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Thunderstorm

Spell

Thunderstorm

Nature

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Shaman

Instant cast30 sec cooldownSelf Only

Calls down a bolt of lightning, dealing (15.2% of Spell Power) Nature damage to all enemies, reducing their movement speed by 40% for 5 sec, and knocking them upward.

Thunderstorm

Tooltip

Calls down a bolt of lightning, dealing (15.2% of Spell Power) Nature damage to all enemies, reducing their movement speed by 40% for 5 sec, and knocking them upward. Usable while stunned.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Thunderstorm is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). It scales with 0.1515 times spell power. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 60. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -40. It applies the snared mechanic. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  4. Effect 4 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Thunderstorm is a Nature spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 30 sec cooldown and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it deals Nature damage in a 10 yard radius, has a Knock Back effect in a 10 yard radius and applies an aura with the snared mechanic in a 10 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown30 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration5 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Spell power coefficient: 0.1515
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 60
Misc value: 300
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -40
Mechanic: Snared
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #4Knock Back (98)
Value: 100
Radius: 10 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?

Thunderstorm appears in: 1 class specialization, 3 talents and 1 spell that casts it.

Class specialization

Talents

  • Thunderstorm for Shaman (Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration)Talent
  • Thunderstorm for Shaman (Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration) (definition #132144)Talent
  • Thunderstorm (a talent definition no current talent tree places)Talent

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 32 separate Spell records named "Thunderstorm". This page is record #51490. 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
#52717duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#53071cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#55825duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#57784duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59154cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60010duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#71935duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#77556cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Instakill, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#79797duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#80068duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#204406duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#204408effect types: School Damage, Dummy, 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.

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