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Lightning Strike

Spell

Lightning Strike

Nature

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2 secMedium Range

Strikes an enemy with a lightning bolt.

Lightning Strike

Tooltip

Strikes an enemy with a lightning bolt.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 100. It jumps to up to 3 targets.

What it does

Lightning Strike is a Nature spell with a 2 sec cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 100) jumping to up to 3 targets.

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2 sec
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 100
Chain targets: 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 #258857. 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
#198911school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#198913used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#198914school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#198917school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#198918school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#210842school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#218963cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, effect 144; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#238621used by: Cast by Lightning Storm; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#245134used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#245135used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Trigger Missile, Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#245138used by: Cast by Lightning Storm; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#276278cast time: 4 sec; effect values: 50 (this record: 100)Different 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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