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Lightning Rod

Spell

Lightning Rod

Nature

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Instant cast6 sec cooldownLong Range

Every 2 sec the target marks their current location.

Lightning Rod

Tooltip

Every 2 sec the target marks their current location. After 3 sec, the marked location explodes inflicting Nature damage to all players within 2.5 yards.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. It ticks every 2 sec, 2 times over the full 4 sec.

What it does

Lightning Rod is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards, a 6 sec cooldown and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec.

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown6 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration4 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Period: every 2 sec

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 #278205. 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
#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 cancelledA variant record
#212943journal encounter: Nithogg; duration: 12 sec; effect values: 5 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA different caster
#260073duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#260074used by: Cast by Lightning Rod; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#260075no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#278206duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#278207used by: Cast by Lightning Rod; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#301502used by: Cast by Ferocity Circuit; cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#301503used by: Cast by Lightning Rod; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % DamageA helper record another spell casts
#311249used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#311250used by: Cast by Lightning Rod; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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