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Lightning Rod

Spell

Lightning Rod

Nature

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Instant castSelf Only

Causes a random target to begin to emit lightning to nearby friends after 5 sec, dealing 4.90568 Nature damage per second to all friends within 20 yards horizontally, and 5 yards vertically.

Lightning Rod

Tooltip

Causes a random target to begin to emit lightning to nearby friends after 5 sec, dealing 4.90568 Nature damage per second to all friends within 20 yards horizontally, and 5 yards vertically. Lasts 5 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 4.9057. Its area radius is 20 yards.

What it does

Lightning Rod is a Nature spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 4.9057) in a 20 yard radius.

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
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 4.9057
Radius: 20 yards

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: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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 #89667. 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
#83099duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#89666duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#89668duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#89690duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#96698used by: Cast by Charge Target Dest (No Log); cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#105342school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#105343school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#109180school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#116569school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#123489used by: Cast by Invoke Lightning; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: effect 140A helper record another spell casts
#156498used by: Cast by Ping Spear Stalker; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#156501school: Physical; cast time: 0.6 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: SummonA 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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