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Lightning Tether

Spell

Lightning Tether

Nature

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Priest

Instant castEight yards

Inflicts Nature damage to an enemy for 5 sec.

Lightning Tether

Tooltip

Inflicts Nature damage to an enemy for 5 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 127 per tick. It scales with 0.1 times spell power. It ticks every 1 sec, 5 times over the full 5 sec (635 base in total).

What it does

Lightning Tether is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 8 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec. The client files the whole spell under the snared mechanic.

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
Range8 yards (Eight yards)
Cast timeInstant
Duration5 sec
MechanicSnared
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 127
Spell power coefficient: 0.1
Period: every 1 sec

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 19 separate Spell records named "Lightning Tether". This page is record #38821. 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
#33628effect values: 100 (this record: 127)Different tuning
#37654effect values: 100 (this record: 127)Different tuning
#38822effect values: 200 (this record: 127)Different tuning
#50895effect values: 1.19 (this record: 127)Different tuning
#59851effect values: 6.19 (this record: 127)Different tuning
#64799school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#136339cast time: 3 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 127); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#136349duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#136350used by: Cast by Lightning Tether; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 77, DummyA helper record another spell casts
#136353duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#158119used by: Cast by Electrified Cloud; school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#158120used by: Cast by Lightning Tether; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, School Damage; different tooltip textA 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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