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Lightning Storm

Spell

Lightning Storm

Nature

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Instant castTower 100

Lob lightning energy near an enemy, creating an electrical storm that strikes for 64.9446 Nature damage every 1 sec.

Lightning Storm

Tooltip

Lob lightning energy near an enemy, creating an electrical storm that strikes for 64.9446 Nature damage every 1 sec. for 20 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 64.9446 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 20 times over the full 20 sec (1298.89 base in total).

What it does

Lightning Storm is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 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
Range100 yards (Tower 100)
Cast timeInstant
Duration20 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 64.9446
Period: every 1 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 84 separate Spell records named "Lightning Storm". This page is record #240176. 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
#205467school: Physical; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#205475used by: Cast by Lightning Storm; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#205476used by: Cast by Lightning Storm; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#205520school: Physical; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#213079school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 64.94)Different tuning
#213087school: Physical; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 64.94)Different tuning
#213088duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#213093used by: Cast by Lightning Storm; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#238620duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#240171cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#240173school: Physical; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#245137cast time: 3 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 64.94); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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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