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Nature
Tooltip
Your abilities have a chance to apply Lightning Rod to your target. Allies are granted Critical Strike for 10 sec and enemies suffer Nature damage every 2 sec for 8 sec. When Lightning Rod ends, it returns to you, granting Critical Strike for 10 sec.
What it does
Lightning Rod is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 8 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 facts
SchoolNature
Cast timeInstant
Duration8 sec
EffectApply Aura
RangeVision Range (AOI)
Spell ID443473Datamined from the current retail game build. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.
Where is this spell used?
Lightning Rod appears in: 1 spell that casts it.
Spells that cast it
- Lightning RodTriggers this spell
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Spell Details
| School | Nature |
|---|---|
| Range | 100 yards (Vision Range (AOI)) |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Duration | 8 sec |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 3 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.
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 56 separate Spell records named "Lightning Rod". This page is record #443473. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #385316 | duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #386178 | school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon | A different effect setup |
| #386179 | school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile, School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #386180 | cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #396282 | used by: Cast by Thunderstruck; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile | A helper record another spell casts |
| #396284 | duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #396289 | used by: Cast by Thunderstruck; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy | A helper record another spell casts |
| #396290 | duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura | A different effect setup |
| #443471 | duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #443472 | duration: 10 sec | A variant record |
| #443498 | school: Physical; duration: none; different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #443503 | duration: 10 sec | A variant record |
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.