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Lightning Strike

Spell

Lightning Strike

Nature

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2.5 secSuper Long

The caster calls down a bolt of lightning inflicting Nature damage to all targets within 6 yards of the impact.

Lightning Strike

Tooltip

The caster calls down a bolt of lightning inflicting Nature damage to all targets within 6 yards of the impact.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 600. Its area radius is 6 yards.

What it does

Lightning Strike is a Nature spell with a 2.5 sec cast and a range of 150 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 600) in a 6 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
Range150 yards (Super Long)
Cast time2.5 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 600
Radius: 6 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 128 separate Spell records named "Lightning Strike". This page is record #192271. 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
#187093used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; cast time: instant; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#192138journal encounter: Warlord Parjesh; effect values: 8.66 (this record: 600); different tooltip textA different caster
#192274cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#192794journal encounter: Wrath of Azshara; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#192987school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#192988used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#192998used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Trigger SpellA helper record another spell casts
#193820used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#193821school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#193883cast time: instant; effect values: 0 (this record: 600); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#194010cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#196114school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA 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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