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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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2 secAnywhere - Unlimited

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, causing Nature damage to each.

How it works

Each cast of Chain Lightning costs 500 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 4163. 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 2 sec cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 4163) 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
Cost500 Mana
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time2 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 1
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 4163
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

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 #61879. 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
#59220cast time: 3 secA variant record
#59223cast time: 3 secA variant record
#59273cast time: 1 secA variant record
#59517cast time: 1.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#59716cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#59844cast time: instant; different tooltip textA variant record
#61528cast time: 1.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#62131journal encounter: Thorim; cast time: 0.5 sec; different tooltip textA different caster
#63479no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#64213cast time: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#64215cast time: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#64390cast time: 0.5 sec; different tooltip textA 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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