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Lightning Strike

Spell

Lightning Strike

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Physical spell.

Lightning Strike

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Lightning Strike is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster).

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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Dummy (3)

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 #196114. 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
#192998used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; school: Nature; effect types: School Damage, Trigger SpellA helper record another spell casts
#193820used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#193821effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#193883school: Nature; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#194010school: Nature; effect values: 1 (this record: 0)Different tuning
#197494used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; school: Nature; effect types: effect 77A helper record another spell casts
#197925no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#198911duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#198913used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; school: Nature; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#198914effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#198917duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#198918effect types: Trigger MissileA 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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