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Lightning Shield

Spell

Lightning Shield

Nature

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

The caster is surrounded by orbs of electricity that inflict Nature damage to all players caught in their path.

Lightning Shield

Tooltip

The caster is surrounded by orbs of electricity that inflict Nature damage to all players caught in their path.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 50.

What it does

Lightning Shield is a Nature spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 50).

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 50

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 54 separate Spell records named "Lightning Shield". This page is record #261873. 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
#232857duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#247584duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#261872school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#263246used by: Cast by Energy Transfer; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#268831used by: Cast by Static Shock; school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#268851difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Timewalking; used by: Cast by Lightning Shield; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#268938used by: Cast by Lightning Shield; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#273324used by: Cast by Lightning Shield Overcharge; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#273411school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#273430used by: Cast by Lightning Shield; school: Physical; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#273446used by: Cast by Lightning Shield; school: Physical; effect types: effect 164, effect 140, Power Burn, effect 141A helper record another spell casts
#274336used by: Cast by Polarized Field; effect types: Dummy; 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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