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Wrath of the Lich KingWrath of the Lich King era data from Blizzard's titan client, build 3.80.2.69874Also on WoW Forever · Classic Era · The Burning Crusade · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Ball Lightning

Spell

Ball Lightning

Nature

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1 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Inflicts 17500 to 22500 Nature damage to the enemy target.

Ball Lightning

Tooltip

Inflicts 17500 to 22500 Nature damage to the enemy target.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 17500.

What it does

Ball Lightning is a Nature spell with a 1 sec cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 17500).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolNature
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time1 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 17500

Raw client values from the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. 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 82 separate Spell records named "Ball Lightning". This page is record #28299. 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
#52779used by: Cast by Ball Lightning; cast time: instant; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#52780cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#56319cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59800cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59801used by: Cast by Ball Lightning; cast time: instant; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#64888used by: Cast by Lightning Charged; cast time: instant; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#64974used by: Cast by Lightning Charged; cast time: instant; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#136464effect types: noneA different effect setup
#136470effect types: noneA different effect setup
#136534effect types: noneA different effect setup
#136539used by: Cast by Ball Lightning; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#136544effect 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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