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Lightning Strike

Spell

Lightning Strike

Nature

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Lightning periodically strikes the ground, inflicting 17.6323 Nature damage to enemies.

Lightning Strike

Tooltip

Lightning periodically strikes the ground, inflicting 17.6323 Nature damage to enemies.

How it works

Lightning Strike is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 17.6323. Its area radius is 4 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 16.78. Its area radius is 4 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 1. Its area radius is 4 yards.

What it does

Lightning Strike is a Nature spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 17.6323) in a 4 yard radius and deals Nature damage (base value 16.78) in a 4 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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 17.6323
Radius: 4 yards
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 16.78
Radius: 4 yards
Effect #3Dummy (3)
Value: 1
Radius: 4 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 Strike appears in: 1 boss encounter and 2 spells that cast it.

Boss encounters

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 128 separate Spell records named "Lightning Strike". This page is record #192794. 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
#192138journal encounter: Warlord Parjesh; cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#192271cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#192274effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#192987school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#192988used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; school: Physical; effect types: Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#192998used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; effect types: School Damage, Trigger SpellA helper record another spell casts
#193820used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; school: Physical; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#193821school: Physical; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#193883effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#194010effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#196114school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#197494used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; effect types: effect 77A 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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