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Nature
Tooltip
Toss an enchanted spear at a target location, dealing Physical damage. Lightning strikes the spear after a delay,dealing 24.01 to enemies in the blast.
What it does
Lightning Rod is a Nature spell with a 3 sec cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 24.01) in a 5 yard radius and kills the target outright.
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 facts
SchoolNature
Cast time3 sec
EffectsSchool Damage, Instakill
RangeVision Range (AOI)
Spell ID374873Datamined from the current retail game build. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.
Spell Details
| School | Nature |
|---|---|
| Range | 100 yards (Vision Range (AOI)) |
| Cast time | 3 sec |
| Effect #1 | School Damage (2) Value: 24.01 Radius: 5 yards |
| Effect #2 | Instakill (1) |
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.
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 56 separate Spell records named "Lightning Rod". This page is record #374873. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #356703 | used by: Cast by Teleport; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #359032 | school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #372142 | used by: Cast by [DNT] Lightning Rod; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 18 sec; effect types: Summon, Apply Aura | A helper record another spell casts |
| #372839 | school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Trigger Missile, School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #374875 | used by: Cast by Lightning Rod; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon | A helper record another spell casts |
| #385313 | cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #385314 | cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #385316 | used by: Cast by Lightning Rod; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #386178 | used by: Cast by Lightning Rod; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon | A helper record another spell casts |
| #386179 | school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Trigger Missile, School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #386180 | effect values: 25, 0 (this record: 24.01, 0); different tooltip text | Different tuning |
| #396282 | used by: Cast by Thunderstruck; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger Missile | A 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.