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The Burning CrusadeThe Burning Crusade 2.5.6 · Outland, the Dark Portal and Shattrath · client build 2.5.6.70006Also on WoW Forever · Classic Era · Wrath of the Lich King · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Lightning Bolt

Spell

Lightning Bolt

Nature

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3 secLong Range

Blasts an enemy with lightning, inflicting Nature damage.

Lightning Bolt

Tooltip

Blasts an enemy with lightning, inflicting Nature damage.

How it works

Each cast of Lightning Bolt costs 90 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 255. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Lightning Bolt is a Nature spell with a 3 sec cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 255).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Burning Crusade client, build 2.5.6.70006. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolNature
Cost90 Mana
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time3 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 255
Spell power coefficient: 1

Raw client values from the Burning Crusade client, build 2.5.6.70006. 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 200 separate Spell records named "Lightning Bolt". This page is record #43903. 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
#37661subtext: Rank 1; cast time: instant; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#37664no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#38465cast time: 2 secA variant record
#39065cast time: instantA variant record
#41184cast time: 2 secA variant record
#42024journal encounter: Shade of Akama; cast time: 1 secA different caster
#43526cast time: 1.5 secA variant record
#45075cast time: 2 secA variant record
#48698effect types: noneA different effect setup
#48895effect types: noneA different effect setup
#49418effect types: noneA different effect setup
#49454effect types: noneA 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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