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Lightning Strike

Spell

Lightning Strike

Nature

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Instant castExtended Range

Inflicts Nature damage.

Lightning Strike

Tooltip

Inflicts Nature damage.

How it works

Lightning Strike is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 30. Its area radius is 3 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 50. Its area radius is 3 yards.

What it does

Lightning Strike is a Nature spell with an instant cast and a range of 50 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 30) in a 3 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in a 3 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
Range50 yards (Extended Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 30
Radius: 3 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 50
Misc value: 50
Radius: 3 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 spell that casts it.

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 #396987. 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
#198913used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#198914school: Physical; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#198917school: Physical; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#198918school: Physical; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#210842school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#218963effect types: School Damage, effect 144; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#238621effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#245134used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#245135used by: Cast by Lightning Strike; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Trigger Missile, Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#245138effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#258857cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#276278cast time: 4 sec; effect types: Weapon % DamageA 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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