancelledA variant record
#116569cast time: instant; duration: until cancelledA variant record
#123489used by: Cast by Invoke Lightning; school: Nature; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 140A helper record another spell casts
#156498used by: Cast by Ping Spear Stalker; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelledA helper record another spell casts
#156501cast time: 0.6 sec; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#156507used by: Cast by Lightning Rod; school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#156509cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#156733cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: JumpA different effect setup
#168391cast time: instant; duration: until cancelledA variant record
#168466cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#197209cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 20 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#197568school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; 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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