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Lightning Rod

Spell

Lightning Rod

Nature

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Shaman

Instant castSelf Only

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

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 100.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 10.

What it does

Lightning Rod is a Nature spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). 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

SchoolNature
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 100
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 10

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Lightning Rod appears in: 3 talents.

Talents

  • Lightning Rod for Shaman (Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration)Talent
  • Lightning Rod for Shaman (Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration) (definition #131825)Talent
  • Lightning Rod for Shaman (Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration) (definition #132075)Talent

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 56 separate Spell records named "Lightning Rod". This page is record #210689. 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
#156509school: Physical; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#156733school: Physical; effect types: JumpA different effect setup
#168391school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#168466school: Physical; duration: 1 min; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#197209school: Physical; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#197568effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#211466cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Missile, Trigger Missile, Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#211499school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#212943journal encounter: Nithogg; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#260073effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#260074used by: Cast by Lightning Rod; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#260075duration: 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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