Spell

Zap

Nature

Instant castCombat Range

Zaps the target with a bolt of lightning, inflicting Nature damage.

Zap

How it works

Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 150.

What it does

Zap is a Nature spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 150).

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

School	Nature
Range	5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast time	Instant
Effect #1	Weapon % Damage (31) Value: 150

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.

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 30 separate Spell records named "Zap". This page is record #259218. 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
#231787	school: Physical; effect types: Dummy	A different effect setup
#241305	cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#267955	school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura	A different effect setup
#267956	school: Physical; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#275489	school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura	A different effect setup
#275490	school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura	A different effect setup
#288312	duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 165; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#288313	school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura	A different effect setup
#297543	journal encounter: King Gobbamak; effect types: Instakill; different tooltip text	A different caster
#297551	school: Physical; effect types: Dummy	A different effect setup
#299131	school: Physical; effect types: Dummy	A different effect setup
#300211	effect types: School Damage	A 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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