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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)
Chain Lightning

Spell

Chain Lightning

Nature

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3 sec6 sec cooldownMedium Range

Strikes an enemy with a lightning bolt that arcs to another nearby enemy.

Chain Lightning

Tooltip

Strikes an enemy with a lightning bolt that arcs to another nearby enemy. The spell affects targets, inflicting greater Nature damage to each successive target.

How it works

Each cast of Chain Lightning costs 150 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 555. It scales with 1 times spell power. It jumps to up to 5 targets.

What it does

Chain Lightning is a Nature spell with a 3 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and a 6 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 555) jumping to up to 5 targets.

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
Cost150 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time3 sec
Cooldown6 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 555
Spell power coefficient: 1
Chain targets: 5

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Chain Lightning appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Shade of Akama in Black Temple
    Journal section: Stage Two: The Shade of Akama > Akama
    Encounter creatures: Shade of AkamaRaid boss ability

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 179 separate Spell records named "Chain Lightning". This page is record #39945. 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
#32337cast time: 2 secA variant record
#33643no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#37448school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#39066cast time: instantA variant record
#40536cast time: 1.5 secA variant record
#41183no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#42441different tooltip textA variant record
#42804different tooltip textA variant record
#43435cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#44318cast time: instantA variant record
#45868used by: Cast by Periodic Random Lightning (20 yd, 1 sec); cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#46380cast time: instantA variant record

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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