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Lightning Totem

Spell

Lightning Totem

Nature

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0.5 secSelf Only

Summons an Lightning Totem that lasts 1 min and periodically damages nearby enemies.

Lightning Totem

Tooltip

Summons an Lightning Totem that lasts 1 min and periodically damages nearby enemies.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28). Its base value is 1.

What it does

Lightning Totem is a Nature spell with a 0.5 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 1 min. When cast it summons a creature.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast time0.5 sec
Duration1 min
Effect #1Summon (28)
Value: 1
Misc value: 16385, 61

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 4 separate Spell records named "Lightning Totem". This page is record #28294. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#43302cast time: 1 sec; duration: 30 sec; effect values: 10000 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#97930cast time: 1 sec; duration: 30 sec; effect values: 10000 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#188275cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Summon, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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