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Lightning Rod

Spell

Lightning Rod

Physical

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Shaman

Instant castLong Range

Tempest, Earth Shock, Elemental Blast, and Earthquake make your target a Lightning Rod for 8 sec.

Lightning Rod

Tooltip

Tempest, Earth Shock, Elemental Blast, and Earthquake make your target a Lightning Rod for 8 sec.

Lightning Rods take 10% of all damage you deal with Tempest, Lightning Bolt, and Chain Lightning.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 20.

What it does

Lightning Rod is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 8 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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration8 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 20

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 #197209. 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
#156501cast time: 0.6 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#156505cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 20); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#156507used by: Cast by Lightning Rod; school: Nature; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#156509effect values: 0 (this record: 20); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#156733duration: none; effect types: JumpA different effect setup
#168391duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 20)Different tuning
#168466duration: 1 min; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#197568school: Nature; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#210689used by: Talent: Shaman; school: Nature; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#211466school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Missile, Trigger Missile, Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#211499duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 20)Different tuning
#212943journal encounter: Nithogg; school: Nature; duration: 12 sec; effect values: 5 (this record: 20); different tooltip textA different caster

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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